2010 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
£900,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£4,112,800
Entries
848
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

Left With Something To Chew On

Andrew Lichtenberger check-called a bet of 6,900 with around 17,000 behind on a boad of {4-} {K-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} before then checking the {J-Diamonds} river. Michael Skender, his opponent in the eight seat asked how much Lichtenberger had back before betting 13,900 putting "Luckychewy" into the tank.

Finally the latter folded after a little bit of chat with his opponet, Skender showing {4-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} for a flopped set to take the pot. Lichtenberger wouldn't openly reveal his hand but promised to tell his foe in private later.

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger

No Clemency for Clemencon

Tristan Clemencon seemed to have three-bet from the big blind to a raise from Ivan Demidov; however it happened, Clemencon called all in to Demidov's shove and they were on their backs.

Demidov: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Clemencon: in pretty bad shape with {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Board: a miracle-free {k-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

We are down a Clemencon, and Demidov is up to around 70,000.

Tags: Ivan DemidovTristan Clemencon

Not So de Goede for Pim

We walked up a bit late to see the preflop action, but it looks like the gentleman in Seat 7 had three-bet before the flop. We're (educatedly) guessing that Pim de Goede opened the pot from the hijack seat. Marcel van Klinken (pronounced van Klinken) called in the middle before the seven seat made it 2,800 to play. Both de Goede and van Klinken (fellow Dutchmen, you know) called, and it was three-handed to the flop.

It came {8-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}, and the action checked to Seat 7. He continued out with a bet of 5,800, and de Goede called. Van Klinken was thinking sinister thoughts, though, and he squeezed in a sneaky raise to 15,000. That folded Seat 7 out of the way, putting action back on de Goede. After taking his pause for about two minutes, he announced that he was all in, and van Klinken double-checked his cards and called with a big sigh, putting himself at risk for 57,550 chips.

Showdown
De Goede: {J-Clubs} {J-Spades}
Van Klinken: {5-Spades} {5-Diamonds}

Van Klinken had flopped his set, and de Goede was two cards away from losing a big chunk of his stack. The turn {4-Hearts} and river {6-Spades} were not the jacks that de Goede was looking for, and he sends a big double up to his neighbor.

We understand that de Goede had lost a big chunk on the hand before this one (and if you read Dutch, you can find out the details here), and this second loss in a row sets him all the way back around 40,000 after being up close to 160,000 at the start of the level.

Van Klinken, on the other hand, appears to have kept the Dutch atop the leaderboard with his new stack of 125,000.

Tags: Marcel van KlinkenPim de Goede

De Wolfe Done In

Roland de Wolfe finally got his last in with {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} and the TV cameras were just loving it as his opponent was Barry Shulman with {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, who seemed to be suffering from verbal diarrhea as the board was dealt.

Flop: {j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} - "Heyyy that's nearly a nine, it's upside down."

Turn: {j-Hearts} - "That's pretty good, I've got more outs now."

River: {a-Clubs} - "Ahh, you've got me beat."

De Wolfe doubled up to around 6,000 and the TV crew dispersed, but they would soon be back as de Wolfe pushed again the next hand to a raise from another gentleman and it was showdown number two for the triple crown winner.

De Wolfe: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Other Gentleman: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

Board: {5-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

"Don't go up against tens anybody, yeah?" warned de Wolfe; he is now busto.

Tags: Roland de WolfeBarry Shulman

Greenstein Straightened Out

Barry Greenstein - short
Barry Greenstein - short

Barry Greenstein is down to 9,000 after calling a short-stacked push on the turn of a {7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} board.

Greenstein: {j-Hearts}{10-Spades} for two pair
Happy Gentleman: {8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a flopped straight

No further tens or jacks came in on the river, and the pot headed in the general direction of away from Greenstein.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

Baekke To The Future

Allan Baekke is riding high up to 47,000 after finding his {Q-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} fitted rather perfectly with a {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} against another player's {A-Spades} {J-Spades}. Blanks on the {3-Clubs} turn and {5-Hearts} ensured the Dane the pot and he's gradually creeping up the field after a slow start.

Tags: Allan Baekke

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Assorted Chip Counts

...From the row nearest the feature table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
130,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Max Heinzelmann
Max Heinzelmann
93,000
Profile photo of Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
70,000
-10,000
-10,000
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
70,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
57,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Allan Baekke
Allan Baekke
56,000
Profile photo of Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
47,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of
42,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
40,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
40,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
33,000
-28,000
-28,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jan Heitmann
Jan Heitmann
30,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
30,000
Profile photo of Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
30,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter
27,000
Profile photo of Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
23,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
20,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
19,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
9,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
9,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax

Racener Drops Back

The flop read {8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{6-Spades} and John Racener bet out; the two other players in the hand, one of whom we didn't recognise and the other of whom was EPT Online Qualifier of the Year Pierre Neuville, both folded.

We mention this purely because even after winning that small pot, November Niner Racener, who spent the early part of the day on the main feature table where we couldn't spy on him, is at a lacklustre 10,000.

In fact, that whole earlier feature table moved on to the floor at the last break, meaning that we now get to feast our eyes also on Neuville (50,000), Michel Abecassis (85,000) and ElkY (15,000).

Tags: John RacenerPierre Neuville

And Some More...

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of William Thorson se
William Thorson
72,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of
71,000
29,000
29,000
Profile photo of Kristoffer Thorsson
Kristoffer Thorsson
60,000
Profile photo of Teddy Sheringham gb
Teddy Sheringham
60,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
59,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
54,000
-7,000
-7,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
54,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Julien Brecard fr
Julien Brecard
54,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of David Steicke au
David Steicke
49,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
47,000
14,000
14,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
43,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
43,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Catherine Hong
Catherine Hong
41,000
-48,000
-48,000
Profile photo of Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
40,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
37,000
4,000
4,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jerry Buss
Jerry Buss
36,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
35,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
34,000
Profile photo of Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
29,000
-18,000
-18,000
Profile photo of Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
24,000
-19,000
-19,000
Profile photo of Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
23,000
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
22,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
21,000
-17,000
-17,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
20,000
-9,000
-9,000
Run It Once

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