David Huspeka Wins the Paradise Poker Tour Prague Event

David Huspeka has won the Prague Leg of the Paradise Poker Tour.

There were two key hands in the heads up battle.

1st hand was David's 77 all in holding up against Petr's A3o

The flop was 2 3 10 rainbow

Turn 8

River 4 to double David up.

The 2nd and final hand was all in preflop again with David showing the Aces! Petr turned over 10h7h and the board drew Petr a blank

David Huspeka is the Prague Champion and he walks away with €22k, The Trophy, and maximum leaderboard points.

Many Congratulations David

Petr Bulir Finishes 2nd , well done Petr

Johnny Jensen Finishes in 3rd Place

Johnny Jensen has officially finished in 3rd place after an all in preflop that was called by Petr Bulir

Johnny has KQh

Petr has QQ

Flop 10d 6d Jd giving Johnny hope

Turn Qh

River 6c

Petr is now up to almost 3/4 of the chips in play as we enter heads up for the title, trophy, points and remaining €5000 prize money

Jonas Thuresson Finishes 4th

Jonas Thuresson has officially finished 4th after a major hand between himself and Johnny Jensen

Raise preflop by Johnny
Called by Jonas

Flop of 10c 4c 9s

Bet and a call

Turn was 3c

Bet and a re-raise all-in by Johnny followed by a call all-in by Jonas

Jonas has Pair and Johnny has QQ for the over pair

River was 4s which left Jonas on just 60k

2 hands later it was all over, Jonas doubled up the 1st hand but lost it all to David Huspeka when his 510o was dominated by K10

No help on the board and we lose Jonas Thuresson in 4th place

We have a money chop between the final 4

A 4 way chop of the prize money has just been organised between the players.

1. Johny Jensen (DEN) wins €17,550

3. Petr Bulíř (CZE) wins €22,750

7. Jonas Thuresson (SWE) wins €14,850

9. David Huspeka (CZE) wins €17,000

They will now play on for the championship trophy, title of ParadisePoker Tour Prague winner and the remaining €5000 and leaderboard points.

Martin Stropnický Finishes 5th for €7812

Martin raises pre flop to 32k and gets a call off Petr Bulir

Flop is 6h 7d 4c

Martin bets 70k and Petr goes all in, Martin makes the call for his remaining chips.

Martin has 55 for the up and down
Petr has 6c7c for 2 pair

8c on the turn gives Martin his straight

Jc on the river then gives Petr the flush!

Exciting Stuff!

Martin Stropnický finishes 5th for €7812

Martin Procházka Finishes 6th for €5922

Johnny Jensen raises to 24k preflop

Martin Procházka re-raises 200k all in

Johnny thinks for a minute and says he does not beleive him and makes the call.

Johnny has AJo
Martin has QJo

Flop brings an exciting KK10

Turn is 3

River is 5

Johnny is now upto almost 600k and Martin walks away with €5922

Major Hand Between Petr Bulir and Martin Stropnicky

Petr raises the pot preflop to 35k
Martin flat calls

Flop 7c 2c 8d

Both players check

Turn 6d

Martin bets 45k
Petr re-raises all in
Martin calls

Martin 88 for the set
Petr A10d for the nut flush draw and the gutshot straight draw

River is 9h and gives Petr the straight

Petr up to around 520k, Martin down to around 330k

Antonin Felfel Finishes 7th for €4536

With almost no major action in the previous 2 hours we lose 2 in 3 hands.

Antonin Felfel moves all in with A10o and gets an instant call off Martin Stropnický who is holding KK

Flop is 8 3 6

Turn J

River 10

Awesome performance by Antonin who was the short stack going into todays play, he walks away with a prize of €4536

Martin is now up to just over 620k with 6 players remaining

Petr Jelinek Finishes in 8th Place for €3528

We have just lost Petr Jelinek in 8th place after an all in pre flop with Pocket 5's

David Huspeka made the call with AKo.

