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4:35pm: Deuces are good
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Jelcides Monteiro opened from under the gun for 3,500. Nick Petrangelo was on the button and called for a flop of [th][9c][6h], which both players checked.
On the [ts] turn Monteiro bet 3,000. Petrangelo paused and then went for his chips, raising to 8,800 which Monteiro called. That was the end of the betting, with the [4c] checked both ways. Monteiro turned over [as][jh] but Petrangelo's [2s][2h] was good.
Monteiro down to 122,000 while Petrangelo moves up to 165,000. - SB
4:30pm: Cody too slick for Wang
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Jake Cody is up to around 115,000 after doubling up through Michael Wang. The action was started by Jonathan Concepcion and he raised from under-the-gun. The Team PokerStars Pro three-bet to 10,600, Wang four-bet to 24,000, Concepcion folded, Cody moved all in for 54,200 and Wang called.
Cody: [As][Kh]
Wang: [Jc][Jd]
It was a classic race and it was one Cody won as the board ran [Tc][Ks][2h][7h][Ah]. -NW
Jake Cody, 115,000
Michael Wang, 60,400
4:25pm: Serhan the gent
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Good grace at the point of elimination is not exactly in the job description of a high stakes poker player, but it seldom goes unnoticed when it happens.
Fuad Serhan has been playing the EPT for several years now, cashing as recently as Prague last December. Back then he'd been eliminated from the Main Event, departing with a kindness towards the victor and the rest of his table that struck me as unusual.
Well, he just did the same again when his pocket nines were undone by his opponent's ace on the turn. And while he might have been inwardly annoyed his Main Event campaign was over prematurely, that was still no reason for anything other than good natured encouragement to people who were no doubt secretly glad another player had busted before them.
Like we said, it's not much, and you can get along just fine in this game without it. But everyone likes a good sport. Serhan is one of them. - SB
4:20: Great timing for Ruzzi
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Of course it helps getting big hands in poker, but what really helps is getting one at the same time as someone else.
That's what happened over on table 15 as after a raise to 2,700 from the hijack, Chris Moorman raised to 6,500 from the cutoff, Tomas Geleziunas then four-bet to 13,100 from the button but the action didn't stop there.
Matias Ruzzi was in the big blind and he studied the table before moving all-in for 50,700. There followed two folds but Geleziunas had less than Ruzzi and he committed the rest of his chips.
Ruzzi: [Kc][Kd]
Geleziunas: [As][Ks]
The Lithuanian had one over card to hit but he didn't get there on the [5c][6d][4d][6h][Kh] board. --NW
4:10pm: Treys for Thiago
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Thiago Crema De Macedo's shoulders slumped a little. A non-verbal indicator of disappointment, a common occurrence at the poker table that is easily readable to all.
Such tells are easier to decipher, of course, once all the decisions in a hand have been made. That was the case here as De Macedo had already pushed all in for about 16,000 from the button and watched Oliver Morelato call all in for almost that much from the next seat over.
The shoulder-slumping came after De Macedo showed his [3c][3h] and Morelato [Kc][Kh]. Then came the flop -- [8d][Td][3s]! -- and now it was Morelato exhibiting those non-verbal signs of disappointment. He stood and began collecting his things as the [8c] turn and [9h] sealed his fate, only pausing for a recheck of the stacks to ensure that indeed he was eliminated.
De Macedo is still in with about 32,000. And sitting upright. --MH
4:05pm: Poker - a game the whole family can enjoy
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
This is pretty rare to find on Day 2 of an EPT Main Event: an eight-handed family pot!
Nikolaus Teichert opened to 2,500 under-the-gun and Fernando Brito called. Then Paul-Francois Tedeschi called. Then Edouard Mignot called. Then Guy Goossens called. Then Richard Dubini called on the button. Then Christopher George called from the small blind. And finally, Mazin Khoury called from the big blind.
That makes eight to us! It was a full-on family affair to the flop, which was the [6s][4s][ad]. We had nine checks and saw the [9h] on the turn. Teichert checked and then we had a little action - a bet of 2,000 from Brito. Tedeschi gave it up, but Mignot called. It folded around to Khoury who called, and Teichert gave it up.
The river was the [6c], pairing the board. Brito checked and Mignot checked behind. Surprisingly we had two big hands - [kh][kd] for Brito and [jh][jd] for Mignot. Brito scooped the pot and is now up to 95,000 - but with those hands, how did we manage to see a eight-handed flop!
I guess you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family pots. --JS
4:05pm: Boeree bounces Bruno
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Bruno Kawauti open-pushed his last 14,900 from early position and it folded around to Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree in late position. Boeree got a look at the amount of the push and made the call, and everyone else stepped aside.
