PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown

£20,000 High Roller Event
Day: 2
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Event Info
PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♦k♣
Prize
£516,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£20,000
Entries
85
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 85
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Benyamine Survives

Down to just 50,000, David Benyamine pushed all in preflop and awaited John Juanda's decision in the big blind. "Let me analyse the situation here," he sighed after revealing he had 10 high. After mulling it over, Juanda folded, saying "Queen high, I call" in the process.

Kagawa Doubles Through Watson

Masaaki Kagawa, down to just 61,000, does the decent thing and goes all in. It folded all the way around to big blind Michael Watson, who didn't have to be Sherlock Holmes to know what to do; he called.

Kagawa: {Q-Spades} {9-Hearts}
Watson: {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}

Flop: {10-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {2-Clubs} -- "Ooooh"s in the press room, a lone shout of, "Yes, Masaaaaa!"

Turn: {5-Clubs} -- Kagawa: "No club!"

River: Kagawa gets his wish with {A-Spades}.

A delighted Kagawa claps with joy as he doubles up to 130,000 or so, while Watson is down to 115,000.

Tags: Masaaki KagawaMichael Watson

David Benyamine Eliminated in 8th Place (£69,000)

David Benyamine - 8th
David Benyamine - 8th
Michael Watson open-shoved from the button, only for David Benyamine to look him up in the blind.

Watson = {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}
Benyamine = {K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}

Board = {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

The flop and turn increased his outs, but the miracle straight failed to arrive on the blank river and Benyamine was gone. Benyamine's demise means that there are no European players remaining in this EPT event.

Tags: David BenyamineMichael Watson

Current Chip Counts

Seat 1: Peter Jetten -- 320,000
Seat 2: Michael Watson -- 201,000
Seat 3: Isaac Haxton -- 243,000
Seat 6: Scotty Nguyen -- 105,000
Seat 7: Jason Mercier -- 276,000
Seat 8: Masaaki Kagawa -- 131,000
Seat 9: John Juanda -- 445,000

Masaaki Kagawa Eliminated In 7th Place (£86,000)

Kagawa, Ka-gone
Kagawa, Ka-gone
Kagawa made it 24,000, and Michael Watson re-popped him for 72,000 total. Some serious Kagawa consideration followed, before he went all in for 130,000, and got the call from Watson.

Kagawa: {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}
Watson: {A-Spades} {K-Spades}

Board: a full-of-possibilities-but-ultimately-no-cigar {4-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {J-Hearts}, sending a clearly dismayed Kagawa to the rail, donning his jacket with an air of resignation as he went.

With the demise of Kagawa, we are now down to an exclusively North American final six.

Tags: Masaaki KagawaMichael Watson

Current Chip Counts

Seat 1: Peter Jetten -- 319,000
Seat 2: Michael Watson -- 349,000
Seat 3: Isaac Haxton -- 242,000
Seat 6: Scotty Nguyen -- 100,000
Seat 7: Jason Mercier -- 267,000
Seat 9: John Juanda -- 444,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

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