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The PokerStars Qualifier Leo McLean is in this tournament for a total investment of £93. He is already guaranteed a 100,000-blind buy in to his regular home game, as PokerStars Blog finds out.
The flop read 
and Leo McClean checked from the big blind to Ludovic Geilich who bet 68,000. McClean called and on the turn the 
hit.
McClean checked again and folded when Geilich bet 172,000. Geilich is now back in the chip lead with over two million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,050,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
600,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
Ludovic Geilich raised from the hijack to 48,000 and the action was folded to [Removed:17] in the small blind. Yan three-bet to 192,000 and the action was then on Georgios Karakousis who surprisingly called from the big blind.
The action was now back on Geilich who took a while but then four-bet to 391,000. Both Yan and Karakousis folded and Geilich picked up yet another pot!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,987,000
371,000
|
371,000 |
|
1,973,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
|
|
1,866,000
471,000
|
471,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,358,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
|
2,174,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
1,705,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
|
|
1,395,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
1,244,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
783,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,742,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
|
1,689,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
1,513,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
1,309,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
1,200,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
529,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
481,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard. As you can see, some of these players are in the £10,300 High Roller, which you can follow by clicking here.
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Benefield | 321.18 pts |
| 2 | Thomas Muhlocker | 254.55 pts |
| 3 | Ole Schemion | 240.65 |
| 4 | Joao Barbosa | 220.20 pts |
| 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 195.58 pts |
| 6 | Joni Jouhkimainen | 193.11 pts |
| 7 | Lukasz Roczniak | 185.51 pts |
| 8 | Tom Middleton | 181.74 pts |
| 9 | Kevin Vandersmissen | 173.42 pts |
| 10 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | 166.89 pts |
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Martin Kozlov opened to 40,000 from under the gun, Georgios Karakousis three-bet to 75,000 from the cutoff, and Ludovic Geilich cold four-bet to 212,000 out of the small blind. Kozlov tank-folded, and Karakousis shifted in his seat before folding as well.
The players are now on a 20-minute break, and we will be providing you with full counts once the EPT Live stream returns.
Jeff Rossiter's used to the bright lights, the money and high pressure situations and his experience might've just earned him a lot more chips than other people would've won.
Rossiter raised to 40,000 and Javier Etayo called from the small blind. The flop brought 
and both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Etayo check-called 46,000. On the river the 
hit and Etayo checked again to Rossiter who put together a huge bet worth 352,000.
Etayo seemed a bit confused but after 20 seconds he put in the call after which Rossiter immediately turned over 
for a full house. Etayo mucked in frustration as Rossiter is now one of the big stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
|
1,550,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
Georgios Karakousis opened to 40,000 from early position, Tudor Purice three-bet to 104,000 on the button, and the action folded back to Karakousis, who called.
The flop fell 
, Karakousis checked, Purice fired 105,000, and Karakousis check-raised to 210,000. Purice called.
The turn was the 
, Karakousis led out for 200,000, Purice moved all in for 565,000, and the Greek immediately called.
Purice: 
Karakousis: 
Purice needed a diamond to survive and he received the 
on the river, but it gave Karakousis fours full of eights. Purice was eliminated, while Karakousis is up over 2.2 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,233,000
876,000
|
876,000 |
|
Busted |
