£5,200 EPT London Main Event Day 1b | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-02-2008 23:21 UTC+2

Joe Hachem Eliminated

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Team PokerStars pro Joe Hachem has hit the rail.

Tags: Joe Hachem

10-02-2008 23:17 UTC+2

Brucie Bonus

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Daniel Mangas made it 1,700, Chris Bjorin called, but Chris Bruce forced both players to fold by moving all in for around 10,000. After a smidgen of encouragement, he showed {A-Diamonds}

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10-02-2008 23:15 UTC+2

I knew Devilfish was officially eliminated when I wandered through the cash game area and spotted him playing high stakes Pot Limit Omaha. I watched one hand where he busted a player when his top set held up against a straight flush draw. That pot was worth well over £2,500 or half of what he lost buying into the PokerStars.com EPT London.

Tags: Devilfish

10-02-2008 23:08 UTC+2

New Chip Leader

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The chip lead seems to be swinging back and forth like a Creed/Rocky bout, the latest player to enjoy his moment at the top being French-Canadian qualifier Phillippe Dauteuil. He has just overtaken Scotty Nguyen as chip leader with 85,025 and now has a row of chips that would make the Great Wall of China look small.

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

10-02-2008 22:54 UTC+2

Ylon Schwartz Eliminated

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Over in the kitchen area, November Nine member Ylon Schwartz from Brooklyn, NY was taken out by Team PokerStars member Barry Greenstein.

Tags: Ylon Schwartz

10-02-2008 22:51 UTC+2

138 Players Remaining

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14 tables left with approximately 138 players.

10-02-2008 22:46 UTC+2

Random Droppings

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Roland de Wolfe was moved to Jean-Robert Bellande's table. De Wolfe is without a massage therapist for the first time in hours. He's sitting on a 15,000 stack while an exasperated Bellande has around 10,000.

Michaela Johansson from Sweden survived a difficult table with both Devilfish and Barry Greenstein. Her stack is around 10,000 and she has been moved to a table with two Team PokerStars members... Isabelle Mercier and Andre Akkari.

And where's Vivek Rajkumar? The young gun from Seattle, WA won the $10,000 main event championship at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City a couple of weeks ago. He was flirting with a shortstack and as Snoopy would say, "he is currently missing and presumed dead."

Tags: Roland de Wolfe

10-02-2008 22:44 UTC+2

Aces vs. Kings

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Early pace-setter Patrick Sacrispeyre is now down to just several thousand after enduring a deck colder than a mother-in-law's kiss. With Richard Walters raising it up from the button, Sacrispeyre must have thought all his dreams had come true when he looked down to find {K-Clubs}

in the big blind, and made the inevitable raise. But a raise or two later and Sacrispeyre knew he may be in hot water, Walters confirming those doubts by revealing {A-Spades}