EPT Live is back on the air with Victoria Coren Mitchell currently headlining the feature table. As usual though it’s about much more than just poker with competitions, challenges and freerolls galore over the next five days.
In an unexpected turn of events Rainer Kempe from Germany has taken the chip lead, and while we didn't see where he got most of his chips he did win one big pot off Marvin Rettenmaier just now.
The flop showed 
when we walked up to the table and Kempe check-called a bet of 2,300 from the big blind. Rettenmaier was seated in the cutoff and on the turn the 
popped up. Kempe lead for 5,800 and Rettenmaier tanked for quite a bit before making the call.
The river brought the 
and Kempe lead out for 13,500 into Rettenmaier who took several minutes to make up his mind.
Eventually Rettenmaier called and looked disgusted when Kempe showed 
for a rivered pair of jacks. Rettenmaier plays on with a small stack while Kempe sits on the biggest stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000
145,600
|
145,600 |
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29,000
37,100
|
37,100 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
192,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
140,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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110,000
36,700
|
36,700 |
|
93,000
9,600
|
9,600 |
|
77,000
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
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68,000
34,400
|
34,400 |
|
||
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63,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
32,000
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
28,000
30,800
|
30,800 |
|
16,000
200
|
200 |
|
|
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On the river of a 
board, Sam Greenwood checked and Daniel Erlandsson bet 12,500. Greenwood tanked for several minutes before check-raising to 36,000 and Erlandsson folded quicker than a cheap suit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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40,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
We arrived in time to see Leo Margets, Jamie Burland, and a third player looking down at a board of 
. Margets had first action and she checked over to Burland. he fired out 3,500 and the button quickly folded.
Margets thought for a moment before reaching into her stack and moving out a check-raise to 8,300. Burland pondered for a bit but ultimately opted to lay his hand down. Margets took down the pot and has now eclipsed the 80,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
27,800
|
27,800 |
|
|
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|
41,000
500
|
500 |
Jennifer Shahade, PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador and holder of the FIDE chess title Woman Granmaster, is a deep thinker as well as a quick wit. She was on a table with Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott yesterday and was moved to comment after one of Ulliott’s jokes, “If you’re gonna be sexist, please be funny.”
Shahade opened the action from first position and picked up one caller in big blind Joni Jouhkimainen. The flop was 
and Shahade responded to a check from her opponent by manoeuvring out a bet of 4,000. Jouhkimainen made the call and the turn card 
saw both players check. The river 
saw Jouhkimainen put out a bet of 3,700 which saw Shahade study the board for a couple of minutes before surrendering her cards.
Pablo Garzon Lobato raised to 2,000 preflop before Darie Vlad made it 4,700 in position. Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody then four-bet to 10,100 from the buttton. Lobato folded but Vlad made the call.
The flop was 
and Vlad check-called a bet of 7,300 before both players checked the 
turn. The on the river saw Vlad lead for 6,600 with about 20,000 behind. Cody tanked for a couple of minutes before moving all in, Vlad thought for two minutes himself before he eventually folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
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20,000
32,300
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32,300 |
After a raise and a call it was Rob Hollink who moved all in for right around 18,000, according to Frederik Jensen who was kind enough to relay the Dutchman's exit to us.
The action folded to the caller, Gaetano Dell'Aera and he made the call holding 
. Hollink showed 
and the board brought no help for the EPT Grand Final winner from Season 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
Busted | |
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After a series of preflop raises, Charles Chattha found himself all in against Fadhil Farag for approximately 43,000. Chattha rolled over 
but was dejected to find that Farah held 
.
The flop came down 
, giving Chattha a small glimmer of hope with a backdoor straight draw. Those dreams were dashed on the turn, however, as the 
struck the felt. The 
completed the board and Chattha was eliminated from play.
Farag's victory brought his stack up to about 80,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
45,800
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45,800 |
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Busted |
