Allan Baekke is riding high up to 47,000 after finding his 
fitted rather perfectly with a 
against another player's 
. Blanks on the 
turn and 
ensured the Dane the pot and he's gradually creeping up the field after a slow start.
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£4,112,800
Total Entries
848
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 848
Filter
Barry Greenstein is down to 9,000 after calling a short-stacked push on the turn of a 
board.
Greenstein: 
for two pair
Happy Gentleman: 
for a flopped straight
No further tens or jacks came in on the river, and the pot headed in the general direction of away from Greenstein.
Roland de Wolfe finally got his last in with 
and the TV cameras were just loving it as his opponent was Barry Shulman with 
, who seemed to be suffering from verbal diarrhea as the board was dealt.
Flop: 
- "Heyyy that's nearly a nine, it's upside down."
Turn: - "That's pretty good, I've got more outs now."
River: - "Ahh, you've got me beat."
De Wolfe doubled up to around 6,000 and the TV crew dispersed, but they would soon be back as de Wolfe pushed again the next hand to a raise from another gentleman and it was showdown number two for the triple crown winner.
De Wolfe: 
Other Gentleman:
Board: 
"Don't go up against tens anybody, yeah?" warned de Wolfe; he is now busto.
We walked up a bit late to see the preflop action, but it looks like the gentleman in Seat 7 had three-bet before the flop. We're (educatedly) guessing that Pim de Goede opened the pot from the hijack seat. Marcel van Klinken (pronounced van Klinken) called in the middle before the seven seat made it 2,800 to play. Both de Goede and van Klinken (fellow Dutchmen, you know) called, and it was three-handed to the flop.
It came 
, and the action checked to Seat 7. He continued out with a bet of 5,800, and de Goede called. Van Klinken was thinking sinister thoughts, though, and he squeezed in a sneaky raise to 15,000. That folded Seat 7 out of the way, putting action back on de Goede. After taking his pause for about two minutes, he announced that he was all in, and van Klinken double-checked his cards and called with a big sigh, putting himself at risk for 57,550 chips.
Showdown
De Goede:
Van Klinken: 
Van Klinken had flopped his set, and de Goede was two cards away from losing a big chunk of his stack. The turn 
and river were not the jacks that de Goede was looking for, and he sends a big double up to his neighbor.
We understand that de Goede had lost a big chunk on the hand before this one (and if you read Dutch, you can find out the details here), and this second loss in a row sets him all the way back around 40,000 after being up close to 160,000 at the start of the level.
Van Klinken, on the other hand, appears to have kept the Dutch atop the leaderboard with his new stack of 125,000.
Tristan Clemencon seemed to have three-bet from the big blind to a raise from Ivan Demidov; however it happened, Clemencon called all in to Demidov's shove and they were on their backs.
Demidov: 
Clemencon: in pretty bad shape with
Board: a miracle-free 
We are down a Clemencon, and Demidov is up to around 70,000.
Andrew Lichtenberger check-called a bet of 6,900 with around 17,000 behind on a boad of 
before then checking the river. Michael Skender, his opponent in the eight seat asked how much Lichtenberger had back before betting 13,900 putting "Luckychewy" into the tank.
Finally the latter folded after a little bit of chat with his opponet, Skender showing for a flopped set to take the pot. Lichtenberger wouldn't openly reveal his hand but promised to tell his foe in private later.
Frenchman Thomas Bichon had himself a great start to his EPT London, and Glo caught up with him during the first break to have a chat. Take a look:
We walked up to a heads-up pot on a flop of 
. We were just too late to see the amounts, but we could see that the leading bettor had fired out on that flop, Faraz Jaka (it's the first time we've noticed him all day in the sea of players) had raised, and the bettor called.
We followed along live as the turn came the . The unknown player checked to the aggressor, and Jaka put out a bet of 7,000. The call came instantly, and the 
filled out the board. Jaka was allowed to bet again, firing out 14,000. His opponent only had about 12,500 left, and he called it off to see the showdown.
We'd only get to see Jaka's cards; he showed up 
, and his wheel was the winner. The other player shook his head and left the room without a word, and that knockout pot has moved Jaka up to about 61,000.
What could have been the start of a comeback for Roland de Wolfe ended up as just another few chips in the pile for Kristoffer Thorsson.
Thorsson check-called 700 from de Wolfe on the turn of a 
board, before both players checked the 
on the river. De Wolfe turned over pocket kings, but then chuckled wryly as Thorsson turned over for the best hand by the river.
De Wolfe is still in trouble, on around 5,000.
Tom Marchese is back near the top of the chip count ladder - he's at almost 100,000 after knocking out a decently stacked player in a gigantic coinflip.
Marchese:
Soon-to-be-busted opponent:
Things looked good for the shorter-stacked player as the flop came down 
, but he seemed to know what was coming on the turn and he didn't look at all surprised when the river came down the to make Marchese a Broadway straight. He swiftly took his leave and the NAPT Venetian champion took possession of his chips.
