£5,200 EPT London Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-03-2008 20:01 UTC+2

Hand for Hand

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We have reached the money bubble. Action is hand for hand. 57 players left. The top 56 get paid prize money. One unlucky soul will go home empty handed.

10-03-2008 20:00 UTC+2

Kathy Liebert Eliminated

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Kathy Liebert's K-Q suited lost a race against pocket sixes. She busted out just before the bubble.

Tags: Kathy Liebert

10-03-2008 19:56 UTC+2

Barry Greenstein Eliminated

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The Robin Hood of poker sleeps with the fishes. Barry Greenstein is out.

Tags: Barry Greenstein

10-03-2008 19:55 UTC+2

Mick Cook Eliminated

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Mick Cook lost a race to Ramin Henke. Cook was all in for 160,000 with {J-Clubs}

against Henke's {A-Hearts}

. Henke flopped a Queen and the rest was history. With Cook's elimination, there are approximately 60 players or so left. We're eagerly approaching the bubble.

10-03-2008 19:53 UTC+2

"Snoopy, Snoopy," beckoned a member of staff. "There's a big hand here." And he wasn't wrong, as I arrived to the battle scene to see three soldiers crossing swords preflop.

It was, however, a hand immersed in controversy, Polish pro Marcin Horecki throwing in 6,500 and failing to recognise that Stephen Chidwick had moved all in before him for 19,000. With the floor called, Horecki was informed that he could either relinquish the 6,500 or make up the 19,000. He chose the latter.

But the drama didn't end there, as Julian Thew opted to push all in from the blinds for around 50 to 60,000. After a moment or two of deliberation, Horecki made the call and it was on their backs.

Thew = {K-Spades}

Horecki =

Chidwick = {K-Diamonds}

The

flop was disastrous for Thew, leaving him with just one out for his tournament life. Chidwick, meanwhile, although commencing the hand in third place, now had a flush draw to stay alive. However, no such card emerged as the {3-Hearts}

turn and

river both bricked out to give Horecki a monster pot.

As a result of this victory, Horecki eliminated two players in one fell swoop and now boasts a stack of 190,000.

Tags: Julian Thew Marcin Horecki Stephen Chidwick

10-03-2008 19:40 UTC+2

Judging a Book by It's Cover

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With his all in push with {A-Clubs}

being called by Ian Frazer's {A-Hearts}

in the small blind, Barry Greenstein was braced to offer his literacy venture to yet another triumphant foe, but 'Ace on the River' needn't have emerged as the board came a chopstastic {9-Hearts}

. Two pairs with a jack meant Greenstein, and his papery friend, lived to fight another day.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Ian Frazer

10-03-2008 19:36 UTC+2

Guillaume De la Gorce = De la Gone

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Guillaume De la Gorce flopped a straight and called an all in check-raise. His opponent tabled a set on nines. Sadly, the river paired the board and Guillaume De la Gorce lost to a full house.

10-03-2008 19:30 UTC+2

Nicolas Levi Eliminated

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Nicolas Levi from France is busto. How do I know? He's hanging out in the media room talking to the French press.

10-03-2008 19:22 UTC+2

Gus Hansen Eliminated

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Ian Frazer took the Great Dane out for a walk and then left him tied to a tree. Alas, Gus Hansen has been eliminated from the PokerStars.com EPT London, his A-Q failing to match up against The Raiser's A-K.

10-03-2008 19:15 UTC+2

Alexia Portal Doubles Up

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On the hand prior to the break. French actress Alexia Portal doubled up with {Q-Diamonds}

. She flopped an open-ended straight draw and got there on the river. One of her opponents bet 8,000 on a board of J-10-x-5-8. She moved all in and he reluctantly called with J-10. Her Queen-high straight was good and the dealer shipped her the pot. She increased her stack to around 42,000.

Tags: Alexia Portal