2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
78
Prize
€404,793
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Slotboom Surrenders

A player in middle position opened with a raise to 250, and the small blind three-bet up to 800. In the big, Rolf Slotboom made it a total of 1,775, enough to quickly fold the initial raiser. The small blind eventually made the call, though, and it was heads up to the flop.

It brought {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {9-Spades} and a check from the small blind. Slotboom grabbed two red chips from the front of his stack and made a bet of 2,000. His opponent counted out more chips and made a check-raise to 7,200. That sent Slotboom into the think tank for several minutes. Never one to act quickly, "Robocop" shuffled his chips for a bit, then shuffled his cards back and forth between his fingers. After checking them several more times, he released them into the muck. They apparently didn't change into a winning hand, and Slotboom surrendered with a few quiet words.

He's down to 19,500 here in the early going.

Tags: Rolf Slotboom