2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

£4,250 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
£499,700
Event Info
Buy-in
£4,000
Entries
675
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Kempe Climbs The Ranks and Takes The Lead

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

In an unexpected turn of events Rainer Kempe from Germany has taken the chip lead, and while we didn't see where he got most of his chips he did win one big pot off Marvin Rettenmaier just now.

The flop showed {5-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts} when we walked up to the table and Kempe check-called a bet of 2,300 from the big blind. Rettenmaier was seated in the cutoff and on the turn the {2-Clubs} popped up. Kempe lead for 5,800 and Rettenmaier tanked for quite a bit before making the call.

The river brought the {J-Diamonds} and Kempe lead out for 13,500 into Rettenmaier who took several minutes to make up his mind.

Eventually Rettenmaier called and looked disgusted when Kempe showed {K-Spades}{J-Clubs} for a rivered pair of jacks. Rettenmaier plays on with a small stack while Kempe sits on the biggest stack in the room.

Player Chips Progress
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Rainer Kempe
210,000
145,600
145,600
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Marvin Rettenmaier
29,000
-37,100
-37,100

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierRainer Kempe

#EPT Live from London

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

EPT Live is back on the air with Victoria Coren Mitchell currently headlining the feature table. As usual though it’s about much more than just poker with competitions, challenges and freerolls galore over the next five days.

Cody Gives One Up

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Thomas Mjeldheim just raised to 1,600 and Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody proceeded to three-bet to 5,400 in position. The action folded back around to Mjeldheim who made the call and the flop rolled out {J-Clubs}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}.

Both players checked and Mjeldheim lead out for 6,000 on the {8-Diamonds} turn card. Cody smiled and threw his cards towards the muck as he will have to find another spot to pick up some chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Mjeldheim
62,000
12,200
12,200
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Jake Cody
60,000
11,400
11,400

Tags: Jake Cody

Latest Casualties

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Don Mishra
Busted
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David Zermon
Busted
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Jamie Roberts
Busted
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Charles Clark
Busted
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Simon Mattsson
Busted
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Philippe D'Auteuil
Busted
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Luca Pagano
Busted
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Pasquale Braco
Busted
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Robert Stain
Busted
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James Philip Sykes
Busted
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Norbert Raible
Busted
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Lee Taylor
Busted
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Arvin Ravindran
Busted
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Giuseppe Zarbo
Busted
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Mario Sanchez Cano
Busted
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Sakis Nicolau
Busted
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Lothar Meier
Busted

Farrell Equilibrium

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Niall Farrell opened the action for 1,800 from under the gun and Shannon Shorr made the call from the big blind. They both checked the heads-up flop of {8-Hearts}{7-Spades}{7-Hearts} and saw the {q-Hearts} arrive on the turn. Shorr stared at the board quizzically before betting 2,900. Farrell wasn’t convinced and made the call. A river card {k-Diamonds} saw Shorr continue the story with a 5,500 bet and Farrell wasn’t interested to see the final chapter and mucked his hand.

Farrell was back in action on the next hand though, calling a 1,900 open from Leo Nordin. The flop was {a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} ad Farrell check-called a 2,100 bet. No more action as the turn brought the {7-Hearts} and the river the {6-Clubs}. Farrell turned over {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for the win and to repair the minor damage from the last hand.

Tags: Niall FarrellShannon Shorr

An Ace For Jensen

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

We just caught a bit of a hand that involved former EPT Madrid winner Frederik Jensen. The board read {6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{J-Hearts} when we saw Jensen check-call a bet of 6,400 after which the river was the {7-Diamonds}.

Both players checked and Jensen took down the pot after showing {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Frederik Jensen
124,000
15,100
15,100
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Frederik Jensen

Jorgensen Takes it on the Turn

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Theo Jorgensen
Theo Jorgensen

On the secondary feature table, Dominik Panka raised to 1,800 preflop and got one caller before Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen made it 5,300 from the cutoff. Panka called, as did the player in the middle to see a {K-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} flop.

Panka checked and the player in the middle fired 7,500. Jorgensen made the call and Panka folded. The turn was the {J-Diamonds}, making the board a little more spicy and Jorgensen's opponent checked. The Dane fired a bet of 30,000, effectively setting his foe all in but all he received in return was a muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Theo Jorgensen
110,000
22,200
22,200

Aido Climbs

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

After a series of preflop raises, Dzmitry Urbanovich and Sergio Aido take a flop of {Q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. With right around 21,000 already in the middle, Urbanovich checked. Aido reached for chips and moved 9,000 past the betting line.

Urbanovich thought for a moment but ultimately decided to let his cards go. Aido was awarded the pot and now has about 140,000 to his name.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergio Aido
140,000
26,300
26,300
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Dzmitry Urbanovich
64,000
-14,600
-14,600
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Sergio Aido

Nitsche Rivered Out

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

had been down to five big blinds in the later levels of yesterday’s play before spinning it up and then finding himself left short again for the start of today’s play. He got his last 12,000 in the middle with {a-}{k-} and was in good shape against the similarly short stacked Pierre Neuville who tabled {k-}{j-}.

The river was the killer for Nitsche though as it gave Neuville a straight to send the German Pro out on the streets of London.

Player Chips Progress
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Pierre Neuville
25,000
12,000
12,000
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Dominik Nitsche
Busted

Tags: Dominik NitschePierre Neuville