Daniel Weinman just eliminated a player who was all in and at risk for his last 50,000 or so. Weinman's dominated his opponent's , and he held as the flop, turn, and river came .
Five players saw a flop of , including Antonio Esfandiari, Jude Ainsworth, and Sean Winter. The action folded to Esfandiari, who tossed out 6,700 near the button. Ainsworth called in the small blind, Winter check-raised to 15,700, and the action folded back to Esfandiari. He considered the bet before folding, and then Ainsworth re-raised, plopping 34,000 in front of him. Winter called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. The pair knuckled once again, and Ainsworth showed for a pair of kings. Winter had that beat with for a pair of aces, and the two shared a laugh as the American raked in the pot.
The board read and there was already over 55,000 in the middle when Dan Smith faced a bet of 28,000 from Daniel Colman. Smith called to see a river.
The completed the board and Colman announced an all in bet. Smith quickly called off his last 62,900 and triumphantly tabled for a full house of queens full of tens. Colman mucked his hand and Smith was able to score a double.
"That a nice turn, Dan," said Colman. "How'd you do that?"
Smith flashed a grin back while he stacked his chips.
"My life is not bad but yours is just so much better," continued Colman. "How nice is your life?"
"I'm not complaining," replied a smiling Smith.
Not complaining indeed, as he is now sitting on 255,000 in chips while Colman's stack has been reduced to 62,000.
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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.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated January 2, 2014):
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.
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