Kawauti tabled [Jh][Jd] but had run into Boeree's [Ah][Ac]. The board came [Kd][Tc][9h] to give Kawauti a gutshot straight draw, but the turn was the [9s] and river the [7d] and the Brazilian is out.
Boeree is up to 92,000 after collecting that pot. --MH
4pm: Everybody wants that man, Stephen Malone
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Last night's leader Francisco De Oliveira just lost a pot that at the same time put his opponent Stephen Malone back on course to be among the leaders, and the target for everyone.
De Oliveira opened for 2,700 from middle position, which Malone called from the big blind for a flop of [4d][2d][as]. De Oliveira bet again, making it 3,000 which Malone called for a [7s] turn card.
The pattern continued, with De Oliveira betting another 7,000 which again, Malone called. The river was the [8c]. De Oliveira checked and Malone did the same by simply turning over his [ac][jc].
De Oliveira drops slightly to around 180,000, while Malone is now back up to a stack of 210,000. - SB
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3:55pm: Just keep falling
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
It is a non-stop procession to the exit today, with the following now departed too:
Eli Heath, Riku Koiverinne, Antal Roth, David Maudlin, George Danzer, Darrell Goh, Jasper Wetemans, Simon Persson, Andreas Samuelsson, Jonathan Gray, Martin Guth, Julien Rouxel, Athanasios Fergiatakis, Max Greenwood, Harpreet Gill, Tom Hall, Charles Chattha, Benjamin Dadon, Daryll Fish, Joe Mouawad, Miguel Iglesias, Thomas Finneran, Danny van Zijp, Vojtech Ruzicka, Jeremy Wray, Sergio Castellucio, Thomas Boivin, Anton Bertilsson. -- HS
3:50pm: Big laydown from Ramos, Marchi marches on
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Felipe "Mojave" Ramos just faced a big decision for his tournament life in a hand against Davide Marchi.
It started with an under-the-gun raise from Ramos to 2,600, which was folded around to Marchi on the button who asked Ramos how much he was playing. He said, "About 38,000." He had three-bet to 7,500 and the blinds got out of the way. Ramos made the call and we went to the flop.
The [6h][6d][kd] was dealt by the dealer and Ramos checked to the pre-flop 3-bettor. Marchi continued for 6,100, and Ramos made the call again - not insignificant as he now just had around 24,000 behind. The turn was the [jd], which both players opted to check. So, we saw the [qd] on the river, and Ramos checked once more.
"All in," Marchi said, putting Ramos to the test. With a paired board and flush draw out there, it was a scary set of community cards. After a minute or so Ramos begrudgingly laid it down, showing his [qs][ks] for two pair. Marchi gave nothing away as to the strength of his hand, and just started stacking chips.
He now was 112,000, while Ramos has 24,000. --JS
3:44pm: Greenwood gives, Samuelsson survives
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Following Andreas Samuelsson's open-push for 22,800 from the cutoff, Sam Greenwood considered for a few moments before calling from the button, and the blinds scattered.
It was a race as Samuelsson had [Qd][Qc] and Greenwood [Ah][Kc]. An ace did come among the community cards, but so did a queen to give Samuelsson a saving set and a double to about 48,000. Greenwood meanwhile sits with about 65,000. --MH
3:35pm: Two KOs with KK for Piotrowski
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Harpreet Gill raised, Max Greenwood three-bet, Przemyslaw Piotrowski jammed, Gill called all in, and Greenwood called all in as well.
The cause for such enthusiasm? Pocket pairs all around:
Gill: [Td][Ts]
Greenwood: [Jc][Jh]
Piotrowski: [Kd][Kh]
Piotrowski's kings were best at the start, and after a [2s][5h][2d][6d][Ad] runout it was the best at the end as well, earning Piotrowski the pot and reducing the field by two.
Piotrowski is right at 100,000 now. --MH
3:30pm: Moorman eliminates Fergiatakis, up to 180,000
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
On Sunday Chris Moorman took his lifetime online tournament winnings over the $13,000,000 mark. Today he's making sterling progress in the Main Event as he's up 180,000 - more than double average - after eliminating Athanasios Fergiatakis.
I missed the pre-flop action but on a [2s][Kd][As] flop Moorman bet 4,500 and Fergiatakis check-called. The [Ts] fell on the turn, Fergiatakis checked again, Moorman bet, Fergiatakis moved all-in for looked like around 25,000 and Moorman instantly called.
He showed [Qs][9s] and Fergiatakis went to muck his hand, but as this was an all-in the dealer was duty bound to expose it and she turned it over to show that Fergiatakis was drawing dead with [Kh][8h].
