2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€850,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€8,000
Prize Pool
€3,832,000
Entries
479
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Lex Cruising and Offering Challenges

Lex Veldhuis
Lex Veldhuis
Lex Veldhuis has been cruising along for the majority of the day. He recently busted William Thorson with {A-?} {J-?} against Thorson's {A-?} {2-Clubs} and just now took another player out.

The player in the hijack seat raised to 3,000 and Lex called out of the big blind. The flop came down {7-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {5-Clubs} and Veldhuis checked. The preflop raiser bet out 5,000 and then Lex stuck a bunch of T5,000 chips out in the middle, totaling 40,000. The player that bet had roughly 20,000 behind and made the call, but did so painfully.

Veldhuis tabled {A-Clubs} {2-Clubs} and held a flush draw along with one overcard versus his opponent's {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}. The turn was the {K-Hearts} and the river landed the {K-Clubs}, completing Lex's flush. He now has around 175,000 chips.

Daniel Negreanu was standing away from the table at the time, but came back to see Lex's hand and commented, "What are you a worst-hand warrior?"

The two then began talking and Lex offered a challenge to Negreanu for some heads-up poker. He mentioned that they should play some live and online play with a mix of no-limit hold'em and limit hold'em to see who comes out on top. Negreanu responded by asking, "Do I get the button, say, 60-70% of the time?"

Tags: Daniel NegreanuLex Veldhuis