£5,000 EPT London Main Event | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-07-2009 16:12 UTC+2

Eastgate Awakens

[user46392]

Aaron Gustavson raised to 200,000 from the button, but Peter Eastgate, now apparently a bit more awake and looking very stern, re-popped him for 630,000 total from the big blind. Gustavson decided he didn't want to get any more involved than that, and passed.

Tags: Aaron Gustavson Peter Eastgate

10-07-2009 16:14 UTC+2

Rui-Recovery?

[user76023]

Eastgate limps in the small blind and Rui Milhomens checks his option.

The flop is {9-Clubs}

Milhomens calls a bet of 125,000. Both players check the {6-Spades}

turn.

The river is the {6-Clubs}

and Eastgate checks again, Milhomens bets 250,000 and the Dane folds without much thought.

10-07-2009 16:27 UTC+2

Raymond Wu Eliminated in 7th Place (£87,000)

[user46392]

Raymond Wu shoved for his last 650,000 from the button, and Aaron Gustavson re-shoved from the small blind.

Actually, it wasn't as bad as it looked for Wu.

Wu: {Q-Clubs}

Gustavson: {K-Clubs}

Still, board: {K-Hearts}

Wu is bust in 7th place, and Gustavson picks up yet more chips. Still, Wu has the £87,000 7th-place money to console him, as well as the incredibly beautiful girl at the rail who we understand is his girlfriend. Not so bad, then.

Tags: Aaron Gustavson Raymond Wu

10-07-2009 16:31 UTC+2

Rui Milhomen Eliminated In 6th Place (£124,000)

[user76023]

Rui Milhomen raised to 230,000 and it gets passed to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. Eastgate thinks for so long that everyone assumes he's going to fold. But no! He moves all-in and Rui Milhomen looks gutted, is he going to fold? No he eventually shrugs and calls all-in.

Eastgate: {A-Diamonds}

Milhomen:

The board

and Eastgate hits the river to knock out the Portuguese player and almost breaks out into a smile as a result.

10-07-2009 16:40 UTC+2

Martin Not 'Vangen His Chips

[user46392]

Martin Gudvangen raised to 230,000, only for Aaron Gustavson to make it 590,000 out of the small blind. Back to Gudvangen, and he now made it 915,000, staring quite intensely at his opponent.

Eventually Gustavson folded, and Gudvangen took the pot.

Tags: Aaron Gustavson Martin Gudvangen

10-07-2009 16:42 UTC+2

Cullen 'Em Dead

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Dominic Cullen, our official five-handed short stack, pushed for 1.36 million. Nobody wanted to take him on, and he stays in the game, a few blinds and antes rivher.

Tags: Dominic Cullen

10-07-2009 16:47 UTC+2

Chip Counts, Right Now

[user46392]

Peter Eastgate - 7,370,000
Aaron Gustavson - 6,430,000
Martin Gudvangen - 5,445,000
Dominic Cullen - 1,430,000
Nikolai Senninger - 1,265,000

10-07-2009 16:49 UTC+2

Senniger Doubles

[user76023]

Gudvangen sets Nikolai Senniger all-in from the small blind. Senniger, wearing a shirt that couldn't be more red unless it was left in a library for twenty years, made the call for his tournament life.

Senniger: {A-Clubs}

Gudvangen: {10-Hearts}

The board comes {9-Spades}

and Senniger (and Simba) double up to about 2.5 million.

10-07-2009 16:49 UTC+2

Who's Got the Most Friends?

[user46392]

OK, we can't judge that objectively, but local boy Dominic Cullen is winning the railer popularity contest by a long way so far. Every time he shoves his short stack in the middle and picks up the blinds, a round of applause and some muted "woo"s reverberate around the final table.

Tags: Dominic Cullen