2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 5
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

A Timid Return

The players have returned from the break a little timid to play poker at the new blind level. The first orbit around the table saw zero flops, and through ten hands, we're still flop-less.

Ryan Franklin started the orbit in the small blind, and he raised to 90,000 when the action folded around to him. In the big blind, Jan Skampa announced an all in, and Franklin quickly folded.

Two hands later, Joao Silva open-shoved under the gun for 334,000, and he found no takers. On the following hand, Michel Abecassis did the same, moving his stack in from first position. Again, no action.

It seems like a confrontation is brewing at our final table, though, and it figures to be a preflop all-in with the players reluctant to see flops.