PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown

£20,000 High Roller Event
Day: 1
12
Event Info
PokerStars.com EPT London £1m Showdown
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♦k♣
Prize
£516,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£20,000
Total Entries
85
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 85
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Hachem Runs Into the Mighty 8-2, 8-5

Joe Hachem tried it on with a 5,000 raise on a {5-Spades} {8-Hearts} {2-Spades} flop, only to be met with two all ins from, respectively, Samer George and Ghassan Bitar. Hachem folded, and Bitar turned over {8-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} -- just imagine his dismay when George turned over {8-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}. The {9-Diamonds} turn and {8-Spades} river changed little, and Bitar is down to 10,000 while George is on 26,000 or so. Said Hachem, "How did I get involved in all this s***?" Good question.

Tags: Ghassan BitarJoes HachemSamer George

85 Runners, Despite What the Board Says

Not two people
Not two people
The final tally of runners in this very expensive tournament is an impressive 85. The board was displaying 86, but it turns out that the player listed as Ayaz Manji and the player listed as Ayaz Sadrudinmanji are in fact the same person. This has now been resolved, and the remaining 81 of those 85 starters continue to play doppelganger-free.

Those Doing Less Well

The sad faces that have let chips slip through their fingers include:

Juha Helppi -- 9,500
David Williams -- 11,900
Sandor Demjan (he of the Table Of Death short stack a little while ago) -- now OUT
Dario Minieri -- also BUSTO

Those Doing Well

Probably not as surprised as he looks to be chip leader
Probably not as surprised as he looks to be chip leader
That happy club of the chipped up currently includes:

Daniel Negreanu -- 42,000
Greg Raymer -- 40,000
Anooj Sareen -- 37,000
Peter Eastgate -- 35,000
James Obst (an online qualifier) -- 30,000
Masaaki Kagawa -- 30,000
November Niner Ivan Demidov -- 28,000

Brandon Abandons His Chips

Brandon Adams lost a fair few of his chips to David Benyamine earlier -- Benyamine made it 300 under the gun and Adams made it 1,600 from the small blind; call. When Adams bet out 2,400 on the {4-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {7-Hearts} flop, Benyamine made it around 7,000, and Adams passed. Benyamine showed {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}.

So Adams was down a little when he, Phil Ivey and Alexander Kostritsyn saw an {A-?} {10-?} {7-?} flop. Ivey bet 2,000 and Adams called; Kostritsyn made it around 7,000 and now Ivey passed, but Adams continued to call. Both players checked the {5-?} on the turn and Adams checked the {8-?} river too, but Kostritsyn bet enough to put Adams all in, and he called. Kostritsyn turned over {10-Clubs} {10-Clubs} for a flopped set, and Adams mucked. Plenty of the day left to think about the $35,500 it's cost him.

Tags: Alexander KostritsynBrandon AdamsPhil Ivey

Table Of Death

That is the official terminology in the press room when referring to Table 6.

Seat 1: Vicky Coren
Seat 2: Scott Fischman
Seat 3: Sorel Mizzi
Seat 4: Gus Hansen
Seat 5: Johan Van Til
Seat 6: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 7: William Thorson
Seat 8: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Seat 9: Sandor Demjan

Of these titans, the least titan-like at the moment seems to be Sandor Demjan, whose stack has somehow shrunk to just 2,850 already. Much of the balance of his 20,000 starting stack seems to have found its way into Daniel Negreanu's stack -- he's currently sitting on around 28,000.

What do the players think of the incredible, virtually value-free field? Per Ummer, overheard chatting to Philippe Rouas away from their table: "This is like a lottery..."

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

It's Still Early

Even though chips are flying all over the place, coffees are still being ordered and a few players have been spotted nodding off at the tables. Players who last I checked at least appeared to be sleeping include Chris Ferguson, Isaac Haxton, November Niner Ylon Schwartz and veteran of the at-the-table snooze Barry Greenstein.

Isaac Haxton at least was awoken with a cup of coffee -- although not perhaps in the manner in which he might have liked. He suddenly jumped out of his seat when a waitress accidentally spilled a coffee on the empty seat next to him, splashing him with the searing caffeinated goodness. "Seat change!" cried the dealer. "I can play this hand standing up," said Haxton.

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Minieri Maximizes Stack

It's early yet by poker player standards, and there are still a few yawns doing the rounds at the high roller tables. Not so at Table Minieri, the nearest one to the rail and, incidentally, the bar -- chips have been flying into the pot like tiny round lemmings into a stew of death, and finding their way thence into the Minieri stack.

With the board reading {3-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {J-Clubs}, Minieri bet 6,100 into an already chunky pot, and Philippe Rouas called. Peter Neff looked almost constipated with the strain of it, but eventually folded {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}. Minieri showed {5-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} and Rouas just mucked, adding height to the diminutive Italian's stack.

Tags: Dario MinieriPeter NeffPhilippe Rouas

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