2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€532,620
Event Info
Buy-in
€7,700
Prize Pool
€1,701,700
Entries
221
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000

Boeken Entices a Bold Call

Noah Boeken
Noah Boeken
A crowd of reporters and spectators completely surrounded table seven, as Noah Boeken had moved all in on the turn against Antonio Lemos.

The board read {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Lemos sat back in his chair with his arms folded, pondering a call for most of his chips.

The clock was called by another player at the table, prompting Thomas Kremser to join the mob and initiate a countdown.

"Just throw it away. I've got you," Boeken needled.

"At the end of the countdown, the hand will be killed," Kremser said.

"5 . . . 4 . . . 3 . . . 2. . . 1 . . . . ."

"Call!" snapped Lemos, with one second left on the clock. Boeken quickly flipped over the {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a flush and Lemos angrily mucked his hand.

"Turn them up," Kremser instructed the dealer, who revealed Lemos' hand - the {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}.

The hand left Lemos with just 4,500 chips while Boeken doubled through to roughly 80,000.

Tags: Antonio LemosNoah Boeken

Ben Grundy is Eliminated!

Ben Grundy
Ben Grundy
The Milkybarkid, Ben Grundy, got most of his chips in as a big favourite pre-flop with {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs} versus {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs} but the {9-Spades} hit the board to leave him short. He got the rest in with {A-Spades}{5-Clubs} against {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} but was unable to hit the three-outer himself to avoid elimination.

Tags: Ben Grundy

Ian Cox Eliminates Philip Hardy

Ian Cox
Ian Cox
Moments ago, Philip Hardy was eliminated from the tournament after running his pocket kings into the pocket aces of Ian "Crapper" Cox.

The hand lifted Cox towards the head of the field, with right around 100,000 in chips.

Cox is on quite a roll as of late, having reached the final table in each of the last three live events he's played, most notably posting an 8th place finish at the EPT London in September.

Tags: Ian Cox

Cox and Grundy Off to Good Starts...

Ian Cox has busted a player during the first level with pocket Kings on a Jack high flop. His ooponent got all his chips in with pocket tens and failed to hit putting Ian up to 64,000.

Ben Grundy managed to get a double up with the bullets. He called a raise pre-flop and pushed a {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}{9-Clubs} flop and got a caller from a player with {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. he now has 19,000.

Other chip counts have been updated.

Tags: Ben GrundyIan Cox

Color 'em Up

The tournament clock has been paused while the dealers race off the $25 chips from the table. There are currently 98 players remaining and the average chip stack is 33,800.

The first level of play produced 24 eliminations, which amounts to 20% of the Day 2 starting field.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Chop Chop for 'Annette_15' and Lars-Ola Svensson

Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad threw a couple of power punches in a hand against Lars-Ola Svensson, on a board showing {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. She bet 4,300 on the flop and Svensson called. The turn brought the {2-Diamonds} and Annette decisively shoved the remainder of her stack into the middle.

"Ok, I gamble. I call," said Svensson. Annette revealed {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for top and bottom pair, which made Svensson smile as he tabled {A-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Tags: Annette ObrestadLars-Ola Svensson

Andy Black is All In . . . Kind of.

Andy Black
Andy Black
On a board showing {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}, Andy Black pushed his chip stack into the middle, announcing "I'm all in."

"I call," said Ian Woodley. "I have aces! I have aces!"

"Well I have pocket nines," Black said.

Truth be told, no one had anything. The dealer accidentally dealt a flop without ever giving the players any hole cards.

Tags: Andy Black

Brummelhuis Makes a Big Laydown

Michiel Brummelhuis
Michiel Brummelhuis
In the midst of a pot that was shaping up to be a pre-flop all in fest, Michiel Brummelhuis saved us the drama, folding pocket queens face-up facing Jonothon Butters' all in reraise.

The hand saw Michael Martin make it 1,800 to go and Thor Hansen made the call. Action then fell on Brummelhuis, who reraised it to 8,000. The small blind folded, making Butters the next to act from the big blind. After some considerable though, he moved all in over the top of Brummelhuis' raise. Both Martin and Hansen folded, leaving Brummelhuis Butters' lone opponent.

"I should've pushed . . . " said Brummelhuis, as he tossed his queens face-up into the muck.

Tags: Michiel Brummelhuis