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Julien Martini famously came in 2nd in the 2019 PokerStars Player's Championship for just under $3 million. How has his life changed then? Is he playing more or less poker? How did he go from defeating Kate Hoang heads up for a World Series of Poker bracelet to dating her? What are his World Series of Poker plans? How has his poker game changed since his PSPC win? Watch to find out!
The popularity of playing on the European Poker Tour is matched only by the popularity of sitting at home and watching it. What PokerStars Blog pioneered, PokerStars Live continued and for a good few years thousands of people get their updates from the tournament via moving pictures as well as in text form.
Hundreds of armchair poker fans have also made the transition from passive to active participants by winning online satellites or competitions to take their seats in live competition. But now here’s the chance to sample the EPT experience without ever leaving the comfort of your own home.
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Players are going on a 75-minute dinner break. They will return around 8pm local time.
There was a three-way all in in progress between Joao Simao, Sylvain Loosli and Basil Daiche:
Basil Daiche: 
Sylvain Loosli: 
Joao Simao: 
The flop came 
with Daiche taking the lead with two pair. The turn was the 
but the river 
meant Simao rivered a better two pair and took down the pot, eliminating Daiche in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
70,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
230,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
145,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
130,000 | |
|
130,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
100,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
It was all-in preflop between Joao Simao 
and Max Silver 
Silver held aces, but by the 
turn, Simao had made a wheel.
However, the river made Silver's aces largely redundant as the remainder of his hand gave him a full house, eliminating the Brazilian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
Eliezer Lejbel was all in for his tournament life with 
against Anson Tsang's 
Lejbel was behind but by the 
turn, he didn't need his kings and instead was sitting pretty with trip sevens.
However, the river was the and Tsang rivered a full house to send Lejbel to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Norbert Szecsi check-called 4,500 on the 
flop from chip leader Ivan Leow.
The turn was the . Szecsi checked and Leow bet 8,000. Szecsi then check-raised to 22,000.
Leow called and the river was the 
. Szecsi bet 40,000 and after a short tank, Leow folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
180,000
90,000
|
90,000 |