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

"Sick Beat: Slow Rolled Then Rivered"

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Daniel Negreanu joking around as always
Daniel Negreanu joking around as always

"Make that the title," Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu said with a big grin as he was making his way to the exit.

"Just make sure it doesn't make it seem like I slow rolled him," Max Greenwood said, as he was the one who took Negreanu's chips.

Flash back five minutes.

"I just got it in, two pair against aces!" Negreanu yelled at your's truly who walked over to the table where this all went down.

"I had jacks on a jack-three-three flop," Negreanu started as everyone at the table started laughing, "So I got it in against aces and I somehow lost."

"And now I'm gonna get psyched for this £1k event, my brain is so weird sometimes," Negreanu yelled in excitement as he bounced around the room.

Greenwood appreciated the act Negreanu played, and just when the man with 146,000 chips was going to explain the entire story the Team PokerStars Pro returned to the scene.

"Yeah, so like I said," Negreanu started again, "I had jacks and the flop was jack-three-three. I got it in against aces and he won."

"As your backer I don't appreciate these lies!" Dan Smith joked as he joined the conversation. At this point the entire room was a part of the banter.

Negreanu also caught some flack for confusing Salman Behbehani with Ramzi Jelassi earlier in the tournament when he busted his first bullet.

"You kept saying you were slow rolled by Ramzi, but I don't seem him doing that at all," Steve O'Dwyer said recalling the situation from earlier where Negreanu was slow rolled out of the tournament by Behbehani who had turned a flush.

"Everyone gets slow rolled by Salman at some point in their life," O'Dwyer continued.

"Sometimes he even fake slow rolls," Smith added, as it was made clear that Jelassi's not a slow roller but Behbehani might be the king of giving people fake hope of winning money.

When the dust settled Negreanu wished everyone well and left the tournament room. Perhaps we'll see him in the £1,000 Turbo event tonight but otherwise he will probably play the next big event on the calendar. At this point Greenwood could finally explain to us what really went down in the last hand that Negreanu played in London.

After a raise Negreanu called and Greenwood squeeze with aces. The initial raiser folded and Negreanu called the 6,500 total. The flop brought {J-}{3-}{3-} and Greenwood bet 10,000, Negreanu called. On the turn a {K-} popped up and Greenwood bet 17,500 after which Negreanu moved all in for around 40,000 total. Greenwood made the call and was shown {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}. The river was a blank and Negreanu was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
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Max Greenwood
146,000
94,000
94,000
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Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Dan SmithDaniel NegreanuMax GreenwoodRamzi JelassiSalman BehbehaniSteve O'Dwyer

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
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Bucky Gets Tricky

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Shawn Buchanan (Main Event)
Shawn Buchanan (Main Event)

Eric Sfez opened to 2,100 in middle position, Shawn Buchanan called in the cutoff, and Igor Kurganov three-bet to 6,900 on the button. Both blinds released, Sfez four-bet to 22,100, and Buchanan moved all in. Kurganov quickly folded, and Sfez pushed in enough chips to call.

Sfez: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Buchanan: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Bucky's dominant hand held up as the board rolled out {4-Spades}{9-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{a-Clubs}, and Sfez was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Shawn Buchanan
135,000
88,000
88,000
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Igor Kurganov
28,000
-22,000
-22,000
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Eric Sfez
Busted

Tags: Igor KurganovShawn BuchananEric Sfez

Bakes Doubles

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

After a series of preflop raises in a blind vs. blind scenario, David "Bakes" Baker was all in and at risk for 49,100 with {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}. Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Mark Radoja had him at risk with {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. and Bakes received a monster flop - {10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}.

The {7-Diamonds} on the turn sealed the deal, and a meaningless {5-Clubs} completed the board, doubling Baker to around 100,000 chips. Radoja is still very healthy with around 138,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Mark Radoja
138,000
-52,000
-52,000
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David "Bakes" Baker
100,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: David "Bakes" BakerMark Radoja

Haigh Folds To River Raise

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Robert Haigh, who came close to winning the EPT Player of the Year leader board last year, was just raised of his hand by Dan Smith.

The board read {6-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and Haigh bet 10,500 which was raised to 27,800 by Smith. Haigh tanked for quite a while but eventually he decided to lay his hand down. Smith is now up near the top while Haigh dropped below the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan Smith
105,000
52,000
52,000
Run It Once
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Robert Haigh
41,000
-54,000
-54,000

Double Up For Negreanu

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

After a few raises Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was put to the test and he called all in committing his 26,600-chip stack to the following hand.

Joao Vieira: {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Negreanu: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Negreanu doubled up to over the starting stack. Negreanu's currently on his second bullet and a knock out for him will mean the end of his EPT London experience.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
55,000
13,000
13,000
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Joao Vieira
14,000
Winamax

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJoao Vieira

Volpe Makes Top Pair

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Paul Volpe opened to 1,700 in early position, Tony Bloom called on the button, and both blinds released. Volpe led out for 2,000 on a flop of {5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{q-Clubs}, Bloom called, and the turn brought the {j-Clubs}. Both players checked.

The {7-Clubs} completed the board, Volpe fired out 3,600, and Bloom called. Volpe showed {q-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for a pair of queens, winning the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Volpe
115,000
7,000
7,000
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Tony Bloom
45,000
-5,000
-5,000

Tags: Paul VolpeTony Bloom