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« Reply #45 on: October 03, 2008, 06:28:06 PM »


has stevie444 busted??

Apposite timing there...

A huge pot just played out between Steve Chidwick, Julian Thew and Michael Martin...

Steve Chidwick has been operating off a smallish stack for much of the day and he just pushed it in, only for Martin to flat call.

Julian now shoved all-in over the top and Martin was put to a decision for his stack.

He elected to call!

Sadly I didn't see Steve's hand but Julian held pocket Kings and was in good shape for a crucial double through as Martin showed down A-Q...

Sadly for Julian, an Ace hit the flop and he never recovered as the board blanked out, meaning we lose Julian and Steve in one fell swoop and Martin scoops a giant 180k size pot.

Sick, harsh beat for Julian and hopes of an english winner are dealt a Thew-ge blow by this exit as two home grown players are banished to the rail in quick succession...



Suddenly though, english hopes are raised with the news that Ian Fraser has despatched Danish legend Gus Hansen to simultaneously move "The Raiser" over the 100k mark and remove a big danger man from the roster of potential EPT champions...
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« Reply #46 on: October 03, 2008, 06:43:57 PM »


has stevie444 busted??

Apposite timing there...

A huge pot just played out between Steve Chidwick, Julian Thew and Michael Martin...

Steve Chidwick has been operating off a smallish stack for much of the day and he just pushed it in, only for Martin to flat call.

Julian now shoved all-in over the top and Martin was put to a decision for his stack.

He elected to call!

Sadly I didn't see Steve's hand but Julian held pocket Kings and was in good shape for a crucial double through as Martin showed down A-Q...

Sadly for Julian, an Ace hit the flop and he never recovered as the board blanked out, meaning we lose Julian and Steve in one fell swoop and Martin scoops a giant 180k size pot.

Sick, harsh beat for Julian and hopes of an english winner are dealt a Thew-ge blow by this exit as two home grown players are banished to the rail in quick succession...

It wasn't Michael Martin in this hand, it was Marcin Horecki. Horecki had gone to raise not seeing Stephen Chidwick's shove and decided to flat-call the 20k shove. Julian moved all-in for an extra 50k on top and Horecki called for most of his stack before peeling the aces off. Julian was a bit shocked afterwards, "Perhaps he thought I was steaming?" Chidwick had Q-J btw.

Either way Horecki has about 150k now.

Ian Frazer has also busted Barry Greenstein.
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« Reply #47 on: October 03, 2008, 06:55:43 PM »

56 players are going to be paid and we're one table away from the bubble.

Glittering Cash Prizes!!!

1st - £1,000,000
2nd - £525,314
3rd - £303,439
4th - £234,920
5th - £195,766
6th - £153,351
7th - £120,723
8th - £81,569

9 - £50,574
10 - £50,574

11 - £35,891
12 - £35,891

13 - £26,102
14 - £26,102

15 - £19,576
16 - £19,576

17 - £16,313
18 - £16,313
19 - £16,313
20 - £16,313
21 - £16,313
22 - £16,313
23 - £16,313
24 - £16,313

25 - £13,052
26 - £13,052
27 - £13,052
28 - £13,052
29 - £13,052
30 - £13,052
31 - £13,052
32 - £13,052

33 - £11,419
34 - £11,419
35 - £11,419
36 - £11,419
37 - £11,419
38 - £11,419
39 - £11,419
40 - £11,419

41 - £9,789
42 - £9,789
43 - £9,789
44 - £9,789
45 - £9,789
46 - £9,789
47 - £9,789
48 - £9,789

49 - £8,156
50 - £8,156
51 - £8,156
52 - £8,156
53 - £8,156
54 - £8,156
55 - £8,156
56 - £8,156
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« Reply #48 on: October 03, 2008, 07:06:40 PM »

Sorrel Mizzi has lost a load of his chips after getting it all-in against Ramin Henke's Aces with Ace-Queen. The board never offered 'Imperium' much, coming knocking his stack under 100k and forcing him to rebuild.
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« Reply #49 on: October 03, 2008, 07:15:43 PM »

Hand for hand...you know what that means guys.

 Pull on your baggy trousers and tell people they can't make tangible contact with this.



Yes, we're on that dreaded bubble. Things could turn nasty!



Kathy Liebert is recognized as perhaps the foremost female tournament player in the world with 4.5 million in winnings.

That recognition couldn't prevent her exit at this critical stage though, shoving for 25k with pocket Jacks only to run into Ace Queen which spiked to send her to the rail penniless...

She was philosophical in defeat though.

"I kind of wanted the action, even though we're on the bubble. It didn't work out but that's the way it goes sometimes!"

