We happened upon an all-in pot with around 40,000 pulled in and the UK's Simon Brooks at risk holding the . Unfortunately for him, chip leader Fredrik Keitel had the .
After the flop failed to help Brooks, he stood from his chair.
"Maybe a split, maybe a split," Keitel cautioned when the dealer burned and turned the . Indeed, Brooks could chop the pot with a six on the river, and of course he could win it with a jack. He then turned back in time to watch the dealer burn and put out the river.
The table was in disbelief as an amused Keitel simply smiled and told Brooks, "But you can go."
Panagiotis Sotiriadis raised to 800 under the gun and the button three-bet to 2,200 before the action got to Abilio Ribeiro in the big blind. Ribeiro made the call and Sotiriadis four-bet to 5,000.
The three bettor folded and Ribeiro called once more.
The flop brought out and Ribeiro check-called 6,500 after which the turn brought the .
The Portuguese player check-called another 6,500 on the turn and the river completed the board with the . Now Ribeiro decided to move all in for 14,325 and his opponent tanked for a while before making the call.
Ribeiro tabled and that was enough to secure a double up against .
We asked former table mate Steve O'Dwyer what had happened. O'Dwyer told us that Boeken had just about 18 big blinds left and four betted all in holding ace ten. His opponent had pocket nines, made the call, and held.
O'Dwyer isn't sitting to comfortably either, he has a little under 10,000 left after losing a small pot with ace-jack to Dan Murariu's ace-king just now.
On a board of Jamil Kanji, a PokerStars player from Canada bet 4,800 and was called by fellow PokerStars player Thomas Hueber. The river was the and Kanji bet again, this time 8,700. Hueber made the call and mucked when Kanji showed making a straight on the turn and undeterred by the last club.
Vladimir Geshkenbein, former EPT Snowfest winner, and Sergii Baranov, WSOPE Main Event runner up, are seated at the same table today.
Geshkenbein is known for his entertaining antics, while Baranov did not hold back while playing heads up against Phil Hellmuth in 2012. We've not seen the two tangle just yet, but with personalities like this it's bound to happen!
Team PokerStars Pro Michael Keiner was just all in for his tournament life and trailing. Keiner had very little chips remaining when he tabled , which was up against .
on the table and action was on Max Silver after Andrew Hulme had checked.
Silver bet out a hefty 8,400 into what looked like a 10,000 pot. Hulme thought about it for quite some time and at one point laughed "I'm not raising". Silver laughed back but would soon lose that smile.
Hulme called and Silver immediately mucked. Hulme followed suit and a big chunk of chips changed hands without showdown.
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:
Ole Schemion
Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
781.39 pts
2
Vanessa Selbst
736.22 pts
3
Thomas Muhloecker
594.30 pts
4
Adrian Mateos Diaz
520.87 pts
5
Georgios Karakousis
512.31 pts
6
Mike McDonald
490.74 pts
7
Jonathan Little
480.01 pts
8
Dominik Panka
455.15 pts
9
Ondrej Vinklarek
444.14 pts
10
Dario Sammartino
423.96 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.
. Unfortunately for him, chip leader Fredrik Keitel had the 
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flop failed to help Brooks, he stood from his chair.
. Indeed, Brooks could chop the pot with a six on the river, and of course he could win it with a jack. He then turned back in time to watch the dealer burn and put out the 
river.
and Ribeiro check-called 6,500 after which the turn brought the 
. Now Ribeiro decided to move all in for 14,325 and his opponent tanked for a while before making the call.
and that was enough to secure a double up against 
.
Jamil Kanji, a PokerStars player from Canada bet 4,800 and was called by fellow PokerStars player Thomas Hueber. The river was the 
and Kanji bet again, this time 8,700. Hueber made the call and mucked when Kanji showed 
making a straight on the turn and undeterred by the last club.
and Keiner was knocked out.
on the table and action was on Max Silver after Andrew Hulme had checked.
