Jonathan Little had a bad start to the day when he busted the EPT10 Prague Main Event, but things have seemingly turned around for the American pro here in the High Roller.
We happened upon a recent hand with 60,000 or so already in the pot and a board reading . Lithuania's Anaras Alekberovas thought for a long time before he checked from the small blind, and then Little did the same from the button.
Alekberovas was first to show and rolled over the , but it was no good as Little won the sizable pot with just . He's running good at the moment.
Vanessa Selbst has just bought into the High Roller and is sat to the right of the only other woman in the field so far, Irina Batorevich of the Czech Republc. Maybe not for too long however as Batorevich currently has 5,600 from a starting stack of 50,000.
In Season 9 this very tournament attracted 108 players and five reentries to bring the total number of entries to 113. Thanks to the recent entry of Morten Klein, it looks like we've either met or surpassed (we're waiting for confirmation) that number.
Speaking of reentries, Andrey Andreev, Akin Tuna and Jesse Yaginuma have all joined Klein as the players who've exercised their single reentry option thus far.
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.
Thomas Muhlocker was in the lead entering Prague, and thanks to his 149th-place finish in the Main Event, he'll be adding some more points to his total.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated October 16, 2013):
Thomas Muhlocker
Place
Player
Points
1
Thomas Muhlocker
350.68 pts
2
David Benefield
321.18 pts
3
Ole Schemion
311.62 pts
4
Jeff Rossiter
258.92 pts
5
Joao Barbosa
257.14 pts
6
Kenny Hallaert
253.87 pts
7
Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos
251.08 pts
8
Jonathan Duhamel
243.35 pts
9
Timothy Adams
222.31 pts
10
Frederik Brink Jensen
209.90 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.
Andre Goldbaum hasn’t exactly endeared himself to his table so far by taking a long time over almost every decision he has to make. The usually implacable Steve O’Dwyer in particular called him out on it. The floor was called over and there followed a discussion in which Goldbaum said to the floor that poker was all about making good decisions and they take time, and anyway it was only about ten seconds. The floor gently explained to him that if he took a long time over every decision, then when he faced a really tough one he may not be afforded the time he needed, so he should save it up and use it when he really needed it. Goldbaum, who played the main event this week, seemed to get the message saying he wasn’t used to it and apologized.
Georgios Karakousis opened for 900 in first position; Vanessa Selbst three-bet him to 2,200 but a cold four-bet from Irina Batorevich, to her left, of 4,400 saw it fold round to Selbst. Selbst studied her opponent before deciding to set her all in with a bet that covered Batorevich’ stack of 16,800. Batorevich gave it some thought before releasing her hand.
. Lithuania's Anaras Alekberovas thought for a long time before he checked from the small blind, and then Little did the same from the button.
, but it was no good as Little won the sizable pot with just 
. He's running good at the moment.
