His pocket jacks ran into Kyte's queens and did not improve on the runout. The nine players merged onto the final table, and the action never relented. He missed his open-ended straight draw on his final hand and his chips were sent over to Grigorii Rodin. Preben Stokkan was one of the more accomplished players coming into the penultimate day but failed to spin up his short stack after being card dead while on the feature table. Kyte bagged his fourth bust-out of the day after finding an ace on the river against the pocket tens held by Mark Helou. Jiri Kocab departed in twelfth-place after his dominated ace failed to improve against O'Neill. His $629,675 in live tournament earnings dwarf Zhao, Ruggeri and Wagner, so he will be hoping his experience at the felt can secure a ladder or two. Propping up the pack is O'Neill, who has the second-best resume after Kyte. He managed to navigate the day without too much trouble and has 2,760,000 to play with when the action restarts. Adam WagnerĬzech poker fans will be looking to Adam Wagner to fly the flag for them as the Czech national is the last player from the festival's host country. He has already banked the biggest score of his career and has added heaps to his live earnings of $44,781.

It folded out the table and put a huge smile on his face. Ruggeri paid tribute to the late Doyle Brunson by four-betting ten-deuce just before the final table formed. A queen on the river ensured his survival for Day 6. On one of the final hands of play, he got it in with ace-queen versus the ace-king of Padraig O'Neill. Umberto Ruggeri rounds out the top three chip counts with a stack of 3,410,000, which he can thank the poker gods for.

The Chinese poker player has a meager $35,242 in live tournament earnings, which includes three EPT cashes. The unknown quantity ended the day with 8,125,000 and did hold the chip lead for one hand during the day. Player Booted from EPT Prague Main Event for Head-Butting Opponent Four Others in the MixĬoming into the final day as Kyte's closest rival is Cheng Zhao.

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