2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€275,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,071,600
Entries
282
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Lima Spits Out Some Chips

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Chip leader Oscar Lima has lost (maybe) his first pot of the day to drop to 117,000 chips.

He called a Ke Gang 1,000-chip bet on a {j-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{10-Diamonds} flop to go to the {6-Diamonds} turn. Gang checked to him and called the 2,700 bet he faced.

The river came {9-Spades} and Gang checked again and quickly called when the Spaniard fired 9,500 into the middle. Lima quickly mucked and then said, "Wow" when Gang said he had a flush.

Tags: Oscar Lima

Blanco and Ruthenberg Chop It Up

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Cristiano Blanco and Team PokerStars Pro Sebastien Ruthenberg have just locked horns and it ended in a rather disappointing split pot.

The action folded around to Blanco in the cutoff seat and he raised it up to 800. Next to act was Ruthernberg and he three-bet to 1,900, a bet that folded out the blinds but Blanco liked his hand enough to make the call. The dealer burned a card and put out the {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop, whcih saw both players check. The turn was the {Q-Spades} and again both players checked. The river was the {8-Diamonds} and guess what happened? Yes, they both checked.

Ruthenberg: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Blanco: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

Chop, chop.

Tags: Sebastien RuthenbergCristiano Blanco

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Toby Lewis Has Been Eliminated

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

EPT Vilamoura winner Toby Lewis was reduced to chip dust when he open shoved with {a-Spades} {5-Diamonds} and was picked off by Mihai Manole holding {a-Clubs} {j-Hearts}. The completely irrelevant board was {2-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {3-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} and Lewis was heading out into the Tallinn afternoon looking for something else to do. Manole on the other hand has 35,000 chips.

Tags: Mihai ManoleToby Lewis

Double Dutch Happiness

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo and Johan van Til have made it a good ten-minute period for Holland.

Moreira de Melo is up to 68,000 after getting a 4,075 river bet called. The board read {8-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and she tabled {k-Diamonds}{8-Spades} for two-pair.

Van Til meanwhile is lowish on 18,400 but it was a lot worse before he eliminated fellow short stack Helene Skjonhaug.

Tags: Fatima Moreira de MeloHelene SkjonhaugJohan van Til

The Silver Bling Bling Girl

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad

Annette Obrestad has arrived at the European Poker Tour with enough silver to take down a pack of Werewolves. She has a silver bracelet, silver necklace, silver ring, silver watch, silver earrings and a silver ipod cover that Paris Hilton would be proud of!

There are no werewolves at her table but she is still doing a very good job at cutting everyone down to size. Jeff Sarwer raised to 450 from early position and there were three callers including Obrestad from late position. The flop came down {a-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} and after the action checked to Sarwer he bet 1,200 and only Obrestad made the call. The turn was the {3-Diamonds} and Sarwer waved the white flag with a check and Obrestad took the pot down with a 2,225 bet and now has around 65,000 red, yellow, purple, black and green chips. Maybe she needs a quiet word with her jeweller?!

Tags: Annette ObrestadJeff Sarwer

Differing Fortunes

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
We stayed clear as he's not a happy bunny.
We stayed clear as he's not a happy bunny.

EPT Vilamoura champion Toby Lewis, might be following fellow Season 7 champion, Ivan Freitez out of the door soon. The Young Brit just Tweeted, "Ffs 4,375 left.... Lost a massive pot!"

Oscar Lima meanwhile is having a much better day. He might be stuck in an awkward to get to corner but that hasn't stopped him amassing a 139,000-stack during the first four levels.

Tags: Oscar LimaToby Lewis

Annette Gives Some Chips Back to Liviu

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Earlier in the level Annette Obrestad won a massive pot, most of it paid for by Ignat Liviu, when she hit a full house on the river. But she has just given some of them back to him, but not too many as he only had 6,000 chips to start with.

On a board reading {J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{A-Spades}, Obrestad lead out, Chuck Clark folded and Liviu moved all in for what turned out to be 5,525. Obrestad instantly called and the players turned over their hands.

Obrestad: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} - for top set
Liviu: {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} - for the nut straight

The turn and river were the {9-Spades} and {5-Diamonds} respectively, failing to fill up Obrestad's set to a boat and Liviu now has around 70 big blinds to play with again.

Tags: Annette ObrestadIgnat LiviuChuck Clark