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Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Total Entries
322
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 322
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board to a 100,000 bet from Claudio Coelho. Coelho made kissy noises from under his unusual hat, and flashed the obvious ace.Neuville got a few chips back some minutes later, though, when he raised to a bet from Joao Barbosa on the
flop. Barbosa passed, and Neuville is on around 250,000.
Showdown
Garcia:
Sousa:
The news was not good for Garcia, likely needing to find his three-outer to stay alive. Much to his delight, and the delight of his fans along the rail, the dealer ran out a flop of
to pull him into the lead with a pair of eights. The turn kept him in front, and the 
that rivered secured his double up to about 190,000.Things are not going well for Sousa. He's doubled up two opponents already today, and he's seen his stack slide all the way back to about 120,000 as the first break approaches.
The flop came out
, and Franklin checked. He would call a bet of 20,000 from Sarwer, and he would check-call another 58,000 when the turn brought the 
. The on the river put a wheel on board, and both men checked.Franklin tabled
, and Sarwer said, "Yeah, split pot." He hesitated to turn his cards over for a minute, but he realized he'd need to do so in order to claim half the pot. He turned over 
-- not great, but good enough for half the pot.
He was in fine shape though. The French pro tabled
, while Sousa could only show 
, behind and suit-dominated to boot. (That's another pair of aces on Table 2, if you're keeping score at home.)The board ran out blanks:
. Abecassis holds his pocket aces to pick up the big double over 600,000. Sousa, on the other hand, has slipped back to about 290,000.
flop out, and Antonio Matias was check-raising 100,000 from the small blind position. Antony Lellouche called from the cutoff.Matias checked the
turn and Lellouche bet 145,000. After a few moments' thought, Matias made the call.The river was the
and Matias checked. Lellouche asked to see Matias' stack, and also for the pot to be spread. He thought about it for a while - and then announced all in. And after very little time, Matias announced call.Lellouche:
for a gutshot that had never come inMatias:
for a flopped pair and rivered tripsMatias becomes our gigantic chip leader on 1.6 million or so; Lellouche, huge chip leader at the start of the day, is out.
, but in another sick big-pair-versus-big-pair showdown, he would soon find out that he had run into Santiago Terrazas and his .The board was a big dry desert for the at-risk Da Silva, coming
. The hits just keep on coming here at the final three tables. Da Silva has become the latest victim of the furious action, exiting in 21st place.
Collopy had his earphones in and didn't initially hear the announcement. He took one side out and looked around, "Huh?" The dealer repeated, "Player is all in," and Collopy instantly called for his tournament life.
Showdown
Collopy:
Franklin:
Collopy stood from his chair and wandered away from the table. "Okay," he reassured himself. "We can do this."
The flop was a clean slate for Queso, coming out
. The turn 
provided some chop outs for Franklin, but this would not be a split pot. The peeled off on the river, and Collopy could only shake his head and meander off toward the rail.After another deep run in a major tournament, Collopy comes up short, exiting in 22nd place.
They saw a
flop and Matias bet out 40,500. Sousa was the only caller.The turn was the
and Matias bet out another 100,500. Sousa made some complex mental calculations, before attempting to call for 50,500. He was put right, looked unhappy, and continued.Come the
river, Matias bet out 200,500. Sousa dwelled up for many minutes, his eyes wandering all over the place. At last he folded. Matias showed him 
for a full house. Sousa claimed .
