2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

£10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
£357,700
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£1,538,600
Entries
159
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

God Save the Queens

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Nik Persaud raised to 2,000, a player called on the button, and Mike McDonald three-bet to 7,500. Persaud four-bet to 15,500, the player on the button folded, and McDonald moved all in for what looked like 60,000 or so. Persaud snap-called.

Persaud: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
McDonald: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

Persaud's queens held up as the flop, turn, and river came {2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{k-Diamonds}, and McDonald hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nik Persaud gb
Nik Persaud
135,000
63,300
63,300
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mike McDonaldNik Persaud

A Few More Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
139,000
14,000
14,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Adolfo Vaeza uy
Adolfo Vaeza
130,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
118,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
98,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
90,500
-14,500
-14,500
Run It Once
Profile photo of Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
88,000
-27,000
-27,000
Profile photo of Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
86,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
83,500
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
81,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
73,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
64,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
56,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
52,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
52,000
-18,000
-18,000
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
50,500
22,500
22,500
Profile photo of Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
50,000
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
45,000
-27,000
-27,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Maxi Lehmanski de
Maxi Lehmanski
44,000
44,000
44,000
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
43,500
40,300
40,300
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
41,000
-9,000
-9,000
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
39,700
-8,300
-8,300
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
30,000
-8,000
-8,000

Flowers Doubles, Ulliott Drops

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The board read {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} when Dave Ulliott turned over {Q-}{Q-} against Randal Flowers' {5-}{5-}. We missed the action but Flowers stacked up a ton of chips sending up to around 130,000 chips. On the very next hand both Flowers and Ulliott lost some chips to a third player.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
115,000
67,000
67,000
Profile photo of Dave Ulliott gb
Dave Ulliott
70,000
23,000
23,000
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Dave UlliottRandal Flowers

Chip Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
185,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Max Greenwood ca
Max Greenwood
145,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Carla Sabini ca
Carla Sabini
142,000
104,000
104,000
Profile photo of Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
121,000
109,000
109,000
Profile photo of Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
115,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
111,000
61,000
61,000
Profile photo of Joel Nordkvist se
Joel Nordkvist
96,000
Profile photo of Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
95,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
73,000
-2,000
-2,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Jason Lavallee ca
Jason Lavallee
62,000
Profile photo of Vladislav Varlashin
Vladislav Varlashin
58,000
Profile photo of Sean Jazayeri us
Sean Jazayeri
57,000
-28,000
-28,000
Profile photo of Thomas Muhloecker
Thomas Muhloecker
55,000
Profile photo of Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
50,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
48,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
47,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
46,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
46,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
45,000
Profile photo of Kamal Choraria
Kamal Choraria
42,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Abi Khaitan
Abi Khaitan
42,000
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
41,000
15,000
15,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
28,000
-17,000
-17,000
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
27,000
-23,000
-23,000
Profile photo of Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
22,000
-28,000
-28,000
Run It Once

Various Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
125,000
5,000
5,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
98,000
11,000
11,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
94,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Wai Kin Yong my
Wai Kin Yong
77,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
74,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
73,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Philip Sternheimer gb
Philip Sternheimer
62,000
-18,000
-18,000
Profile photo of Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
49,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
33,500
-12,500
-12,500
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
29,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
16,000
-21,000
-21,000
Profile photo of Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
12,000
-6,000
-6,000

Quoss' Kings Cracked

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Fabian Quoss (Super High Roller)
Fabian Quoss (Super High Roller)

After a series of preflop raises, Fabian Quoss was all in and at risk preflop holding {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. His opponent, Antonio Lafosse, held {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}.

The {7-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{9-Spades} flop gave Lafosse two backdoor draws, and the {3-Spades} on the turn kept the spade draw alive. The river was a king, giving Quoss a set, but unfortunately it was the {k-Spades}, eliminating the German.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
Busted

Tags: Fabian Quoss

Trickett Thankful His Opponent Bet

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Viacheslav Goryachev checked to Sam Trickett, who just arrived, and the Brit fired out 7,600. Goryachev called.

The {5-Hearts} completed the board, Goryachev opted to lead out for 10,000, and Trickett frowned. He eventually reached into his stack, grabbed two blue T5,000 chips, and flipped them forward. Goryachev turned over {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for a pair of kings, and Trickett mucked his hand.

"I'm glad you bet," the British high roller told Goryachev, grinning.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Viacheslav Goryachev ru
Viacheslav Goryachev
59,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
38,000
-12,000
-12,000

Tags: Sam TrickettViacheslav Goryachev

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100