Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody opened to 1,000 preflop before James Akenhead reraised to 2,350 in the next seat. It was passed around to Viktor Blom, who cold four-bet to 4,650 from late position, and then folded back Cody who opted to move all in for around 11,000.
Akenhead rechecked his cards and folded but Blom slid in the call.
Blom:
Cody:
Anyone hoping for an exciting board was to be disappointed as Blom flopped the joint with the board coming . The Swede is up to about 80,000
Enrico Tau just made an end to Ludovic Lacay's tournament. We caught the action on the flop that read {3g} and Lacay was facing a raise. The Frenchman had 2,000 in front of him while Tau had 5,100 invested into the pot. Lacay hesitated for a while before making the call.
The turn brought the and Tau bet 16,000 which effectively put Lacay all in. The French EPT winner had around 12,000 chips behind and made the call after several minutes of being in the tank. Tau showed and Lacay was almost drawing dead with . The river brought the and Lacay was knocked out.
The 647 players that participated in the Season 9 European Poker Tour London Main Event generated a total prize pool of £3,137,950. The top 96 players will earn a minimum of £8,000, while the winner will walk away with £700,000.
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Place
Prize
1st
£700,000
2nd
£455,000
3rd
£245,000
4th
£183,000
5th
£146,000
6th
£112,000
7th
£79,950
8th
£57,000
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We're not sure when the chips went in, but when we arrived at Table 25, James Dempsey was all in and at risk with . Toby Lewis had him at risk with , and the board was . The completed the board, giving Lewis Broadway, and Dempsey was eliminated.
The fellow Team Ivey members exchanged pleasantries, and then Dempsey hit the rail.
Jorge Cuello opened to 1,100 in early position, Tamer Kamel called two spots to his left, and Mickey Petersen three-bet to 3,000 from the small blind. Cuello folded, Kamel called, and the flop fell . Petersen led out for 2,600, Kamel called, and the turn brought the .
Petersen led out again - this time for 4,500 - and Kamel raised to 10,200. Petersen tanked for a bit, then made the call.
The completed the board, both players checked, and Kamel showed for two-pair. Petersen mucked, and Kamel picked up the pot.
No luck for the PokerStars Pros in flips today. SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo opened to 1,200 preflop before getting three-bet to 4,200. She responded by four-betting to 9,600 with 19,000 behind and called all in when her opponent shoved. She held ace-king against pocket jacks but couldn't hit and was eliminated.
Recent WPT winner Paul Volpe and local boy Martins Adeniya have also been knocked out.
Just before the dinner break, the last 7,000 of Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu went in with against pocket eights. He failed to spike, so will have to look forward to the 8-game happening later this week instead.
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. The Swede is up to about 80,000
{3g}
and Lacay was facing a raise. The Frenchman had 2,000 in front of him while Tau had 5,100 invested into the pot. Lacay hesitated for a while before making the call.
and Tau bet 16,000 which effectively put Lacay all in. The French EPT winner had around 12,000 chips behind and made the call after several minutes of being in the tank. Tau showed 
and Lacay was almost drawing dead with 
and Lacay was knocked out.
. Toby Lewis had him at risk with 
. The 
completed the board, giving Lewis Broadway, and Dempsey was eliminated.
. Petersen led out for 2,600, Kamel called, and the turn brought the 
.
