Paul Newey still has less than the starting stack of 30,000, but he's a lot closer to it now after just doubling up. The board read when Newey's opponent put him all in for his final 7,300. Newey quickly called and tabled [AcAd and he was in terrific shape to double up.
Newey's opponent showed and the river did not help him as the popped up.
Clayton Crockett raised to 525 and [Removed:17] three-bet to 1,370. Crockett made the call and the flop brought out .
On the flop Yan bet 1,400 after Crockett had checked and the turn brought the . This time Yan bet 3,725 after it was checked to him and Crockett called once more.
The river brought the and Crockett checked a third time. Yan quickly moved all in for 10,225 and Crockett called. Yan tabled and his opponent mucked giving him a full double up.
Earlier in the day we reported a hand where Giuseppe Polichetti took a decent sized pot off of Joe Kuether early on. Now, mid-way through level four, Kuether has exacted revenge. The completed board read and there was what looked to be around 13,000 already in the center of the table.
Polichetti checked the river and Kuether dropped forward a bet of 9,500. This bet sent Polichetti into the tank for right around two minutes. Eventually, Polichetti called and Kuether showed him for a full house. Polichetti mucked his hand and Kuether dragged in the pot. The American is now sitting right around 52,000 in chips.
On the board of , there was around 2,000 in the middle in a hand between David Williams and one other players. Williams was faced with a bet of 1,300 from his opponent and decided to raise it up to 3,800. After asking how many chips Williams had behind, which was about 15,000, his opponent reraised to 10,300. Williams folded.
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated January 2, 2014):
Place
Player
Points
1
Thomas Muhlocker
350.68 pts
2
David Benefield
321.18 pts
3
Ole Schemion
311.62 pts
4
Jeff Rossiter
258.92 pts
5
Joao Barbosa
257.14 pts
6
Kenny Hallaert
253.87 pts
7
Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos
251.08 pts
8
Jonathan Duhamel
243.35 pts
9
Timothy Adams
222.31 pts
10
Frederik Brink Jensen
209.90 pts
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.