Dan Shak opened to 275 from under the gun, and the action folded to Panu Miettinen, who called on the button. Both blinds released, the dealer fanned , and Shak led out for 450. Miettinen called.
The turn was the , and Shak lead out again - this time for 1,000. Miettinen paused before raising to 3,300, and not backing down, Shak re-raised to 8,000.
Season 10 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour features a new Player of the Year system powered by the Global Poker Index. 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 POY 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.
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Place
Player
Points
1
David Benefield
261.67
2
Ole Schemion
259.32
3
Joao Barbosa
220.20
4
Thomas Muehloecker
196.87
5
Jonathan Duhamel
195.58
6
Tom Middleton
181.74
7
Vitaly Lunkin
176.97
8
Stephen O'Dwyer
175.30
9
Kevin Vandersmissen
173.42
10
Oleksii Khoroshenin
166.89
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On the turn of a board, Jeff Sarwer, [Removed:17] and Tomeu Gomila all checked to see the on the river. Sarwer and Yan checked again and Gomila made a 1,000 stab at the pot (which had over 2,000 already in it). Sarwer made the call and Yan folded.
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British high roller Talal Shakerchi opened to 300 from early position, and was called by three players, including Nikolaus Teichert on his direct left. The flop fell , the action checked to Shakerchi, and he continued for 500. Only Teichert called.
The turn was the , Shakerchi led out for 1,200, and Teichert called again.
Shakerchi slowed down when the completed the board, checking to Teichert who tossed out 2,600. Shakerchi folded, dropping down to 25,025 chips.
More Team PokerStars Pros have arrived including Johnny Lodden and Theo Jorgensen (who finished 4th here last year). Elsewhere Steve Jelinek, a former Grand Final finalist and bracelet winner, and Vladimir Geshkenbein, winner of EPT Snowfest, have also sat down.
When we arrived at Table 7, Rasmus Agerskov checked to Jeff Sarwer on a board of . Sarwer bet 3,600 into a pot of around 5,000, and Greenwood tank-called.
The completed the board, Agerskov checked again, and Sarwer tossed out 8,200, which represented a very large portion of Agerskov's stack. The World Series of Poker bracelet winner tanked for the better part of two minutes, then finally flipped forward a single blue T5,000 chip.
"King-high," Sarwer announced.
Agerskov showed , then politely asked to see Sarwer's hand. Sarwer obliged, and the dealer turned over .
Bart Moens opened to 400 and was called by Robert Stain, Paul Newey and Panu Miettinen before Team PokerStars Pro Christian de Leon made it 1,800 on the button. The small blind flat-called, Moens and Stain folded, Newey called and Miettinen also folded.
The flop came and it was checked to de Leon who bet 3,700. The small blind called and Newey folded. No further action occurred on the and river and the small blind picked up the pot with .
The action folded to Marcin Horecki, then raised to 400 out of the small blind. Sofia Lovgren defender her big blind, the dealer fanned , and Horecki led out for another 400. Lovgren called.
The turn was the , Horecki checked, and Lovgren took down the pot with a bet of 500.
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, and Shak led out for 450. Miettinen called.
, and Shak lead out again - this time for 1,000. Miettinen paused before raising to 3,300, and not backing down, Shak re-raised to 8,000.
board, Jeff Sarwer, [Removed:17] and Tomeu Gomila all checked to see the 
on the river. Sarwer and Yan checked again and Gomila made a 1,000 stab at the pot (which had over 2,000 already in it). Sarwer made the call and Yan folded.
and Sarwer mucked.
, Shakerchi led out for 1,200, and Teichert called again.
completed the board, checking to Teichert who tossed out 2,600. Shakerchi folded, dropping down to 25,025 chips.
and it was checked to de Leon who bet 3,700. The small blind called and Newey folded. No further action occurred on the 
river and the small blind picked up the pot with 
