Jeff Rossiter led out for 3,300 into a pot of around 6,000 on a flop of . Davidi Kitai quickly called.
Both players rapped the felt after the paired the board on the turn, and the Aussie moved all in for 13,600 when the completed the board. Kitai stared at Rossiter for quite some time, then reached for enough chips to make the call.
The French-speaking Belgian brought the chips back into his stack, studied the board, then grabbed them once again. Eventually, with a frown on his face, Kitai plopped the chips in front of him.
Rossiter ripped over for queens and jacks, Kitai mucked, and the Aussie high roller doubled to 40,000 chips. Kitai is still very healthy with 84,000.
Chris Moorman, who recently eclipsed $10 million online tournament winnings, just lost a big pot versus Dutch November Niner Michiel Brummelhuis.
Brummelhuis raised to 900 from the cutoff and Moorman three-bet to 2,450 and the Dutchman called. The flop brought and Moorman bet 2,100. Brummelhuis proceeded to move all in for 9,300 and Moorman called with .
Brummelhuis tabled and rivered a king in order to stay alive.
On a flop, Thomas Wahlroos fired a bet of 2,600 before Vladislav Donchev raised to 6,400. The Finn clicked it back with a three-bet to 12,600 and Donchev got out of the way.
Once again the buy-in was adjusted for the EPT London, this time jumping to £5,200, and as a result attendance dropped slightly to 392 runners, which created a prize pool of £2,038,400. German player Florian Langmann began that year’s final table as the chip leader, and eventually made it to heads-up play against online qualifier Joseph Mouawad.
The two battled for less than an hour, and in the final hand Langmann raised preflop and Mouawad called, which brought about a flop of . Langmann bet and then called off after Mouawad shoved. Langmann tabled the for middle pair, but it was no good as Mouawad tabled the for top pair. The turn left Langmann drawing dead, and after the was run out on the river, Mouawad captured victory and the £611,520 first-place prize. In addition, the 47-year-old became the first player from Lebanon to win an EPT title.
It was a storybook ending for Mouawad, but his fairy tale ended there. In the six years since his big win, Mouawad has just two tournament cashes to name – second in the 2010 Five Star World Poker Classic $1,000 No Limit Hold’em for $25,500 and eight in the €2,000 No Limit Hold’em event at this year’s EPT Barcelona for €16,650.
David Randall opened to 1,500 from the cutoff, Jeff Gross called on the button, and Jamil Kanji defended his big blind. The flop came , Kanji checked, and Randall continued for 2,500. Only Gross called.
Both players checked when the turned, and the completed the board. Randall checked, Gross tanked before firing out 3,600, and Randall shook his head before folding.
Former EPT Baden Champion Julian Thew is on the headier heights of 55,000. He just had an 1,800 bet paid off on the river of a board. Thew turned over for the sneaky backdoor two pair.
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. Davidi Kitai quickly called.
paired the board on the turn, and the Aussie moved all in for 13,600 when the 
completed the board. Kitai stared at Rossiter for quite some time, then reached for enough chips to make the call.
for queens and jacks, Kitai mucked, and the Aussie high roller doubled to 40,000 chips. Kitai is still very healthy with 84,000.
and Moorman bet 2,100. Brummelhuis proceeded to move all in for 9,300 and Moorman called with 
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and rivered a king in order to stay alive.
flop, Thomas Wahlroos fired a bet of 2,600 before Vladislav Donchev raised to 6,400. The Finn clicked it back with a three-bet to 12,600 and Donchev got out of the way.
for middle pair, but it was no good as Mouawad tabled the 
for top pair. The 
turn left Langmann drawing dead, and after the 
, Kanji checked, and Randall continued for 2,500. Only Gross called.
turned, and the 
completed the board. Randall checked, Gross tanked before firing out 3,600, and Randall shook his head before folding.
board. Thew turned over 
