2022 PokerStars EPT London

£5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2022 PokerStars EPT London
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£664,400
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,300
Prize Pool
£3,632,650
Total Entries
749
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
452
Players Left
156
Players Left 1 / 749

An Orbit with WSOP Final Tablist Philippe Souki - "An Idiot With a Dream"

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Philippe Souki
Philippe Souki

Earlier this year, Philippe Souki recorded an eighth-place finish in the WSOP Main Event for $1,075,000 and is now here in London playing in the EPT Main Event. A regular on the EPT, Souki even cashed on the UKIPT when the EPT visited London in 2013.

Hand #1: Souki folded his button.

Hand #2: After the hijack opened to 500 , Souki called in the cutoff as did both blinds. The four players checked down the {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} flop and turn and the river was the {9-Diamonds}. Abu Hamza Khalek checked his small blind and Kayhan Mokri bet 3,700 into a pot of just over 2,000. It folded back to Khalek who called.

"Five-high," said Mokri, with Khalek tabling {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for trip jacks and the winner.

Hand #3: Souki raised to 500 from the hijack and took down the blinds and antes.


Read More: Aces Cracked! Souki Busts from WSOP Main Event Final Table


Hand #4: Souki folded from early position

Hand #5: Souki folded from under the gun

Hand #6: Souki checked his big blind after Frederic Normand limped in the small blind. They checked down the {j-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs} board and chopped the pot after Normand {q-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Souki {q-Clubs}{4-Hearts} both tabled queen-high.

Hand #7: Souki folded his small blind to an under-the-gun open.

Any table featuring Mokri is a lively one, and this was no exception. Mokri played yesterday only to bust short of Day 2 and is joined at the table by the likes of Toby Joyce and Vladas Tamasauskas.

"I was trying to figure out where I had played with you before," Tamasauskas said to Souki. "But then I realised it's from the WSOP."

"I love Main Events. Super slow and super fun, and you get to meet cool people. But why do I always get the clinic tables," bemoaned Mokri.

"I'm not a clinic," said Souki. "I'm just an idiot with a dream!"

Tags: Abu Hamza KhalekFrederic NormandKayhan MokriPhilippe SoukiToby JoyceVladas Tamasauskas