2008 PokerStars.com EPT London
£5,200 EPT London Main Event
Day: 1a
John Kabbaj Eliminated
Lloyd's Bank
I only caught the very end of the hand, but Lloyd was scooping up a nice pot with on a board and now has around 25 to 30,000.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Recent Eliminations
British Departures
You're Gavin a Laugh
Greco =
Griffin =
Board =
Greco didn't seem to approve of Griffin's call, to which the Team PokerStars pro responded, "You're gonna get a call there 100% of the time."
Either way, Greco does indeed double through, to the tune of 15,000, whilst Griffin drops down to 11,500.
Shaun Deeb Eliminated
Straight Squared
Although his opponent's raise to 3,825 screamed of the nut straight, Benyamine simply couldn't fold and begrudgingly threw in the extra chips. His opponent did indeed have the straight with , the river dealing out a nasty cooler to the Frenchman who revealed .
On a side note, Benyamine was once at the nose-bleed heights of 20,000, after his raise with kings ran into two raises, the latter of which was making a move with 6-3. Thankfully for the Frenchman, the kings did indeed hold up.
Benyamine is now on 13,500.
Close Shave for the Raiser
On the very next hand, Frazer showed the rest of the table how to win a 50-50, his pocket jacks surviving against A-Q on a harmless board. See, it's easy when you know how.