2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

£10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
£394,200
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
173
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

EPT London High Roller Day 2; Yann Dion Leads Stellar Field

Daniel Colman
Daniel Colman

Day 2 of the EPT London High Roller sponsored by PokerStars.com gets underway shortly. The £10,000 + £300 single re-entry event attracted 165 entrants yesterday with 78 players remaining at the close and it is still possible to buy in before the start of the day.

Yann Dion currently holds the lead with 363,300 but despite his big stack he will do well to hang on to that position with an incredibly tough field to negotiate and the all-important seat draw to be announced just before the start of play.

The prize pool will be announced shortly after final numbers have been confirmed, but with numbers up from last year the eventual winner is sure to walk away with more than last year’s first place prize of £357,700.

Other big names in a stellar filed include Team PokerStars Pros Johnny Lodden (109,300), Bertrand Grospellier (78,500), Victoria Coren Mitchell (64,000) and Jason Mercier (42,400) and PokerStars Team Online Pro Isaac Haxton (109,300). German superstar Ole Schemion is well placed with 218,400, and still in but with work to do are Full Tilt Poker Pro Viktor Blom (47,700) and Big One for One Drop winner Daniel Colman (77,300).

The notional plan for today is to play down to a final table, but with such a large field it is likely that the full ten one-hour levels will be played before the action closes at around midnight. Stay tuned as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you all the latest from the felt as battle resumes at Noon

Tags: Daniel ColmanIsaac HaxtonJason MercierJohnny LoddenOle SchemionViktor BlomYann Dion

Farrell Hits Half a Million

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Niall Farrell
Niall Farrell

Thomas Muhlocker is out after calling all in on the river of a {J-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Spades}{A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} board against Niall Farrell. The Scottish player showed {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} and Muchlocker mucked (despite being meant to table his hand as it was an all-in showdown). Farrell is the chip leader with just over 50 players left.

Player Chips Progress
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Niall Farrell
535,000
129,000
129,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Thomas Muhlocker
Busted

Tags: Niall FarrellThomas Muhlocker

Nordkvist Wins Big From Haxton

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Joel Nordkvist
Joel Nordkvist

On the last hand of the level, Team PokerStars Pro Online Isaac Haxton fired bets of 18,000 and 45,000 on the turn and river of a {8-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} board against Joel Nordkvist. The latter made the call and Haxton tabled a missed {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, Nordkvist showed {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} and took the pot leaving Haxton with less than ten big blinds when they return.

Player Chips Progress
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Joel Nordkvist
529,500
119,500
119,500
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Sergio Aido
485,000
-35,000
-35,000
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Leonid Markin
298,000
298,000
298,000
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Salman Behbehani
205,000
140,000
140,000
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Dario Sammartino
170,000
61,300
61,300
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Martin Quack
126,500
11,800
11,800
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Mohammed Barkatul
120,000
19,400
19,400
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Isaac Haxton
47,000
-78,000
-78,000

Tags: Isaac HaxtonJoel Nordkvist

Huge Pot As Aido Grabs Lead from Nordkvist

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Sergio Aido
Sergio Aido

Joel Nordkvist has just played a huge pot with Sergio Aido. On the turn of a board reading {8-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} Nordkvist check-called a bet of over 100,000 and saw the river fall the {8-Clubs}.

Nordkvist made his last check and Aido moved all in for just over 270,000. Decision time for Nordkvist who if he called and got it wrong would be all but felted. It took a minute of thinking but in the end he did made the call. There seemed to be a moment of confusion as to who had won the hand, even between the players themselves.

It looked as though Aido thought that if he was called he had lost as he tapped the table and showed {a-Spades}{2-Spades}. Nordkvist turned over his nut flush {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. Aido though had a full house, albeit the worst possible one. Nordkvist exhaled in stunned disbelief as his chips slid over to Aido.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergio Aido
880,000
395,000
395,000
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Joel Nordkvist
60,000
-469,500
-469,500

Tags: Joel NordkvistSergio Aido

Massive Pot For Markin, Aido Crippled

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Leonid Markin
Leonid Markin

In what appeared to be a six-bet shove preflop from Sergio Aido, he got it all in and clashed with fellow big stack Leonid Markin who instantly called the bet.

Aido held {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} but his face fell when he found out that Markin held {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}

Players gathered around to witness the carnage as the cards ran out {j-Spades}{2-Clubs}{q-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Hearts} to drop Aido to one of the short stacks and deliver Markin a huge coup.

Player Chips Progress
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Leonid Markin
1,470,000
777,000
777,000
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Sergio Aido
80,000
-760,000
-760,000

Tags: Sergio Aido

O'Dwyer's Tough Day

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

A really brutal last couple of hours for Steve O'Dwyer, losing with ace-king to ace-jack crippled the Irishman and he had been waiting for a spot to put his remaining chips in the middle. It went in with {A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} against Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden's {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} but the board came {9-Spades}{10-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}.

There's now a redraw for three tables and the tournament is officially on the bubble. Nothing for the next person out, £19,650 for everyone else.

That's a big jump.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Johnny LoddenSteve O'Dwyer

Sam Trickett Eliminated in 20th Place (£21,350)

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Sam Trickett
Sam Trickett

Sam Trickett shoved his short stack in from the button preflop with {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and Niall Farrell reshoved in the small blind holding {A-Spades}{J-Hearts}.

Though Trickett was live and hit one of his hole cards on the flop, Farrell managed to do the same and the Scotsman won out on the {7-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} board.

Player Chips Progress
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Niall Farrell
180,000
40,000
40,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Sam Trickett
Busted

Tags: Niall FarrellSam Trickett

Ole Schemion Eliminated in 19th Place (£21,350)

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Ole Schemion -  19th Place
Ole Schemion - 19th Place

Ole Schemion hasn’t had much luck with flips in the last hour and this one would be his undoing.

Schemion got his last 64,000 in the middle and got a call from Niall Farrell.

Farrell looked a bit wary when he turned over his {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and told Schemion that his {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs} was, “Massive.”

The cards ran out {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Farrell's small pair held to send Schemion out.

Player Chips Progress
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Ole Schemion
Busted

Tags: Ole SchemionNiall Farrell