Flop AA10

Turn 10

River Q

David now has 520k

Excellent performance by Petr and he walks away with €3528.

2nd Break Chip Counts

2nd Break Chip Counts

1. Johny Jensen (DEN) --- 355,000
2. Petr Jelínek (CZE) --- 153,000
3. Petr Bulíř (CZE) --- 285,000
4. Antonín Felfel (CZE) --- 176,000
5. Martin Procházka (CZE) --- 201,000
6. Jan Lhoták (CZE) --- OUT
7. Jonas Thuresson (SWE) --- 400,000
8. Martin Stropnický (CZE) --- 432,000
9. David Huspeka (CZE) --- 375,000

Fantastic Hand In The Blinds

Small Blind - Martin Stropnický (CZE)
Big Blind - David Huspeka (CZE)

Martin makes up the blind and David Checks

Flop 7h Kd 8h

Both players check

Turn 6h

Martin bets 11k, David re-raises to 30k, Martin re-raises again to 85k and David makes the call.

River Ac

Martin moves all in for his remaining 260k
David thinks for over 5 minutes before having the clock called on him by Petr Jelinek in seat 2

The TD counts down to 0 and announces that David's hand is now dead, turning over the 95d for the straight!

Martin looks happy and shows the Q10o for the bluff!

Fantastic Poker!

Final Table Update

Play in the last two levels has been very solid with very little action to write about. No all in and calls to mention and just some very good poker by all players.

For the Johnny fans in Denmark, he has just mentioned the live update and i'm here to tell you he is going great still and has approximately 260k in chips.

More updates to follow soon!

Jan Lhotak Finishes 9th for €2772

Jan got involved in a hand with Jonas Thuresson which saw both players all in on the flop.

The flop was Jack High with all cards being clubs.

Jonas held KK with the king of clubs and the turn completed his flush.

Jonas is now up to almost 600k whilst Jan Lhotak collects €2772 for his excellent ninth place finish.

Final Table Draw and Chip Counts

Final Table
1. Johny Jensen (DEN) --- 113.000
2. Petr Jelínek (CZE) --- 165.000
3. Petr Bulíř (CZE) --- 292.000
4. Antonín Felfel (CZE) --- 290.000
5. Martin Procházka (CZE) --- 306.000
6. Jan Lhoták (CZE) --- 265.000
7. Jonas Thuresson (SWE) --- 296.000
8. Martin Stropnický (CZE) --- 441.000
9. David Huspeka (CZE) --- 243.000

Blinds are now 3000/6000 ante 1000
Level 17
Average Stack is 252.000

Ladislav Mika finishes 10th for €2270

The chip leader going into todays play, Ladislav Mika has just exited the tournament in 10th Place.

Ladislav was on the big blind for 6000 and faced a raise of 30k from Jan Lhotak, Ladislav re-raised all in and was called by Jan.

Ladislav had A2
Jan had AQ

Flop was 3 4 7 rainbow.

Turn was another 7 giving Ladislav some hope of a chop.

River was a 10 and we say goodbye to Ladislav.

Ladislav Mika Finishes 10th for €2270 and we have our final table.

Libor Petrik Finishes in 11th Place for €2270

With blinds of 2500/5000 ante 500 it was folded to Martin Stropnicky in the cut off who raised to 13k. Libor re-raised to 30k and Martin called.

The flop was Q 10 6.

Martin Bet 35k and Libor re-raised to 80k, Martin then went all in and Libor made the call for his remaining chips.

Martin showed 66 for the set and Libor tabled AA.

Libor failed to hit one of the two remaining aces on the turn or river and finished 11th collecting €2270.

We're now only 1 away from the final table.

Another Three Fall To The Rail

We lose three more players shortly after the break with local player Michal Batko finishing in 14th place for €1890

The last remaining British player JJ Hazan finished 13th after being knocked out by Czech Martin Prochazka.

Martin raised from late position to 30k and JJ reraised all in for his final 50k. Martin turned over AKo against JJ's A4o, flop was K Q 5, Turn 3 to give some hope but the river bricked a 10 to end JJ's hopes.

