EPT Vilamoura winner Toby Lewis just lost some chips to the current GPI number one, Marvin Rettenmaier. The flop read when we picked up the action and Thanh Hai Pham checked from the big blind. Lewis fired out 1,050 from under the gun plus one after which Rettenmaier called from the button. Pham called a well and the turn brought the .
Pham checked again on the turn and this time Lewis bet 3,200. Rettenmaier called once more and Pham decided to fold his cards. On the river the hit and this time Lewis checked. Rettenmaier fired out 7,250 and immediately Lewis threw his cards towards the muck.
Dan Smith and Jeff Rossiter are also at this table which makes this an entertaining line up already.
Robert Haigh came of age last week when he came second at EPT Berlin for a career best score €531,000. He seems to have taken that confidence through to this week although he was put in his place by an opponent.
Sergio Castellucio opened the pot from the cut-off before Micah Raskin three-bet to 1,000 from the small blind. Haigh was in the big blind and four-bet to 2,350. Castellucio came back with a five-bet to 5,100 and that was enough to force both players to fold.
On Monday, PokerStars announced the schedule for Season 10 of the European Poker Tour. The season will feature a total of eight events, beginning in Barcelona on August 28, 2013 and concluding in Monaco with the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final on April 23.
The tournament started with 50 players earlier today but we're already up to 102 as of right now. There has been one elimination so far and but we expect to see many more throughout the day.
Arlo Dotson raised to 350 in early position, and Alex Gomes three-bet to 900 on his direct left. The action folded back to Dotson, who called, and the dealer fanned . Dotson flipped out a single T1,000 chip, and Gomes called.
The turn was the , Dotson bet another 2,000, and Gomes called.
The completed the board, and Dotson fired a third and final bullet worth 3,000. Gomes called.
Dotson ripped over for jacks and tens, and is now up above 40,000 chips.
Griffin Benger is holding court at his table with the confidence of the of a man who may have taken down a title recently. The EPT Berlin High Roller champion battled with Pratyush Buddiga and ended up folding on the river.
Buddiga raised to 300 and went on to bet 400, 1,025, and 2,225 on board. Benger, in position, called all the way to the river where he winced when Buddiga fired a third bullet.
Benger eventually open folded for two pair.
As the hand was being concluded, EPT London finalist Christopher Frank, joined the table to add to its difficulty.
We're not talking about Ronaldo or Pele but Brazil's poker number one is definitely here! Alex Gomes was just spotted in the tournament room at Piere Neuville's table.
Gomes lead the Brazilian tournament all-time money list by a mile as he's managed to rack up almost $3.5 million in earnings. Gomes won the Bellagio Cup WPT for $1,187,670 in 2009, a WSOP bracelet for $770,540 in 2008 and on top of that he final tabled the PCA in 2009 and the EPT Grand Final in Madrid in 2011.
The Canadian, who earned €429,000 for his win, didn't get too weird during the celebration however, because the very next day he shipped two EPT Grand Final packages and finished runner-up in the Super Sized for $30,000.
Prior to EPT Berlin, Benger's largest live cash was for just $50,000. He now has over $850,000 in career live tournament earnings, and is looking to break the one million-dollar threshold here in the beautiful Principality of Monaco.
Isaac Haxton and Barry Greenstein were involved in a pot on the flop of with Grzegorz Wyraz all in preflop. On the flop, Haxton check-raised Greenstein's bet of 500 to 1,500. Greenstein called.
The turn was the , and both players checked. After the landed on the river, Haxton checked, Greenstein bet, and Haxton folded.
Greenstein tabled the to beat Wyraz's and cause the first elimination of the tournament.
when we picked up the action and Thanh Hai Pham checked from the big blind. Lewis fired out 1,050 from under the gun plus one after which Rettenmaier called from the button. Pham called a well and the turn brought the 
.
hit and this time Lewis checked. Rettenmaier fired out 7,250 and immediately Lewis threw his cards towards the muck.
. Dotson flipped out a single T1,000 chip, and Gomes called.
, Dotson bet another 2,000, and Gomes called.
completed the board, and Dotson fired a third and final bullet worth 3,000. Gomes called.
board. Benger, in position, called all the way to the river where he winced when Buddiga fired a third bullet.
for two pair.
with Grzegorz Wyraz all in preflop. On the flop, Haxton check-raised Greenstein's bet of 500 to 1,500. Greenstein called.
, and both players checked. After the 
landed on the river, Haxton checked, Greenstein bet, and Haxton folded.
to beat Wyraz's 
and cause the first elimination of the tournament.
