2010 PokerStars EPT Vilamoura

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2010 PokerStars EPT Vilamoura

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€467,835
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,862,400
Entries
384
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Assorted Break Time Chip Counts

...From the side of the room we swept before everyone went on break. Other side of the room coming after the break.

Player Chips Progress
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
108,000
76,800
76,800
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
58,000
16,575
16,575
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
54,000
15,000
15,000
Max Lykov
Max Lykov
51,000
-4,600
-4,600
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
48,000
Nicolo Calia it
Nicolo Calia
45,000
-15,000
-15,000
Nuno Coelho pt
Nuno Coelho
42,000
12,000
12,000
Christophe de Meulder be
Christophe de Meulder
42,000
11,300
11,300
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
37,000
1,000
1,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
35,000
15,450
15,450
Dmitry Vitkind ru
Dmitry Vitkind
34,500
9,000
9,000
Jan Skampa cz
Jan Skampa
29,500
4,500
4,500
EPT 1X Winner
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
18,700
-3,700
-3,700
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
13,000
-20,000
-20,000
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
7,000
-18,250
-18,250

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Kowssarie Exits After Accidental Nuts Squeeze

By that we merely mean that short stacked Mohamad Kowssarie picked a bad moment to move in preflop from the big blind after early position William Thorson had made it 800 and got a bit of interest from some late-position callers. He was down to around a third of his starting stack and received a call so fast it was invisible - Thorson showed {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} and was up against a timing-bad {K-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. As if in speed-sympathy the dealer had the whole raggy board out and swept back in a flash, and another small stack was added to Thorson's rapidly growing one.

Tags: Mohamad KowssarieWilliam Thorson

Gros' Misfortune

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

Many thanks to our roving reporter Arnaud Mattern, who found out what happened to his fellow Frenchman and Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier through the mystical medium of the text message.

It turns out that ElkY had made a couple big folds - among them, he folded a set against what we believe was a flush - and so he was down to around 15,000 when William Thorson opened for 725 in mid position during the 150/300 level. There was one call before ElkY squeezed to 2,500 with {q-}{q-}. Thorson made it 8,000, ElkY got the whole lot in, and Thorson's {a-}{k-} spiked to send ElkY back out into the sunshine where his aviators serve an actual purpose.

For the rest of the week, though, life is indeed a beach for Grospellier.

Tags: Arnaud MatternBertrand GrospellierElkY

Chips on the Other Side

Player Chips Progress
William Thorson se
William Thorson
62,800
7,800
7,800
Sebastian Ruthenberg de
Sebastian Ruthenberg
58,000
22,000
22,000
David Williams us
David Williams
57,500
7,500
7,500
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
55,000
35,000
35,000
Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
47,400
2,400
2,400
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
45,500
15,500
15,500
EPT 1X Winner
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
38,500
20,500
20,500
Antonio Tarantino
Antonio Tarantino
36,200
-6,300
-6,300
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
34,000
13,000
13,000
Evgeniy Zaytsev
Evgeniy Zaytsev
30,100
-19,900
-19,900
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
30,000
-24,000
-24,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
26,200
-10,000
-10,000
EPT 1X Winner
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
25,200
-800
-800
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
22,300
-18,700
-18,700
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
21,700
-4,300
-4,300
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
19,225
-13,675
-13,675
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
19,000
-8,000
-8,000
Dominykas Karmazinas lt
Dominykas Karmazinas
14,250
-24,750
-24,750
Rob Hollink nl
Rob Hollink
14,000
-20,000
-20,000
EPT 1X Winner

What's Negreanu Eating?

Negreanu - high on vitamins, low on calories
Negreanu - high on vitamins, low on calories

Daniel Negreanu was overheard asking people in the break whether there was anywhere in the vicinity where he could get some food. Of course there is food available in the casino - we up in the media section are absolutely loving the €3 cheese toasties - but things are rather more difficult, it turns out, if you insist on not eating any meat or dairy at all.

So Mr. Negreanu has just now taken delivery of one of the saddest looking lunches we have ever seen - a plain and undressed collection of green vegetables and raw onion slices containing admittedly some vitamins, but no actual sustenance as far as we can see. We hope that he manages to find the excellent and relatively vegan-friendly Indian restaurant down by the marina when the tournament is over tonight, else he may waste away before the week is out.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Thorson Calls The Bluff. Still Loses

William Thorson fired 850 on a flop of {J-} {8-} {7-} but was check-called by Luca Cainelli. Both players checked the {A-} turn before Cainelli bet 1,500 on the {4-} river.

Thorson sighed, "A-9?" and looked annoyed as he finally made the call. Cainelli looked uncomfortable and upset as he was forced to turn over {9-Hearts} {8-Hearts} but the Swede simply mucked upon seeing 3rd pair saying, "The best is when you bluff and still win when they call..."

Tags: William Thorson

Skampa & Chips For Veldhuis

Having called Jan Skampa's 3-bet, Lex Veldhuis called an additional 3,000 on the flop of {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {5-Spades} before the board was checked down on the {6-Diamonds} turn and {A-Diamonds} river.

Skampa reluctantly turned over {10-Clubs} {9-Clubs} having actually been ahead of Veldhuis' {8-Hearts} {5-Hearts} preflop but the Dutchman's measly fives were enough for the large pot.

Tags: Jan SkampaLex Veldhuis

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