Sergio Aido Continues Hot Streak, Leads EPT Field into Day 2
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The second start day of the PokerStars.com EPT London took place on Monday at the Grosvenor Victoria casino on Edgeware Road. Another 411 players parted with the £5,250 entry fee in the hope of succeeding Benny Spindler as the EPT London champion.
After eight 75-minute levels, Sergio Aido, the Spaniard who won the UKIPT on Sunday, continued what could only be described as 'the purplest purple patch of form' and finished the day as the overall chip leader with 215,200. Aido picked up £144,555 for the UKIPT win and in the only other tournament he has played this week he chopped a £1,000 no-limit turbo event for £20,000 with former EPT Monte Carlo winner Nicolas Chouity. So, decent form so far.
Chris Moorman flew the flag for the home country and manage to six-bet all-in with queen-ten suited against Steve Warburton's queens for a 110,000 chip pot with the blinds only 200/400 with a 50 ante. Warburton could've been forgiven for thinking he should not have returned back after the dinner break. He suffered another horrible beat at the 250/500/50 level, losing with pocket nines to seven-eight suited for a 50,000 chip which sealed his elimination. Moorman thrived in the meantime, finishing the day with 159,800.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, fresh off Sunday's team victory over the Full Tilt Professionals, had a low-key day, eventually busting in a coinflip for a 15,000 pot just before the dinner break. Negreanu was joined on the sidelines by fellow Team Pros Jake Cody, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Joe Cada, Vanessa Rousso and Dario Minieri who won't have great memories of the London event this time. Cody lost a crucial flip to the online wizard Victor Blom while Moreira de Melo also busted in flip.
Others who'll most likely be off to PokerStars Live at the Hippendrome for the numerous side events this week include: Martins Adeniya, Ludovic Lacay, Justin Bonomo, Olivier Busquet, Kevin MacPhee and Paul Volpe
Someone enjoying London a lot more is the hometown girl Vicky Coren, having won this event for a cool £500,000 back in Season 3. She finished the day with 44,000 to make it through to Day 2 joining other notables including: Michael Tureniec (139,000), Paul Berende (135,000) Ilari Sahamies (106,100), Mike McDonald (95,800), Lex Veldhuis (90,300), Bertrand Grospellier (65,600) and former internation footballer Teddy Sheringham (27,700)
Grospellier was one of several players to join a table christened “The Table of Doom” which featured at one point, Jude Ainsworth, Bryn Kenney, Sandra Naujoks, Shannon Shorr, Andrew Chen and Martin Jacobson – quality worthy of any final table and one that took a starring role on EPT Live.
Be sure to joing the Pokernews Live Reporting Team on Tuesday for Day 2 from 12pm (GMT) for next chapter of this tournament as we expect to play six more 90-minute levels of exciting action.