Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£4,112,800
Entries
848
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Levi Breaks as Kelly Finds Queens
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We only caught the showdown bit, but it was a biggie.
Nicolas Levi: 
Player No. 2: 
JP Kelly: 
Board: 
Levi headed for the rail as Kelly scooped the lot, putting him up from a relatively short stack to a roughly double-the-average 65,000.
Getting His Money's 'Worth
Erik van den Berg, still wearing the orange bobble hat that we all loved so much at EPT Vilamoura, raised from the button and got looked up by both Jude Ainsworth in the small blind and Fatima Moreira de Melo in the big.
The flop came down 
and it checked around to van den Berg, who bet 1,000. The action returned to Ainsworth, who now made it 3,500. And then back to de Melo, who reraised to 8,000.
Van den Berg quickly ducked out of the way, but Ainsworth shoved for around 25,000 leaving de Melo with a very serious decision. She thought about it for a long time. She asked Ainsworth a question which we think was, "Do you have a flush draw?"
"Yes. No. Maybe," came the answer.
Eventually she called, and they were on their backs, waiting several minutes for the TV cameras to arrive and record this moment for posterity.
Ainsworth: 
De Melo: 
Still waiting for the cameras. De Melo: "Ahh, it figures. I hope I don't get my draw. You're in great shape. I'm in shitty shape."
Eventually the cameras arrived, and although the flush draw did not come in, neither did any of de Melo's outs, and Ainsworth's ace-high after the 
turn and 
river took the pot.
Ainsworth doubled to 52,000. De Melo was left with just about 11,000.
Binger Can't Pull the Trigger
From the cutoff seat, Michael Binger made it 750 to go, and the button promptly reraised to 1,425. Two seats over, Max Lykov cold four-bet to 4,025, sending the action back to Binger. He asked Lykov how much he was playing, considered for a couple minutes, and reraised to 8,000 straight. That folded the button, but Lykov went ahead and six-bet shoved for 21,800 total.
That sent Binger spiraling into a long, mumbly soak in the think tank. We couldn't tell if he was talking to Lykov or not -- it sounded like he was more talking to himself, walking through the decision that was in front of him. He could have been reciting the Declaration of Independence for all we know, it was pretty much a full conversation he had with himself under his breath. Finally, he spoke up.
"He's gonna show me a deuce if I fold, I know it."
Binger did fold, though, after taking another minute or so to convince himself.
"Ace-high?" Lykov asked.
"I had an ace in my hand." Binger answered.
"What were your pot odds?" someone else at the table chimed in.
"Two point three to one," Binger snap-answered. "But I'm always dominated there, and sometimes I'm super dominated by aces. Unless he's doing that sometimes with an airball. Which I doubt."
Binger has just over 20,000 left in front of him, and he'll save those for a better spot.
Aguiar's Opponent Makes a Fatal Error
With one limper in front of him, Jon Aguiar limped from the button, and the small and big blinds all came along for the minimum to see a cheap four-way flop. It came 
, and the action checked to Aguiar. He put out a bet of 700, only to see the small blind check-raise to 2,425. Aguiar was the only caller, and it was heads up the rest of the way.
On the 
turn, the small blind shoved his last 9,675 at the pot, and Aguiar sank in his chair. "Jack-four?" he asked, smirking with some disgruntlement. Aguiar double-checked his , though, and he made the call to put his opponent at risk. The small blind showed up 
, needing some help to stay alive.
The river 
was no help, though, and Aguiar notches the KO, moving himself up to about 42,000 in the process.
They Can Count!
We were only speculating before, but the staff has just confirmed our number for today. Officially (for real this time) 509 runners played Day 1b here in London, bringing the total number to a staggering 848 total players. That's 118 runners more than last year, an increase of 16%. And that's impressive stuff.
All this means that the Season 7 version of the EPT London is the largest tournament this country has ever seen. Congrats to PokerStars for getting this together and making it such a huge success once again.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
|
60,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
60,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
|
50,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
50,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
45,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
40,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
40,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
40,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
38,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
38,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
37,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
34,000 | |
|
|
||
|
32,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
31,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
26,000 | |
|
|
||
|
26,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
25,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
||
|
25,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
24,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Chip Countaments - Left Hand Side of the Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | |
|
|
||
|
78,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
78,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
68,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
65,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
62,000 | |
|
61,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
58,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
49,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
48,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000 | |
|
37,000 | |
|
36,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
32,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
31,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
30,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
29,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Cernuto Grants a Little Double
Jason Mercier raised to 725 from early position, and John Cernuto called on the button. The small blind called as well, but the big blind stacked up his 4,900 remaining chips and pushed them across the line. Mercier asked for the count, tanked for a minute, and folded, Cernuto made the call, and the small blind ducked out of the way.
Showdown
Cernuto:
Big blind: 
The flop came 
, and the big blind coaxed, "Come on. Numbers, not pictures. Numbers, not pictures."
The dealer was listening, dealing a safe turn and river to earn him the double.
Cernuto still has about 51,000 to work with.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50