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

10-23-2022 13:49 UTC

Triple Barrel Bluff From Macchiarelli

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Ole Schemion check-called 600 from Luciano Macchiarelli in the cutoff on a flop of .

Schemion check-called another 2,400 on the and 8,2000 on the river as Macchiarelli fired on all three streets.

Macchiarelli showed for a missed gutshot straight with Schemion taking down the pot with for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	45,000

Luciano Macchiarelli	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Luciano Macchiarelli Ole Schemion

10-23-2022 13:42 UTC

Updated Counts; Jorstad Arrives

Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	40,500 500	500
Espen Jorstad	40,000 40,000	40,000

Alex Peffly	38,000 8,000	8,000
Andras Nemeth	37,000 37,000	37,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	35,000 35,000	35,000

Alexandre Reard	33,000 33,000	33,000
Mustapha Kanit	32,000 2,000	2,000
Samantha Abernathy	28,000 8,000	8,000
Andres Korn	25,000 -5,000	-5,000

10-23-2022 13:31 UTC

Berdah Shows an Ace

Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Antonio Buonanno opened in middle position and Steve Berdah three-bet to 2,600 out of the small blind. Action folded back to Buonanno and the Italian four-bet to 5,900.

Buonanno went in the tank and counted his stack before folding, turning over the as he did so.

"No good ace," Buonanno laughed.

"Good ace," Berdah replied. "I think you have better than ace-queen."

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Berdah	40,000 40,000	40,000
Antonio Buonanno	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Antonio Buonanno Steve Berdah

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

10-23-2022 12:59 UTC

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day. The tournament clock shows 235 of 241 players remaining.

10-23-2022 12:57 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Harry Lodge	52,000 22,000	22,000
Monica Vaka	44,000 14,000	14,000
Bruno Fitoussi	42,000
Yucel Eminoglu	35,000 5,000	5,000
Euan McNicholas	33,000
Craig McCorkell	31,000
Colton Blomberg	30,000
Lukas Zaskodny	30,000
Philippe Souki	28,000 -3,000	-3,000
James Rann	25,000
Hossein Ensan	22,000 22,000	22,000

Antoine Saout	12,000

Abernathy Folds After Flynn Check-Raise

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Samantha Abernathy was in action on a flop. Jamie Flynn checked out of the blinds and Abernathy bet 500. Flynn check-raised to 1,500.

Abernathy called and the turn was the . Flynn bet 3,000 and after some thought Abernathy folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Flynn	33,000 33,000	33,000
Samantha Abernathy	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Jamie Flynn Samantha Abernathy

10-23-2022 12:49 UTC

Greeks Going to War at Table 25

Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Picking up the action on a flop of in a battle between the blinds, Alexandros Kolonias checked and Kyriakos Papadopoulos bet 3,800. Kolonias called.

Kolonias checked again on the turn and Papadopoulos bet 5,000. Kolonias again called.

Kolonias checked a third time on the river and Papadopoulos moved all in. Kolonias considered calling off for his remaining stack of around 15,000 but ultimately folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	40,000 40,000	40,000
Alexandros Kolonias	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Alexandros Kolonias Kyriakos Papadopoulos

10-23-2022 12:44 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	40,000 40,000	40,000

Aaron Duczak	39,000 39,000	39,000
Julien Sitbon	38,000 -16,000	-16,000

John Duthie	37,000 7,000	7,000
Ana Marquez	35,000 5,000	5,000
Christopher Puetz	33,000 3,000	3,000
Steve O'Dwyer	30,000 30,000	30,000

Alexane Najchaus	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Byron Kaverman	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
Jon Kyte	20,000 -10,000	-10,000
Antoine Labat	20,000 -10,000	-10,000
Brandon Sheils	9,000 9,000	9,000

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

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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 flop and turn and the river was the . 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 for trip jacks and the winner.

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

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 board and chopped the pot after Normand and Souki 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!"