Holdeew Focused On The Poker
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Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
At about 9pm last night Dmitri Holdeew took down the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event for €226,400, having bested a field of 1,315. He'd have to finish fourth or fifth in the EPT Main Event to better that and the German, who lives in Vienna, has put celebrating his victory on hold to play some more poker. "No I didn't celebrate last night," he asked when I inquired if he'd had a drink last night.
Smart move as he's got 78,000 for a stack that's well above average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000 | 78,000 |
-flop where all players checked. The turn brought the 
into play and it was checked to Boeken who bet 4,700. The other player folded and Benelli raised it up to 10,200. Boeken made the call and the 
fell on the river. Benelli thought for a some time and then announced all in, effectively putting Boeken all in for his last 18,500. Boeken thought about it and then tossed in a single red 1,000 chip to indicate the call.
and Boeken mucked, wishing his opponents good luck while doing so. Boeken, who just last month won the Master Classics of Poker Main Event in Amsterdam for €306,821, told us he had ace-king and thought just nines would be a possibility for Benelli to have him beat. He never saw king-five coming apparently, maybe next time he'll be more on his toes when battling Benelli.
and the dealer put out a turn 
. Small blind checked and well, Linton just hates to see an orphaned pot and his bet of 5,600 was enough for him to bring it towards his stack to look after.
in front of him and the board showing 
. The other player in the hand was Norbert Szecsi and he was shipping Lattouf 67,300. The Hungarian's cards were already face down, but the floor staff told me that Szecsi's hand was king-jack. He's back down to 29,000 after that wounder.
. The 
hit the river anyway. Von Perger, who went deep in EPT Barcelona (23rd for €34,950), can cheer her boyfriend on if she wants to; Manig Loeser is still in the tournament.
and his sole opponent in the pot was deep in the tank. It was Jonathan Roy from Canada who had the decision to make. He had him covered but it would be a decent chunk of his stack and Savov’s shove was for 11,550 which was just over a pot sized bet. Whatever Roy cards were he didn’t call in the end and a gutsy move by Savov saw him survive with some additional chips.