JJ Hazan finishes in 13th Place for € 1890

Czech player Petr Targa joins Martin and JJ at the rail collecting €2698 for his fantastic 12th place finish.

We're now 2 players away from a final table.

Johnny Jensen's hopes of back to back final tables remain alive with a current stack of 175,000

Zdenek Kopelent Finishes in 15th Place For €1638

3rd hand after the lunch break and we have lost another player.

Zdenek Kopelent finishes in 15th place for €1638

Current Level is 16
Blinds are 2500/5000 with ante of 500
Average Chips are 180k

Selected Chip Counts:

J J Hazan = 70k
Johnny Jensen = 60k

Jonas Straka Finishes in 16th Place for €1638

Jonas was short stacked and made a preflop call with K7 hitting mid pair on the flop of 6 7 J.

The other player put Jonas all in and he made the call. Jonas was ahead, facing 9 10 but an 8 fell on the river making a stgraight and sending Jonas to the rail with €1638 for 16th.

Szabo Balasz Finishes 17th for €1260

Szabo Balasz Finishes 17th for €1260

Szabo pushed all in with 88

Jan Lhotak Called with AK

Flop 7 9 2
Turn Ace
River Jack

Szabo is knocked out in 17th and Jan Lhotak now has over 310k

2 Tables Remaining

We are now down to the final two tables in the Prague Leg of the ParadisePoker Tour.

Libor Glos Finished 19th for €1008

Valta Zdenek came 18th and takes home €1,260

The Blinds are now 2000/4000 with an ante of 500
Level 15
Average Stack is 146k

Chip leader, David Huspeka has just over 370,000 after doubling up in a huge pot; all in pre flop KK v AQ.

Selected Chip Counts

JJ Hazan - 210k
Johnny Jensen - 100k

1st Break - 19 Players Remain

We have reached the 1st break of the day and we are down to the last 19 players after a quick succession of knockouts.

Tomas Martinek finishes in 22nd place for €882.

David Taborsky finishes in 21st place for €1008.

Lukas Baumer finishes in 20th place for €1008.

Emre Nuhoglu finishes in 23rd for €882

Emre Nuhoglu finishes in 23rd Position for €882

Emre held 99
Other held KQ hearts

Flop 9Q2 with 2 hearts

Heart on the Turn for the other player and we lose Emre in 23rd

Well Played Emre!

Tomas Mucha finishes in 24th place for €882

Tomas Mucha has just been knocked out in 24th place.

Martin Prochazka raised with QQ
Tomas Mucha called with K9

Flop K 9 6

Someone said they folded a Queen and it looks great for the short stack and his hopes of doubling up

Turn 9

River Queen

Ouch, what a sickening blow for Tomas but very well played over the last 2 days. He walks away with €882.

Lim-Wai Cheung finishes in 25th for €756

Lim-Wai Cheung (Bill) has finished in 25th position.

He pushed all in with AK and got called by KK.

No help on the flop and we lose Bill in 25th.

Bill finished 26th in London and has therefore managed to cash in both legs of the ParadisePoker Tour. This impressive feat puts him in contention for the overall tour leaderboard (the winner of which will take home an additional EUR10k and entry into all next season's ParadisePoker Tour Events. Other contenders for overall tour leader at this stage appear to be Georges Tohmee (winner in London and 56th here) and Johnny Jensen (7th in London and still going strong today). Can Johnny make back to back final tables?

J J Hazan In Early Rollercoaster Ride

JJ Hazan doubled up early on but has just lost a massive pot on a flop of KQJ rainbow.

JJ reraised all in and David Huspeka called and we had a showdown.

JJ Hazan has QJo
David Huspeka has KQo

David doubles up to just under 260k whilst JJ is back down to around 80k

Duy Le Thanh Finishes in 26th for €756

Again, no hand details as its fast and furious at the moment but we lose another player in the 3rd hand after the start.

