£10,300 High Roller | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-12-2013 14:27 UTC

The Daily EPT10 Player of the Year Update for 10-12-13

Chad Holloway

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.

The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.

Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard:

Place	Player	Points
1	David Benefield	321.18 pts
2	Thomas Muhlocker	254.55 pts
3	Ole Schemion	240.65
4	Joao Barbosa	220.20 pts
5	Jonathan Duhamel	195.58 pts
6	Joni Jouhkimainen	193.11 pts
7	Lukasz Roczniak	185.51 pts
8	Tom Middleton	181.74 pts
9	Kevin Vandersmissen	173.42 pts
10	Oleksii Khoroshenin	166.89 pts

We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race at each of the EPT stops, so be sure to keep an eye out for those in future events.

Tags: EPT Player of the Year EPT POY Global Poker Index GPI

10-12-2013 14:35 UTC

Lavallee Up to Four Million

[user101598]

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Jason Lavallee opened to 60,000 from under the gun, David "Devil Fish" Ulliott defended his big blind, and the flop came down . Ulliott check-called a bet of 59,000, and the pair checked after the fell on the turn.

The completed the board, giving each player at least tens and sevens with an ace kicker, and Ulliott led out for 120,000. Lavallee reached into his massive stack, pulling out a handful of pumpkin T25,000 chips, and cut out a raise to 300,000. He pushed it forward.

"Can ya beat this?" Devil Fish asked, flashing and mucking.

Lavallee grinned, and showed .

"Bluffin' with the best of it," Ulliott grunted.

"No," Lavallee corrected him, "I didn't want to chop."

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Lavallee	4,025,000	225,000
David Ulliott	1,220,000	-20,000

Tags: David Ulliott Jason Lavallee

10-12-2013 14:39 UTC

Sabini Sinking

[user101598]

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

David "Devil Fish" Ulliott raised to 75,000 from middle position, Carla Sabini defended her big blind, and the dealer fanned . Sabini checked, Ulliott continued for 60,000, and Sabini made the call.

The turn was the , Sabini check-called another 100,000 from Devil Fish, and the completed the board. The Canadian checked for a third time, and Ulliott emptied the chamber, firing a final bullet worth 120,000. Sabini called.

"Straight?" she asked.

Ulliott didn't respond verbally, rather he turned over for a pair of kings turned jack-high straight, raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ulliott	1,580,000	360,000
Carla Sabini	350,000	-490,000

Tags: Carla Sabini David Ulliott

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

10-12-2013 14:58 UTC

David Ulliot Eliminated in 6th Place (£82,315)

Happy_Freaked

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

In an unbelievable turn of events we just lost David 'Devil Fish" Ulliot in sixth place. It all started when Sorel Mizzi moved all in from the button for 555,000 chips. Ulliot tanked for a while and called from the small blind.

Jason Lavallee was next to act and he moved all in over the top within a second to put Ulliot in a very tough spot. Both Ulliot and Lavallee pushed forward 555,000 chips and the former looked down at his remaining 900,000 chips, as he was contemplating a call.

During Ulliot's decision making process Mizzi joked around with the players on the rail and Lavallee had a hard time not laughing, as he was in a position to potentially take out two players.

"Call," Ulliott ultimately announced while the three short stacks seemed to be in shock.

"Please don't have an ace, please don't have an ace," Mizzi said, as the cards were turned on their backs.

Ulliott:
Mizzi:
Lavallee:

Nobody had an ace besides Mizzi who flopped extremely good when appeared. The turn brought the and the river the giving Mizzi a triple up and Lavallee the remainder of Ulliot's chips.

"If I win that hand I just walk away with the trophy," Lavallee sighed as was very close to being four-handed with almost all of the remaining chips.

"I would've just gone out to celebrate for a level and a half before coming back," Lavallee added with a smile as he will now have to deal with Mizzi's dangerous stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Lavallee	4,900,000	875,000
Sorel Mizzi	1,600,000	1,050,000
David Ulliott	Busted

Tags: David Ulliott Sorel Mizzi Jason Lavallee

10-12-2013 15:07 UTC

Sabini Finds Aces

[user101598]

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

After chopping with against the of Simon Higgins (the five community cards were ), Tamer Kamel moved all in for effectively 373,000 from the small blind.

"Call," Carla Sabini said immediately, showing .

Kamel tabled , and the aces held as the board came .

Player	Chips	Progress
Carla Sabini	771,000	421,000
Tamer Kamel	170,000	-322,000

Tags: Carla Sabini Simon Higgins Tamer Kamel

10-12-2013 15:12 UTC

Higgins Binks an Ace

[user101598]

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Simon Higgins was first to act, and moved all in for 486,000. Sorel Mizzi called in the small blind, and Jason Lavallee surrendered his big.

Higgins:
Mizzi:

Suddenly, Tamer Kamel, who was down to four big blinds, had a shot to climb up the pay ladder and earn an extra £34,000.

The flop was clean, but the ripped off on the turn. The completed the board, and Higgins doubled through.

Higgins said something about Mizzi's triple up against Lavallee and the Devil Fish, to which Mizzi responded, "I can't complain."

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	1,150,000	-450,000
Simon Higgins	1,037,000	316,000

Tags: Simon Higgins Tamer Kamel Jason Lavallee Sorel Mizzi

10-12-2013 15:16 UTC

Tamer Kamel Eliminated in 5th Place (£106,170)

[user101598]

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Simon Higgins raised to 80,000 on the button, Tamel Kamel moved all in from the small blind, and Higgins made the call.

Higgins:
Kamel:

Kamel added a gutshot straight draw when the dealer fanned , but the nines held up as the turn and river bricked off , respectively. Kamel earns £106,170, while Higgins is up to 1.13 million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Higgins	1,130,000	93,000
Tamer Kamel	Busted

Tags: Simon Higgins Tamer Kamel

10-12-2013 15:25 UTC

Carla Sabini Eliminated in 4th Place (£132,320)

Happy_Freaked

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Jason Lavallee raised from the button to 80,000 and after Simon Higgins folded it was Carla Sabini who moved all in. Lavallee asked for a count and quickly called when he heard it was around 600,000 total.

Lavallee:
Sabini:

The flop brought and Lavallee picked up some more outs besides the ace and the ten he already had. On the turn the hit and that meant an eight, nine, ace, ten or queen would also knock Sabini out.

The river brought the and Lavallee said, "That works," as he knocked Sabini out.

"I got counterfeited?" Sabini said in disbelief as she was very disappointed with being knocked out.

"I would've much rather seen an ace on the river," Sabini said about the cruelty a counterfeited hand.

Before exiting the area Sabini wished the other players good luck and the remaining players complimented her on this good result. Just three remain and these are the current chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Lavallee	5,800,000	900,000
Simon Higgins	1,300,000	170,000
Sorel Mizzi	759,000	-391,000
Carla Sabini	Busted

Tags: Carla Sabini Jason Lavallee Simon Higgins

10-12-2013 15:28 UTC

Devilfish’s Sticky Sleeve and Other High Roller Obstacles

Chad Holloway

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

It’s down to the last five players in the £10k High Roller. Which players have bust out? Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott? Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano? High stakes grinder Sorel Mizzi? EPT runner-up Jason Lavallee? Click through to the PokerStars Blog to find out more.

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