The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here. Best French player? Erwann Pecheux in the number 92 spot.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated Jan. 27, 2014):
Ole Schemion
Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
781.39
2
Vanessa Selbst
736.22
3
Thomas Muhlocker
594.30
4
Georgios Karakousis
512.31
5
Mike McDonald
490.74
6
Jonathan Little
480.01
7
Kenny Hallaert
416.40
8
Andrew Chen
414.18
9
Max Silver
412.50
10
Jeff Rossiter
408.43
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Now, stick with this because this involves some serious plot action and enough twists to tire out a professional salsa dancer.
*deep breath*
Omar Lakhdari limped from under the gun and FPS Deauville winner Niels van Leeuwen limped behind him. Pierre Antona then made it 2,000 and was called by Ludovic Geilich (EPT London finalist).
Jeremy Nock then moved all-in for not too much more and it was passed back around to Lakhdari who made the call. Van Leeuwen then came in with a backraise to 8,100 but Antona reraised all in for about 27,000. Geilich folded, as did Lakhdari but van Leeuwen instantly called.
Nock:
Antona:
van Leeuwen:
The flop was , Nock flopped a set but Antona had picked up a straight flush draw. The turn was the and Antona gained another three outs to win the entire pot. The on the river meant Nock picked up the main pot, more than trebling up while van Leeuwen eliminated Antona in the larger side pot.
With just 35 minutes left in the day Yerai Iribarren has taken the chip lead, the Frenchman is up to 170,000 after eliminating Ben Jones in a hand that Mat Frankland said took over 10 minutes.
By the time I arrived at the felt the flop was already out but Frankland told me after the hand had finished that Iribarren (cut-off) had opened Jones had three-bet from the small blind, Iribarren had four-bet to 11,000, Jones had clicked it back to 16,100 and Iribarren had called.
So there was over 32,000 in the pot by the time the flop came down, Jones, who only had around 24,000 back took his time and then bet 5,500, Iribarren needed far less time to make the call. On the turn Jones again went into the tank before moving all-in for what looked like just under 20,000. Iribarren snap called and rolled over for flopped quads, Jones had and was drawing dead.
Benjamin Pollak opened for 1,200 and Nuri Hakan Demircioglu made the call. The blinds folded and they saw a flop of . Pollak continued for 1,800 and after a couple of minutes Demircioglu made the call. The turn card was the and now Pollok went for a bigger bet of 5,100. Demircioglu went in the tank. They had similar stack sizes, both with about 40k behind, and one more card to come. The decision took a while but time was not called. Demircioglu made the call. The river was the and after a short while more they both checked. Pollack flipped over to indicate king high. Demircioglu rather confusingly flipped over and then less confusingly . That settled matters and Demircioglu won the pot.
After Alexander Perevorukha opened from middle position, Jean Mikhael three-bet to 5,200 from the small blind and Perevorukha made the call. On the flop Mikhael moved all-in for 10,425 and after getting a count Perevorukha called.
Perevorukha:
Mikhael:
The turn and river doubled Mikhael to over 32,000 whilst Perevorukha dropped to 49,000.
Early Jon Spinks was joking about grinding his chip stack back only to lose it right at the end or first thing tomorrow. He's good at this predicting lark...
Iaran Lightbourne opened for 1,300 and PokerStars player Victoria Coren moved all in for 8,700. Sat to her left was Martin Staszko who smooth called. Everyone else folded including Lightbourne. “What have I got to beat?” Coren asked and got shown the . Her was looking in pretty bad shape. “Oh.” She said. “You’ve got diamonds.” Called out Matt Frankland.
The board ran out and Coren left just before the end of the last level of Day 1b.
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, Nock flopped a set but Antona had picked up a straight flush draw. The turn was the 
and Antona gained another three outs to win the entire pot. The 
on the river meant Nock picked up the main pot, more than trebling up while van Leeuwen eliminated Antona in the larger side pot.
flop came down, Jones, who only had around 24,000 back took his time and then bet 5,500, Iribarren needed far less time to make the call. On the 
turn Jones again went into the tank before moving all-in for what looked like just under 20,000. Iribarren snap called and rolled over 
for flopped quads, Jones had 
and was drawing dead.
completed the board.
. Pollak continued for 1,800 and after a couple of minutes Demircioglu made the call. The turn card was the 
and after a short while more they both checked. Pollack flipped over 
and then less confusingly 
flop Mikhael moved all-in for 10,425 and after getting a count Perevorukha called.
river doubled Mikhael to over 32,000 whilst Perevorukha dropped to 49,000.
and Coren left just before the end of the last level of Day 1b.
