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

10-05-2008 20:22 UTC+2

High Rollers Sunk Of Late

[user46392]

Salvatore Giovanni is now busted at the hands of Alexander Kostritsyn.

Nowhere to be seen and thus deduced to be out, Chris Moneymaker and Talal Shakerchi.

10-05-2008 20:45 UTC+2

Misery For Mizzi

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A rather short Sorel Mizzi open-shoved from the cutoff, and Johan Van Til in the small blind reraised all in. No other takers.

Van Til: {A-Diamonds}

Mizzi:

Board:

The cash game beckons.

Tags: Johan Van Til Sorel Mizzi

10-05-2008 20:47 UTC+2

How Many Chips Do They Have?

[user46392]

A few random counts:

Praz Bansi: 52,000
Philippe Rouas: 9,200
Isaac Haxton: 35,000
Barry Greenstein: 10,000
Max Pescatori: 40,000
Juha Helppi: 43,000
Ilari Sahamies: OUT

10-05-2008 20:56 UTC+2

Chris Ferguson open-shoved for his last few thousand. Juha Helppi to his left thought about it for some time, but passed. Peter Neff reraised all in, everyone else got out of their way, and they turned their cards over.

Ferguson: {6-Hearts}

Neff:

Board:

With a handshake and a nod, Ferguson made a gentlemanly exit. Juha Helppi was wondering what Neff would have done if he had called Ferguson's all in; Neff confesses he would have folded. Turns out Helppi was holding {A-?}

and would have won the hand, had he made the call.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Juha Helppi Peter Neff

10-05-2008 21:01 UTC+2

Liya Gerasimova Eliminated

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Liya Gerasimova could not win a race. Her Big Slick lost to pocket tens and she was eliminated.

Tags: Liya Gerasimova

10-05-2008 21:02 UTC+2

More Dinner Imminent

[user46392]

In case they haven't filled up already on the assorted treats passed around by the generous valets or smuggled in by players, our remaining high-rolling runners will very shortly be heading off on a 40-minute dinner break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

10-05-2008 22:00 UTC+2

High Roller Spotted in McDonald's Despite Playing £20,000 Event

[user46392]

Andrew Feldman. For shame.

Tags: Andrew Feldman

10-05-2008 22:06 UTC+2

Channing Busts Out First Hand Back

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As so often happens, as soon as play restarted after the dinner break, there was a flurry of exits. Very definitely the first of those was Neil Channing, who somehow found himself all in for the ante on the first hand back. That must have been a fun dinner break for him. Ylon Schwartz raised and it was just the two of them.

"Oh, I found a hand," said Channing, but it was no good.

Channing: {A-Clubs}

Schwartz: