2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

£5,250 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£560,980
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£2,929,400
Entries
604
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Flopping the Second Nuts and Chopping

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

When we reached Table 7, the board had already completed {a-Hearts}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{9-Spades}{q-Spades}. Simon Brooks had a bet laying out in front of him, and Stefano Terziani opted to put in a raise to what looked like 8,000. Brooks entered the tank, then moved all in.

Terziani instantly called, ripping over {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for a flopped full house, but to his chagrin, Brooks had the same hand - {a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}.

The two shared a laugh along with the pot.

Tags: Stefano TerzianiSimon Brooks

Kuether Misses His Draws

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Andrew Hulme, Joe Kuether, Ludovic Geilich, and Walid Bou Habib all took a flop of {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Habib checked, Hulme fired out 1,300, and everybody called.

The turn was the {2-Spades}, and the action checked to Geilich, who bet 4,725. Only Kuether called.

The {9-Spades} completed the board, both players checked, and Kuether showed {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for missed straight and flush draws. Geilich took down the pot with {8-Spades}{7-Spades} for a pair of sevens.

Player Chips Progress
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Ludovic Geilich
56,000
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Joe Kuether
18,300
-2,100
-2,100

Tags: Andrew HulmeJoe KuetherLudovic GeilichWalid Bou Habib

Rousso Flush with Chips After Doubling Through Sidhu

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso

Kuljinder Sidhu opened for 650 from the under-the-gun position and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso made the call. The cutoff came along, as did the button and big blind, and it was five-way action to the {9-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop. Two checks put action on Rousso and she bet 2,000. Action folded back to Sidhu and he woke up with a check-raise to 5,000.

Rousso ended up making the call, the dealer burned and turned the {Q-Clubs}, and Sidhu led out for another 5,000. Rousso took stock of her stack before announcing that she was all in for 16,125. Sidhu snap-called.

Sidhu: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Rousso: {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

Rousso made a flush on the turn to crack Sidhu's kings, but a club on the river would give Sidhu a bigger flush. Fortunately for Rousso that didn't happen as the harmless {9-Hearts} peeled off.

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Rousso
47,000
27,000
27,000
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Kully Sidhu
30,000

Tags: Kuljinder SidhuVanessa Rousso

Gruissem In, Barbero Out

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

We just noticed that Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero was no longer in his seat and Kenny Hallaert gave us an update on what happened.

Hallaert explained that Barbero had {K-}{Q-} on {4-}{5-}{J-}{q-}{4-} against his opponent's {2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. Barbero called the all-in raise and was beaten by the rivered trips.

The table did not get any easier with Barbero's elimination as German super star Philipp Gruissem took his empty seat.

Player Chips Progress
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Philipp Gruissem
30,000
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Nacho Barbero
Busted

Tags: Kenny HallaertPhilipp GruissemNacho Barbero

Karakousis is Good

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Nicolas Levi raised to 400 from UTG and was called by Georgios Karakousis, Paul Foltyn and Majid Iqbal. The {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{Q-Clubs} flop was checked to Levi who bet 900, Karakousis made the call, Foltyn folded and Iqbal called.

The turn was the {8-Clubs} and this time Iqbal and Levi checked to Karakousis who bet 1,200, Iqbal then check-raised to 2,500 and Levi folded. Karakousis quickly called.

The river was the {K-Diamonds} and both players checked, Karakousis tabled {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and it proved to still be good.

Dedes on Arrival

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Vanessa Rousso is bouncing back up quickly. she just knocked out Paris Dedes. Dedes had bet 6,250 on the turn of a {2-Spades}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} only for the Team PokerStars Pro to move all in. Dedes had about 15,000 behind and found himself priced into to call.

Dedes: {A-Spades}{5-Spades}
Rousso: {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

The river was the {10-Clubs} and Rousso is up to 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Rousso
70,000
23,000
23,000

£50,000 Super High Roller Champ Ousted

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Martin Finger
Martin Finger

Yesterday, Martin Finger took down the Season 10 European Poker Tour London £50,000 Super High Roller for £821,000, which put him over $2 million in profit for the year. Needless to say, it's been a good 2013 for Finger, who also won a World Series of Poker bracelet. Unfortunately for him, Finger won't be adding a second EPT Main Event title here in London as he was just eliminated.

We missed the action, but we do know that Finger got his last 16,000 all in on the turn with a board reading {q-Clubs}{j-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs}. Daniel Weinman called him holding the nuts with the {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}, and Finger was drawing to a chop with the {10-Spades}{j-Hearts}. The {Q-Diamonds} river was not the king Finger needed and he feel just short of the second break of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Weinman
60,000
29,000
29,000
Team Lucky
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Martin Finger
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Daniel WeinmanMartin Finger

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25