Complements of the EPT Live stream:
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London
Paul Volpe is one of the short stacks right now as he just lost another big pot to Daniel Weinman.
The board read ![]()
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when Weinman had 47,500 out in front with Volpe deep in the tank. After a while Volpe called and mucked quickly when Weinman turned over ![]()
for a full house.
Volpe is down to just a few big blinds while Weinman is among the bigger stacks in the room.
Aleksander Spadijer got his last 68,700 all in preflop holding the ![]()
and was in big trouble against the ![]()
of Mark Newhouse. The board ran out a dry ![]()
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and Spadijer hit the rail shy of the money.
Craig McCorkell raised to 6,500 from early position and cleared the field all the way to Tudor Purice, who defended from the big blind. Purice then checked the ![]()
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flop, McCorkell bet 6,000, and Purice check-raised all in. McCorkell snap-called off for 45,600 and the cards were turned up.
Purice: ![]()
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McCorkell was ahead with a pair of aces, but it was a flip as Purice had middle pair with a flush draw. Fortunately for McCorkell, neither the
turn nor
river helped Purice and he doubled on the hand.
Joey Lovelady started the day as one of the chip leaders but he has taken quite some hits already. Salman Behbehani just raised to 7,000 after which Nurlan Boobekov moved all in from the cutoff. The action was folded to Lovelady in the big blind who moved all in to put extra pressure on Behbehani.
Behbehani quickly folded what later he claimed to be pocket eights and the heads up showdown went as following.
Lovelady: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Lovelady lost another 59,100 chips. Boobekov's in much better shape right now and making the money seems to be within reach for the Aussie.
Wow, this one is going to sting.
Former chip leader of Day 1b, Maximilian Senft was all in preflop with ![]()
against Robin Ylitalo's ![]()
for a pot worth over 400,000 chips but the board came ![]()
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to stun the Austrian. He's been eliminated just ten or so spots from the money.
One name that keeps popping up here at the EPT London is Skrill – which isn’t a player, but rather an online payment solutions company that aims to evolve “the way people pay and get paid globally.” Skrill is branded on each of the tables, and they also have a booth where players can sign up for their popular "Last Longer Competition."
The Skrill Last Longer competition will be held at each stop on this season’s EPT, of which they’re an official sponsor. The promotion is simple – players sign up for the promotion either online (preregistration is available) or at the Skrill booth (which will be present at each stop); don a Skrill patch; and then aim to be the last man or woman standing. The last player remaining will then receive the £5,250 buy-in back in their Skrill account.
While Skrill is upping the ante for Season 10 with a bigger branding initiative, this isn’t their first appearance on the EPT; as a matter of fact, they were a sponsor of Season 8 and have held previous “Last Longer” promotions (the most successful being in EPT Copenhagen when one of their players took second).
The company’s website provides a bit more information on Skrill, which rebranded from Moneybookers back in 2010:
“Skrill has been moving money digitally since 2001. We offer online payment solutions for businesses and consumers, allowing them to pay and get paid globally. Over 36 million account holders already trust Skrill. Our customers can send and receive money worldwide in 200 countries and 40 currencies, securely and at low cost, without revealing their personal financial details. Your business will benefit from our worldwide payment network with over 100 payment options. Whether through a simple one-step integration or a fully-tailored payment solution. Whoever you are, however you like to pay or get paid, trust Skrill to make your online payments simpler, faster and safer.”
Headquartered in London, Skrill is looking to make their presence known in the poker world with a commitment to customer satisfaction through innovation and service. Not only that, they’re looking to be more than just a company by becoming a trusted and respected member of the poker community.
The 45 players took part in the EPT London Skrill Last Longer, but just 13 remain here at the start of Day 3. Here's a look at those players:
[Removed:203], Mateusz Zbikowski, Leo McClean, Dimitrios Farmakoulis, Christoph Weckmann, Jan Bendik, Maximilian Senft, Kenny Hallaert, Daniel Reijmer, Thomas Middleton, Chris Brammer, Craig McCorkell and Ryan Yu.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be keeping an eye on the latest incarnation of the Skrill Last Longer throughout the duration of the EPT London Main Event.
Over at the secondary feature table, action folded to David "Devilfish" Ulliott in the hijack and he raised to 8,000. When action reached November Niner Mark Newhouse in the small blind, he opted to three-bet to 18,500. The big blind folded, Ulliott four-bet to 50,000 and Newhouse called, which brought about a flop of ![]()
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Both players checked, the
turned, and Newhouse bet 50,000. Ulliott made the call and then bet 80,000 when Newhouse checked the
river. "Wait a minute," Ulliott said as Newhouse tanked. He then took out some sunglasses from his jacket pocket and put them on.
Newhouse tanked for several minutes before folding. "Tell me what you had and I'll show," Ulliott offered. Newhouse claimed that he had folded pocket tens. Ulliott then tabled the ![]()
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Shannon Shorr just raised to 6,700 and Ziv Vachar three-bet to 12,000. The action was folded back to Shorr who looked over at Vachar's stack before making the call.
The flop brought ![]()
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and both players checked.
On the turn the
hit and Shorr bet 13,500, Vachar called. The river brought the
and both players checked again. Shorr showed ![]()
and took down the pot.