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

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

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

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

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

Van Til Lays Down Kings to Runarsson

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Johan van Til has just clashed with Iceland's Runar Runarsson over on Table 8 but the Dutchman released his hand on the turn.

Van Til raised to 625 from the cutoff and only Runarsson, on the button, made the call. The {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop was met with a 1,400 continuation bet from van Til, a raise to 3,000 from Runarsson and finally a call from van Til. The turn brought the {Q-Hearts} into play and now the man known as "Busto Soon" checked. Runarsson quickly bet 5,025 and van Til folded {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} face up.

Tags: Runar RunarssonJohan van Til

Blanco Busts Ruthenberg

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Just minutes after chopping up a pot Sebastien Ruthenberg and Cristiano Blanco clashed again but this time there was no split pot, Blanco won the lot.

The chips went in preflop with Ruthenberg holding {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and Blanco {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}. The board ran out queen-high and the Team PokerStars Pro was eliminated from this European Poker Tour Main Event.

Tags: Cristiano BlancoSebastien Ruthenberg

Level Five Chip Update

Here is a round up of a lot of those little plastic things.

Player Chips Progress
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
108,000
23,000
23,000
Oscar Lima
Oscar Lima
105,000
-12,000
-12,000
Irene Baroni it
Irene Baroni
80,000
Nichlas Mattson
Nichlas Mattson
75,000
15,000
15,000
Natalia Nikitina
Natalia Nikitina
60,000
10,000
10,000
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
58,000
-19,000
-19,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
56,000
-12,000
-12,000
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
54,000
-4,000
-4,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
50,000
4,000
4,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
43,000
9,000
9,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
42,000
-19,000
-19,000
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
41,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
39,000
-6,000
-6,000
Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
37,000
3,000
3,000
Jesus Cortes Lizano
Jesus Cortes Lizano
37,000
25,000
25,000
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
34,000
7,975
7,975
Sami Kelopuro fi
Sami Kelopuro
31,000
-2,000
-2,000
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
30,000
-5,000
-5,000
Sam El Sayed
Sam El Sayed
29,000
Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
27,000
-14,500
-14,500
Kevin Stani no
Kevin Stani
24,000
4,000
4,000
EPT 1X Winner
Sebastian Ruthenberg de
Sebastian Ruthenberg
23,000
5,000
5,000
Emiliano Bono
Emiliano Bono
20,000
Johan van Til nl
Johan van Til
14,000
-4,400
-4,400
Nicolo Calia it
Nicolo Calia
10,000
-13,000
-13,000

News in Brief

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Linde lost the lot
Linde lost the lot
  • Jeff Sarwer getting the better of Annette Obrestad again. He called her UTG raise when sat on the button and raised her off an {a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop. "I should've guessed that flop hit you", she chuckled.
  • "Seat open, table ten", shouted a dealer. A quick glance over that direction saw Per Linde getting up from his seat and leaving.
  • A short-stacked (6k) Michael Tureniec getting a much needed walk in the big blind. He has a fearsome reputation for preflop aggression so probably not best to raise him light when he only has 20 big blinds.

Tags: Annette ObrestadJeff SarwerMichael TureniecPer Linde