Main Event Day 1b | 2011 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-01-2011 20:03 UTC+1

Win Your Way to the EPT Grand Final with the Skrill Freeroll on PokerStars

Donnie Peters

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Skrill is the official payment provider of the European Poker Tour Seasn 8 and is are hosting its first €500 EPT freeroll tournament tomorrow on PokerStars.com. There will be a total of ten of these freerolls hosted by Skrill over the coming months, with each one awarding a package for the €10,000 Skrill Grand Freeroll.

The Grand Freeroll will be held during the EPT Season 8 Grand Final in 2012. Each qualifier will get their buy-in into the Skrill Grand Final, plus accommodation and spending money.

Tomorrow's (October 2nd) freeroll kicks off at 7:00 PM London time (1900 BST) and features unlimited €1 rebuys for the first hour. To enter, open a PokerStars account (if you don’t already have one) and make a cash deposit into your Skrill (Moneybookers) account using the deposit code SKRILLEPT. You can find the Skrill Grand Freeroll qualifier by opening the PokerStars lobby and clicking Events, then EPT.

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10-01-2011 19:54 UTC+1

Boom Goes the Dynamite

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Donnie Peters

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier just saw his stack take a giant leap to over 100,000 in chips after Anrei One gifted him one. Mercier replayed the hand to us and this is how it went down.

During the last level, One raised to 1,100 and Mercier three-bet to 2,725. One then four-bet to 6,200 and Mercier five-bet to 12,050. One still wasn't convinced and moved all in for about 45,000. "I beat him into the pot," said Mercier describing his call.

Mercier held {A-} {K-} offsuit and One held {9-Spades} {7-Spades} . The flop came down {A-} {J-} {6-} with two clubs and one spade before a {7-} was added on the turn and a {6-} on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	107,000 47,000	47,000

Anrei One	Busted

Tags: Anrei One Jason Mercier

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

10-01-2011 19:49 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Bolivar Palacios	112,000 37,000	37,000

Justin Bonomo	75,000 50,000	50,000

Sorel Mizzi	36,000 7,000	7,000
Boris Becker	32,000 2,200	2,200

10-01-2011 19:30 UTC+1

More Day 1b Photos

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Photos courtesy of Neil Stoddart from PokerStars.

10-01-2011 19:20 UTC+1

Cates Busted by Bucherl

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Daniel Cates moved all in from early position for just over 7,000 and action folded to Konstantin Bucherl in the big blind. Bucherl called with the {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} . Cates held the {A-Spades} {9-Spades} .

The flop, turn and river ran out {K-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {10-Spades} and Cates was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Bucherl	74,000
Daniel Cates	Busted

Tags: Daniel Cates Konstantin Bucherl

10-01-2011 19:11 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Wade Townsend	122,000
Matthias De Meulder	82,000 37,000	37,000

Soren Kongsgaard	55,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	49,000 21,000	21,000
Cecilia Pescaglini	45,000 28,000	28,000
Liv Boeree	40,000 600	600

Joe Ebanks	40,000 10,000	10,000
Salvatore Bonavena	39,000

Mike Watson	28,000 7,000	7,000

Scott Seiver	28,000 4,000	4,000
Praz Bansi	26,000 10,000	10,000
Angel Guillen	20,000 300	300

Carlos Mortensen	14,500 13,800	13,800

Viktor Blom	12,000 29,000	29,000

Jude Ainsworth	10,000 20,000	20,000

Daniel Cates	7,000 7,000	7,000
Will Failla	5,000 21,000	21,000
Johannes Strassman	Busted

Jean-Robert Bellande	Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

10-01-2011 18:35 UTC+1

Break

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The players are on their third and final 15-minute break of the day.

10-01-2011 18:23 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Hachem	75,000 11,000	11,000

Toni Judet	71,000 1,000	1,000

Todd Terry	49,000 20,000	20,000
Anton Wigg	42,000 4,300	4,300

Tristan Wade	40,000 15,850	15,850
Vicky Coren	40,000 18,000	18,000

Dominik Nitsche	37,000
Tristan Clemencon	36,000 13,000	13,000
Dan Shak	22,000 10,000	10,000
Ryan D'Angelo	21,500 26,500	26,500
Eddy Sabat	Busted