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2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Break Time
The Ol' Suck-Resuck
Showdown
Greenwood:
Mercier:
Greenwood was a bit miffed at the hand he'd run into, but the news would improve for him. The dealer ran out a flop of
, vaulting the young Canadian into the lead and putting Mercier in danger of a crippling blow. The turn 
was a sweat as it gave the Pro a flush draw, and that draw would come through nicely as the 
hit the river. Mercier's nut flush is plenty good enough to knockout the disappointed Greenwood."Good game, bro," said Mercier, his head bobbing up and down from the vigorous massage he's in the midst of. "Cooler... I shove there too." With a genuine smile dismissing Greenwood, Mercier stacked up his new chips to move over 90,000.
Controversy
flop, three players in the hand. It checked around to Daniel Drescher, who bet 4,800. Back to Ricardo Sousa in the big blind position, who flat called. Back now to Olaf de Zeeuw - and he check-raised to 16,400. After a long pause, Drescher flatted, and the action continued around back to Sousa."And I have J-2," Sousa thought out loud. At which point the floor was promptly called.
"He can talk," ruled Thomas Kremser. "But what if he fold and he has not J-2?" asked a clearly very unhappy de Zeeuw. "It is part of the game," continued the mighty Kremser, "Although I am in two minds."
Eventually it was ruled that if it transpired that Sousa was indeed holding
he would be issued a penalty, but only if it went to showdown naturally - there would be no sneaky checking of his cards if he folded.He folded.
Controversy over, the two remaining players saw a
turn, and de Zeeuw disappeared into what must be his favourite place - the tank - for an amazingly long time, before betting out 19,100. Drescher folded, and a rather smug de Zeeuw slammed down 
on the table.Said Kremser to Sousa, "You should never talk..."
Should Have Slept Another Five Minutes
Heads up now, the flop brought
. Deeb kept the heat on with a continuation bet of 5,800, and Passos called after a moment. The turn was the , and Deeb wasn't slowing down now. When he bet 9,600, Passos moved all in for about 34,000 total, and Deeb instantly called with the covering stack.Deeb tabled
, and it was clear that he was ahead by the way Passos sighed and slumped in his chair. He sheepishly tabled 
, drawing slim for his survival. The 
came on the river, and it was no use to Passos; he's been eliminated.Deeb, on the other hand, has nearly doubled up since the start of play. He's up close to 110,000 now.
Black Lightens Up
board, when Ruben Visser put in a chunky bet. Andy Black called, and his 
for bottom straight was good enough to beat Visser's 
. There followed some good-natured chuckling.Visser - 165,000
Black - 90,000
Kelopuro KO'd
, and Kelopuro was looking to hold his 
to pick up that first double.There was an ace on the flop. Oh, but there were also two nines. In the end, the board reading
will be the last five cards Kelopuro will see today. At least as far as live poker goes.
Isabel Isn't
Like Flies
Our powers of deduction lead us to conclude that Luca Pagano was responsible for at least one of those exits. Just now we witnessed him betting out 9,000 on a
flop only to lay it down to a raise of another 15,000 from Vishal Pundjabi. Nevertheless, the 65,000 that Pagano was left with after that was still an improvement on the 60,000 he started the day with.