Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 5,000
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£4,112,800
Entries
848
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
And They're Off!
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The extended introductions and TV shenanigans are over, and cards are in the air.
Good luck, all.
Pay the Man His Money
Tom Marchese opened to 175,000 preflop and Kayan Payman moved all-in, Marchese snap-folded, first blood to the Canadian.
Next hand, John Juanda raised to 185,000 and purloined the valuable blinds and antes.
Marchese Shoves, Everyone Else Folds
"Tom Marchese folding under the gun," the commentator announced, but Marchese's cards never actually went into the muck; instead, he pulled them back, and then pushed his whole stack into the middle instead. Everyone folded, and he picked up the blinds and antes.
Juanda Dictating the Action
John Juanda asked for a count on Tom Marchese's stack before raising on the button to 185,000. David Vamplew briefly thinks about it before folding, Marchese folds in the big blind. Juanda takes over the chip lead from Kyle Bowker.
Juanda continues to be the most active player on the table at the moment, making it 185,000 in the next hand too. Marchese pushes all-in for about 1.35 million from the small blind and Juanda gives it some consideration before folding.
Ummer 's Turn to Shove
It folded around to Tom Marchese on the button, who now raised small rather than going all in - just 165,000. But the hand was not shove-free, as Per Ummer in the big blind solemnly pushed his whole stack across the line, and Marchese gave it up.
Payman Not a Millionaire
Kayvan Payman made it 175,000 from the button and got a call from John Juanda in the big blind to see a 
flop. Juanda checked it, and then called 200,000 from Payman.
Juanda checked the 
turn and Payman now became cagey and checked behind; they checked down the 
river as well and we got our first showdown of the day. Payman showed an ace, we understand (we didn't actually see it ourselves, but it was announced) and looked extremely frustrated when Juanda turned over 
for two pair, sixes and fours.
Payman is down under a million now.
Juanda If He Can Win Every Pot?
John Juanda continued to raise most hands, and makes it 180,000 to go preflop. David Vamplew makes the call in position.
The flop was 
and Juanda carefully checked it across to the young Scot. Vamplew bet 380,000 and Juanda made a fairly speedy call.
The 
came on the turn and Juanda checked a second time, Vamplew now fired 625,000 but this bet was more than enough to push the chip leader off the pot.
Short Stacks Pushing...
David Vamplew raised to 160,000 and Kayvan Payman pushed all-in for around 800,000 which was enough to get Vamplew off the hand.
Per Ummer raised to 200,000 from his fairly short-stack and Artur Wasek made the call from an equally shortish stack. The flop was 
and Ummer bet 300,000 to pick up the pot from the Pole.
Brito Later
Fernando Brito opened for a rather large 260,000, around a third of his stack. Everyone gave him respect, and he picked up hte blinds and antes.