2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

More Counts

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
120,000 35,000
Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
112,000 12,000
Nick Abou Risk
Nick Abou Risk
95,000 41,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
85,000 10,000
Adria Balaguer
Adria Balaguer
65,000 5,000
Jason Lavallee ca
Jason Lavallee
65,000 7,000
Nicola Grieco it
Nicola Grieco
60,000 20,000
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
55,000 -3,000
Andrey Gulyy ru
Andrey Gulyy
55,000 29,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
55,000 17,000
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
55,000 -15,000
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
28,000 6,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
25,000 -5,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
11,000 -25,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
Busted
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
Busted
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
Busted

Karr Crash for McLean

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Mclean Karr - Eliminated
Mclean Karr - Eliminated

The No limit variant of holdem poker can trick you into thinking that everything is going well until every good comes crashing down around you. McLean Karr feels like that after busting to Davide Suriano.

That action folded to the Italian on the button and he raised to 1,100. Karr was in the small blind and three-bet to 3,250. Suriano re-opened the betting with a four-bet to 8,200 but Karr wasn't to be pushed around and threw in a pile of 5k chips. Suriano announced he was all in for his 67,000 and Karr committed the rest of his 58,600 stack.

Suriano: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Karr: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} to eliminate Karr.

"Tired to give him the option of folding!" said Karr as he got up from his seat.

Player Chips Progress
Davide Suriano it
Davide Suriano
129,000 129,000
Mclean Karr us
Mclean Karr
Busted

Tags: Davide SurianoMclean Karr

Tip Your Hat to Fez

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Eric Sfez had bet 27,200 on the river of a dangerous looking {K-Spades}{J-Spades}{A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} board against Pratik Ghatge. The latter tanked then folded after several minutes of contemplation. Sfez giggled to himself and flipped {10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for what we call here in England, "absolute gubbins" (it means 'nothing').

Very Un-Fortin-ate

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

When Mario Adinolfi is hitting the deck he is a hard man to beat. Just ask Patrick Fortin who has been losing pots to him all day, and just lost the last of his chips to him.

Fortin opened to 1,300 from under the gun and Adinolfi defended his big bind to see a {2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop appear. Adinolfi led out for 2,000 and called when his Canadian opponent shoved for his last 12,275.

Fortin: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Adinolfi: {q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{q-Hearts} to make the Italian two-pair. He's up to around 95,000 now.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
95,000 25,000
Patrick Fortin
Patrick Fortin
Busted

Tags: Mario AdinolfiPatrick Fortin

One For Burland and One For Puchkov

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Manfred Sierke opened the pot for 1,200, Jamie Burland called in the cutoff as did the big blind. The dealer sprung {Q-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {5-Spades} from the pack and it was left to Burland to bet first. The former UKIPT champion made it 1,450 to play and only Sierke made the call. The turn card was the {6-Clubs}, Sierke checked, Burland fired his second barrel worth 2,325 and Sierke surrendered his hand.

Then...

Jan Collado made it 1,000 from early position, Mike Watson called on the button as did Konstantin Puchkov in the big blind. The action checked through to the turn on a board of {J-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {7-Spades} and Puchkov took the pot with a 3,000 bet.

Spinks is Peeking Out of Adinolfi’s Pocket

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

“He has won at least 30k from me. He just wins every pot I play with him,” said Jon Spinks during the dinner break.

Spinks was talking about the Italian Mario Adinolfi, and funnily enough the pair of them were embroiled in a pot no sooner had the dinner break ended.

Adinolfi opened from the cutoff and Spinks defended the big blind. The action checked through to the turn on the board of {8-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {6-Diamonds}, Spinks led for 1,850 and Adinolfi made the call. The river card was the {Q-Clubs} and Spinks tried again. This time it was 2,250, and Adinolfi called quite quickly. Spinks turned over {9-Hearts} {8-Hearts}.

“An eight?” Said Adinolfi in his deep Italian drawl before turning over {Q-Spades} {5-Spades}.

You’re right Jon, he does win every pot you play in with him.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
70,000 50,000
Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
29,000 -3,000

Tags: Jon SpinksMario Adinolfi

No Answer to Dattani's Steady Stream of Bullets

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano had raised preflop and then called Michel Dattani's three-bet to see a {10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{A-Spades} flop. The Italian proceeded to check-call bets of 2,800 on the flop and then another 6,500 on the {8-Clubs} turn. The river was the {5-Hearts} and Pagano checked a third time before the diminutive Portuguese player set him all in.

Pagano recounted his stack before eventually making a reluctant fold.

Player Chips Progress
Michel Dattani pt
Michel Dattani
EPT 1X Winner
110,000 25,000
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
19,500 3,500

Tags: Luca PaganoMichel Dattani

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
166,000 -19,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
127,500 47,500
Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
105,000 50,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
88,000 11,000
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
78,000 34,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
EPT 1X Winner
71,000 -9,000
Mclean Karr us
Mclean Karr
70,000 25,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
67,000 4,000
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
65,000 25,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
52,000 -6,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
51,000 6,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
EPT 1X Winner
47,000 31,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
45,000 -2,000
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
EPT 1X Winner
44,000 -11,000
Toni Judet ro
Toni Judet
38,000 -7,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
EPT 2X Winner
35,000 3,000
Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
32,000 -8,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
31,000 -11,000
Steve Jelinek gb
Steve Jelinek
27,000 -18,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
21,000 5,000
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
17,500 7,500
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
11,000 5,000
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
10,000
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen
7,500 -11,500
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
7,500 -30,500

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