2009 PokerStars.com EPT London

£5,000 EPT London Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
£850,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£3,540,500
Entries
730
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Getting (Aken)Head of the Pack

No danger of blinding away
No danger of blinding away
James Akenhead (hijack) and another player (button) saw a {Q-Hearts} {8-Spades} {5-Spades} flop, and Akenhead bet out 1,850. Mr. Opponent thought about it for a moment, and then raised all in for 11,700 total. Akenhead gave him a slightly sour look and folded.

No feeling sorry for Akenhead though! Despite telling us after he busted out ninth from the WSOPE main event that he was intending to store up his run-good-ness for the WSOP final table and just blind out of this, he's still on a chip-leading 85,000.

Tags: James Akenhead

Lisandro Slightly Down

Jeff Lisandro bet out 3,000 in the turn of a {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} board and his opponent called to see a {3-Diamonds} river. Lisandro now checked, but his opponent bet 7,500. After a moment spent tapping a chip against the felt, Lisandro folded, and is down to 27,000.

Tags: Jeff Lisandro

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Softly-Softly Approach Not ElkY's Style

Every time we stroll by ElkY's table he seems to be doing something inexplicable and wildly aggressive. That's why we love him.

This time, with the board reading {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {8-Spades} {6-Spades}, he bet out a pot-sized 6,650 -- around half his stack. Jesper Hougaard, who more often than not seems to be on the other end of the ElkY steamroller, quietly folded, murmuring, "Nice bet."

Hougaard - 33,000
ElkY - 24,000

Tags: ElkYJesper Hougaard

Peter Loses His Hedlund

Peter Hedlund and one other player saw a {3-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {8-Spades} flop and the non-Hedlund player bet out 1,050. Hedlund made it a min-raise 2,100, and the non-Hedlunder called.

Mr. Not Hedlund checked the {K-Clubs} turn and then called 3,000 from Hedlund; both player checked the {A-Spades} river and Not-Hedlund's {K-Spades} {J-Hearts} beat Hedlund's {10-Hearts} {10-Clubs} to take the pot.

"F***!" shouted the usually jovial Hedlund and banged the table, "I should have raised better." He was still muttering obscenities to no-one in particular when we backed away from the table.

Hedlund's down to 24,500.

Tags: Peter Hedlund