2010 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
£900,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£4,112,800
Entries
848
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

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Player Chips Progress
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Matt Affleck
57,000
Profile photo of Dan Heimiller
Dan Heimiller
47,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
47,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
46,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Alexia Portal
Alexia Portal
46,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Tony Cousineau
Tony Cousineau
41,000
-9,000
-9,000
Profile photo of Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
39,000
9,000
9,000
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Kathy Liebert
38,000
6,000
6,000
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Allen Kessler
37,000
Profile photo of Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
37,000
7,000
7,000
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Florian Langmann
34,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
34,000
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
33,000
2,000
2,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of
31,000
Profile photo of Nam Le us
Nam Le
30,000
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
30,000
Profile photo of Jeff Lisandro
Jeff Lisandro
29,000
Profile photo of Sebastian Ruthenberg de
Sebastian Ruthenberg
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
27,000
Profile photo of
24,000
Profile photo of Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Johannes Strassmann
Johannes Strassmann
23,000
-7,000
-7,000

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Renaut Shifts into High Gear

As we were checking on Table Duhamel/Affleck, we walked into a big pot brewing between Affleck and Claire Renaut. When we joined the action, there was a board of {8-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} out in the middle of the table and about 25,000 chips in the pot already.

Renaut checked, and Affleck slid out 16,000 chips. It represented nearly all of Renaut's remaining stack, and she tanked for a long while before pump-faking, then committing the chips to the pot. "If you have queen-nine, you're good," she said.

Affleck did not have queen-nine. Instead, he flipped up {3-Clubs} {6-Clubs}, and Renaut craned her neck with a puzzled look on her face, trying to figure out what the hand was. "Bluff," someone finally said, and Renaut tabled her {10-Spades} {J-Diamonds}. She was bright red and all nervous and giggly after making the correct call, and Affleck will double her up to about 60,000. That knocks him down a peg, but he's still got 57,000. And position on Jonathan Duhamel.

Tags: Claire RenautMatt Affleck

Deja Vu

One of the most curious table draws today was the one featuring Liv Boeree and Sebastian Ruthenberg - but they weren't the curious thing about it.

Tablemates Ronald Lee and Danny Steinberg will be familiar with each other's game after spending some hours together at the WSOPE Main Event just a few days ago. Steinberg came sixth there, and Lee finished in third - and bizarrely, their stacks almost exactly reflect their respective finishes last time around, Lee on 33,000 and Steinberg on half that at 15,400.

We'll be honest with you, though - Liv Boeree is altogether pleasanter to look at than some of the other chaps these two shared their last table with.

Tags: Danny SteinbergRonald LeeLiv Boeree

Very Unofficially

We've been trying to wring a number out of the registration staff for a while now, but we're well accustomed to the disappointment that comes with not getting a straight answer after yesterday's drama.

We walked up to the registration desk to see the following scrawled on a bit of paper:

339
514
853

The number 853 was circled very officially, but, once more that is not the correct number. We continued to prod for information, and we were finally told that 510 is now the number for today's runners. Just as it changed to 509 on the screen...

We're now told that 509 runners have turned up for Day 1b. Do you see a pattern here?

"Is that number still changing?" we asked.

"No... Well. It shouldn't change. Shouldn't change much... No, I can't think it'll change very much now."

We're calling it 848 runners unofficially for this event, though we may still have one or two more names voided before it's official. At some point, they have to pick a number and call it official, we just don't have a guess when that might be.

Nuts for Nielsen

We arrived to find Rasmus Nielsen in the process of doubling up, the board reading {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. We didn't see what his opponent had, but to be honest it hardly mattered as Nielsen was holding {3-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for the absolute, stone cold, straight-flushing nuts.

Nielsen, who's best known for finalling EPT Copenhagen two years in a row (2008-9) and finalling the Amsterdam Master Classics in 2008 as well, doubled to around 27,000, nearly his starting stack. With a hand like that, though, he will probably be wishing he'd had more chips at the start of the hand.

Tags: Rasmus Nielsen

Nice Persson

Big double up for Magnus Persson over Team PokerStars Pro Julian Thew, it looked to be a case of {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} triumphing over {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} on a {6-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {K-Clubs} board in a 65,000 chip pot.

Thew who will be err...Thewrious with himself has dropped down to just 12,000

Tags: Julian Thew

When The Going Gets Toth...

JP Kelly opened to 800 from middle position, Nicolas Levi and Richard Toth called behind him with Todd Terry calling in the blinds.

The flop came {5-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} and Kelly fired 2,200. Toth was the only player calling and they saw a {7-Spades} turn, now Kelly checked and Toth bet 3,700 which Kelly called.

The river was the {Q-Clubs} and Kelly checked a third time, Toth betting 5,600 which Kelly called quickly.

Toth showed {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} for a hand that was probably a bluff against most hands Kelly would call the river with (except perhaps jacks). Kelly turned over {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts} for a rivered two pair though to scoop the pot.

Tags: Richard TothJP Kelly

Blom Defused

Viktor Blom - modelling this season's emo haircut
Viktor Blom - modelling this season's emo haircut

We didn't see the hand, but we noticed the empty seat - Swedish sensation, and according to our own Gloria Balding "Prada model lookalike" Viktor Blom is no more for this tournament.

Tags: Viktor Blom