£20,000 High Roller Event | PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown

10-06-2008 17:24 UTC+1

Juanda Not Interested In Benyamine's Knaves

Juanda raised, but laid it down when David Benyamine went over the top of him for 77,000. Juanda folded, and was rewarded by Benyamine flashing {J-?}

.

Tags: David Benyamine John Juanda

10-06-2008 17:24 UTC+1

Final Table Bios

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Final table bios are now available for your viewing pleasure on the previous page.

10-06-2008 17:27 UTC+1

Seat 1: Peter Jetten -- 286,000
Seat 2: Michael Watson -- 214,000
Seat 3: Isaac Haxton -- 286,000
Seat 5: David Benyamine -- 98,000
Seat 6: Scotty Nguyen -- 179,000
Seat 7: Jason Mercier -- 160,000
Seat 8: Masaaki Kagawa -- 105,000
Seat 9: John Juanda -- 393,000

10-06-2008 17:30 UTC+1

Masa Mucho Mirthful

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Michael Watson once again makes it 17,000 preflop; this time Masaaki Kagawa announces that he is all in for 104,000. Watson folds fairly quickly, and Kagawa appears to be saying, "Yay," as he rakes in the chips, beaming from ear to ear.

Tags: Masaaki Kagawa Michael Watson

10-06-2008 17:35 UTC+1

No Mercy from Mercier

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With both players in middle position, Scotty Nguyen raised it up to 19,000 only for Jason Mercier to make it a total of 53,000 to play from the next seat along. Nguyen conceded the hand.

Meanwhile, Joe Hachem is busy threatening to send the mothers of Nguyen and Isaac Haxton an email requesting they cut their hair.

10-06-2008 17:45 UTC+1

Is Eight-High Any Good?

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Peter Jetten raises to 17,000, and Isaac Haxton calls him out of the blinds. This behaviour leads them to a {5-Diamonds}

flop.

Haxton now leads for 22,000, and Jetten has a very intense look of innocent concentration on his face as he stares Haxton down. He calls.

Turn: {J-Diamonds}

-- now Haxton leads out for 60,000. Jetten looks almost hurt, but calls. He hasn't shifted his gaze from Haxton yet.

River: {J-Hearts}

-- and now they both check. "Er, is eight-high any good?" hazards Haxton. He knows the answer already, though -- Jetten shows {A-?}

to take it down and Haxton shows {7-?}

for a bluff that's cost him pretty big.

Tags: Isaac Haxton Peter Jetten

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

10-06-2008 17:47 UTC+1

Why Didn't I Push?

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David Benyamine limped from the small blind, and Scotty Nguyen pushed all in. Benyamine folded {K-Diamonds}

face-up, but was angry with himself for not pushing. "I would have called anyway," claimed Scotty Nguyen as he asked for his {A-Clubs}

to be flipped over.

10-06-2008 17:53 UTC+1

2-7 Wins

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Scotty Nguyen bet relatively small on all three streets of the {2-Spades}

board, called all the way by Jason Mercier until the river, when Jason raised Nguyen's 24,000 bet to 69,000. There was a tense silence and then Nguyen made the call -- and mucked when Mercier turned over the mighty {2-Diamonds}