Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London
High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£1,342,600
Entries
137
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Jak it Up
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Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Barry Greenstein opened to 27,000 with around 140,000 behind and Gautam Sabharwal opted to flat-call in the small blind. Faraz Jaka then three-bet in the big blind to 81,000, Greenstein folded but Sabharwal was more persistent and made the call.
The flop was 
and Sabharwal quickly check-called a 60,000 bet from Jaka. The turn was the 
and Sabharwal checked again, only to fold speedily to a 90,000 bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
600,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
140,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
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Albert Daher Eliminated in 12th Place (£26,850)
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Dimitar Danchev opened the button to 26,000 and Albert Daher moved all in from the small blind. Gautam Sabharwal folded in the big blind and Danchev instantly called.
Danchev: 
Daher: 
The board came
- Danchev's ace-high was still good and Daher went out in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Volpe Wins Race; Doubles
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
JC Alvarado opened for a standard raise from the cutoff seat, and Paul Volpe three-bet jammed for 222,000 on his direct left. The action folded back to Alvarado, who instantly called, and it was your classic race situation.
Alvarado: 
Volpe: 
The nines held as the board ran out 
, and Volpe doubled. Alvarado slipped down to around 905,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
905,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
|
450,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
Winning Without a Showdown
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Talal Shakerchi opened to 25,000 from the cutoff, JC Alvarado called in the big blind, and the flop fell 
. Alvarado check-called a 30,000-chip bet from Shakerchi, and the turn brought the 
.
Alvarado checked, Shakerchi fired a second bullet worth 53,000, and Alvarado called.
Both players checked when the 
, completed the board, and Shakerchi immediately mucked. Not having to show his own cards, Alvarado mucked as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,125,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,050,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Danchev Down, Sabharwal Up
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Dimitar Danchev opened to 24,000 from under the gun, Gautam Sabharwal called in the cutoff, and Eric Sfez came along from the small blind. The flop fell 
, Sfez checked, and Danchev continued for 41,000. Only Sabharwal called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. The two checked again, and Sabharwal took it down with 
for rivered pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
795,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
242,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
|
|
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End of Day in Sight
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
We've been told that we'll be playing the rest of this level and the next one then finishing for the day, regardless of what happens.
Sfez Ascending
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
On the turn of a 
board, Eric Sfez, Barry Greenstein and Dimitar Danchev had all put in 110,000 - Sfez was the aggressor. On the river, the Frenchman now announced all in and Greenstein instantly folded but Danchev took a couple of minutes before releasing his hand.
Sfez showed 
for the flopped straight, Danchev declared he had a pair of sevens for the same straight saying, "Good bet."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
369,000
|
369,000 |
|
|
315,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
180,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
|
|
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Large Hands on Both Tables
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
On Table 2, we saw an open to 25,000 from Talal Shakerchi, who was sitting on the button, and a three-bet to 65,000 from Johan van Til, who was in the big blind. Shakerchi four-bet jammed for effectively 360,000, and the Dutchman folded.
Over on the other table, we found Eric Sfez and Gautam Sabharwal heads up on a board of 
. Sabharwal checked, and Sfez fired 100,000. Sabharwal called, only to spike his cards into the muck when Sfez tabled 
for a turned straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
980,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
831,000
411,000
|
411,000 |
|
|
605,000
-233,000
|
-233,000 |
|
305,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000