2010 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 2
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

JP Keeps Running Into Big Pairs

JP Kelly has bumped into a big pair for the third time in the last hour, and no he's not in a plastic surgeon's office.

He had opened to 7,000 with Masa Kagawa making it 22,000 from the big blind. Kelly called the raise and the flop came out {9-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {3-Hearts}.

Kagawa bet 27,000 and Kelly made the call to see a {4-Hearts} turn.

Kagawa now fired out like 80,000 with about 60,000 which had Kelly tanking before setting his opponent all-in. Kagawa instantly called with {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} to Kelly's {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} and held on the {10-Hearts} river.

Kagawa moved up to 350,000 while Kelly dropped to 150,000

Tags: JP KellyMasa Kagawa

Ivey Finds Aces

Phil Ivey, yesterday. Looks much the same today.
Phil Ivey, yesterday. Looks much the same today.

Phil Ivey is back up to 175,000 after finding {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades} against a short stack's {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}.

The sevens weren't lucky for the all-in player as the board came down a seven-free {4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Spades}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades} to eliminate him.

Tags: Phil Ivey

Persaud Thinks With His Gut

Nik Persaud was contemplating a raise and a shove in front of him but decided to get it all-in with {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} and found himself up against {A-Hearts} {K-Spades} and {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}.

Persaud turned to Daniel Negreanu and said, "I'm feeling good about this, I'm going to hit."

As the cameras rushed in to watch, Persaud's gut-feeling was good, as the {J-Hearts} came out first followed by the rest of the {10-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {10-Spades} {3-Hearts} board.

Persaud won the main pot, trebling up to 220,000 while the kings took the small side pot as big slick slid on out of here.

Tags: Nik Persaud

Ask a Stupid Question...

We've heard our fair share of ridiculous questions from the poker media, and we sometimes cringe at the thought of what must be going through the interviewer's mind. This week in London, Glo took a hands-on approach to the matter, asking some of your favorite players some of the worst questions we've ever heard in an interview. Check it out:

Sarwer's Opponent Captures King

Jeff Sarwer
Jeff Sarwer

"All in and a call, Table 2!"

We scurried over to see what the fuss was about, and it was about aces versus kings. It was Jeff Sarwer on the good side of things with his {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} crushing his opponent's {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}.

"You've even got both of his flushes covered," someone noticed.

The flop was a raggy {5-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}, and the man with kings was visibly frustrated with the predicament he had found himself in. The turn {6-Diamonds} made him even grumpier, but the {K-Spades} appeared on the river like a beacon of salvation. "YES!" he yelled.

Next door, Sarwer was just smirking wryly. "Don't worry about it," he said with sincerity. "I'm used to it." He could only shrug and continue to grin as he counted out the losses, pushing his stack all the way down to about 20,000.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

Chip Counts, Assorted

Player Chips Progress
Femi Fakinle
Femi Fakinle
575,000 14,000
Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
435,000 245,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
360,000 -15,000
Juan Maceiras es
Juan Maceiras
350,000 -10,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
330,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
310,000 -165,000
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
270,000 65,000
Matt Perrins gb
Matt Perrins
270,000 5,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
245,000 115,000
Tony Cascarino
Tony Cascarino
200,000 30,000
Claudio Cecchi
Claudio Cecchi
200,000 -35,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
175,000 83,000
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
175,000 25,000
Teddy Sheringham gb
Teddy Sheringham
165,000 -25,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
160,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
150,000 -10,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Poker Hall of Famer
145,000 10,000
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
145,000 -10,000
Jamie Burland gb
Jamie Burland
140,000 -35,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
135,000 85,000
Kevin Eyster us
Kevin Eyster
130,000 -135,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
130,000 -97,000
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
130,000 70,000
Alex Gomes
Alex Gomes
125,000 -15,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
125,000 51,000

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Hachem Back Up There

After doubling up Greg Raymer in that hot world-champion-on world-champion episode earlier, Joe Hachem has made a recovery and is back up to 240,000.

The flop read {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs} when the short stack's chips went in.

Shortie: {a-Spades}{8-}
Hachem: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Turn: {9-Diamonds}

River: {k-Hearts}

Tags: Joe Hachem

Abecassis All But Out

Michel Abecassis is the latest man to get his shortening stack into the pot with a dominated hand. It was his {A-Spades} {J-Spades} in all kinds of trouble as Chino Rheem put him to the test with {A-Hearts} {K-Spades}.

The flop was even more of a disaster for Abecassis, coming {K-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {A-Clubs} to make Rheem's lead larger. When the {9-Clubs} landed on the turn, Rheem reached out his hand to shake Abecassis', and the Frenchman began to stand from his chair.

We don't think either man initially realized that a {9-Diamonds} river would be good enough to split the pot, and the rest of the table reacted at the sight of the matching full houses. Abecassis was halfway standing already, but he plopped back down to return to his stack, now slightly fatter with the addition of half the blinds and antes. He's got about 120,000.

Tags: Chino RheemMichel Abecassis