The action folded around to Virginijus Lapenas on the button and he made a raise to 225. Defending Champion Kevin Stani was seated in the small blind and he pumped the price up to 850 with the three-bet. The big blind moved out of the way and Lapenas made the call. Two to the flop and it came down . Stani kept up the betting initiative but it was small - 300 to be exact and Lapenas called. The turn was the and Stani bet 850 and Lapenas again called very quickly. The river was the and Stani, looking rather unpeturbed, bet 2,500 and Lapenas quickly folded.
Most of the attention over on Table 3 is focussed on John Eames, Chris Brammer and Kevin Stani but there are other players prepared to play some poker seated with them.
David Foldy opened with a bet of 250 from under the gun and his only customer was Morgan Wald in the cutoff seat. A flop of was checked by both players but the on the turn was greeted by a bet of 525 from Foldy and a call from Wald. The dealer put the out on the river and Foldy checked then called Wald's 1,050 bet.
One of the traits of yesterday's play was how slowly we lost players. It took over two hours for out first elimination, but today has seen the back of two players already in the first level.
We don't have the specifics but Nima Ahary and Andret Vlasenko came and went within forty minutes. Good game gentleman. Luckily there are a number of side events on offer this week.
Jeff Sarwer is seated over on Table 12 and has just added a few more chips to his starting stack.
On a flop reading Sarwer checked from the big blind and Marco Fabbrini bet 525 from middle position. Annette Obrestad folded but Sarwer quickly called. The turn brought the into play and Sarwer once again checked. Fabbrini bet 525 for the second time in the hand and Sarwer flat-called once more.
The river was the and now Sarwer wasted no time in coming out betting, putting 2,300 worth of chips into play. This was too much for Fabbrini to pay and he folded, tapping the table as if to acknowledge a good hand as he did so.
Morgan Wald and Fatima Moreira de Melo just clashed again and this time is was a victory for the masculine gender.
Moreira de Melo raised from under-the-gun and Wald was the only caller, from late position. The came and went with a Moreira de Melo c-bet bet (350) and a call. She fired again (725) on the turn and there was still no shaking off Wald.
The river came and the Team PokerStars SportStar gave up as she check-folded to a 1,625 bet from her opponent.
Per Linde and the winner of the Vilamoura leg of the European Poker Tour in Seaon 7, Toby Lewis, have just locked horns and Linde is the man coming away with extra chips.
Linde opened the betting from the cutoff with a raise to 300 and only Lewis, in the big blind, made the call. The dealer fanned out the flop, which Lewis checked, Linde continued his aggression with a 500 bet and Lewis flicked a solitary purple 500 chip to make the call.
The turn was the and both players checked it down. The on the river saw Lewis check again, but Linde did not check behind, instead he fired a bet of 900. Lewis quickly called but folded just as quickly when Linde turned over
We joined the action on a paired board of . The two players involved in the hand were Mihai Manole and Peter Roche and the size of the pot told us that Manole had raised from middle position and Roche had cold-called from the button. Manole checked the flop and Roche bet 250 and Manole quickly called. The turn was the and once again Manole checked to Roche who bet again, this time 550 and again Manole called. The river was an interesting looking and Manole went into deep thought mode before changing tact and betting 1,400. Roche snap-called and Manole peeled over . Roche mucked his cards and returned to his burger.
John Eames and fellow Brit, Chris Brammer have just clashed in what will likely be the first of many confrontations today, though Eames came off best from this particular one.
Joining the hand on a flop, 2010 EPT Tallinn winner Kevin Stani checked, Brammer checked, Eames bet 500, which folded out Stani but Brammer made the call. The was the turn card and once again Stani checked but this time Brammer bet 1,600 and Eames, who is currently being thoroughly massaged, raised to 4,100. This was enough to instantly fold out Stani but Brammer made the call, albeit after pondering what to do for 30 seconds.
The river was the and now Brammer tapped the table and checked. Eames sat as still as one can whilst having their back, shoulders and neck kneaded, before betting 3,500. Brammer did not seem happy about his at all and sat riffling a couple of stacks of green chips for close to two minutes, before eventually folding. His face looks exactly how you would expect a man who thinks he has just folded the best hand might look!
Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo used to slap hockey balls around for a living and now she likes to slap around poker players to pay the rent instead. Ask Morgan Wald who just found that out, to his cost.
He raised from mid position and called when Moreira de Melo three-bet from the big blind. The flop came and the Dutch lady continued for 725. Call.
There was no slowing her down on the turn either as she fired 1,250, only to be raised up to 3,125 by Wald. She slapped back a three-bet to 8,750 and that got the job done as he folded. She's up to 35,000 chips.
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. Stani kept up the betting initiative but it was small - 300 to be exact and Lapenas called. The turn was the 
and Stani bet 850 and Lapenas again called very quickly. The river was the 
and Stani, looking rather unpeturbed, bet 2,500 and Lapenas quickly folded.
was checked by both players but the 
on the turn was greeted by a bet of 525 from Foldy and a call from Wald. The dealer put the 
out on the river and Foldy checked then called Wald's 1,050 bet.
Sarwer checked from the big blind and Marco Fabbrini bet 525 from middle position. Annette Obrestad folded but Sarwer quickly called. The turn brought the 
into play and Sarwer once again checked. Fabbrini bet 525 for the second time in the hand and Sarwer flat-called once more.
and now Sarwer wasted no time in coming out betting, putting 2,300 worth of chips into play. This was too much for Fabbrini to pay and he folded, tapping the table as if to acknowledge a good hand as he did so.
came and went with a Moreira de Melo c-bet bet (350) and a call. She fired again (725) on the 
turn and there was still no shaking off Wald.
and the Team PokerStars SportStar gave up as she check-folded to a 1,625 bet from her opponent.
flop, which Lewis checked, Linde continued his aggression with a 500 bet and Lewis flicked a solitary purple 500 chip to make the call.
and both players checked it down. The 
. The two players involved in the hand were Mihai Manole and Peter Roche and the size of the pot told us that Manole had raised from middle position and Roche had cold-called from the button. Manole checked the flop and Roche bet 250 and Manole quickly called. The turn was the 
and once again Manole checked to Roche who bet again, this time 550 and again Manole called. The river was an interesting looking 
and Manole went into deep thought mode before changing tact and betting 1,400. Roche snap-called and Manole peeled over 
. Roche mucked his cards and returned to his burger.
and now Brammer tapped the table and checked. Eames sat as still as one can whilst having their back, shoulders and neck kneaded, before betting 3,500. Brammer did not seem happy about his at all and sat riffling a couple of stacks of green chips for close to two minutes, before eventually folding. His face looks exactly how you would expect a man who thinks he has just folded the best hand might look!