World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel told us the story of the first EPT he ever played. Duhamel's first EPT was also the first time he went to Europe and in the end he came very close to making the final table.
Timothy Adams raised to 11,000 from the hijack seat, and then Jorma Nuutinen reraised to 25,500 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Adams, and he four-bet to 45,500. Nuutinen tanked long and hard, but eventually folded and was left with 115,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
368,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
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115,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
684,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
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610,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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505,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
440,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
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385,000
294,200
|
294,200 |
|
380,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
270,000
232,200
|
232,200 |
Brazilian November Niner Bruno Politano has been eliminated from the tournament. He shoved for 71,000 from the cutoff, and PokerStars Team Online's Mickey Petersen made the call after some thinking from the big blind.
Petersen had 
, and was slightly in front against Politano's 
.
The 
paired Petersen who didn't need to. The 
on the turn was a good card for Politano, but the 
on the river was of no use.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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445,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
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Defending champ Thomas Muehloecker has been eliminated from the tournament. And with him, so did a bunch of other players:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
From early position, Timothy Adams raised to 11,000. Vitaly Lunkin made the call on the button, and the flop came down 
. Adams bet 15,000, and Lunkin called to see the turn add the 
to the board. Adams checked, and Lunkin bet 26,000. Adams folded, and Lunkin won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
438,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
310,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Maxim Panyak open shoved from the under the gun position for 30,000, and Benny Spindler thought about it for a long time in the big blind. He eventually folded, and Panyak showed his pocket aces.
The next hand, action folded to Spindler in the small blind. He pushed all in and Panyak instantly called. Spindler had 
and was up against 
. The board blanked out with 
, and Panyak doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
87,500
-59,200
|
-59,200 |
Toby Lewis bet flop (
), turn () and river (84,000 on the ) from the under the gun position. The big blind check called all the way, but wasn't able to beat Lewis' . The 
from the big blind went into the muck, and Lewis gathered lots of new chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
510,000
254,000
|
254,000 |
|
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Andrew and Nate skip the strategy this week to get right to a special hour-long interview with Olivier Busquet. Busquet discusses his win in the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller, the economical and personal value of playing in big buy-in tournaments, and, of course, the political t-shirt drama.
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