2011 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2011 PokerStars.com EPT London
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£750,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£3,351,350
Total Entries
691
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 691
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Moorman Faced with River Check-Raise

With a little bit over 10,000 chips in the middle on the board of {6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}, two players checked to Chris Moorman. Moorman fired a bet of 5,050 and the first of his opponents called after tanking for a couple of minutes. The second player mucked.

The {J-Diamonds} landed on the river and the first player took some time before checking to Moorman. Moorman tanked himself for a bit and then opted on a bet size of 12,300. After about 30 seconds, his opponent check-raised all in for 23,625 -- less than a min-raise. Moorman thought about it and then tossed his hand into the muck.

Even despite losing his big pot early on, Moorman still holds 29,000 in chips. That's just below the starting stack and his table has since been broken. Moorman now sits alongside Jake Cody at a new table in the back corner of the tournament room.

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Chris Moorman
29,000
1,000
1,000

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Loss for Liu

On the flop of {5-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}, the first player checked and then Xuan Liu checked before a third player fired 600. The first player made the call and then Liu check-raised to 1,375. The original bettor folded, but the caller called again.

The turn was the {K-Spades} and the first player led into Liu for 1,775. Liu called to see the {7-Clubs} hit the river. The first player bet 3,825 and Liu gave it up.

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Xuan Liu
25,000
5,000
5,000

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De Melo with the Larger Set

With the board reading {8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{A-Spades}, one player fired 1,125 before PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira De Melo raised to 2,800. Her opponent made the call and the dealer placed the {10-Spades} out on the river. After her opponent checked, De Melo bet 5,700. The player mulled it over for a few minutes and then made the call. De Melo tabled the {8-Spades}{8-Clubs} for a set of eights to beat her opponent's {3-Hearts}{3-Spades} for a weaker set of threes.

Winning this set-over-set confrontation has bumped De Melo up to 42,400 in chips.

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Fatima Moreira De Melo
42,400
12,400
12,400
pokerstars

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Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

One for Doyle

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Doyle Brunson is playing his first-ever EPT today and he’s very welcome. He’s sat with World Championship of Online Poker High-Roller Champion Ash Mason and just showed he can still mix it up with these “kids”.

Mason raised to 300 from under the gun and was called by a player in the cutoff before Brunson stamped his seniority with a three-bet to 1,300 from the small blind. Mason passed with a smile, but the third party called to see a {9-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} flop.

There was no stopping Brunson as he led for 2,000 chips, which was too much for his opponent to call. It would have been best if the American legend of the game tabled three-high here, but second best was {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}, and that’s what he had.

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Doyle Making First EPT Trip

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Earlier this morning, Doyle Brunson was spotted buzzing around the lobby of the hotel in his motorized scooter. We had to do a double and triple take to make sure if was surely him behind the wheel tucked under his large cowboy hat with walking stick in tow. Surely it was and that means the "Godfather of Poker," Doyle Brunson himself had made his way to London for his first-ever EPT event. He's in the field today and seated just one table over from good friend Barry Greenstein.

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Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

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Player Chips Progress
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Darren Elias
30,000
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Dennis Phillips
30,000
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Chris Bjorin
30,000
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Mickey Petersen
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
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Fatima Moreira De Melo
30,000
pokerstars
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McLean Karr
30,000
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Chris Moorman
30,000
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Ludovic Lacay
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
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Nicolas Chouity
30,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Anton Ionel
30,000
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Jeff Hakim
30,000
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Phil Collins
30,000
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Dermot Blain
30,000
pokerstars
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Barny Boatman
30,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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David Vamplew
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Alexander Wice
30,000
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Joseph Cheong
30,000
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Barry Greenstein
30,000
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
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Andre Akkari
30,000
pokerstars
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Xuan Liu
30,000
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Arnaud Mattern
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
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John Duthie
30,000
pokerstars
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Guillaume Darcourt
30,000
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Pierre Neuville
30,000
pokerstars
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Doyle Brunson
30,000
Poker Hall of Famer

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