£20,000 High Roller Event Day 1 | PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown

10-05-2008 23:02 UTC+2

39 Players Remaining

[user24788]

Well at this point, more than half the field has been eliminated. They will play down to a final table tonight.

10-05-2008 22:58 UTC+2

Tens No Good for Demidov

[user46392]

Johan Van Til has doubled through Ivan Demidov. Van Til raised under the gun and Demidov reraised enough to cover him; call.

Van Til: {K-Clubs}

Demidov:

Board:

Van Til is now up to 30,000, while Demidov drops to 36,000.

Tags: Ivan Demidov Johan Van Til

10-05-2008 22:54 UTC+2

Those who appear to have fallen by the wayside recently include Darus Suharto, Greg Raymer, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, David "Chino" Rheem, Vivek Rajkumar, William Thorsson, Peters Neff and Eastgate, Per Ummer, Sebastian Ruthenberg and the extremely photogenic Patrik Antonius.

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

10-05-2008 22:49 UTC+2

Kostritsyn and Negreanu Lead

[user46392]

Alexander Kostritsyn is our current chip leader on 163,000, trailed only slightly by Daniel Negreanu on 155,000. Each of them has double the stack of the next-highest in chips, Dan Heimiller.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Daniel Negreanu

10-05-2008 22:17 UTC+2

Going Dwan

[user46392]

Tom Dwan raised to 2,200 and found callers in the shape of Ghassan Bitar and Isaac Haxton.

Flop: {K-Clubs}

Haxton checked to Dwan, who now bet 4,100; Bitar called and Haxton gave it up. The two of them proceeded to a turn.

Turn: {9-Hearts}

Dwan announced, "All in." Bitar announced, "Call," before the Dwan stack was even across the line, and they flipped them over:

Dwan: {A-Diamonds}

Bitar:

River:

Tags: Ghassan Bitar Tom Dwan

10-05-2008 22:12 UTC+2

Mercier Bullied

[user46392]

Head not yet actually on the block, despite appearances

Isabelle Mercier raised to 2,500, only for Dennis Phillips to move all in, well covering her. She folded, and is down to 24,000, but is now enjoying a consolatory plate of chocolate biscuits.

Tags: Dennis Phillips Isabelle Mercier

10-05-2008 22:08 UTC+2

Rouas Eliminated

[user46392]

Next out is Philippe Rouas, all in preflop with {J-Clubs}

racing against Praz Bansi's {Q-Clubs}

.

Board: a Bansi-favoring {10-Spades}

to send the Frenchman to the rail.

Tags: Philippe Rouas Praz Bansi

10-05-2008 22:06 UTC+2

Channing Busts Out First Hand Back

[user46392]

As so often happens, as soon as play restarted after the dinner break, there was a flurry of exits. Very definitely the first of those was Neil Channing, who somehow found himself all in for the ante on the first hand back. That must have been a fun dinner break for him. Ylon Schwartz raised and it was just the two of them.

"Oh, I found a hand," said Channing, but it was no good.

Channing: {A-Clubs}

Schwartz:

Board:

Tags: Neil Channing Ylon Schwartz

10-05-2008 22:00 UTC+2

High Roller Spotted in McDonald's Despite Playing £20,000 Event

[user46392]

Andrew Feldman. For shame.

Tags: Andrew Feldman