Professional poker player Angel Guillen's from Mexico, a country where poker hasn't had the boom we've seen in places like Brasil. Guillen explains to us what needs to happen in order for poker to really become the huge game it is in so many other countries.
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Ramin Hajiyev, everyone's favourite Azerbaijani player, has just managed to double up after pushing with 
from the cutoff and getting called by Denis Kipnis with 
in the big blind.
The board came 
and Hajiyev made the better two pair for the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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160,000
-191,700
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-191,700 |
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150,000
-117,000
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-117,000 |
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It's looking increasing unlikely that an Englishman will follow in Tom Middleton's footsteps and become the new EPT champion. One of the latest British players to fall was Thomas Dunwoodie who shoved with but lost out to Ismael Bojang's 
on a 
board.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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Eliminado |
Vincent Robert just found himself all in before the flop hlding a dominated 
. Robert had his chips in from the hijack, while his neighbor Shak in the cutoff had 
.
The 
flop was kind of scary for Shak, but the 
on the turn and on the river were blanks. Robert shook hands with Shak, and made his exit.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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351,000
161,000
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161,000 |
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Eliminado | |
We arrived at the table to see an angry Sergey Frizyak on his feet loudly insisting that his opponent’s cards were dead and that he should be awarded the pot. The floor was called and the dealer explained what had happened.
Berthold Winz opened the action for 13,000 and Frizyak had moved all in. The dealer had thought she had heard Winz say, “Fold.” and turn his cards face up to show what he was folding which was . The dealer had then put his cards on top of the muck pile but they were now back in front of him having been easily retrievable.
Winz said, “I said clearly call.” The rest of the table agreed they too heard call. Frizayak was insisting the cards were in the muck and therefore dead. To emphasise his point he grabbed the cards and put them face down in the muck again. The floor retrieved them once more and ruled that it was an honest mistake by the dealer and the cards were live. “Then the dealer is the problem.” Frizyak spat.
The ruling had been made, Frizyak was at risk with 
, and the cards ran out 
. Frizyak stormed off.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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Eliminado |
David Lappin has been eliminated. Lapppin was all in with 
and up against two other players holding the same 
hand.
A king on the turn signified the end of his tournament. Qualifying for just €4.20 Lappin walks away with €10,300.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Eliminado | |
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Brazilian Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari has just been eliminated from the tournament. He found himself all in before the flop with up against Pavel Plesuv's .
The 
was still ok for Akkari, but the 
on the turn ended his tournament. The on the river was there just to make things official and he exited in 135th place.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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680,000
344,900
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344,900 |
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Eliminado | |
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The bubble during the EPT 11 Barcelona Main Event was very exciting as five people were knocked out on the same hand. Head of Live Poker Operations, PokerStars Europe Neil Johnson gave a detailed explanation of what happened and emphasized that the situation at hand was extremely rare.
Two-time World Poker Tour winner Randal Flowers had the unlucky honour to bubble both the EPT 11 Barcelona Main Event and the following Sit and Go for a Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $10,000,000 Guaranteed.
Sakis Nicolau and Alberto Gomez Gomez (so good they named him twice) were both more than happy to get their chips in on the turn of a 
board with 
and 
respectively. Andrey Andreev decided to put his chips in as well with 
and promptly hit the on the river to treble up.
Nicolau and Gomez were not too impressed.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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500,000
403,900
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403,900 |
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200,000
111,600
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111,600 |
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140,000
108,900
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108,900 |