The meaningless [2d] completed the board. -NW
Chris Moorman, 179,000
Athanasios Fergiatakis, 0
3:25pm: Vogelsang on song
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
After an open raise for 2,600, Christoph Vogelsang three-bet to 7,200. Darryll Fish was in the cutoff and moved all-in for 23,200. Benjamin Dadon thought to himself "I was going to do that!" and also shoved, for 38,200. That was enough to force a fold from the original raiser.
The action was back on Vogelsang. He looked at his cards again to check that they were both still red, and both still aces. They were. He called.
Vogelsang: [ad][ah]
Fish: [ts][td]
Dadon: [qs][qd
The board ran [3c][3s][3d][8s][7c] to send two players to the rail and Vogelsang up to 140,000. - SB
3:20pm: Wray sent away
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Former soccer club chairman Jeremy Wray -- about whom we were writing earlier in the afternoon -- found himself ground down almost to nothing a short while ago before staging a comeback of sorts. It was enough to impress Iliodoros Kamatakis sitting across the table.
"From 700 to 10,000... more that 10,000! How do you do it?" asked Kamatakis, and Wray just shook his head. He'd just doubled up again through Riku Koivurinne with [Kh][Jd] versus Koivurinne's [Kd][Qh], spiking a jack on the turn to stay alive.
Soon enough Kamatakis would get a chance to test Wray's luck himself after the latter moved all in from early position for his last 11,400 and Kamatakis called from the button. Wray had [Ad][Jh] this time while Kamatakis showed [Kc][Kh].
The nine-high board didn't help Wray any, though, and his luck ran out. He wished the table well, and now Kamatakis is stacking about 145,000. --MH
3:10pm: Up to the Gill
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Max Greenwood is down to a little more than 20 big blinds after he called the all-in of Harpreet Gill.
On a flop of [6c][7h][4d] Gill checked the big blind ahead of a raise from Greenwood, who then called when Gill shoved.
[ad][tc] for Greenwood
[7c][4h] for Gill
The turn came [3s] and the river [qc] to double up Gill and leave both players on roughly 27,000. -- SB
3:20pm: Winsor more than doubles up
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
By the time I joined the table significant action had already taken place. Ben Winsor had raised, Regis Burlot had re-raised to 20,000 from a stack of 24,000 (so was essentially all-in), Czeslaw Szerszen had called the 20,000 and action was now back on Winsor.
He took a few seconds then announced all in. Burlot shoveled the rest of his chips over the line and Szerszen then asked for a count of Winsor's shove. The Brit was all in for 40,800 and it was too much for Szerszen to call.
Winsor: [Ks][Kc]
Burlot: [9c][9d]
The [7h][6c][2h][2s][Td] board missed Burlot and he's out, while Winsor is now up to around 87,000. --NW
3:10pm: In the land of the blinds, the cut off raiser is king
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
More chips for Sam Greenwood who is now up to around 85,000.
He raised from the cutoff, making it 3,000 which was called by Guillaume Diaz and Carlos Chadha in the blinds.
The flop came [qs][4d][7d] which was checked all round for a [ts] turn card. That was checked as far as Greenwood who bet 8,200. More than enough to win the hand. - SB
3:05pm: A flurry of Level 11 eliminations
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Level 11 has started with a bang and the following players are no longer welcome in this tournament:
Antonio Battaglia, Regis Burlot, Parker Talbot, Matthieu Lamagnere, Piero Guido, Ilan Boujenah, Adrian Apmann, Jarkko Mammela, Mark Radoja, Seamus Cahill, Jason Mercier, Scott Stanko, Michael Gathy, Marius Gierse, Atanas Kavrakov, Iulian Nastase, Simon Scheiflinger, Derek Chisholm and Gerardus Englebert.
2:57pm: Level 11 begins
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Players are back from the day's first break and cards are in the air once again. The big board says there are 261 of them remaining. --MH
2:50pm: Who's going to win?
Level 10 - Blinds: 500-1,000 (100 ante)
I don't know. But it won't be any of this lot, that's for sure:
John Clark, Diego Zeiter, Yen Chen, Evangelos Chatziioannou, Ondrej Vinklarek, Kelvin Kerber, Leon Viellevoije, Dirk Gerritse, Marian Fridrich, Preben Stokkan, Patrick Leonard, Arthur Conan, Robert Sampson, Michael Hill, Adam Picken, Eoin O'Shea, Tommi Etelaeperae, Clement Thumy, Kristof Coenen, Carter Swidler, Alex Lindop, Jonathan Reynolds, Giorgios Zisimopoulos, Gareth Chantler.
They are all out. -- HS
2:40pm: Break time
Level 10 - Blinds: 500-1,000 (100 ante)
That's the end of Level 10 and players are heading for a break. We'll take a look at some big stacks and get the counts page updated as soon as.
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