2010 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€700,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,935,000
Total Entries
587
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 587
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A Few We Missed Earlier

Some of these poker players are like ninja.

Tried and Testud

Paul Testud made it 1,450 to go preflop and picked up a number of callers, two in position and one in the big blind. On the {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop he led out for 1,500 but the button now made it 8,000, scaring off the others. Testud, however, thought for a good while before putting enough of his stack across the line to signify all in. The button (who might be Claudio Simaldoni again) made a, "And the rest of it," raise and they were on their backs.

Testud: {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}
Button: {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

Although the Frenchman pointed to the Jacks in the direction of the dealer as if to request one be fished from the deck, the turn and river were {8-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} sending him to the rail.

Tags: Paul Testud

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Going Dwan

So far it's been a pretty unhappy experience for Tom Dwan actually being in the tournament.

He opened for 1,550 under the gun and it folded right around to the gentleman in the big blind who looked suspicious but made the call.

They saw a {2-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{a-Spades} flop and Mr. Big Blind tanked up for a little while before betting out 2,500. Dwan expressionlessly called, and they saw also a turn card - the {4-Spades} - which they both checked.

The river came down the {6-Hearts} and this time Mr. Big Blind, no longer looking suspicious, bet out 3,025. Dwan quickly and quietly folded, and is now down to 18,000.

Tags: Tom DwandurrrrBen Grundy

Thor Hammers Opponent

Some extreme curiousness at Thor Drexel's table, as we believe the gentleman in the small blind raised and Drexel reraised from the big blind. The small blind re-popped, Drexel called, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

The small blind gentleman bet out 7,000, and Drexel flat called. They proceeded to the turn.

Turn: {a-Spades}

This time Small Blind Gent checked, and Drexel paused for a moment before betting 7,800. Small Blind Gent now check-raised to 25,000, and Drexel immediately went all in for around 11,000 more.

The small blind announced a fold, but took Drexel's cards and put them with his own, before peeling them up to take a look. He turned over {a-}{a-}{j-}{9-} but it wasn't exactly clear which cards had belonged to whom. We suspect that both of the aces were in Drexel's possession.

The young Norwegian is now up to around 90,000.

Tags: Thor Drexel

Camera Tennis Anyone?

Boris Becker
Boris Becker

Team Pokerstars Sportstar Boris Becker now has a stack of ~37,000. He has had a lot of camera attention today but now he has some opposition as Tom Dwan has arrived at the table next to him. This has resulted in a game of camera tennis as the mass media swing back and fore between Becker and Dwan. We caught up with him during this hand.

A player in middle position opened to 1,500 and Becker made the call in the Small Blind. The flop was {k-Clubs} {q-Diamonds} {k-Spades} and they both checked. Turn {9-Diamonds} Becker fired out a volley of 1,500 and his opponent folded. Game, set and match Becker.

Tags: Boris Becker

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Sunar or Later?

Surinder Sunar
Surinder Sunar

We did not catch the action but the board read {6-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {5-Spades} {7-Clubs} {8-Spades}. Surinder Sunar had 13,000 behind him and his opponent in Seat 6 and pushed a huge stack of yellow chips into the middle of the table effectively asking Sunar the question, "Are you going to double up or leave?" Sunar decided he was staying and folded his hand but he only has ~13,000 left with blinds now at 500/1000 and ante of 100.

Tags: Surinder Sunar

Runner-Runner for Riverman

Laurence Houghton
Laurence Houghton

The {a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} board was fully dealt by the time we arrived, and Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton was betting out 14,000. His opponent ummed and ahhed for a little while before making the call, but promptly tossed his cards in the muck when Houghton flipped {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a flush.

Houghton was up to 75,000 after that, and he must have found a fair bit of momentum as the next time we passed by his table, he was up to almost 100,000.

Tags: Laurence Houghton

One In, One Out

Actually it's more like one in, a hundred out, and the latest casualty appears to be Michael Schreiner. How exciting to return from dinner break, full of delicious Wienerschnitzel or similar, and, rejuvenated, pick up {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} within an orbit and get your whole stack in preflop and be up against {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}... and how depressing when the Ace pops out almost immediately to cut short your run at the EPT. That's precisely what happened to him.

Others who disappeared around the dinner area include Team Pokerstars Pro JP Kelly who nursed a short stack for a number of levels before finally busting.

Tags: Michael SchreinerJP Kelly