The result is a wonderfully vacant tournament floor. Due to the spacing of the tables, it's nearly impossible to reach the far corners of the room, but we're not complaining about the access by any means.
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 322
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The result is a wonderfully vacant tournament floor. Due to the spacing of the tables, it's nearly impossible to reach the far corners of the room, but we're not complaining about the access by any means.
flop. They both checked.The turn came down the
and Van Den Bijgaart now bet out 1,400. A brief pause was followed by a call, and they saw a 
river. The expressionless Van Den Bijgaart bet 1,850, and after another pause, Original Raiser called that too -- but Van Den Bijgaart flipped 
and his opponent couldn't beat it.Van Den Bijgaart is on around 33,000.
It brought
and a check from the small blind. Slotboom grabbed two red chips from the front of his stack and made a bet of 2,000. His opponent counted out more chips and made a check-raise to 7,200. That sent Slotboom into the think tank for several minutes. Never one to act quickly, "Robocop" shuffled his chips for a bit, then shuffled his cards back and forth between his fingers. After checking them several more times, he released them into the muck. They apparently didn't change into a winning hand, and Slotboom surrendered with a few quiet words.He's down to 19,500 here in the early going.
"Timex almost busted before me, though. That would have been legendary." McDonald said nothing and forced a smirk, but he's clearly not too happy with his chip stack dwindling down near 10,000 in the first level.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Roux looked to have checked the
flop and then called a bet of around 1,500 from his opponent in the cutoff. He check-called another 2,750 on the 
turn. Both players checked the 
river, and whatever Roux was holding could presumably not beat his opponent's as he mucked.
We caught up with the hand that did the damage on the river. The board read
and at least 10,000 was sitting in front of Neuville. His all-in opponent turned over for the nuts, and Neuville sadly looked at what appeared to be a king-high flush before handing his cards back to the dealer.
She called a 1,000 bet from her opponent on a
flop and then called another 1,000 on the 
turn. Mr. Opponent must have thought Christmas had come early as he bet 5,000 on the 
river and Thater called. He flipped 
. A very disappointed-looking Thater flashed him an ace, and drops down to 24,000.
. Winamax pro Aurelien Guiglini was first to act, and he led out with a bet of 600. He only had to beat Ricardo Sousa, but the Portuguese pro quickly made the call. The turn brought the 
and a check from both players, and the hit the river. After another check from Guiglini, Sousa flicked a red chip into the pot for a bet of 1,000. Guiglini called, and Sousa tabled 
. "The nuts?" he asked, certain his hand was good. It was; Guiglini picked his cards up off the table, stared at them, and returned them to the muck."Bet you didn't expect to see that," someone at the table said.
"No, I expected that," said Guiglini. "I played with him before."
These Australians do talk very fast, but the general gist of it seems to be that there was a raise and a reraise ahead of Grace, who smooth called, as did the gent on the button. The original raiser called too, making it a four-way pot to the
flop. The action checked around to Grace who bet; the button was the only caller.Grace bet out on the
turn as well and his opponent called. The river was a and Grace bet again -- and this time his opponent folded, showing pocket queens. Grace declined to show, and declined also to tell any bloggers what he was holding...
