ECOAP 2019, Prague - Updates

[IrishTom]

Following on from the ECOAP Team Championship yesterday (you can find the blog here), today we start the ECOAP Main Event, with the full ECOAP schedule remaining as follows:

Overview of events*

	Buyin	GTD	RE	Stack	Clock	Late Entry
Friday 30th August 2019
12:00   NL Holdem - Turbo Satellite to ECOAP ME	€ 24	10 Seats	unl.	10,000	15 min	10 levels
15:00   NL Holdem - ECOAP MAIN EVENT - Day 1A	€ 120	€20,000	2x	40,000	40 min	9 levels
19:00   NL Holdem CASINO LUKA	€ 32	€4,000	unl.	25,000	20 min	10 levels
20:00   NL Holdem - Turbo Deepstack	€ 56		2x	50,000	15 min	12 levels
Saturday 31st August 2019
10:00   NL Holdem - Turbo Satellite to ECOAP ME	€ 24	5 Seats	unl.	10,000	10 min	10 levels
12:00   NL Holdem - ECOAP MAIN EVENT - Day 1B	€ 120	€20,000	2x	40,000	40 min	9 levels
15:00   NL Holdem - Turbo Satellite to High Roller	€ 36	10 Seats	unl.	10,000	15 min	10 levels
18:00   NL Holdem - ECOAP High Roller - Day 1	€ 250		unl.	30,000	25 min	10 levels
20:00   NL Holdem - Bounty	€ 56	€5,000	2x	20,000	15 min	10 levels
Sunday 1st September 2019
13:00   NL Holdem - ECOAP MAIN EVENT - Day 2					40 min
14:00   NL Holdem - ECOAP High Roller - Day 2					25 min
15:00   ROE (NLHE/PLO)	€ 56		1x	15,000	20 min	8 levels
17:00   NL Holdem - 6 handed Turbo	€ 56		2x	30,000	15 min	10 levels

                                             
*13% is deducted from all buyins, with the remainder forming the prize fund.

Along with a 40k starting stack for the Main Event, the event structure can be found HERE

The top three individuals in the Main Event will each receive the coveted National Championship Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

Each Main Event Day 1 has 9 levels of Late Registration, and 12 levels will be played each day, so we'll be starting a blog for each Day 1 as we near the end of late reg... so around 9pm today (Friday) for Day 1A and 6pm Saturday for Day 1B, with a full blog from the start of Day 2 on Sunday (1pm).

[Luthee13]

The Main Event Day 1a is currently halfway through level 8 with 20 minutes of late reg left. With 42 players remaining, the ave chip stack is 63k and blinds are at 400/800/800.

Some recognisable faces still battling on (and their current chip counts):

Brian Harland - 30k
Ben Burnhill - 40k
Rieuwert Fleer - 65k
Rudy Geudens - 162k
Rob Lloyd - 165k
Simon Crosbie - 160k
Bill Sheppard - 64k

[pokerpops]

Brian must have played some hands then?

[Luthee13]

Players have just returned from the break after Level 9 - which also means the end of late registration.

Level 10, blinds 600/1200/1200

The following familiar faces are still in:

Brian Harland - 40k
Ben Burnhill - 120k
Rudy Geudens - 154k
Rob Lloyd - 110k
Simon Crosbie - 170k
Bill Sheppard - 110k
Dan Lowe - 60k

[Luthee13]

Brian must have played some hands then?

Brian has chosen not to confirm or deny your assumption...

[pokerpops]

Brian must have played some hands then?

Brian has chosen not to confirm or deny your assumption...

Given that he is now at starting stack I am inclined to think your earlier report that he had 30k was inaccurate.
Although he must have posted his blinds so maybe he's had a few walks?

[Luthee13]

Play for Day 1a finished with 24 players going through to Day 2 on Sunday.

Chip counts for the remaining 24 to follow shortly.

Day 1b kicks off tomorrow at midday.

[IrishTom]

Friday's Turbo Deepstack ends:

1st Tristan Chaplin - 12.000 CZK
2nd Jon Rees - 8.000 CZK
3rd Sebastian Wostenfeld - 5.300 CZK
4th Perry Oosterlee - 1.400 CZK

Congratulations to Tristan for taking this down!

[IrishTom]

ECOAP Main Event Day 1A Chip counts:

Geudens Rudy	306,000	BLG
Baroš Zbyněk	296,000	CZE
Kuksov Nikolaj	293,000	CZE
Bellance Jean-Pascal	198,000	FRA
Snaider Abram	174,000	ROM
Kopecký Arnošt	168,500	CZE
Crosbie Simon	163,500	UK
Fiřt Martin	154,500	CZE
Shlyakhetsky Vladimir	123,500	ISR
Borský Dominik	119,500	CZE
Lloyd Robert	116,000	UK
De Brabander Alexander	83,500	NOR
Burnhill Benjamin	82,000	UK
Barták Martin	78,500	CZE
Merkulenkov Sergei	76,000	RUS
Sheppard William	73,000	UK
Sobek Roman	71,500	CZE
Schmid Miroslab	71,000	CZE
Sander Philipp	63,500	NL
Harland Brian	53,500	IRL
Poslr Martin	48,500	CZE
Bailey Scott	40,500	UK
Malý Jaroslav	27,000	CZE

[Luthee13]

Players in Day 1b are approaching the end of the late reg period.

They are halfway through level 9 with blinds at 500/1000/1000, ave 72k

Some of the familiar players still in with their current chip counts:

Simon Horn - 110k
Sharon Singer - 93k
Frank Bailie - 38k
Dawn Cooke - 40k
Gary Lipman - 100k
Steve Bradbury - 76k
Paul Rice - 145k
Wilhelmine Connoly - 25k
Eamon Connoly - 40k
Dan Edwards - 40k
Adam Small - 148k
Dan Lowe - 94k
Nick Crossfield - 31k
Pip Arthur - 91k

[Luthee13]

Frank Bailie loses a few more chips before getting it all in pre.

He has but is called by and, despite the flop, Frank does not improve and exits the tournament.

[Luthee13]

Wilhelmine Connolly gets her short stack all in pre flop with , and prepares to depart the table when called and at risk to



Flop of confirms her fears until the Turn comes and she sits a little lower to her seat... River confirms her double up to circa 40k

[Luthee13]

Main Event Day 1b players go on a 30 min break.

Adam Small is currently today's chip leader with 160k

[Luthee13]

Dawn Cooke gets all of her chips in pre holding

She is relieved to see she has been called by

Until

flop puts her behind and at risk

The turn sees Dawn stand and the finishes the hand and Dawn Busts from the tournament.

[Luthee13]

Blinds are 600/1200/1200, ave is 84,400

Simon Horn has raised it in early position to 3.4k

There is a ship for around 38k

It folds to Dan Lowe who, fairly quickly, moves all in over the top for around 70k

Back to Simon. He tanks for a long time and says "I'm not sure I am good enough to fold these", counts out the call which would leave him with around 80k behind and makes the call.

The short stack shows

Dan turns

Simon nods and sighs as he turns



Dan wins the lot, almost a triple up, and sends a player to the rail.

Simon down to around 80k.