Dutch pro Niels "Fisherman903" van Alphen, who was recently very successful in the WCOOP finishing second in the $215 6-Max, did not have a good day here in London today.
We spotted Van Alphen outside the tournament room and he explained to us what went down today.
"I just couldn't win a hand," Van Alphen started out with, "On the last hand I had 30 big blind and the cutoff raised to 625. The player on the button called and I three-bet to 2,100 from the small."
Van Alphen proceeded to explain that the player in the cutoff four-bet all in and the Dutchman called with . He was up against and even though the flop brought three clubs he did not get a double up.
Marvin Rettenmaier led out for 1,500 on a flop of , and Grant Levy tossed in a call. The turn was the , Rettenmaier checked, and Levy tossed out a bet. Rettenmaier called.
A second ace - the - completed the board, and the German checked again. The Australian tossed out 9,200, which was more than a pot-sized bet, and Rettenmaier tanked for over two minutes before calling.
Levy, who made the final table of the EPT9 Grand Final Main Event, showed for a missed straight draw, while Rettenmaier, the 2012 Global Poker Index Player of the Year, took down the pot with for aces and jacks.
Back during the EPT Monte Carlo final table last May there was a debate going on about Andrew Pantling's creative play. Pantling later spoke about his style being unique and that he did not care what other people think of it. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu voiced his opinions at the time and was not too impressed with Pantling's play.
Just right now Pantling and Negreanu found out they were sitting with their backs towards each other and polite words were exchanged.
"We just have different styles," Negreanu said to Pantling who emphasized that it didn't matter to him what the five-time bracelet winner said.
Both players were very friendly and Negreanu expressed that he would never voice a negative opinion about an amateur player.
"I didn't think you would be offended. I consider you a professional and I just wanted to express that we have different playing styles," Negreanu added.
Pantling understood Negreanu's point of view and the two professionals shook hands as the tournament continues. So far today things are working out a lot better for Negreanu who's sitting on 62,000 chips while Pantling has just 6,100.
Kevin MacPhee's EPT dream is over in London. In a multiway pot against fellow EPT champion Tom Middleton, the latter bet 2,100 on a board only for MacPhee to move all in for about 12,000.
Middleton called with and avoided an almighty sweat against MacPhee's after a turn and river.
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Shannon Shorr was just spotted with a large stack worth around 86,000, but while we were present he lost a decent sized pot.
Shorr raised from the button to 1,000 and the big blind called. The flop brought out and both players checked.
On the turn the hit and this time the big blind lead out for 850 and Shorr called.
The river brought the and the big blind bet 2,600. Shorr paused, grabbed 10,200 chips and paused again. After 10 seconds Shorr grabbed chips for the call and tossed them over the line. The big blind showed and Shorr quietly mucked.
With 82,000 chips Shorr is still one of the big stacks in the room.
. He was up against 
, and Grant Levy tossed in a call. The turn was the 
, Rettenmaier checked, and Levy tossed out a bet. Rettenmaier called.
for a missed straight draw, while Rettenmaier, the 2012 Global Poker Index Player of the Year, took down the pot with 
for aces and jacks.
board only for MacPhee to move all in for about 12,000.
and avoided an almighty sweat against MacPhee's 
turn and 
river.
board then called a raise to 8,000 from Aidan Tam.
and both players checked.
and Shorr quietly mucked.
