Here is the First Break of the Day
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Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
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2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,071,600
Entries
282
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Level Eight in Glorious Technicolour
Photos courtesy of Neil Stoddart
More Eliminations
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
The players continue to fall fast. Here's a list of latest to bust and it includes former EPT Champs Jens Kylollen, Rupert Elder and Kevin Stani:
Jens Kyllonen
Kimmo Tuominen
Mikko Pirinen
Jesus Cortes
Kayvan Payman
Ivan Kudriavtsev
Kevin Stani (pictured)
Rupert Elder (PokerStars qualifier)
David Anton Martinez
Robin Ylitalo
Cristian Raul Bumbu (PokerStars qualifier)
Khazret Nebezhev
They May Not Be Fish But They Do Have Chips
A quick sweep of the room reveals some quite drastic changes in stack sizes. Check them out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,200
11,250
|
11,250 |
|
97,000
13,825
|
13,825 |
|
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|
95,400
62,400
|
62,400 |
|
||
|
88,300
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
84,200
19,900
|
19,900 |
|
74,000
700
|
700 |
|
69,300
34,875
|
34,875 |
|
|
||
|
62,000
35,425
|
35,425 |
|
61,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
55,300
-18,675
|
-18,675 |
|
55,100
17,775
|
17,775 |
|
|
||
|
51,000
12,950
|
12,950 |
|
45,000
2,750
|
2,750 |
|
44,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
43,000 | |
|
41,200
11,400
|
11,400 |
|
|
||
|
37,600
-19,900
|
-19,900 |
|
|
||
|
33,800
-13,600
|
-13,600 |
|
32,800
-2,350
|
-2,350 |
|
30,100
-22,700
|
-22,700 |
|
29,700
9,475
|
9,475 |
|
|
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|
28,900
23,600
|
23,600 |
|
27,800
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
24,000
-32,300
|
-32,300 |
|
18,700
-3,225
|
-3,225 |
|
|
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Brammer is Back in Contention
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Chris Brammer just managed to double up through Rafael Gomes with just Ace high and this is how it happened.
Brammer opened up the action with a raise of 1,600 and Gomes made the call. Both players saw a tantalising flop of 
and all hell broke loose. Firstly Brammer bet 2,800, then Gomes bet 8,000, then Brammer moved all-in for 36,000 and Gomes called. When the cards were overturned both players were on the draw.
| Brammer |   |
| Gomes |   |
Turn: 
River: 
Neither hit their hand and Brammers ace high was good enough to cripple Gomes.
Then in the next hand Brammer raised to 1,600 and Raigo Aasmaa defended his big blind. The action checked right down to the river on a board of 
when Brammer took the pot down with a bet of 3,000.
Brammer ~ 89,000
This is how to Reduce the Field
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
William Ross raised to 1,700 and Rafael Gomes moved all-in for his remaining 2,900. The action folded around to Raigo Aasmaa and he called. William Ross asked the dealer if he could raise and he was given the green light. Ross made it 6,000 to play and Aasmaa moved all-in and was promptly called by Ross. So we had three-way action with two players at risk of elimination and this is what they were holding:
| Aasmaa |  |
| Ross |   |
| Gomes |  |
So Ross was in great shape to triple up, Gomes was heading out of the door and Aasmaa was going to be left with chip dust.
Board: 
That changed things! Gomes and the unlucky Ross both headed for the door and Aasmaa was left with 65,000 plastic things.
Mattern All-in
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Team PokerStars Pro was just all-in on the river against Kevin Green but got the push through.
We picked up the action on the turn where the board read 
. Green checked from the big blind and the Frenchman bet 4,200. Green called to swell the pot to about 20,000 chips.
The river came and and Green checked to face Mattern's 15,800 all-in. He wasted little time in folding.
Toth Buys Himself a Birthday Present
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Today is Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth's birthday and although he does not look to have a cake or balloons he is shovelling in chips.
His latest haul started with him raising to 1,700 from late position and Imre Leibold making it 3,700 on the button. Both blinds folded and Toth made the call. The flop came down 
, Toth checked, Leibold bet 5,000 and Toth called very quickly.
Toth checked the arrival of the 
on the turn and his opponent checked behind. The river saw the 
make an appearance and it was greeted with a 30,000 bet from Toth, more than enough to put his Estonian opponent all in. Leibold sat for 20 seconds before folding his hand, possibly slightly spoiling Toth's party.
Mattern Goes Bananas
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
At the start of Day 1a and Day 1b the players were informed that they were not allowed to have any electrical devices on the table, but there are allowed to use them if they are on their lap or away from the table. However, the tournament director never mentioned whether fruit was permitted to be on the table and a dealer has just questioned that over on Table 3.
Table 3 is the home to French Team PokerStars pro Arnaud Mattern and he has in front of him two bananas. For some reason the dealer took offence at this and asked Mattern to remove them. Mattern was not happy about this at all and said "In my five years playing live nobody has ever had a problem," before demanding the dealer to "call the floor!"
One of the floor staff came to Table 3 and ruled that the fruit could stay, though Chuck Clark joked he could see a red light flashing from one of them!
"I don't think the tipping will be very high this year," said an upset Mattern.