Main Event Day 2 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-27-2010 21:54 UTC+2

See Ya Later Katja Thater

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Pokerstars Team Pro Katja Thater has just been eliminated on the cusp of moneyed goodness.

She was all-in preflop with {K-Spades}

for around 70,000 against {8-Diamonds}

but the board came {8-Clubs}

to eliminate her.

Thater looked slightly stunned for a moment, before exiting to the rail, just 10 players from the bubble and having played poker for nearly two days to leave with nothing.

Tags: Katja Thater

04-27-2010 21:50 UTC+2

Wheeler Busts, But It's Tuthill in Need of an Ambulance

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Some bellowing across the room alerted us to a huge pot which was in the process of being won by Nathan Tuthill. We thought he was dying, the amount of noise he was making, but it turned out that it was not imminent death but quads causing the outburst.

Brent Wheeler had raised and Paul Berende had called behind before Tuthill reraised out of the big blind. Wheeler pushed for not much more than the three-bet, Berende passed, and Tuthill called.

Wheeler: {A-Clubs}

Tuthill:

Board:

Hence the shouting and such. Wheeler is no more, just a little outside the money, and the excitable Tuthill, though still stacking when we left, seems to have a pretty healthy stack there.

Tags: Brent Wheeler Nathan Tuthill

04-27-2010 21:45 UTC+2

Scott Gets Got

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Andrew Scott is bust after smacking his pocket eights into another player's pocket kings. No love for Scott from the {10-?}

board, and he hit the rail.

"What a waste of time that was," he sighed as he headed for the door.

Tags: Andrew Scott

04-27-2010 21:37 UTC+2

Kelopuro Continues On

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Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro of nosebleed stakes online fame just picked up another large pot, betting 24,900 on the river of {10-Clubs}

board to boost his stack up to 290,000 chips.

04-27-2010 21:34 UTC+2

Levi Folds, Drops, Does Not Commit to Information Swap

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Nicolas Levi has taken a bit of a hit after checking the river of a {4-Hearts}

board from the cutoff, only to face an all-in bet of around 90,000 from the gentleman on the button. With almost 150,000 in the pot already, Levi had a big decision to make, and after several minutes' thought he folded, dropping to a still very healthy 340,000.

As he raked in the pot, Levi's opponent offered to tell him what he'd had if Levi told him what he'd had in an earlier hand. "Maybe," was Levi's totally noncommittal reply.

Tags: Nicolas Levi

04-27-2010 21:26 UTC+2

Tuthill Drives Cao Downhill

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We just caught the end of what was apparently an epic hand between Rui Cao (button) and Nathan Tuthill (big blind).

The board read {Q-Spades}

when we joined them. Tuthill had bet out 36,800 and Cao was considering his option. He considered for a very, very long time, and eventually he folded, leaving himself with 90,000.

"Showdown time," announced another player at the table. Said Tuthill, "I'd let you pick one, but they're both the same." He raked in the pot as Neil Channing returned to the table after a little wander. "I was young when that pot started," he said. Must have been a long, long time ago.

Tags: Nathan Tuthill Neil Channing Rui Cao

04-27-2010 21:21 UTC+2

Shark Gets Bitten

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Just back from dinner, and it must have been an uncomfortable meal for Humberto Brenes - he spent it knowing that he had just 20,000 left. So he shoved with {K-?}