£4,250 Main Event Day 1a | 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

10-12-2014 12:02 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Morten Mortensen	30,000
Bruno Fitoussi	30,000
Alessio Isaia	30,000
Max Silver	30,000
Johnny Lodden	30,000

Eoghan O'Dea	30,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	30,000
Ben Roberts	30,000

Bruno Fitoussi recently took his seat late in the first level and has already been engaged in significant action. When we came upon the table, Fitoussi opened with an early positioned to 225. Action folded all of the way around to Andrew Hulme who tossed out a call from the big blind.

The dealer fanned and Hulme checked to the raiser. Fitoussi continued out for 300 only to have his opponent come over the top with a check-raise to 800. Fitoussi would not be bullied on the flop, however, as he made a three-bet to 2,100. Hulme called to see a turn.

The board paired on the turn with the and Hulme checked to Fitoussi once more. He tapped the table back, allowing the to finish off the board. Hulme checked for a third time, allowing Fitoussi to fire 4,500. Hulme thought for just over a minute before dropping out a final check-raise to 10,700. Fitoussi promptly folded and Hulme was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Hulme	36,500 6,500	6,500
Bruno Fitoussi	23,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Bruno Fitoussi Andrew Hulme

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante:

10-12-2014 12:31 UTC

Panka, Ziyard Take Their Seats

[user76023]

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Several new tables have opened to accommodate more of the arriving players. Among those having just sat down include the PCA Champion Dominik Panka, former EPT Loutraki winner Zimnan Ziyard and highly-rated local player Javed Abrahams

Player	Chips	Progress
Javed Abrahams	30,000
Zimnan Ziyard	30,000

Dominik Panka	30,000

10-12-2014 12:47 UTC

Small Hit to Katchalov

Josh_Cahlik

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Christopher Ulsrud put out a raise to 400 only to have Eugene Katchalov three-bet to 1,400 from late position. Action folded back around to Ulsrud and he called. The flop came down and action checked back to Katchalov who continued for 1,200. Ulsrud stuck around and the board paired on the turn with the .

Both players checked the turn and the on the river put two pair on the board. Ulsrud tapped the table for a third time and Katchalov followed suit, mucking his cards after seeing Ulsrud's for ace-high. Ulsrud was pushed the pot, bringing his stack up to about 33,500. The PokerStars Team Pro, on the other hand, has fallen to 24,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Ulsrud	33,500 33,500	33,500
Eugene Katchalov	24,500 -5,500	-5,500

Tags: Christopher Ulsrud Eugene Katchalov

10-12-2014 12:58 UTC

Mikhaylets' Mistake and De Zutter's Angle

Happy_Freaked

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Valeriy Mikhaylets just made an honest mistake versus Tino de Zutter from Belgium, but it quickly spun out of control to create some controverse early on Day 1a.

The board read when Mikhaylets bet 3,000 using two red and two purple worth 500 each. The action was then on De Zutter who raised it up to 7,000, but his blue 5,000 chip was hidden on the bottom of the bet.

Mikhaylets assumed his opponent had made the call and he tabled his hand, , as he had the nut flush.

When the dealer noticed that De Zutter had put in a raise a member of the floor staff was called over.

"It's a fold, he mucked his cards," De Zutter strongly stated, as he was trying to gain as much from this situation as possible.

De Zutter became more and more wound up as the floor staff explained the ruling, but he wasn't willing to accept the following: When a player tables his cards with action pending he will receive a one-round penalty at the completion of the hand, but he'll still be able to make a decision on the current hand.

"That's just not right! He mucked his cards," De Zutter yelled, as he called for a second opinion.

A second opinion was given to De Zutter, which was identical, but he remained angry and in disbelief.

"He did not muck his cards, he tabled them," the floor staff explained.

Mikhaylets, who spoke very little English, kept pointing out why he had made the mistake, as the blue chip was hidden on the bottom. The Russian player also tried to point out that he had the nuts, so he would never table his hand if he had seen that his opponent had put out a raise.

Eventually Mikhaylets made the call, which got players to joke that he should receive two penalties, an additional one for calling with the nuts, while De Zutter sat motionless without mucking his cards.

"Sir," the floor staff firmly said, "This is a showdown and if you are not going to table or muck your cards you will receive a penalty for holding up the game."

Eventually De Zutter tabled for a lower flush and Mikhaylets took down this pot. With help from other Russian players at the table it was explained to Mikhaylets that he would be on a one-round penalty, and quietly he left the table to take a little break.

Tags: Tino de Zutter Valeriy Mikhaylets

10-12-2014 13:03 UTC

Best to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

[user76023]

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Jack Ellwood, hasn't had the best of starts.

"I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night so I thought missing the first level to get an extra hour would be +ev for me. I sat down and I immediately lost 10k in the second hand. I should've slept-in for another five minutes..."

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Ellwood	20,000

10-12-2014 13:14 UTC

Silver Folds River to Vulliet

Josh_Cahlik

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

The flop read when we found three players including Max Silver and Simeone Vulliet engaged in the hand. An early positioned player checked over to Silver in the cutoff who led for 600. The player on the button pushed out a raise to 1,450, eliciting an immediate fold from the early positioned player. Silver, on the other hand, flatted to see the turn.

The came on fourth street and Silver checked. Vulliet continued his aggression with a bet of 2,600 and Silver stayed the course. The duo watched as the finished off the community cards and Silver checked his action for a final time. Vulliet fired 3,500, Silver folded, and Vulliet took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simeone Vulliet	38,500 8,500	8,500
Max Silver	23,500 -6,500	-6,500

Tags: Max Silver Simone Vulliet

10-12-2014 13:14 UTC

Another Pot for O'Dwyer

[user76023]

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

On a flop, it was checked to Steve O'Dwyer who bet 1,800 and Andrew Hulme was the only caller. The turn was the and Hulme checked again, O'Dwyer bet 2,400 and Hulme thought for a while before opting to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	32,000 2,000	2,000

Andrew Hulme	27,500 -9,000	-9,000

10-12-2014 13:28 UTC

Wrang Up Big Despite Losing One

Happy_Freaked

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Former EPT Campione winner Jannick Wrang's off to a nice start but he just caught him losing a small pot.

On a flop both Wrang and his opponent checked after which the turn was the . Wrang's opponent lead out for 675 and the Dane called.

The river was the and Wrang bet 1,600 after the action was checked to him. After a short bit his opponent called and Wrang showed . This was no-good against and Wrang lost a small pot while still sitting on 51,000 chips.