2009 PokerStars.com EPT London

£5,000 EPT London Main Event
Day: 4
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Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠q♦
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
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Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

Small Ball for All

[user46392]
[user46392]
Not much in the way of big pots here at the moment, or indeed flops.

The only flop we've seen at the non-TV table since we came back from break was one that came down {9-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} following a button raise from Tobias Reinkemeier and a call from big blind Raymond Wu. Wu checked it, Reinkemeier bet 150,000, and Wu passed.

Wu's Your Daddy

[user46392]
[user46392]
Wu who? Wu hu!
Wu who? Wu hu!
Indeed, Raymond has been relatively active at the non-feature table. The next hand he got his chips back when Rui Milhomens raised his button to 95,000 and Wu made it 235,000 to go. After some silent and not terribly gripping tankage, Milhomens passed.

Tags: Raymond WuRui Milhomens

Karim Not Really Rising to the Top

[user46392]
[user46392]
Perma-short-stack Karim Bennani shoved under the gun, finally, for his last 250,000 or so. Clearly disturbed by this sudden decisiveness in a player who up until this point had seemed perfectly happy to blind away almost to nothing, everyone folded and he picked up the blinds and antes, thus upping his stack by almost half again.

Tags: Karim Bennani

Donev Ain't Done Yet

[user46392]
[user46392]
Up on the feature table, Ivo Donev has rallied.

He opened for 90,000 and Michael Berry made the call to see a {7-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} flop, which bith players checked. They saw a {Q-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} turn and Berry checked again. Donev now bet 110,000, and Berry made the call.

They saw a third {10-Hearts} on the river and once more Berry checked. This time Donev bet what we can only describe as a bunch of chips, and after a swift fold from Berry, Donev took the pot.

Tags: Ivo DonevMichael Berry

Michael Berry Eliminated in 15th Place (£19,000)

[user46392]
[user46392]
A monster of a hand was in progress when we looked up from posting the last exit to see former chip leader Michael Berry all in, his pocket {3-Spades} {3-Diamonds} in considerable trouble against Aaron Gustavson's pocket {J-Diamonds} {J-Spades}.

Board: a three-less {7-?} {2-?} {K-?} {4-?} {7-?}

Thus ends the very excellent run of Mr. Berry. Not bad for winning a freeroll run by the Daily Mirror.

After knocking out Caprioli, and then winning this 2.986 million pot to eliminate Mr. Berry, Gustavson is our new chip leader.

Tags: Aaron GustavsonMichael Berry

Luck Of The Irish

[user76023]
[user76023]
Marty Smyth has doubled up against Raymond Wu.

Wu raised to 100,000 preflop and Smyth called in the big blind.

The flop was {J-Spades} {5-Spades} {9-Diamonds} and Smyth check-raised all-in against a 95,000 bet. Wu made the call.

Smyth: {K-Spades} {10-Spades}
Wu: {A-Spades} {2-Spades}

The turn {7-Clubs} gave Smyth three more outs and the river was the {10-Hearts} and Smyth doubled through to 1,600,000. Wu is left with 1,000,000.

Karim Doubles

[user76023]
[user76023]
Karim Bennani Smires pushed all-in over the top of Nikolai Senninger, who ummed and ahhhed but then called with {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades}, behind though to Smires' {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}.

The flop helped neither coming {2-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {6-Spades} and Smires walked away from the table not wanting to look, and he really was upset to see from afar the {J-Diamonds} on the turn. The pain was short-lived though, the {10-Hearts} on the river made him the nuts and he survived to double through.
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