2011 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 5
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
Entries
691
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Spindler Spikes Straight to Bust Loureiro

Benny Spindler raised to 80,000 and Hugo Loureiro reraised all in for 335,000. Action got back to Spindler and he made the call with the {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. Loureiro held the {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}.

The flop came down {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and paired both players. The {6-Spades} on the turn gave Spindler a straight draw and the river completed that draw with the {10-Clubs} falling.

Player Chips Progress
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
3,100,000 345,000
Hugo Loureiro pt
Hugo Loureiro
Busted

Tags: Hugo LoureiroBenny Spindler

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Mattias Bergstrom
Mattias Bergstrom
3,575,000 25,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
2,755,000 2,015,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
2,575,000 -60,000
Adria Balaguer
Adria Balaguer
2,515,000 115,000
Juan Manuel Pastor es
Juan Manuel Pastor
2,260,000 -240,000
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
2,020,000 650,000
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
1,630,000 180,000
Miroslav Benes
Miroslav Benes
1,400,000 90,000
Andre Klebanov
Andre Klebanov
715,000 -85,000
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
460,000 -677,000
Jeremy Kottler us
Jeremy Kottler
435,000 -514,000
Hugo Loureiro pt
Hugo Loureiro
395,000 -363,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

Heart Broken

Pascal Hartmann - 15th Place
Pascal Hartmann - 15th Place

Pascal Hartmann has had an extremely rough day here on Day 5. Why do we say that? Well, he's had his aces cracked not once, not twice, but three times. The most recent one caused his elimination in 15th place, but let's quickly recap the others.

Earlier in the day, Joao Barbosa (17th place) doubled through Hartmann. Barbosa was all in preflop with the {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} to Hartmann's {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}. The board ran out {K-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{K-Clubs} and Barbosa spiked trip kings.

Later on, Hartmann paid off Steve O'Dwyer in a big pot on a final board of {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{J-Diamonds}. Again, Hartmann held aces, but O'Dwyer held the {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for quads.

And now to the final hand...

Hartmann was all in preflop with the aces and up against the {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for Anatoly Gurtovoy. The board ran out in such a way that Gurtovoy spiked a gutshot straight on the river to eliminate Hartmann from the event.

Sometimes it's just not your day.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
Busted

Tags: Pascal HartmannSteve O'DwyerAnatoly GurtovoyJoao Barbosa

Pastor Doubles Huge with Set

Juan Manuel Pastor
Juan Manuel Pastor

On the feature table, Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor checked the {J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{9-Spades} board before Jeremy Kottler bet 140,000. Adria Balaguer called and then Andre Klebanov also called before action moved back to Pastor. He hemmed and hawed for a few minutes before finally raised all in for around one million. Kottler and Balaguer folded, but after a couple minutes in the tank, Klebanov called.

Klebanov: {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Pastor: {4-}{4-}

The river landed with the {10-Spades} and Pastor let out a giant sigh of relief as he dodged the river to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Manuel Pastor es
Juan Manuel Pastor
2,500,000 1,367,000

Tags: Adria BalaguerAndre KlebanovJeremy KottlerJuan Manuel Pastor

Double for Beris

From the cutoff seat, Ioannis Beris raised all in for 87,000. He was up against Mattias Bergstrom who had reraised to isolate from the small blind. Beris held the {K-Spades}{6-Hearts} and Bergstrom the {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}.

The flop and turn ran out {A-Spades}{J-Spades}{2-Clubs}{A-Hearts} to keep Bergstrom in front, but the {K-Diamonds} on the river landed the double up for Beris.

Player Chips Progress
Ioannis Beris
Ioannis Beris
200,000 115,000

Tags: Mattias BergstromIoannis Beris