Vilamoura Championship Main Event Day 4 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

11-21-2009 13:43 UTC

Hold the Action

[user66118]

Cue the catchy break music. It's time for the first 15-minute walkabout of the day.

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

11-21-2009 13:57 UTC

Back to Work

[user46392]

Off we go.

11-21-2009 14:06 UTC

Joao Barbosa opened the pot to 20,000, and Ruben Visser three-bet to 46,000 a couple seats over. Next to him, Andrei Vlasenko moved all in for 182,000. That was enough to quickly fold Barbosa, but Visser made the call to put his opponent at risk.

Showdown
Barbosa: {J-Hearts}

Visser:

Barbosa was poised for a much-needed double up, and that's just what he would get. The dealer ran out the board: {K-Hearts}

. The jacks hold for Barbosa, and he's now up to about 390,000. Visser has taken a step back, but he's still got about 495,000 to work with.

Tags: Joao Barbosa Ruben Visser

11-21-2009 14:14 UTC

Felix Flips a Coin

[user66118]

From the button, Hugo Felix shoved his 148,000 remaining chips into the middle of the table. Gino Gabriel has been dying to play a hand today, and he finally found one to call with, matching the bet from the big blind to put Felix at risk.

Showdown
Felix: {A-Hearts}

Gabriel:

Let's flip a coin, shall we? The flop came out {3-Clubs}

. "No help," said Thomas Kremser on the microphone, although Felix had picked up four more outs to the straight. The {J-Clubs}

on the turn was a great miss too, as Felix picked up an additional three outs to make a better two pair. With a myriad of outs to work with, Felix would find one: the {10-Diamonds}

on the river filled in his gutshot and double him up over 300,000.

"Vamos!" came the shouts from the rail.

11-21-2009 14:19 UTC

Quote of the Day

[user46392]

Jeff Sarwer, eavesdropping on a conversation between Sorel Mizzi and someone else where contact details were exchanged:

"Sorel, I heard your email. I'm going to spam you. Is it ever ok to four-bet with..."

11-21-2009 14:21 UTC