€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event Day 1b | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

04-29-2009 18:48 UTC+2

Lawrence of Not-Getting-Paid-bia

Lawrence Houghton bet and got a call on a jack-rag-rag flop, but his opponent folded when he fired out 3,800 on the {K-?}

turn. A disappointed Houghton waved his pocket jacks around as the dealer pushed the small pot towards him.

04-29-2009 18:50 UTC+2

Break Time

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Here we are again. Last break of the day.

04-29-2009 18:51 UTC+2

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04-29-2009 19:06 UTC+2

...and We're Back

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This is it, kids. Last two levels of the night.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

04-29-2009 19:08 UTC+2

Sahamies Not Afraid

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Just before the break, Ilari Sahamies got his last in on a {7-Spades}

flop. Will Fry thought about it for some time, but eventually passed, leaving Sahamies to rake in the 20,000 total pot.

04-29-2009 19:11 UTC+2

We feared the worst for young Stuart Rutter and his amusing pink hat (photos hopefully to appear soon), but it turned out that he'd just moved tables. At one point up to 50,000, he's now back down to his 30,000 starting stack after finding his aces no good against an opponent's {K-?}

on a

X flop.

Tags: Stuart Rutter

04-29-2009 19:23 UTC+2

Walk Tall and Carry a Big Stack

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Scouring the room for big stacks, we've turned up two. Young Ami Barer is sitting behind 122,000 (his railbird friend was very helpful in specifying how many chips Barer had at the break, how many pots he had won since, and what his online screen name is -- details we promptly forgot). Down at Table 2, a player we can only assume is French, Jean Luc Bengoigui, has amassed 134,000.

Tags: Ami Barer Jean Luc Bengoigui

04-29-2009 19:29 UTC+2

Aces for Strassmann

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Johannes Strassmann is up to 100,000 after picking up a big pot courtesy of his neighbor. Strassmann bet the flop and river (he check-called the turn) of the {9-Clubs}