Home players represent the largest chunk of the EPT London field, but there are folk from Ghana, Uganda and a quartet from Azerbaijan here. And some guy called Jens Kyllonen from the Falkland Islands. Really? We're not sure. PokerStars Blog takes a look.
Tom Dwan rocked up to The Vic right at the end of Level 9, and in the first few minutes of Level 10, he was eliminated.
Dwan open-shoved his last 7,400 from under the gun, and the action folded to Matthias Tikerpe, who called on the button. Both blinds released, and the hands were exposed.
Dwan:
Tikerpe:
Dwan was looking good after the flop (), and the turn (), but the spiked on the river to give Tikerpe kings and nines. Dwan quickly grabbed his things, and bolted out of the tournament area.
He then sent this tweet to the wrong Sam Trickett Twitter handle:
A flip has resulted in a double up for the UK's "bad boy of poker" Luke Schwartz. He held against Tor Welo's on a board to double up to 60,000 having previously been short.
After three-betting to 6,600, Bryn Kenney was faced with a four-bet from German Manig Loeser. The amount looked like it was 15,000 or so, and Kenney five-bet shoved all in for much more. Loeser quickly called.
Kenney:
Loeser:
Loeser held as the board ran out , and Kenney was eliminated. Loeser now sits with around 210,000 chips.