It's been a good week for Leon Louis after winning $160k in the WCOOP Main Event, making the money in the UKIPT Main Event and now trying to navigate his way through Day 2 of the EPT London Main Event. Watch the interview at the PokerStars Blog.
Full Tilt Poker Tour Ambassador Dermot Blain is out after he squeezed for 35,000 with after a raise and call. Unfortunately for the ginger Irishman, the initial raiser had kings and the flop came with both ace and king to finish him off.
The board read when Igor Kurganov was facing a 11,700-chip bet. Kurganov had around the same amount left and after a while he opted to save his chips for a different spot.
Kurganov's opponent, Candido Gonsalves, showed and he kept growing his stack.
Phil Hellmuth’s departures sometimes last as long as his arrivals. But as one ego departs another old favorite is still well placed, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis is up to 95,000 after he eliminated PokerStars qualifier Marcin Wydrowski with against . The board came - no help for the Pole.
Sven Reichardt was just all in on back-to-back hands but he did not manage to double up twice. First it was Joel Nordkvist who raised to 2,200 under the gun and and Reichardt moved all in from the button for 16,000. Nordkvist quickly called.
Nordkvist:
Reichardt:
The board ran out and Reichardt doubled up. On the very next hand Reichardt put his chips to good use and raised it up to 2,500 himself. It was Candido Gonsalves who three-bet from the button to 5,800 and both blinds folded. Reichardt proceeded to move all in and Gonsalves quickly called.