2010 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
£900,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£4,112,800
Entries
848
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

Some Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
65,000
35,000
35,000
PokerStars
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
59,000
PokerStars
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
50,000
20,000
20,000
PokerStars
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
49,000
-1,000
-1,000
PokerStars
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
47,000
17,000
17,000
PokerStars
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
47,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
39,000
9,000
9,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
39,000
37,000
7,000
7,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
36,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
35,000
5,000
5,000
PokerStars
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
34,000
EPT 1X Winner
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
34,000
4,000
4,000
PokerStars
Teddy Sheringham gb
Teddy Sheringham
33,000
PokerStars
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
32,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
31,000
1,000
1,000
Vicky Coren
Vicky Coren
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
29,000
PokerStars
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
PokerStars
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
26,000
-4,000
-4,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
PokerStars
David Steicke au
David Steicke
24,000
Julien Brecard fr
Julien Brecard
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
PokerStars
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
19,000

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Breakaments

How time flies when you're having fun.

It's time for our runners to spend their first 15 minutes out in the hallway. Back shortly.

Selbst's Bluff Fails

With 11,750 in the pot, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst fired 7,900 on the river of a {10-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {J-Spades} board causing her opponent Bryn Kenney to tank for several minutes before he eventually made the call.

Selbst mucked instantly and pointed out Kenney had to show his hand and he tabled {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades}. This however isn't the actual rule in EPT's, which is that if a player is called and mucks, the other player does not need to show a hand to win the pot. However, if a player calls the best and asks to see the opponent's hand, they then themselves must table a hand to win the pot.

This stops an advantage being given to players who bluff since otherwise they gain info about opponents who have made good calls. This rule can have critics though since it may make collusion more difficult to detect.

Tags: Vanessa SelbstBryn Kenney

Chance Would Be a Fine Thing

Over 15,000 in chips had made its way into the pot by the time we arrived on the river of the {q-Spades}{a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{5-Spades} board. They would soon find their way into the stack of Chance Kornuth, as Mr. Kornuth bet out 11,500 from under the gun, and following a brief-ish pause his opponent - we believe one Quentin Krueger - folded.

There were a few envious glances around the table as Kornuth stacked up his chips - at 55,000, he is currently table captain.

Tags: Chance Kornuth

Gass Prices Increase

David Gassian has just eliminated the unknown ten seat on his table, caling a river push with {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} on a {J-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {8-Hearts}. His opponent had flipped {A-Spades} {2-Spades} and having seen he'd been outdrawn on the flop, left more disgusted than a Liverpool fan after the Northamption cup match.

Small Phee

Kevin MacPhee opened to 375 from UTG with Anton Wigg calling in middle position, the big blind called as well.

However any hope of action on the {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} quickly dissipated when every street was checked down. MacPhee showed {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} which was enough to win it all. The smallest pot MacPhee might win this tournament and probably the easiest.

Tags: Anton WiggKevin MacPhee

Demidov Nearly Double

When we found Ivan Demidov, the board read {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{9-Spades} and there was around 7,000 in the pot. Demidov was on the button, and there was a 5,100 bet in front of him.

Across the table, Tristan Clemencon was huffing and puffing about his decision. Eventually he called - but mucked to Demidov's {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

Clemencon dropped to 20,250 with that. The 2008 WSOP Main Event runner up is among our bigger stacks now, with 50,000.

Tags: Ivan Demidov

Welcome to the Team!

Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

We mentioned earlier that Liv Boeree is now officially the newest member of Team PokerStars, this news coming about six months after her epic win in the largest-ever EPT San Remo last season.

Boeree is on the docket to play tomorrow's Day 1b, but we just caught a peek of her in her shiny new Union Jack patch, wandering around the floor. Any time, really, is a good time to put a photo of Liv in the blog if we're honest. We'll have much more about her tomorrow when she takes to the felt.

Tags: Liv BoereeJames Sykes

Hungry Like de Wolfe

Roland de Wolfe might have finalled the WSOPE last night, but last night's £278k score for 4th place means nothing right now as he's already here trying to become the first person to win a second EPT.

He's not had the best of starts though, down to 21,000 and just folded to a 6,500 bet on a {5-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} board on the river.

Tags: Roland de Wolfe

More People Noticed

Wow, as we head towards the first break the tables are really filling up, and there are more than a few faces we recognise.

Mr Jerry Buss, owner of the LA Lakers, has just taken his seat next to online monster Chris Moorman. Also at their table are Marc Goodwin and John Juanda.

Elsewhere an interesting table has emerged as Marcel Luske has seated himself at a table with Irish Open champion Neil Channing and WSOP $5,000 PLO bracelet winner Chance Kornuth. Banter overheard at that table: Kornuth, "Want a prop bet?"; Channing, "I can't win a hand."