2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
£595,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Entries
647
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Skill Game

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Faced with a five-bet to 10,000, Kevin MacPhee stuffed in the remainder of his 14,000-chip stack holding {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. His opponent, Lawrence Dicristina, called the all-in wager, and tabled {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}.

The {4-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop gave Dicristina a flush draw to go with his two overcards, and the {a-Spades} on the turn gave him a leading pair of aces. The {k-Spades} completed the board, and MacPhee was eliminated.

Dicristina now sits with around 85,000 chips. Back in August of 2012, Judge Jack Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that poker was a game of skill in a an appeal case featuring Dicristina. Dicristina was convicted of running an illegal gambling business for operating a no-limit hold'em game in New York, but Weinstein ruled that a poker game did not breach the United States Illegal Gambling Business Act:

"The influence of skill on the outcome of poker games is far greater than that on the outcomes of the games enumerated in the IGBA's illustrations of gambling."

Dicristina's case should positively affect poker in the U.S., and we'll keep an eye on him as he competes here in London.

Player Chips Progress
Lawrence Dicristina
Lawrence Dicristina
85,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

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