Beloved streamer and vlogger Spraggy regularly shares hands from PS live events with his audience, in addition to his online play. The current highlight is the Prague EPT, which once again featured 5 days of live streams from the Main Event, providing hours of exciting spots and confrontations that didn’t escape Spraggy's notice.
The first hand confirmed the oldest tournament saying: “seven is always coming.” We witnessed a multiway all-in featuring tens, sevens, and A s J s. The board initially favored Danchev with his T s T c, but then came the aforementioned 7 s, which secured a triple-up for Slovak player Štefan Kollár with 7 h 7 d.
The next scene was quite the opposite. If you ever thought that only amateurs sometimes misread their cards, Spraggy is here to remind you it happens to everyone. With four diamonds on the board, Swiss player Ical failed to notice he was holding the T d – instead of making a value bet, he check-backed on the river, and when his opponent flipped 5 d, he mucked his winning hand. Yes, this man just threw away a winning combination.
Then came the European legend – Ole “WizoWizo” Schemion. He opens with T d 8 d and flops the nuts with 9 d 7 c 6 c. His opponent, Dimitar Danchev, however, hits a flush on the turn with A c 8 c, creating a new dynamic in the game. Ole wisely slows down on the turn, and after a check-check, a big river bet from Danchev follows. Ole eventually calls, but his flopped straight is beaten on the river.
The biggest highlight, however, comes from Greek player Gkatzas, who defended 7 d 3 d on the big blind. The board gradually reveals 6 h 6 s J d 5 c 9 s, and Gkatzas decides to represent a six – check-raising on the flop, firing another barrel on the turn, and making a large river bet. Spraggy described it as: “It’s a bet that says I've got a six... or I’m bluffing and scared.” Italian opponent Nicastro, with J h T s, agonizes, counts combos, tries to figure out what's happening, but finally folds. When his opponent shows the bluff, the whole table erupts, giving viewers one of the finest bluffs of the day.
And the conclusion of the video and the entire game day couldn't belong to anything other than the classic poker cooler – KK vs AA. “You play all day, overcome every hurdle and danger... and then you run kings into aces. Brutal.”
Sources – YouTube, PokerNews, Flickr
