£5,200 EPT London Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-03-2008 15:50 UTC+2

Official Numbers

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Thanks to PokerStars.com for providing us with the official pay out info...

Players: 596
Total prize pool: £3,349,200

1st - £1,000,000
2nd - £525,314
3rd - £303,439
4th - £234,920
5th - £195,766
6th - £153,351
7th - £120,723
8th - £81,569
9-10 - £50,574
11-12 - £35,891
13-14 - £26,102
15-16 - £19,576
17-24 - £16,313
25-32 - £13,052
33-40 - £11,419
41-48 - £9,789
49-56 - £8,156

10-03-2008 15:46 UTC+2

No Cake for Jeff

[user4144]

It's been a bad start for the Brits, Jeff 'Jaffcake' Kimber forced to regale tales of woe in the bar with messeurs Parker and Channing. He was expectedly dejected in defeat, and wasn't keen to share his exit, but armed with a jar of vaseline and a giant crowbar, I managed to prise out his final hand. "I had K-J, pushed all in preflop, and ran into aces in the blind."

Tags: Jeff Kimber

10-03-2008 15:33 UTC+2

Joao Barbosa Passes 100K

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Joao Barbosa from Portugal is cruising today. He ran past the 100,000 chip mark after winning a pot with pocket Queens. He now has 110,000.

Tags: Joao Barbosa

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

10-03-2008 15:15 UTC+2

Isabelle Mercier Eliminated

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"I'm out but will go home and hug my Dario Doll."

No mercy for Isabelle. She found herself all in against two other players. She held pocket nines against 8-8 and 10-10. The board ran out Q-7-6-9-8. The player with tens rivered a straight and busted Isabelle's set.

Tags: Isabelle Mercier

10-03-2008 15:10 UTC+2

John Dwyer Eliminated

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Edward Holden raised. Irishman John Dwyer shoved all in with {A-Hearts}

. Holden called with {J-Diamonds}

. The flop was {J-Hearts}

and Holden took the lead. The turn and river did not help Dwyer and he was eliminated.

10-03-2008 15:10 UTC+2

Mike Ellis Eliminated

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Mike Ellis found his coin buttered the wrong side, his {9-Clubs}

failing to survive a {4-Spades}

against Daniel Albright's {K-Hearts}

.

If they keep up this pace, we'll be done by lunch!

Tags: Mike Ellis

10-03-2008 15:10 UTC+2

Failing to Holden

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Another man down in the shape of Jean Frohle. He found himself in piping hot water as his {A-Hearts}

ran headfirst into the {A-Spades}

of Edward Holden. The {8-Spades}

provided no glimmer of hope, and Frohle was gone.

Tags: Jean Frohle

10-03-2008 15:07 UTC+2

Walid Rizkallah Eliminated

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With the ghost of Freddie Mercury chanting "Another one bites the dust", we indeed witness yet another exit as Walid Rizkallah is snipered down by Huseyin Yilmaz.

Tags: Walid Rizkallah

10-03-2008 15:07 UTC+2

Jean-Robert Bellande Booted Off the Island

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Jean-Robert Bellande (most famous in the U.S. for appearing on the popular reality program Survivor) has been eliminated from the tournament. He told me about the hand. He started with around 28,000. He found {5-Spades}

and raised 3,000. Axel Albertsson announced a reraise but only tossed out 4,500. He intended to bet 8,500. The dealer allowed him to min-raise only. So he raised to 5,000. Bellande called. The flop was {K-Spades}

. Bellande checked. Albertsson bet 4,000. Bellande check-raised all in. Albertsson called with a set of kings. The turn was the {6-Spades}

and Albertsson filled up with a boat. Bellande had some life with an open-ended straight flush draw. He bricked up on the river. Albertsson won the pot and Bellande headed to the rail.

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande