£5,000 EPT London Main Event Day 1b | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

10-03-2009 23:12 UTC+2

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[user46392]

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10-03-2009 23:10 UTC+2

Last Break of the Day

[user46392]

20 minutes of milling and/or fighting to get through the revolving door to the "smoking area" ("street"). Then just one more level until bedtime.

10-03-2009 23:09 UTC+2

Dismiss The Viss-er

[user76023]

Ruben Visser moved all-in on a {Q-Hearts}

board holding {Q-Clubs}

but found a second player pushing behind him. Dennis Phillips, also in the hand, got out of the way and Visser needed to improve against his opponent's {A-Spades}

. The turn was the {2-Spades}

and the river the {5-Clubs}

and Visser was sent to the rail.

10-03-2009 23:09 UTC+2

Even A Genius Finds It Hard To Get Away From K-K vs A-A

[user76023]

Chris 'Genius28' Lee has been eliminated, he had rebuilt his stack into around 24,000 only to walk {K-Clubs}

into

and didn't improve on a {3-Clubs}

board.

10-03-2009 22:54 UTC+2

Liz Lieu called us over to tell us how she doubled up. "I want this hand public," she said. We were happy to oblige.

It transpires that she limped under the gun with pocket fours, and there was a raise behind her from the gent in seat seven. In seat eight, Ivo Donev called the raise, and it folded back around to Lieu, who pushed for 10,200. The raiser folded, but Donev called with {A-Diamonds}

.

The board came down a Lieu-favouring {K-?}

and Lieu doubled to 24,000, in what Mr. Donev seems to have called a "banana play". Neither we nor Ms. Lieu would like to hazard a guess at what a banana play might be.

Most interestingly, as Ms. Lieu was telling us this story, Mr. Donev was telling his version to members of the German press across the table. If there are any multi-linguists out there, it might be interesting to contrast and compare...

Tags: Ivo Donev Liz Lieu

10-03-2009 22:51 UTC+2

Man Who Wins A Lot Of The Time Is Out

[user76023]

Jason Mercier couldn't continue his good run from the WSOPE and has been knocked out.

10-03-2009 22:48 UTC+2

A Spade To Dig Seed Out Of A Hole

[user76023]

Huck Seed was all-in for his last few thousand on the turn of a {Q-Spades}

board holding {7-Spades}

which managed to dodge another spade on the river against {A-Spades}

when the

came instead.

The former WSOP champion has had a tough day, but is now heading the right way once more and looks to be back close to his starting stack.

10-03-2009 22:47 UTC+2