2011 PokerStars.com EPT Loutraki

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.com EPT Loutraki

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
€347,000
Event Info
Entries
336
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Antoni - These Are My Lucky Charms

Panagiotis Polyzos raised to 4,000 in the hijack seat and Besania Antoni called on the button. Zimnan Ziyard was still unbagging his monstrous stack, in the big blind, when he decided to flick in a call. The flop was {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {9-Diamonds} and Polyzos bet 6,000, when Ziyard checked to him, and both players called. The turn was the {9-Clubs} and Ziyard led for 11,000, Polyzos folded but Antoni once again called. The river was the {J-Clubs} and this time Ziyard checked and Antoni bet 21,500 prompting a fold from Ziyard.

"I folded a ten," muttered McLean Karr.

Antoni who is wearing a t-shirts with, "these are my lucky charms," written on it, spun over {A-Clubs} {10-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
EPT 1X Winner
217,900 -21,000
Besiana Antoni
Besiana Antoni
175,000 35,600

Tags: Besania AntoniZimnan Ziyard

Elder Flowers

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Georgios Zisimopoulos raised to 5,000 in the hijack before Vitalijs Zavorotnijs made it 11,600 from the cutoff, Rupert Elder then cold-called from the small blind and Zisimopoulos folded.

The flop was {A-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and Elder check-called a bet of 9,600 to see the {A-Clubs} turn which both players checked - the pattern was repeated on the {8-Clubs} river and Zavorotnijs showed {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs} but lost out to the Englishman's {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}.

Tags: Rupert Elder

Stelios Drosos Eliminates Stephen Duffy

Two short stacks have just collided in the first few hands and it was Stephen Duffy who was sent wandering into the Greek sunshine looking for a new vocation.

The action folded around to Duffy in early position and he moved all-in for around 25,000. The play folded around to Stelios Drosos in the small blind and he also moved all-in and we had a showdown.

Drosos{A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}
Duffy{A-Hearts} {5-Clubs}

Duffy was in trouble but he received an unlikely boost when he hit a five on the turn - {A-Spades} {7-Hearts} {2-Spades} {5-Diamonds}. Drosos looked gutted until the dealer brought balance to the poker-universe with the {Q-Hearts} on the river and Duffy was gone.

Player Chips Progress
Stelios Drosos
Stelios Drosos
55,000 29,300
Stephen Duffy
Stephen Duffy
Busted

Tags: Stelios DrososStephen Duffy

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Welcome to Day 3 of EPT Loutraki!

Toni Judet - Chip Leader
Toni Judet - Chip Leader

We're back at the Casino here with exactly 100 players returning for the third day of the first ever EPT in Greece. However, only 48 of these will be paid a minimum of €6,600 for their hard work this week with first place being worth €347,000 as well as becoming the first ever Greek EPT champion.

Currently, it's Team PokerStars Pro Toni Judet who is leading the field with 288,200 ahead of Grudi Grudev with 251,600. Johnny Lodden, Jude Ainsworth and Ana Marquez remain of the Team Pros, while we have four former champions (Kevin MacPhee, Rupert Elder, Roberto Romanello and David Vamplew) still in the hunt to become the first ever double champion.

We haven't had an official confirmation on how many levels we'll be playing today but it'll most likely be five or six, dependent on how fast the players are eliminated.

We'll be starting at just after midday, in around half an hour.

Tags: Toni Judet