€25,000 NL Hold'em II
Day 1 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Prague
€25,000 NL Hold'em II
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 PokerStars EPT Prague
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€648,270
Entries
27
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Entries
27
Players Left
1
Level 20
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Seven years on from winning the €100,000 Super High Roller in Monte Carlo, Ole Schemion has finally ended his wait for another EPT title.
The 31-year-old, who now has over $19.5 million in live tournament earnings, topped the 27-entry field in the second €25,000 NL Hold'em tournament of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague for €246,370.
He defeated Diego Zeiter in heads-up play to end his EPT trophy drought. Despite being the runner-up, Zeiter secured his best-ever payout in live poker and banked €158,800 for his efforts.
Teun Mulder narrowly missed out on back-to-back €25K victories after he exited in third place for €105,300. This now sees the Dutchman take the top spot on the Netherlands All-Time Money List, dethroning Jorryt van Hoof.
The ever-entertaining and jovial Nozomu Shimizu (€76,200) took fourth while Norway's Kayhan Mokri secured the €61,600 min-cash.
2023 EPT Prague €25,000 NL Hold'em II Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Schemion | Germany | €246,370 |
| 2 | Diego Zeiter | Switzerland | €158,800 |
| 3 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | €105,300 |
| 4 | Nozomu Shimizu | Japan | €76,200 |
| 5 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | €61,600 |
Schemion Gets It Done
The session began with six players, and by the end of the late registration, 16 were in attendance. There had been several reentries, and the only players who had not returned to the table once eliminated were Tsugunari Toma and Motoyoshi Okamura.
It took another three levels to reach the final table, with Laszlo Bujtas, Andras Nemeth and Niklas Astedt being the first three to leave after the entry period closed. They were soon joined by Dimitar Danchev, Juan Pardo and Tamas Adamszki on the wrong side of the rail.
Ognyan Dimov was left short by Paulius Plausinaitis. The former bluffed into aces, and the Bulgarian was finished off by Mulder a few hands later. Dimov's elimination confirmed the start of the nine-handed final table, with Mulder holding the chip lead.
A fantastic hero call by Mokri saw him shoot up the counts as he picked off Plausinaitis' bluff. The runner-up in the series' first €25,000 NL Hold'em was ejected by Mulder, who had coincidentally beat the Lithuanian in heads-up play less than 24 hours before.
Going into the dinner break, Mokri was atop of the counts and was just a few big blinds ahead of Schemion and Hirokazu Kobayashi. Mulder had tumbled into the bottom half of the chip leaderboard, trailing the above names along with Shimizu and Zeiter. Only Andrii Derzhypilskyi and Steve O'Dwyer had less than the Dutchman.
When play resumed, O'Dwyer was stacked by Shimizu as the "card whisperer" outflopped his opponent's pocket queens to bring on the soft bubble. The stone bubble arrived when Shimizu rivered a flush and downed his compatriot Kobayashi.
Shimizu then found himself as the short stack after jamming into Zeiter's queens from the blinds, but in a miraculous turn of events, he became the chip leader following a wave of premium hands. The deck continued to be kind to Shimizu as he picked up ace-king when Derzhypilskyi jammed with ace-queen, and held to burst the bubble.
Shimizu undid all his hard work in a matter of seconds as he four-bet jammed ten-nine into Schemion's aces. The runout was drama-free, and Schemion took the overwhelming chip lead. He promptly pulled further away from the rest of the pack after felting Mokri to bring the tournament to its final four players.
Mulder took out Shimizu and then obtained the chip lead from Schemion. Mulder rivered Broadway to crack the German's aces and was in pole position.
Chips went back and forth between the trio for an hour, with neither yielding until Schemion ousted Mulder in third place with pocket queens in one of the more interesting pots of the day and went into heads-up with a commanding chip lead.
The final two battled briefly, with Schemion coming out on top as he booked his first win at an EPT stop since 2016.
This marks the end of €25,000 NL Hold'em II, but be sure to return to PokerNews, with action from the €50,000 EPT Super High Roller set to begin at 12:30 p.m. CET on Sunday, December 10.
Level 20
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
German poker legend Ole Schemion ensured he would leave the Czech capital with a trophy after defeating Diego Zeiter heads-up to win the second €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague festival.
Schemion earned €246,370 for topping the 27-player field. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
| Place | Player | Country | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Schemion | Germany | €246,370 |
| 2 | Diego Zeiter | Argentina | €158,800 |
| 3 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | €105,300 |
| 4 | Nozomu Shimizu | Japan | €76,200 |
| 5 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | €61,600 |
Level 20
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Diego Zeiter limped in, then called when Ole Schemion raised to 115,000. Both players checked the 4?8?J? flop.
The turn came the A? and Schemion bet 140,000. Zeiter quickly folded.
The next hand, Schemion moved all in from the button and Zeiter tanked for 30 seconds before calling for his last 640,000.
Diego Zeiter: K?6?
Ole Schemion: 8?7?
The flop came 7?5?3? and Schemion took the lead with a pair of sevens. The 8? turn improved Schemion to two pair and left Zeiter needing to complete a straight to survive. The river was the 10? and Schemion took the pot and the title, forcing Zeiter to settle for a second-place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ole Schemion opened to 85,000 from the button and Diego Zeiter called from the big blind.
The 10?9?8? flop checked through to the 6? turn. Zeiter led out for 70,000 and was called.
The 5? river completed the board and Zeiter continued to barrel and sized up to 100,000 and was quickly called.
Zeiter just snap-mucked his cards and Schemion took in the pot without having to show his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
800,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ole Schemion limped in from the button, then called when Diego Zeiter raised to 130,000.
The flop came 7?A?A? and Zeiter bet 40,000. Schemion quickly folded.
Zeiter then raised to 80,000 on the button and Schemion called.
The flop came A?Q?4? and Zeiter bet 40,000. Schemion called and the 8? turn was checked through.
Schemion led out for 75,000 on the Q? river and Zeiter folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,820,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
880,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ole Schemion raised to 100,000 from the small blind and Teun Mulder called from the big blind.
Schemion continued for 75,000 on the K?10?8? flop and was called. Schemion then check-raised to 80,000 on the 8? turn after Mulder bet 40,000. The latter called, which left him with 95,000 behind.
Schemion checked on the 4? river. Mulder moved all in and after around 15 seconds of thinking, Schemion called.
Mulder tabled 10?9? for tens and eights but Schemion had queens and eights with his Q?Q? to bring the tournament into heads-up play.
With Mulder's payout, he has now taking first-place on the Netherlands All-Time Money List.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,835,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
|
865,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level 19
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Diego Zeiter raised to 80,000 in the small blind and Ole Schemion called.
Both players checked the J?5?3? flop before Zeiter bet 115,000 on the 6? turn. Schemion called and the 2? fell on the river.
Zeiter then bet 280,000 and Schemion tanked for a moment before folding. "Ace-high," he told Zeiter.
The next hand, Schemion and Teun Mulder went to the turn in a limped pot when Mulder bet 70,000 on a board of 10?8?Q?10?. Schemion called.
The river was the A? and Mulder bet 275,000. Schemion again went in the tank, using a time bank before once more giving up his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,310,000
-335,000
|
-335,000 |
|
|
730,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
620,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Ole Schemion opened to 60,000 from the button. Diego Zeiter made it 195,000 from the big blind but quickly folded when Schemion announced all-in.
Teun Mulder committed half of his stack the hand after and folded out his opponents.
The following hand, Zeiter opened to 60,000 from the button and folded when Schemion three-bet to 165,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,645,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
|
590,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
|
|
565,000
35,000
|
35,000 |