2013 PokerStars.com EPT London
The Levi's Broke
After cracking an opponent's aces holding , Nicolas Levi was all in and at risk again - this time holding .
Russell Carson was racing against the Frenchman with , and the board rolled out . Levi was eliminated, while Carson now sits with 180,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Russell Carson | 180,000 | 51,000 |
Nicolas Levi | Busted |
Quite The Table
Table 5 has been quite interesting lately with a ton of good agressive young players clashing with each other. Here are the chip counts of this table with Albert Daher leading the way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Albert Daher | 590,000 | 150,000 |
Nicolas Chouity
|
460,000 | 35,000 |
Sergio Aido | 240,000 | -90,000 |
Ramey Shaio | 220,000 | 220,000 |
Ruben Visser
|
190,000 | -10,000 |
Robert Haigh | 150,000 | -60,000 |
Timothy Davie | 100,000 | 20,000 |
Toby Lewis
|
90,000 | -40,000 |
Gruissem Doubles Through Boatman
We just caught the end of a preflop all in between Philipp Gruissem and Barny Boatman with around 270,000 chips in the pot.
Philipp Gruissem:
Barny Boatman:
The board ran out and the German pro doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philipp Gruissem | 270,000 | 138,000 |
Barny Boatman
|
114,000 | -114,000 |
A Pending Million Chip Pot?
Chris Moorman and Matthias Tikerpe have been sitting at the same table for quite a while. It seems like with every orbit a million chip pot come closer to being reality as the two keep clashing.
Moorman just raised to 11,000 and Tikerpe three-bet from the small blind to 27,000. Moorman made the call and the flop rolled out . Tikerpe bet out 19,000 and Moorman took control of the situation by raising it up to 45,000. Tikerpe made the call.
On the turn, the , and the river, the , the hand was checked and Moorman showed . Tikerpe tabled his and took down this pot. Both players aren't afraid to play pots and all we need now is some actual hands!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Moorman | 550,000 | 255,000 |
Matthias Tikerpe | 510,000 | 413,000 |
Doubling Up Sunar Rather Than Later
Surinder Sunar and Rory Mathews got into a raising war blind on blind that ended up with the former all in.
Sunar:
Mathews:
The board came and Sunar doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Surinder Sunar | 285,000 | 140,000 |
Rory Mathews | 140,000 | -135,000 |
Team PokerStars Plays The Vertical Rush
Last week, the PokerStars Five - aka Liv Boeree, Leo Margets, George Danzer, Henrique Pinho and Joao Nunes - ran up Tower 42 in the City of London for Shelter, the charity supporting Britain's homeless. PokerStars Blog finds out how they got on. There's lycra, concrete legs, and coughing up blood.
Vamplew Runs into a Monster, Busts
David Vamplew, champion from London two seasons ago, has been eliminated.
He was on the feature table and made his move with around 20 big blinds and was given action by George Meitanis.
Vamplew:
Meitanis:
The board ran .
The flop left Vamplew looking for two outs in the deck but they failed to appear.
PokerNews Podcast Episode #142: EPT London feat. Paul Volpe and Adam Levy
The PokerNews crew is in the U.K. for the Season 9 PokerStars.com EPT London Main Event, and they break down all of the latest stories, including PokerStars seeking to Block AGA interference, Team PokerStars defeating Full Tilt Poker's Professionals, and more.
They are then joined by Paul Volpe, who discusses making back-to-back World Poker Tour final tables, and Adam Levy, who's in Europe for three months to grind both online and on the EPT.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500