Re: Pokerstars.com Bahamas EPT: Day 4 - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip counts at the end of the 22nd level (15k/30K).

Kris Kuykendall                     3,300,000
Joseph Elpayaa                     2,200,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier                     1,883,000
David Pham                     1,768,000
Evan Tindell                     1,637,000
Hafiz Khan                     1,535,000
Richard Fohrenbach                     1,524,000
William Thorson                     1,295,000
Craig Hopkins                     1,269,000
Allisen Connor                     1,204,000
Glen Chorny                     1,031,000
Paul Holub                         926,000
Jacques Zaicik                         733,000
Christian Harder                         710,000
Justin Phillips                         500,000
Marius Olsvik                         439,000
Pierre Neuville                         298,000
Mikko Pirinen                         285,000

[snoopy1239]

And on that note, we've lost Pierre Neauville. With ElkY in the big blind, the action folded around to Pierre who made an understandable all-in push with his . Even more understandably, ElkY decided that his Pocket Kings might be worth a stab and made a rather suspect call.

A board was about as harmless as it gets, and Pierre was a gonna. He obviously had a sense of humour, because when he was shown Kings, Pierre revealed just the Ace with the other card underneath, showing that the Ace was the only one that mattered whilst simultaneously adding "crap, does he have Aces?" doubt into his opponent's mind.

He was also very gracious in defeat, shaking the hands at the tables, wishing them good luck and claiming that it had been a pleasure. What a gent.

[NoflopsHomer]

Craig Hopkins knocks out shorty Mikko Pirinen with against . We've now redrawn to two tables as the prizemoney goes up again.

1    $2,000,000
2    $1,094,976
3    $800,000
4    $600,000
5    $450,000
6    $300,000
7    $200,000
8    $150,000
9    $120,000
10    $104,000
11    $96,000
12    $88,000
13    $80,000
14    $72,000
15    $64,000
16    $56,000

[NoflopsHomer]

Redraw.

Feature Table:

Seat 1: Joseph Elpayaa
Seat 2: Richard Forenbach
Seat 3: Jacques Zaicik
Seat 4: Allisen Connor
Seat 5: Marius Olsvik
Seat 6: Craig 'The Apple' Hopkins
Seat 7: Glen Chorny
Seat 8: Elky

Other table:

Seat 1: Christian Harder
Seat 2: Evan Tindell
Seat 3: Hafiz 'The Wrath of' Khan
Seat 4: Kris Kuykendall
Seat 5: David 'The Dragon' Pham
Seat 6: Justin Phillips
Seat 7: William Thorsson
Seat 8: Paul Holub

[NoflopsHomer]

Outer Table, now with added chip counts.

Seat 1: Christian Harder -- 710k
Seat 2: Evan Tindell -- 2.07 million
Seat 3: Hafiz 'The Wrath of' Khan -- 2.06 million
Seat 4: Kris Kuykendall -- 3.2 million
Seat 5: David 'The Dragon' Pham -- 1.33 million
Seat 6: Justin Phillips -- 645k
Seat 7: William Thorsson -- 1.24 million
Seat 8: Paul Holub -- 1.29 million

[snoopy1239]

Marius Olsvik has been eliminated from the feature table. The Norwegian moved in for 241k with A-To, but something must have made big blinder Richard Fohrenbach suspicious as he made a marginal call with K-2. However, the Poker Gods work mysterious ways, and following a Q-9-9-7-K board, it was Marius wishing he hadn't called.

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Also joining the rail is Dungaree-donning American Justin Phillips. It all happened in a flash, but he pushed all-in after William Thorson had re-raised his pre-flop button raise from the small blind. Thorson must have been pot committed as he made a reluctant call with . Justin seemed to be in pretty good shape with .

Shadowing the table with his foreboding frame, Julian watched with anticipation as the dealer began to slide three cards off the deck. But with a Flop, Justin's face sunk with disappointment and he could sense this was the end of his journey. As usual, Thorson didn't move a muscle, win or lose, his expression remains stoic, and this hand was no different.

on the Turn and on the River and Justin was sent packing. As someone who likes to chat, make himself heard and even high five his friends on victory, it was noted that he was extremely gracious in defeat, instantly commending his opponent on his hand and swiftly shaking the hands of the rest of the table on departure. He seemed like a nice guy this chap, and a hell of a character, so in that sense it's a shame that he's non-runner for the final 8.

[snoopy1239]

For those watching the EPT Live feed, I'm the chap who backed the Brits versus the Canadians, thus winning my bet. 

And the reason for my victory comes courtesy of American Joseph Elpayaa, all-in against Candian Glen Chorny with vs. on a board.

It was an up and down day for Chorny, but his venture in this year's PCA has finally come to an end.

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Out in 12th is Jacques Zaicik, the Frenchman running Pocket Fours into the Pocket Rockets of Hafiz Khan. No help means no final table, but not bad going  for someone who has only been playing the game for four months and I'm sure he will have made his tutor and fellow countryman, Bertand 'ElkY' Grospellier very proud indeed. Wish he'd teach me!

[snoopy1239]

Poker is a cruel and twisted game, and never has that statement been more justifiable than in the last elimination. With a Flop lying patiently on the felt, a raising war occurred between Paul Holub and David Pham, Holub finally pushing all-in for 630k. Not liking the situation and knowing that he needed to hit, David deemed this spot worthy of a gamble and thus called with . However, the last thing he wanted to see was a flush draw, but that's exactly what he was up against, Holub proudly revealing a for a dominating hand. The was a blank, but the River wasn't, a vomit-inducing leaving its victim aghast and the lucky victor thankful for the good fortune.

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These were the chip counts prior to Holub's exit:

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier -- 3,780,000
Kris Kuykendall -- 3,400,000
Joseph Elpayaa -- 2,556,000
Evan Tindell -- 2,230,000
Hafiz Khan -- 2,100,000
David Pham -- 2,005,000
Richard Fohrenbach -- 1,740,000
William Thorson -- 1,505,000
Craig Hopkins -- 1,360,000
Christian Harder -- 893,000
Paul Holub -- 873,000

[NoflopsHomer]

1    $2,000,000
2    $1,094,976
3    $800,000
4    $600,000
5    $450,000
6    $300,000
7    $200,000
8    $150,000
9    $120,000

[NoflopsHomer]

Current Counts for those not using the feed:

William Thorsson -- 1.03 million
Kris Kuykendall -- 3.4 million
Christian Harder -- 1.08 million
David Pham -- 6.2 million
Elky -- 3.285 million
Joseph Elpayaa -- 2.585 million
Craig Hopkins -- 1.845 million
Richard Forenbach -- 1.88 million
Hafiz Khan -- 2.14 million

[snoopy1239]

And it's the David Pham steamroller that sees us end the day with our final 8. Thorson started the action of with a pre-flop raise and Tham called, but come the Flop, there was no messing around from the Swede who pushed all-in with , only to be called quicker than a hiccup by Pham who had a sneaky pair of Bullets, . A and Turn and River and it's all over, the high regarded Thorson sent to the rail in 9th.

[NoflopsHomer]

We're all done, play restarts at 10am (3pm UK) because of some casino regulations which is why it's so mind-numbingly early.

See you all tomorrow.