Breaking Things
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2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
The Life and Times of Ruben Visser
, and he was in good shape to survive against Tome Moreira and his 
. He would pair his eight on the turn as the board rolled out 
. Eights are good, and Visser doubles up to just about 300,000.A few hands later, Visser open-shoved for 278,000 from late position. In the blinds, Ryan Franklin had just 132,000 left, and they all went into the pot. Visser held
, and Franklin was all in but ahead with 
.The flop brought a backdoor flush draw for Visser, coming
. The 
that hit the turn was not one of those backdoor cards, though. It left Visser drawing dead, and he mucked his cards before the river fell the 
. That moved Franklin back into contention with close to 280,000.For Visser, it's down and up and back down again. He's back to 156,000 as the break approaches.
Skampa Bumps It Up
.
Visser Runs Into the Mighty A-3
Flop:
Gabriel check-called 24,000 from Visser.
Turn:
Checking from both.
River:
Gabriel now bet out 45,000 and Visser insta-called.
Gabriel:
Visser: "Oh come on," closely followed by a muck.
A Fountain of Information
, and Skampa led out with a bet of 36,000. Matias quickly began stacking chips, and he stuck in a raise to 136,000. Skampa thought it over for just a minute before folding, and Matias showed that he had flopped the nuts with 
. Skampa's eyes opened wide as he nonverbally thanked Matias for raising.On the next hand, Pierre Neuville raised to 33,000 from middle position, and Matias made the call from the small blind. The flop was
, and Neuville led out with a bet of 46,000. Matias began counting out a raise, but when he got halfway through, he half-yelled, "Fold!" and slapped his 
onto the felt face-up.One hand later, Matias was at it again. Jude Ainsworth made it 28,000 to go from early position, and Claudio Coelho flatted a couple seats over. When it came to Matias on the button, he asked for a count before announcing an all in for more than 2 million. Everyone quickly folded, and Matias flashed
as he dragged in the pot.
Ungentlemanly Coelho Beats Abecassis
, Caludio Coelho in the small blind position bet out 25,000. Michel Abecassis raised to around 80,000. Call.The river was the
and Coelho bet out a mere 20,000. Abecassis thought about it for some time before raising to 100,000. Coelho insta-called, and Abecassis mucked when Coelho turned over 
.Coelho made a "Bo!"-type noise, and proceeded to deliver some sort of rubdown in Portuguese, before making the universal gesture of "I'm watching you" with middle and forefinger. Abecassis remained a gentleman, with only the very slightest hint of a disgusted expression crossing his face.
Silva Gets Lucky; Franklin Crippled
Silva:
Franklin: looking good with
Oh dear.
Board:
Silva thus enjoyed a miraculous double up to 430,000, while Franklin languished on 100,000 or so. He raised to 43,000 next hand and everyone folded, bumping his stack up to 130,000, but he's still in trouble.
Ainsworth Makes a "Hero Call"
Heads up, the two men watched the flop come
. They both checked, and the hit the turn. After another pass from Ainsworth, Matias stuck in a delayed continuation bet of 25,000. Ainsworth didn't waste much time calling, and the river was the .When Ainsworth checked the third time, Matias made a final bet of 71,000. It took Ainsworth aback a bit, and after a minute, he started to chat. "Did that four help you? I think I was ahead on the turn." His opponent didn't hear, so Ainsworth repeated, "Did that four help you?"
"Maybe... maybe not," came the reply from the chip leader.
"I don't like making hero calls," said Ainsworth, and after another 20 seconds or so, he went ahead and made a hero call.
Matias tabled
for the wheel, and that was plenty good. Ainsworth revealed his 
, showing that he did indeed have the correct read until the river.After that exchange, Ainsworth is down below 200,000. Matias, on the other hand, has... well, way more than that. He's just brushing up against 2 million chips now.
Neuville Makes His Stand
Showdown
Neuville:
Skampa:
The flop was clean for Neuville as it came
. The that hit the turn was a bit of a sweat, giving Skampa a shot at the flush for the knockout. But the river kept Neuville safe; the completed the board to send the pot over to the Belgian pro.After that big double, Neuville is quite healthy with 680,000. He's now right behind Skampa and his stack of 705,000.
Moreira Doubles Through Terrazas
flop.Terrazas checked and Moreira bet 60,000 - and then, incredibly quickly all at once, Terrazas announced all in and Moreira called.
Terrazas:
Moreira:
Turn:
River:
Thus Moreira doubled up to 500,000 to applause from the (obviously) largely Portuguese rail, while Terrazas dropped back down to 445,000.