EPT London - Main Event Day 1b | 2007 EPT - London

09-26-2007 18:08 UTC

We Are on a Break

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Players are taking a quick time-out to refuel and prepare for the long evening session.

09-26-2007 18:14 UTC

Lellouche Leads the Way

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Just before the break, Anthony Lellouche joined the over 40 club. He raised 1,000 from mid position and got one customer on the button. The flop came:

{4-Hearts}

Lellouche bet 1,500 and his opponent called.

Turn: {2-Hearts}

Lellouche bet 3,500 and his opponent called.

River was the {9-Clubs}

. Lellouche bet 6,000 and got called. His opponent folded when Lellouche showed {K-Hearts}

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Tags: Lellouche London EPT

09-26-2007 18:58 UTC

Steve Brecher Eliminated

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Brecher raised 1,300 from early position and an opponent who was similarly short-stacked moved all in for 5,000, which just had Brecher covered. Brecher showed:

{J-Spades}

While his opponent showed:

{A-Diamonds}

Brecher was looking good to double up, until the {K-Clubs}

arrived on the river to send Brecher to the rail.

Tags: EPT DAY 1B Steve Brecher

09-26-2007 19:07 UTC

A high-quality table, attracting enough spectators to make it difficult for us to report on.

Seat one, we have Trevor Reardon.
Seat five, Roland de Wolfe.
Seat six, Liz Lieu.
Seat seven, Daniel Negreanu.
Seat nine, Mel Judah.

New arrival Mel Judah went straight into the action, tangling with Liz Lieu.

With 12,000 in the middle, Liz Lieu moves all in for 9,500 on a board of {A-Hearts}

.

Day 1A survivor Liam Flood walks up behind me and says, "Put down your notepad, he's never calling that." After a longish dwell up, Judah folds, and in his best schoolmaster voice Flood tells me: "See, I told you so." Lieu is up to 21,000 and Judah down to 17,000.

Tags: EPT London Liz Lieu Mel Judah

09-26-2007 19:30 UTC

Tony Phillips is the Chip Leader

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This, despite being on what is unquestionably the toughest table in the room, with a wall of five tough players side-by-side: de Wolfe, Lieu, Negreanu, Ben Roberts, and Mel Judah.

Phillips is on 66,000.

115 players remain, with just under two hours of play left on Day 1B.

09-26-2007 19:43 UTC

Roberts On, Negreanu Off

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Just as Ben Roberts arrives to push the star factor of table 21A into the stratosphere, we lose one of our leading characters -- Daniel Negreanu, who is moved to the next table over, directly to the left of the big-stacked Thomas Fougeron.

We have 12 tables and 118 players left, with an average chip count of 18,500.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu EPT London

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

09-26-2007 20:08 UTC

Cristiano Blanco Busted

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His

was no match for his opponent's {10-Clubs}

, all in preflop, and the Italian star who came in second at the EPT Dortmund this year is eliminated.

09-26-2007 20:11 UTC

Sean Jethi Eliminated

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He moved all in under the gun for his last 1,650 with {K-Clubs}

, and was called by the big blind who held {K-Hearts}

. The Irishman didn't improve and he is out.

Approximately 100 players remain.

09-26-2007 20:15 UTC

Table of Death Broken

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Table 21, which featured chip leader Tony Phillips as well as Negreanu, Lieu, Judah, de Wolfe, and Ben Roberts has now been broken.

Roland de Wolfe has not been able to get going all day, and looks to be down to the felt.

Negreanu 24,000
Lieu 18,000
Roberts 12,000
Judah 15,000
Phillips 60,000+
Thomas Fougeron 30,000+
Fuat Can 55,000
Ian Woodley 19,000

Also Noah Boeken, who was crippled earlier, managed to quadruple up to 8,000.