Kathy is, in my opinion an excellent ambassador for poker. All her talking is done on the table, she always seems humble despite her success and doesn't suffer from the ego problems afflicting many of the top players in the game.

So she goes out but she'll be back soon, racking up another big score and we'll be cheering her on when she does!
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« Reply #50 on: October 03, 2008, 07:21:01 PM »

While we're on the bubble, all media (apart from Stars) are banned from the area. We'll get info as soon as we can get back in.
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« Reply #51 on: October 03, 2008, 07:22:43 PM »

Even though we have been prevented getting too close to the players during this delicate period of the tournament, here's a little taster of the tension afflicting the players at the moment.

Huseyin Yilmaz with close to 200k rummages in his coat nervously while a doe-eyed Rousso fixates on the latest flop with her 110k or so....

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« Reply #52 on: October 03, 2008, 07:27:37 PM »

When you get an opportunity, could you give updates on Justin Truesdell?  Last time he texted me he had around 140k.  Thanks for all your hard work guys!
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« Reply #53 on: October 03, 2008, 07:40:35 PM »

When you get an opportunity, could you give updates on Justin Truesdell?  Last time he texted me he had around 140k.  Thanks for all your hard work guys!

He had 143k at the start of this level which had him in about 7th place with around 70 left. When we go back in, we'll look out for him, once the bubble breaks.
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« Reply #54 on: October 03, 2008, 07:49:50 PM »

Great!  Thanks a lot!
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« Reply #55 on: October 03, 2008, 07:50:33 PM »

Players are on a 45 minute dinner break because Hafiz Khan is our bubble he had A-Q against pocket J-J. Hit the Ace but his opponent caught a jack on the turn. And with that, we're now on a dinner break.

**************************45 MINUTE DINNER BREAK**********************
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« Reply #56 on: October 03, 2008, 08:50:31 PM »

We're back and already there's been some action with five combatants falling soon after the resumption.

This is typical of the period post bubble. All those shortstacks who had been protecting themselves from going busto are now more willing to gamble, and we should expect carnage for the first level as a host of s**t or bust moves are either pulled off with aplomb or spell the end of their architect's tournaments.

Buckle up guys, like this guy...

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...we're in for a bumpy ride!

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« Reply #57 on: October 03, 2008, 09:08:53 PM »

A few chip counts:

Michael Tureniec -- 40k
David Beyamine -- 280k
Beth Shak -- 110k
Ian Frazer -- 190k
Georges Moussa -- 20k
Michael Martin -- 130k
Rene Mouritsen -- 50k
Anthony Lellouche -- 90k
Priyan De Mel -- 120k
Johannes Strassman -- 310k
Eric Liu -- 200k
Scotty Nguyen -- 95k
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« Reply #58 on: October 03, 2008, 09:13:12 PM »

Arnaud Mattern's exit can be summed up by Benyamine's giant stack. In a Gallic civil war Arnaud raised with A-9 and bet 20k on the 9-7-2 board before setting Benyamine in on the 7 turn for his remaining 60k. Benyamine quickly called with 8-7 and although Mattern made it through the bubble, he went out against Benyamine shortly after the break with Q-Q being cracked by Benyamine's 4-4.

Winamax teammate Anthony Lellouche did have over 150k but lost out when Priyan Del Mel flopped a straight on a 9-7-5 board and all the money went in on the 5 turn where Lellouche had 7-2 but couldn't house up on the river.

Alexia Portal is doing better though, she just doubled up with 5-5 vs A-Q.
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« Reply #59 on: October 03, 2008, 09:29:52 PM »

This stage of the tournament is a mixture of the shortstacks either combusting or trying to spin up their bowl of rice into a worthwhile paella and the big stacks cautiously, and in some cases, less cautiously, picking at each other with varying degrees of aggression.

Two examples of this here.

Blinds: 2k/4k/400

First Sorel Mizzi bumps it up to 12k from UTG, only to find Scotty Nguyen re-raising another 15k from the cut-off...

With 128k back and out of position to the multi bracelet winning player, Sorel decided to fold, despite the small raise, perhaps sensing this would mean his stack would be up for grabs if he continued...



Next up, another young aggressive player, the big stacked Johannes Strassmann raised it up to 11k, finding resistance this time in the form of Winamax's Anthony Lellouche, who re-popped to 50,000 this time.

Strassmann likes to interrogate players he is in hands with and he did just this here, telling Lellouche..."you are just gambling I know! I don't believe you have a hand..."

Eventually, despite his distrust, he laid down his hand, enabling the Frenchman to sweep up his chips, although Strassmann was eyeballing him very suspiciously...



Judging when to re-steal and how much to re-steal by has to be one of the most difficult skills in tournament poker with a fine line between genius plays and just bleeding chips away...Nguyen and Lellouche seemed to be skilled in the art though...

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