Before the Bust
Sarah talks to Ana Marquez about her day yesterday, her trip to South Africa and her plans for Christmas.
Sarah talks to Ana Marquez about her day yesterday, her trip to South Africa and her plans for Christmas.
The €10,000 High Roller is under way with a fanfare inversely proportional to its buy in (follow updates from that event by clicking here). But even if these events tend to take place away from the brightest spotlight, there's one very good reason to stay in touch, namely: it's full of high rollers. PokerStars Blog takes a look.
We caught the action on the turn as Tamer Kamal bet out 92,000 from the small blind. His opponent was EPT Prague 2012 runner up Sotirios Koutoupas who made the call.
on the river and Kamal wasn't backing down just yet. He made it 160,000 for Koutoupas to call. The Greek player had some issues with this bet, shaking his head a couple of times and thinking about it really hard.
After some time he tossed in two 10,000 chips to indicate the call. Kamel threw his on the table but knew that was nog good. Before even showing his hand, Koutoupas made a small fist pump celebrating his great call. He then showed and raked in the chips.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Sotirios Koutoupas |
1,200,000
418,000
|
418,000 |
|
||
Tamer Kamel |
500,000
-417,000
|
-417,000 |
It was a preflop all in: three bet, four bet all in, call. Silver had the best of it with his but Emmanuel Murgia was all but drawing dead with the .
The in the window wasn't all that important, the that accompanied it was. The , and made for the rest of the board and Silver had to stack of 452,000 to his Belgian opponent.
Silver is still doing fine with 1,373,000, Murgia is now nearing the million chip mark.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Max Silver |
1,373,000
-126,000
|
-126,000 |
Emmanuel Murgia |
944,000
479,000
|
479,000 |
Another Twenty Minute Break has started.
We've still got 32 players left as the last two all in and calls went the way of the short stacks.
First Romain Chauvassagne four-bet all-in for 323,000 with and Sotirios Koutoupas, who had three-bet to 112,000, made the call.
Chauvassagne:
Koutoupas:
The flop gave Chauvassagne an unbeatable flush and the and completed the board. He climbs to 660,000 and Koutoupas drops to 760,000.
One table across Radek Stockner raised to 32,000 there was a flat call and Dimitri Holdeew then three-bet to 89,000. Back on Stockner he four-bet to 233,000, Holdeew set Stockner all in for 552,000 total and Stockner called it off.
Holdeew:
Stockner:
The board ran and Stockner doubled to over a 1,100,000.
Nível: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
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):
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.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Lasell King |
2,592,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
Julian Track |
2,170,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
||
Ka Kwan Lau |
1,650,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Max Silver |
1,631,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
Ole Schemion |
1,611,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
Erwann Pecheux |
1,500,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
Radek Stockner |
1,200,000
555,000
|
555,000 |
Andrew Chen |
1,190,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Dimitri Holdeew |
1,100,000
-440,000
|
-440,000 |
Artem Metalidi |
1,090,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Ihar Soika |
1,063,000
-607,000
|
-607,000 |
Stephen Chidwick |
1,040,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Ori Hasson |
1,017,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Zdravko Duvnjak |
865,000
237,000
|
237,000 |
Yury Gulyy |
850,000
287,000
|
287,000 |
Lars Dahlin
|
840,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Emmanuel Murgia |
778,000
-166,000
|
-166,000 |
Sotirios Koutoupas |
740,000
-460,000
|
-460,000 |
|
||
Romain Chauvassagne |
740,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Georgios Sotiropoulos |
730,000
-346,000
|
-346,000 |
Tiberu-Florian Georgescu |
690,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Jonathan Roy |
650,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Sigurd Andreas Eskeland |
620,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Tapio Vihakas |
580,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Tomasz Kowalski |
490,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
TABLE 3 | ||
1 | Andrew Chen | 1,190,000 |
2 | Romain Chauvassagne | 740,000 |
3 | Lars Anders Dahlin | 840,000 |
4 | Sotirios Koutoupas | 740,000 |
5 | Nikita Nikolaev | 440,000 |
6 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | 730,000 |
7 | Tamer Kamel | 400,000 |
8 | Erwann Pecheux | 1,500,000 |
TABLE 7 | ||
1 | Radek Stockner | 1,200,000 |
2 | Yury Gulyy | 850,000 |
3 | Tiberu-Florian Georgescu | 690,000 |
4 | Dimitri Holdeew | 1,100,000 |
5 | Stephen Chidwick | 1,040,000 |
6 | Jonathan Roy | 650,000 |
7 | Sam Chartier | 325,000 |
8 | Sigurd Andreas Eskeland | 620,000 |
TABLE 8 | ||
1 | Tomasz Kowalski | 490,000 |
2 | Tapio Vihakas | 580,000 |
3 | Artem Metalidi | 1,090,000 |
4 | Ka Kwan Lau | 1,650,000 |
5 | Piotr Robert Pietrzak | 440,000 |
6 | Rudi Johnsen | 420,000 |
7 | Cezar Oprea | 260,000 |
8 | Julian Track | 2,170,000 |
FEATURE TABLE | ||
1 | Ole Schemion | 1,611,000 |
2 | Lasell King | 2,592,000 |
3 | Ori Hasson | 1,017,000 |
4 | Ihar Soika | 1,063,000 |
5 | Emmanuel Murgia | 778,000 |
6 | Zdravko Duvnjak | 865,000 |
7 | Jorma Nuutinen | 317,000 |
8 | Max Silver | 1,631,000 |