2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Lodden Claims a Huge Fold

Lodden "thinks" jacks were in Robinson's pocket
Lodden "thinks" jacks were in Robinson's pocket
On the plane ride over, David Robinson talked about how he hoped this EPT event would turn out like all the others hadn't. He also talked about how he bombed out of one event on the bubble after holding a top-five stack a few minutes prior. "You gotta play to win." he said. "I'm not there to just cash." So far, things are looking great for Robinson.

Robinson opened to 600 from middle position and Johnny Lodden called on the button. The player in the small blind also called. The flop came down {7-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}. The small blind checked and Robinson continued his aggression with a bet of 1,100. Lodden flat-called before the small blind ducked out of the way.

The turn brought the {J-Spades} and Robinson bet out again being first to act. He made it 4,200. Lodden again came along with a call.

The river was the {5-Hearts} and Robinson didn't slow down, increasing his bet size to 11,000. Lodden tanked. After about a minute, he raised to 33,000. Almost instantly, Robinson came back over the top, making it 72,000 to go. Lodden had between 18,000 and 20,000 chips left in his stack and was frozen. He tanked for several minutes while a small crowd gathered around the table. He kept checking his cards over and over. In the end, Lodden slid his hand in the middle and asked Robinson to see his cards. Robinson neglected to show and just gathered in the chips.

As Robinson was stacking his stack of now 127,000, Lodden said, "You had to have jacks." Lodden then went on to say that he folded {7-?} {5-?} for a full house on the river. "You just had to have jacks." he said.

Tags: David RobinsonJohnny Lodden