Duy le Thanh finishes in 26th for €756

Well done

Tsakalakos Finishes in 27th for €756

We lose our 1st player Tsakalakos in the very 1st hand. He shoved all in on the river and when called he threw his cards straight in the muck without even showing

Tsakalakos is our first cash finisher collecting EUR756.

Final Day Chip Counts and Play Now Underway

Play is now underway for the final day of the Paradise Poker Tour Main Event.

27 players have returned and with €126k to play for we're sure to be in for a cracking days play. Good luck everyone, may the best man win!

Full Chip Count:

Ladislav Mika = 221500
Martin Prochazka = 196900
Jonas Thuresson = 179100
Libos Glos = 161900
Petr Jelinek = 140900
Szabo Balazs = 128400
David Huspeka = 126300
Petr Bulir = 123000
Martin Stropnicky = 117000
Petr Targa = 105600
J J Hazan = 96700
Michal Batko = 96500
Johnny Jensen = 85700
Libor Petrik = 83600
Jan Lhotak = 73300
Lim-Wai Cheung = 68500
Zdenek Valta = 68200
Zdenek Kopelent = 63700
Emre Nuhoglu = 57600
Jonas Straka = 56700
Lukas Baumer = 46300
Tsakalakos = 45100
Duy Le Thanh = 40000
David Taborsky = 39800
Tomas Martinek = 38900
Tomas Mucha = 31500
Antonin Felfel = 16000

End of Day 1

Thanks for staying up late with us and for reading throughout Day 1 here in Prague, its been a rollercoaster of a ride for some and we have finally reached the final 27 players all of whom are now in the money! Well done all.

The chip leaders are as follows:



Ladislav Mika(above) - 221k

Martin Prochazka - 197k
Jonas Thuresson - 177k
Petr Jelinek - 140k
Johnny Jenson - 109k
JJ Hazan - 96k

Level 12 Update

We are midway through Level 12 and we have 29 players remaining.

Some solid poker has been played and the players are understandably anxious with the payouts starting at 27.

JJ Hazan has been moved to the same table as Johnny Jensen and is now charging along with 120k+ whilst Johnny is down to around 100k

Big Hand just as we speak with Petr Jelinek holding QQ vs JJ and it holds, sending another player to the rail and Petr back up to around 150k

Announcement Regarding End Of Play For Day 1

The tournament director has just announced that the end of play for Day 1 will be at either 27 players or at the end of Level 14

We have 35 players remaining as we speak and the action has slowed to a crawl.

27 players will be paid and that must be on the minds of the lower stacks, not to mention the leaderboard points for the bigger stacks.

Massive Hand for Johnny Jensen

Johnny Jensen has just doubled through to a massive 140k+.

Johnny held Pocket 2's and raised pre flop to be called by Jozsef Hegyi with Pocket Aces!

The dealer flops Johnny a massive 10 8 2 board and the money goes in, with the unlucky Jozsef missing the turn and river to lose most of his chips and leaves him with just 9k remaining.

A cruel blow for Jozsef but Johnny's Danish friends behind him are delighted, as is the man himself.

Johnny Jensen is now on 142k
Jozsef Hegyi left with 9k

EDIT: Jozsef is now out after shoving his chips a few hands later, UL GG Jozsef

Level 10 Update - 45 players remain

The action is non stop and players are busting left right and centre here, we're currently down to just 45 runners.

Georges Tohme our London winner has exited in 56th when he shoved his shortish stack in with 88 to get a call off Q10, with a 10 hitting the turn. Unlucky Georges, I'm sure we will see you again in Madrid!

David Buckle who was going so well on 51k lost 2 big pots and exited just before the break at the end of level 9.

Level 10
45 players remain
Blinds 600/1200 with ante of 100
Average Stack is 53617

Chip Leader is Petr Jelinek with around 159k

Selected Chip Counts:

JJ Hazan = 53k
Jonny Jensen = 55k

Level 9 Update

We're now 15 mins into Level 9 and it's pretty much business as usual; solid play followed by some manic all ins.

