Marcin Wydrowski and Team PokerStars Pro David Williams have just joined the field. The two tangled in a blind-for-blind pot with Wydrowski in the small blind and Williams in the big.
Wydrowski led out for 300 on a flop of , Williams called, and the turn brought a fourth heart — the , to be precise. Wydrowski led again - this time for 425 - and Williams made the call.
The completed the board, and Wydrowski fired a third and final bullet worth 750. Williams tank-called, and Wydrowski showed for air. Williams ripped over for a queen-high flush, and took down the pot.
UK's own Sam Trickett has just sat down in here on Day 1b of the EPT London Main Event.
Earlier in the year, at the 2013 Aussie Millions, Trickett added a fifth seven-figure score to his résumé. He took down the $250,000 Challenge, pocketing $2,111,397, and earning a congratulatory tweet from Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney:
Right before the break we caught a hand with Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis. The Dutchman raised under the gun to 300 and the player to his direct left called. The action was folded to the big blind who three-bet to 1,750 and both Veldhuis and the the third player called.
The flop rolled out and the big blind checked to Veldhuis who bet 2,200 and the player to his left folded. The preflop agressor quickly raised it up to 5,700 and Veldhuis snap-folded as he tapped the table in defeat. Veldhuis is still sitting on 47,000 chips and looking good early on.
Team PokerStars Pro Fatima Moreira de Melo had already lost some chips when she just decided to three-bet preflop. The player under the gun raised to 400 and Moreira de Melo three-bet to 850 from the hijack. The action was folded back to the initial raiser who put in a four-bet to 2,275. Moreira de Melo thought about it for a good five seconds before tossing her cards towards the muck.
Moreira de Melo already has an EPT cash this year as she managed to finish in the money at the PCA. In order to make it to the money again here in London Moreira de Melo will have a long way to go!
Former EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee has had a slow start today as he just lost a pot on the river. The flop read and MacPhee's opponent check-called his 450-chip bet.
On the turn the hit and both player checked. The river brought the and the action was checked to MacPhee who bet 800. MacPhee's opponent put together a raise and threw in 2,950 and that was enough to take down the pot.
David Boyaciyan has just joined the party, the party being the EPT London Main Event. Boyaciyan has notched up some impressive results over the last two years with top-three finishes in EPT Prague and a win in the 2011 Master Classics of Poker Main Event in Amsterdam. In total Boyaciyan has $1.7 million in live tournament earnings.
Chris Brammer's stack had shrunk more than he would've liked in the first two levels but he won a pot off Luca Franchi to head to the break a little happier.
He called raise from Franchi in position and a c-et on a flop. On the turn Brammer bet 1,500 when Franchi checked to him. Call. Both players checked the river and Brammer took the pot with .
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, Williams called, and the turn brought a fourth heart — the 
, to be precise. Wydrowski led again - this time for 425 - and Williams made the call.
completed the board, and Wydrowski fired a third and final bullet worth 750. Williams tank-called, and Wydrowski showed 
for air. Williams ripped over 
for a queen-high flush, and took down the pot.
and the big blind checked to Veldhuis who bet 2,200 and the player to his left folded. The preflop agressor quickly raised it up to 5,700 and Veldhuis snap-folded as he tapped the table in defeat. Veldhuis is still sitting on 47,000 chips and looking good early on.
hit and both player checked. The river brought the 
flop. On the 
river and Brammer took the pot with 
.