Erik Seidel raised to 6,000 from the button and Tom Middleton, the latest EPT champion, defended in the big blind. The flop came and both players checked.
On the turn, Middleton fired out a bet of 6,000 and Seidel called.
The river was the and this time Middleton quickly bet 15,000. Seidel sized it up before making the call.
Middleton turned over but Seidel had for the bottom end of the straight to take the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren was heading for the exit when she was all in with against David "Bakes" Baker's . The poker gods had other ideas though and the board came to keep her in the game.
A short-stacked Angel Guillen moved all in for his last 26,700 from the under-the-gun position and received a call from Ravi Raghavan in the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded and Guillen discovered the bad news.
Raghavan:
Guillen:
Raghavan had woken up with the granddaddy of all hand, and that mean Guillen was going to need either a four or some other miracle to stay alive. The flop took away the latter options, and that meant Guillen was going to need a four. The turn wasn't it, and neither was the river.
Guillen silently gathered his things and then made a hasty exit from the tournament floor.
Kamal Choraria got his last 20,000 or so all in preflop holding the and was flipping against the of Mark Teltscher. The flop didn't hit Teltscher directly, but it did give him a double gutshot straight draw.
Much to Choraria's dismay, the turn paired Teltscher and made him a huge favorite. Choraria needed a six on the river to remain in the tournament, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off.
Coming into the "D" room, we saw a board reading with Dan Shak's proudly on display as Jason Mercier was counting out chips, over 200,000 of them and passing them across to his opponent.
Mercier apparently had held in the hand but we are unsure where the money went in on the board.
The American was left with just 800 in chips and they went in the next hand with , ironically against Shak again. The latter flopped a set with on a to knock out the Team PokerStars Pro.
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. As you can see, some of these players are in the £10,300 High Roller, which you can follow by clicking here.
David Benefield
Place
Player
Points
1
David Benefield
321.18 pts
2
Thomas Muhlocker
254.55 pts
3
Ole Schemion
240.65
4
Joao Barbosa
220.20 pts
5
Jonathan Duhamel
195.58 pts
6
Joni Jouhkimainen
193.11 pts
7
Lukasz Roczniak
185.51 pts
8
Tom Middleton
181.74 pts
9
Kevin Vandersmissen
173.42 pts
10
Oleksii Khoroshenin
166.89 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.
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and both players checked.
turn, Middleton fired out a bet of 6,000 and Seidel called.
and this time Middleton quickly bet 15,000. Seidel sized it up before making the call.
but Seidel had 
for the bottom end of the straight to take the pot.
against David "Bakes" Baker's 
. The poker gods had other ideas though and the board came 
to keep her in the game.
flop took away the latter options, and that meant Guillen was going to need a four. The 
turn wasn't it, and neither was the 
river.
and was flipping against the 
turn paired Teltscher and made him a huge favorite. Choraria needed a six on the river to remain in the tournament, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
peeled off.
proudly on display as Jason Mercier was counting out chips, over 200,000 of them and passing them across to his opponent.
in the hand but we are unsure where the money went in on the board.
, ironically against Shak again. The latter flopped a set with 
