2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
78
Prize
€404,793
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Lavallee Wins a Monster

We picked up the action on the turn in this heads-up pot. The board showed {6-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {5-Clubs}, and Joao Barbosa checked from the blinds. Jason Lavallee was on the other end of the table, and he fired a bet of 6,850. Barbosa made the call, and the last card off the deck was the {2-Spades}. After another check from Barbosa, Lavallee moved all in for his final 25,750 chips.

Barbosa would tank for several agonizing minutes, and someone at the table eventually called the clock. With just a few seconds left on the floorman's timer, Barbosa made the call for more than half of his stack.

Lavallee tabled {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} for the set, and Barbosa could not beat it. He returned his cards to the muck, and Lavallee has claimed the biggest pot so far today. He's up to 84,000 now, while Barbosa has fallen back to 15,000.

Tags: Jason LavalleeJoao Barbosa