£10,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

10-10-2013 19:40 UTC

"Sick Beat: Slow Rolled Then Rivered"

Happy_Freaked

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

"Make that the title," Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu said with a big grin as he was making his way to the exit.

"Just make sure it doesn't make it seem like I slow rolled him," Max Greenwood said, as he was the one who took Negreanu's chips.

Flash back five minutes.

"I just got it in, two pair against aces!" Negreanu yelled at your's truly who walked over to the table where this all went down.

"I had jacks on a jack-three-three flop," Negreanu started as everyone at the table started laughing, "So I got it in against aces and I somehow lost."

"And now I'm gonna get psyched for this £1k event, my brain is so weird sometimes," Negreanu yelled in excitement as he bounced around the room.

Greenwood appreciated the act Negreanu played, and just when the man with 146,000 chips was going to explain the entire story the Team PokerStars Pro returned to the scene.

"Yeah, so like I said," Negreanu started again, "I had jacks and the flop was jack-three-three. I got it in against aces and he won."

"As your backer I don't appreciate these lies!" Dan Smith joked as he joined the conversation. At this point the entire room was a part of the banter.

Negreanu also caught some flack for confusing Salman Behbehani with Ramzi Jelassi earlier in the tournament when he busted his first bullet.

"You kept saying you were slow rolled by Ramzi, but I don't seem him doing that at all," Steve O'Dwyer said recalling the situation from earlier where Negreanu was slow rolled out of the tournament by Behbehani who had turned a flush.

"Everyone gets slow rolled by Salman at some point in their life," O'Dwyer continued.

"Sometimes he even fake slow rolls," Smith added, as it was made clear that Jelassi's not a slow roller but Behbehani might be the king of giving people fake hope of winning money.

When the dust settled Negreanu wished everyone well and left the tournament room. Perhaps we'll see him in the £1,000 Turbo event tonight but otherwise he will probably play the next big event on the calendar. At this point Greenwood could finally explain to us what really went down in the last hand that Negreanu played in London.

After a raise Negreanu called and Greenwood squeeze with aces. The initial raiser folded and Negreanu called the 6,500 total. The flop brought and Greenwood bet 10,000, Negreanu called. On the turn a popped up and Greenwood bet 17,500 after which Negreanu moved all in for around 40,000 total. Greenwood made the call and was shown . The river was a blank and Negreanu was knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Greenwood	146,000	94,000
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Dan Smith Daniel Negreanu Max Greenwood Ramzi Jelassi Salman Behbehani Steve O'Dwyer

10-10-2013 19:39 UTC

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10-10-2013 19:30 UTC

Bucky Gets Tricky

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Eric Sfez opened to 2,100 in middle position, Shawn Buchanan called in the cutoff, and Igor Kurganov three-bet to 6,900 on the button. Both blinds released, Sfez four-bet to 22,100, and Buchanan moved all in. Kurganov quickly folded, and Sfez pushed in enough chips to call.

Sfez:
Buchanan:

Bucky's dominant hand held up as the board rolled out , and Sfez was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	135,000	88,000
Igor Kurganov	28,000	-22,000
Eric Sfez	Busted

Tags: Igor Kurganov Shawn Buchanan Eric Sfez

10-10-2013 19:25 UTC

Assorted Counts

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Salman Behbehani	167,000	-13,000
Sofia Lovgren	113,000	2,000
Frederik Jensen	67,500	36,000
Winfred Yu	60,500	25,100
Mike Watson	57,000	-8,000
Barry Greenstein	53,000	12,000
Andrey Andreev	44,000	-1,000
Steven Silverman	33,000	-1,300
Mike McDonald	22,000	-28,000

10-10-2013 19:22 UTC

Bakes Doubles

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

After a series of preflop raises in a blind vs. blind scenario, David "Bakes" Baker was all in and at risk for 49,100 with . Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Mark Radoja had him at risk with . and Bakes received a monster flop - .

The on the turn sealed the deal, and a meaningless completed the board, doubling Baker to around 100,000 chips. Radoja is still very healthy with around 138,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Radoja	138,000	-52,000
David "Bakes" Baker	100,000	36,000

Tags: David "Bakes" Baker Mark Radoja

10-10-2013 19:10 UTC

Haigh Folds To River Raise

Happy_Freaked

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Robert Haigh, who came close to winning the EPT Player of the Year leader board last year, was just raised of his hand by Dan Smith.

The board read and Haigh bet 10,500 which was raised to 27,800 by Smith. Haigh tanked for quite a while but eventually he decided to lay his hand down. Smith is now up near the top while Haigh dropped below the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	105,000	52,000
Robert Haigh	41,000	-54,000

10-10-2013 19:04 UTC

Double Up For Negreanu

Happy_Freaked

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

After a few raises Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu was put to the test and he called all in committing his 26,600-chip stack to the following hand.

Joao Vieira:
Negreanu:

The board ran out and Negreanu doubled up to over the starting stack. Negreanu's currently on his second bullet and a knock out for him will mean the end of his EPT London experience.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	55,000	13,000
Joao Vieira	14,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Joao Vieira

10-10-2013 19:01 UTC

A EPT Champ and Super High Roller Champ Join The Party

Happy_Freaked

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Altergott	50,000
Tom Middleton	50,000

10-10-2013 18:56 UTC

Post-Dinner Entrants

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	50,000
Mike McDonald	50,000

10-10-2013 18:55 UTC

Volpe Makes Top Pair

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Paul Volpe opened to 1,700 in early position, Tony Bloom called on the button, and both blinds released. Volpe led out for 2,000 on a flop of , Bloom called, and the turn brought the . Both players checked.