2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

£10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
£357,700
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£1,538,600
Entries
159
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

God Save the Queens

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Nik Persaud raised to 2,000, a player called on the button, and Mike McDonald three-bet to 7,500. Persaud four-bet to 15,500, the player on the button folded, and McDonald moved all in for what looked like 60,000 or so. Persaud snap-called.

Persaud: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
McDonald: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

Persaud's queens held up as the flop, turn, and river came {2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{k-Diamonds}, and McDonald hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Nik Persaud gb
Nik Persaud
135,000 63,300
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Mike McDonaldNik Persaud

A Few More Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
EPT 1X Winner
139,000 14,000
Adolfo Vaeza
Adolfo Vaeza
130,000 65,000
Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
118,000 70,000
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
98,000 18,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
90,500 -14,500
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
88,000 -27,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
86,000 38,000
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
83,500 8,500
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
81,000 -16,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
73,000 28,000
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
64,000 14,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
56,000 6,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
52,000 7,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
52,000 -18,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
50,500 22,500
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
50,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
EPT 1X Winner
45,000 -27,000
Maxi Lehmanski de
Maxi Lehmanski
44,000 44,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
43,500 40,300
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
41,000 -9,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
39,700 -8,300
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
30,000 -8,000

Flowers Doubles, Ulliott Drops

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The board read {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} when Dave Ulliott turned over {Q-}{Q-} against Randal Flowers' {5-}{5-}. We missed the action but Flowers stacked up a ton of chips sending up to around 130,000 chips. On the very next hand both Flowers and Ulliott lost some chips to a third player.

Player Chips Progress
Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
115,000 67,000
Dave Ulliott gb
Dave Ulliott
Poker Hall of Famer
70,000 23,000

Tags: Dave UlliottRandal Flowers

Chip Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
185,000 -20,000
Max Greenwood ca
Max Greenwood
145,000 -1,000
Carla Sabini ca
Carla Sabini
142,000 104,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
121,000 109,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
115,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
111,000 61,000
Joel Nordkvist se
Joel Nordkvist
96,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
95,000 15,000
Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
73,000 -2,000
Jason Lavallee ca
Jason Lavallee
62,000
Vladislav Varlashin
Vladislav Varlashin
58,000
Sean Jazayeri us
Sean Jazayeri
57,000 -28,000
Thomas Muhloecker
Thomas Muhloecker
55,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
50,000 2,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
48,000 -2,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
EPT 1X Winner
47,000
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
46,000 -3,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
46,000 -4,000
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
45,000
Kamal Choraria
Kamal Choraria
42,000 -14,000
Abi Khaitan
Abi Khaitan
42,000 -11,000
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
41,000 15,000
Tony Bloom gb
Tony Bloom
28,000 -17,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
27,000 -23,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
22,000 -28,000

Quoss' Kings Cracked

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante
Fabian Quoss (Super High Roller)
Fabian Quoss (Super High Roller)

After a series of preflop raises, Fabian Quoss was all in and at risk preflop holding {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}. His opponent, Antonio Lafosse, held {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}.

The {7-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{9-Spades} flop gave Lafosse two backdoor draws, and the {3-Spades} on the turn kept the spade draw alive. The river was a king, giving Quoss a set, but unfortunately it was the {k-Spades}, eliminating the German.

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
Busted

Tags: Fabian Quoss

Trickett Thankful His Opponent Bet

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Viacheslav Goryachev checked to Sam Trickett, who just arrived, and the Brit fired out 7,600. Goryachev called.

The {5-Hearts} completed the board, Goryachev opted to lead out for 10,000, and Trickett frowned. He eventually reached into his stack, grabbed two blue T5,000 chips, and flipped them forward. Goryachev turned over {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for a pair of kings, and Trickett mucked his hand.

"I'm glad you bet," the British high roller told Goryachev, grinning.

Player Chips Progress
Viacheslav Goryachev ru
Viacheslav Goryachev
59,000 9,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
38,000 -12,000

Tags: Sam TrickettViacheslav Goryachev

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100