£5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1b | 2022 PokerStars EPT London

10-23-2022 16:15 UTC

Lawson Gets There

Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Zak Lawson was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Askar Bekbayev in the hijack on a monotone board of .

Lawson checked on the flop and Bekbayev bet 1,200. Lawson called. Lawson checked again on the turn and Bekbayev checked back.

Lawson checked a third time on the river and Bekbayev also checked, leading Lawson to turn over the winner with for a rivered flush and bringing a wince out of Bekbayev.

Player	Chips	Progress
Askar Bekbayev	28,000
Zak Lawson	17,000

Tags: Askar Bekbayev Zak Lawson

10-23-2022 16:40 UTC

Barbero Busto

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Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Nacho Barbero open-jammed a short stack from early position and got a call from Florian Guimond in the next seat over with a bigger stack.

Nacho Barbero:
Florian Guimond:

Barbero couldn't hit as the board ran out for the Argentinian pro to be eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Guimond	45,000 45,000	45,000
Nacho Barbero	Busted

Tags: Florian Guimond Nacho Barbero

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

10-23-2022 16:46 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	65,000 28,000	28,000
Pavlo Veksler	55,000 55,000	55,000
Leonard Maue	50,000 50,000	50,000
Andres Korn	42,000 17,000	17,000
Benjamin Spragg	40,000 40,000	40,000

Martin Jacobson	37,000 19,000	19,000
Hossein Ensan	25,000 13,000	13,000

Sylvain Loosli	18,000 14,000	14,000

Alexandre Reard	16,000 17,000	17,000
Charlie Carrel	15,000 20,000	20,000

An Orbit with the Tag Team Champions

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Poker tournament seat draws often throw up interesting little quirks. For example, yesterday the 2019 WSOP Main Event winner and runner-up — Hossein Ensan and Dario Sammartino — were seated at the same table.

Today it's the turn of the reigning WSOP Main Event champion Espen Jorstad, and his Tag Team bracelet-winning partner Patrick Leonard to be sat at the same table. PokerNews sat in on an orbit to see if the two would tangle or leave each other alone.

Patrick Leonard & Espen Jørstad Win 2022 WSOP Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team ($148,067)

Hand #1: On the very first hand, Espen Jorstad raised from the cutoff to 1,200 and it folded to Patrick Leonard in the big blind who folded.

Hand #2: It folded around to Leonard in the small blind who limped blind on blind against Timo Kamphues who raised to 1,800. Leonard called and the pair checked the flop and turn.

Leonard bet 1,000 on the river and Kamphues folded.

Hand #3: Both Jorstad and Leonard folded.

Hand #4: Jorstad and Leonard both folded.

Hand #5: Jorstad folded from under the gun and Leonard folded the hijack.

Hand #6: Rehman Kassam raised to 1,000 and Patrick Leonard three-bet to 3,200. Kassam called.

Kassam check-called 4,200 on the flop and the pair checked the turn. The river was the and Kassam bet 16,000. Leonard folded.

Hand #7: Leonard folded and Jorstad didn't defend his small blind.

Hand #8: Leonard folded from under the gun, with Espen Jorstad raising to 1,100 from the button. Kassam defended his big blind. The pair checked the flop and Kassam check-folded to a bet of 1,000 on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rehman Kassam	55,000 10,000	10,000
Timo Kamphues	40,000 5,000	5,000
Patrick Leonard	23,000 6,000	6,000

Espen Jorstad	11,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Espen Jorstad Patrick Leonard Rehman Kassam Timo Kamphues

10-23-2022 17:04 UTC

Loosli Booted After Losing to Routier's Rockets

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Peter Jaksland opened to 1,300 from under the gun and Sylvain Loosli three-bet to 3,500 from the next seat over. Jeremy Routier then cold four-bet jammed from the cutoff, leading Jaksland to fold.

Loosli gave an unhappy shrug and called off with his stack of around 19,000.

Sylvain Loosli:
Jeremy Routier:

Loosli had run into aces and received no help as the board ran out to mark the Frenchman's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Routier	70,000 70,000	70,000
Peter Jaksland	21,500 21,500	21,500
Sylvain Loosli	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Routier Peter Jaksland Sylvain Loosli

10-23-2022 17:08 UTC

Kitai vs Miller

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

An informal agreement had spread at Table 11 that a player would have to show one card randomly when taking down a pot.

On the very next hand Adam Miller raised to 1,400 and called a three-bet from Davidi Kitai to 4,200.

Miller check-called bets of 2,800 on the flop and 9,500 on the turn.

Both players checked the river. Miller showed for the nut flush and Kitai mucked.

"Had to show two there!" he joked, chipping up to around 45,000.

He sits at a table between Chris Maguire PokerStars Ambassador Ben Spragg.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Maguire	65,000
Adam Miller	45,000
Davidi Kitai	38,000 13,000	13,000

Ben Spragg	33,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Adam Miller Davidi Kitai

10-23-2022 17:13 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Macdonnell	110,000 71,000	71,000
Julien Sitbon	95,000 30,000	30,000

Katie Lindsay	90,000 90,000	90,000
John Duthie	80,000 7,000	7,000
Ludovic Geilich	65,000 65,000	65,000
Erik Seidel	45,000 5,000	5,000

Dominik Nitsche	45,000 15,000	15,000
Ole Schemion	40,000 5,000	5,000

Benny Glaser	40,000 40,000	40,000
Martin Jacobson	40,000 3,000	3,000
Ana Marquez	35,000 7,000	7,000
Byron Kaverman	35,000 13,000	13,000
Gary Miller	22,000 23,000	23,000
Parker Talbot	7,000 23,000	23,000

Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

10-23-2022 17:14 UTC

Insane Play by Hellmuth at EPT London

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Insane play by Hellmuth at the @PokerStars #EPTLondon but it's not @philhellmuth making those moves... Martin Hellm… https://t.co/PTB1jrQjDx
— PokerNews @ #EPTLondon 🇬🇧 (@PokerNews)

10-23-2022 17:28 UTC

Ullereng Almost Gets Aces Cracked, Ends Up With Aces Full

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was a rollercoaster runout for the ages at Table 32 after Mats Ullereng got his stack of 40,900 in from the small blind against Wayne Heung on the button, who had him covered.

Mats Ullereng:
Wayne Heung:

The preflop cooler became a real sweat when the flop landed to give Heung a flush draw. Ullereng let out a sigh as the peeled off on the turn to give his opponent the lead with a flush but also leaving him hope with a set.

The whole table was left silent when the dealer then peeled off the on the river to give Ullereng a full house to double up. Heung, who looked defeated after likely experiencing a variety of motions throughout the hand, was left short and was eliminated a few hands later.