Dylan Linde was all in for about 120,000 with against Renato Almeida's . The flop fell to give Linde the lead, but the turn clinched the pot for Almeida.
From middle position, Rudy Blondeau raised to 8,500. Matt Berkey called on the button, Alexander Kuzmin called from the small blind, and the big blind also came along.
The flop came down , and action checked to Berkey. He bet 16,000, Kuzmin folded, the big blind called, and Blondeau called.
After the hit the turn, all three remaining players checked to see the land on the river. Again, all three players checked.
The big blind showed the , and then Blondeau showed the . Berkey mucked, and it was Blondeau's hand that won the pot, holding top pair of aces with a ten kicker.
When we arrived at the table, PokerStars Team Online Member Caio Pessagno was all in and at risk preflop holding . His opponent, Dominik Panka, held , and we were off to the races.
The flop gave Pessagno outs to counterfeit Panka, but the turn () and the river () were both bricks.
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):
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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.
Matt Berkey was back at it applying pressure to Alexander Kuzmin. This time, Berkey fired a bet of 50,000 on the board, and Kuzmin called to see the land on the river. Berkey moved all in, which was an effective shove for 170,000 or so as that's what Kuzmin had left. After a bit of tanking, Kuzmin folded, and Berkey moved to nearly 600,000 in chips.
Davidi Kitai opened with a raise to 8,500 from under the gun and action folded all of the way around the table to Nicole Cervenka in the big blind. She tossed out a call and the two took a flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Cervenka checked. Kitai put out a continuation bet of 9,500 and Cervenka called. The came down on the turn and Cervenka checked for a second time. Kitai kept up the pressure by betting 14,000. Cervenka, however, quickly announced an all in raise which sent Kitai's cards sailing into the muck.
Cervenka picked up the pot and now sits on about 155,000. Kitai is down to around 205,000.