There are 72 players remaining which means that 23 players have bust out in the last 75 minutes, crazy!

When we get down to 50 players or so, we can start giving you updates featuring hands, players names and how the action is.

Level 9
Blinds 500/1000 with an ante of 100
Average Chips is 34520

Chip Leader on Approx 165k

Featured Chip Counts:

JJ Hazan = 19k
David Buckle = 51k
Jonny Jensen = 50k
Lim-Wai Cheung = 49k

Welcome Back to Prague!

We're back in action again with a full compliment of players. After the split dinner breaks we return to the event with just 103 players remaining.

Play has been steady all day but with the ever increasing blinds and the almost 5 hours of play so far, it's starting to loosen up a little!

There have been mixed emotions for some of the players today who have been up and down like yo-yo's and non more so than our UK Players, who have really toiled with the aggressive play of the European Players.

Since the last update we have lost Richard Scott, his pocket Kings were cracked by QJ diamonds when the money went in on the flop of 8 3 2 with two diamonds on show. The other player re-raised all in and Rich snap called only to see the dreaded diamond appear on the turn.

95 Players remain
Level 8
Blinds are 400/800 with Ante of 100
Average Stack is 26808
Chip Leader is on around 155k

Selected Chip Counts

JJ Hazan = 25k
David Buckle = 34k
Jonny Jensen = 45k

If any readers want an update of any specific players, please comment for me!

Dinner Break Update

We have just reached the dinner break here in Prague with 146 runners remaining.

Half of the room are now on their break with the other half left playing a further level. Upon their return, the remaining players will start their lunch breaks whilst the others resume on the same level.

The Current Level is Level 7, with blinds of 300/600 and 50 ante

Average Chips are 17700 and at the time this is posted we have 142 remaining.

The atmosphere here is building just nicely and im sure were in for a great 2nd half of the day.

Selected Chip Counts

Richard Scott = 21k
David Buckle = 31k
JJ Hazan = 20k
Agata Hanychova = Out
Jonny Jensen = 45k

Chip Leader is on around 120k.

Post Break Update

The players have had their 1st break of the day and we're down to 193 runners from the 252 who started the event.

Some notable names have bust out

Martin Kabrhel - See post below
Richard Haile - UK Player
Andy Cooper - UK Player
Pavel Novotny - Czech Celebrity

There are still some big names going well, hoping to capture the €29k 1st prize and the title of Paradise Poker Tour - Prague Main Event Winner

Chip Counts as follows:

Chip Leader is on just over 46k
Average Chips are 13,333

JJ Hazan (UK Pro) = 12k
Richard Scott (UK Player) = 14k
Agata Hanychova (Czech Model) = 5k
Jonny Jensen (Danish Pro) = 22k

End of Level 2 Update

Average Chips : 10247

2nd out was a player who has had amazing success in the last 12 months Martin Kabrhel

Martin's results this year have included:

Poker EM European Poker Championships - Won for €190k
EPT Baden €2000 Event - Won for €58k
EPT Prague €2000 Event - Won for €100k
EPT Deuville €20k High Rollers Event - Won for €250k

And thats all in the last 12 months!


6 Gone so far

Pics of the players

Jonny Jensen



Georges Tohme - London Winner



Andy Cooper

End of Level 1 Update

Level 1 over and done with now.

2 players have exited and were both locals

Average Chip Stack is : 10083

JJ Hazan

JJ Hazan in a poker player impersonation

Richard Scott



Cardroom 1

JJ Hazan tells us he won the 1st hand is now Chip Leader

WTG JJ, Lets hope it lasts!

We are go!!!

Shuffle up and deal is the call and 252 start the Prague leg with 20 still on the alternate list.

GL ALL

Welcome to Prague

Greetings From Prague!!

Hi all, the team are in Prague and tomorrow sees the start of the Main Event, 250 players in a €550 event should make for a cracking 2 days play!