Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis opened to 400 from the cutoff seat, Tamer Kamel called on the button, and Tom Danielidis defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , and Danielidis checked. Veldhuis continued for 900, and only Kamel called.
The turn was the , Veldhuis led out for 2,200, and Kamel tank-called.
The completed the board, and Veldhuis emptied the chamber, firing a third and final bullet worth 6,000. Kamel capped his cards, tanked for the better part of 90 seconds, then made the call.
Veldhuis ripped over for a pair of queens, and Kamel sent his cards into the muck.
Earlier we reported that Raul Paez lost a big pot with set over set and just now we noticed that his seat is empty. It looks like his former opponent Dmitry Ponomarev took all his chips as he's now sitting on around 70,000 chips.
Chris Brammer's stack had shrunk more than he would've liked in the first two levels but he won a pot off Luca Franchi to head to the break a little happier.
He called raise from Franchi in position and a c-et on a flop. On the turn Brammer bet 1,500 when Franchi checked to him. Call. Both players checked the river and Brammer took the pot with .
David Boyaciyan has just joined the party, the party being the EPT London Main Event. Boyaciyan has notched up some impressive results over the last two years with top-three finishes in EPT Prague and a win in the 2011 Master Classics of Poker Main Event in Amsterdam. In total Boyaciyan has $1.7 million in live tournament earnings.
Former EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee has had a slow start today as he just lost a pot on the river. The flop read and MacPhee's opponent check-called his 450-chip bet.
On the turn the hit and both player checked. The river brought the and the action was checked to MacPhee who bet 800. MacPhee's opponent put together a raise and threw in 2,950 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Team PokerStars Pro Fatima Moreira de Melo had already lost some chips when she just decided to three-bet preflop. The player under the gun raised to 400 and Moreira de Melo three-bet to 850 from the hijack. The action was folded back to the initial raiser who put in a four-bet to 2,275. Moreira de Melo thought about it for a good five seconds before tossing her cards towards the muck.
Moreira de Melo already has an EPT cash this year as she managed to finish in the money at the PCA. In order to make it to the money again here in London Moreira de Melo will have a long way to go!
Right before the break we caught a hand with Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis. The Dutchman raised under the gun to 300 and the player to his direct left called. The action was folded to the big blind who three-bet to 1,750 and both Veldhuis and the the third player called.
The flop rolled out and the big blind checked to Veldhuis who bet 2,200 and the player to his left folded. The preflop agressor quickly raised it up to 5,700 and Veldhuis snap-folded as he tapped the table in defeat. Veldhuis is still sitting on 47,000 chips and looking good early on.
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, and Danielidis checked. Veldhuis continued for 900, and only Kamel called.
, Veldhuis led out for 2,200, and Kamel tank-called.
completed the board, and Veldhuis emptied the chamber, firing a third and final bullet worth 6,000. Kamel capped his cards, tanked for the better part of 90 seconds, then made the call.
for a pair of queens, and Kamel sent his cards into the muck.
flop. On the 
turn Brammer bet 1,500 when Franchi checked to him. Call. Both players checked the 
river and Brammer took the pot with 
.
hit and both player checked. The river brought the 
and the action was checked to MacPhee who bet 800. MacPhee's opponent put together a raise and threw in 2,950 and that was enough to take down the pot.
