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

Lacay Done

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Enrico Tau just made an end to Ludovic Lacay's tournament. We caught the action on the flop that read {A-Diamonds}{3g}{8-Clubs} and Lacay was facing a raise. The Frenchman had 2,000 in front of him while Tau had 5,100 invested into the pot. Lacay hesitated for a while before making the call.

The turn brought the {6-Diamonds} and Tau bet 16,000 which effectively put Lacay all in. The French EPT winner had around 12,000 chips behind and made the call after several minutes of being in the tank. Tau showed {A-Spades}{J-Spades} and Lacay was almost drawing dead with {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. The river brought the {6-Clubs} and Lacay was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ludovic Lacay

Less Than Jake

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Jake Cody
Jake Cody

Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody opened to 1,000 preflop before James Akenhead reraised to 2,350 in the next seat. It was passed around to Viktor Blom, who cold four-bet to 4,650 from late position, and then folded back Cody who opted to move all in for around 11,000.

Akenhead rechecked his cards and folded but Blom slid in the call.

Blom: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Cody: {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}

Anyone hoping for an exciting board was to be disappointed as Blom flopped the joint with the board coming {10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{K-Spades}. The Swede is up to about 80,000

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
80,000
35,000
35,000
Full Tilt
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
Busted

Tags: Jake CodyViktor Blom

News in Brief

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier
  • Tom Alner bet 5,200 and 10,000 on the turn and river of a {5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades} board. He was in the big blind and battling with Marc Wright under the gun. Wright called the turn bet but tank-folded the river.
  • Dan O'Brien has been moved to the left of Jason Mercier. The master (Mercier) has 38,000 and the pupil has 13,000.
  • Ramzi Jelassi, Rob Yong and Victor Ramdin just battled in a six-bet pot that went Yong's way. Jelassi opened from the cut-off, Yong three-bet the button, Ramdin four-bet the big blind to 5,750; back to Jelassi who five-bet to 11,800 and Yong six-bet all in for 37,000. Both opponents folded.
Player Chips Progress
Marc Wright gb
Marc Wright
90,000
90,000
90,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
60,000
-14,000
-14,000
Rob Yong gb
Rob Yong
58,000
58,000
58,000
Tom Alner gb
Tom Alner
51,000
51,000
51,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
38,000
-9,000
-9,000
Ramzi Jelassi se
Ramzi Jelassi
33,000
12,000
12,000
EPT 1X Winner
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
13,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Dan O'BrienJason MercierMarc WrightRamzi JelassiTom AlnerVictor Ramdin

Two-Pair for Timex

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald

Four bets went in preflop between Fraser Macintyre and Mike McDonald before the dealer fanned {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. The pair checked, and the turn brought the {4-Hearts}. Macintyre checked, McDonald fired 6,625, and Macintyre made the call.

The {q-Clubs} completed the board, Macintyre checked again, and McDonald bet 16,125. Macintyre made the call, prompting McDonald to rip over {5-Spades}{4-Spades} for a turned two pair.

Macintyre mucked, and McDonald is now above 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
106,000
56,000
56,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mike McDonaldFraser Macintyre

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Chip Counts

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Hiren Patel us
Hiren Patel
105,000
40,000
40,000
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
82,000
46,000
46,000
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
70,000
47,000
47,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
58,000
28,000
28,000
Niels van Alphen nl
Niels van Alphen
57,000
12,500
12,500
Rino Mathis ch
Rino Mathis
56,000
26,000
26,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
55,000
15,000
15,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
52,000
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
50,000
20,000
20,000
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
45,000
27,000
27,000
EPT 1X Winner
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
41,000
-3,000
-3,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
37,000
37,000
37,000
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
36,000
5,000
5,000
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
25,000
-1,000
-1,000
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
18,000
11,000
11,000
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
17,000
-29,000
-29,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
11,600
11,600
11,600
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
7,000
7,000
7,000
EPT 1X Winner
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted
$25K Fantasy

First Aid-o

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Sergio Aido, who won the UKIPT final yesterday looks to be the current chip leader as he's over the 200,000 mark already. It's already proving to be a remarkable week for the Spaniard, who also chopped a £1,000 turbo event after Day 3 of the UKIPT. This basically means he's undefeated in poker tournaments so far this week.

Player Chips Progress
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
200,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Sergio Aido

Little Gems

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
  • Andrew Pantling and his full house managed to oust Gus Hansen off his hand. The former raised to 1,050 from under the gun and Hansen called from the hijack to see a {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop appear. "Ooo, nice flop!" said Hansen before he called a 2,000 c-bet. The turn fell {5-Spades} and Hansen folded to a 3,500 bet flashing the {9-Spades}. Pantling flashed pocket eights.
  • Jake Cody has found a couple of mates at the bar to drown his sorrows with. Fellow Brits Martins Adeniya and Ben Vinson have also busted.
  • Maybe Tim Reilly has revenge on his mind. He's found himself sat at Vojtech Ruzicka's table who beat him heads-up in the EPT High Roller tournament in Deauville last month. Reilly has 42,000 compared to Ruzicka's 84,000.
Player Chips Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
84,000
84,000
84,000
Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
68,000
21,000
21,000
Full Tilt
Tim Reilly us
Tim Reilly
42,000
12,000
12,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
34,000
-3,000
-3,000
Ben Vinson gb
Ben Vinson
Busted

Tags: Ben VinsonGus HansenJake CodyMartins AdeniyaVojtech Ruzicka

Blom Looking Ominous

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Viktor Blom has kicked on since eliminating Jake Cody. Team PokerStars Pro David Williams has taken Cody's seat and called a 2,650 bet on a {4-Clubs}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts} flop before the {K-Hearts} turn and {3-Hearts} river were checked down.

Blom flipped {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} which was still too good for Williams.

Tags: Viktor BlomDavid Williams