2022 PokerStars EPT London

£5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2022 PokerStars EPT London
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£664,400
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,300
Prize Pool
£3,632,650
Total Entries
749
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
261
Players Left
83
Players Left 1 / 749
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Updated Chip Counts; Ensan Joins the Field

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

"Cash Game Special" for Theuma

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Four players checked a {k-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop and the turn was the {3-Spades}.

Gao Xiang checked and Blaz Zerjav bet 600. Corel Theuma called, Enzo Vito folded and Xiang came along as well.

The river was the {3-Clubs}. Xiang led out for 2,600 and Zerjav folded. Theuma called.

Xiang showed {5-Hearts}{4-Spades} for five-high and flicked his chips towards Theuma who turned over {4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for bottom two pair.

"Cash game special," he said with a smile. "Sick that I said in my had four-five offsuit not even suited."

Tags: Blaz ZervajCorel TheumaEnzo VitoGao Xiang

Some Chip Updates

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Big Pot, No Fireworks

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

With over 5,000 chips in the middle, action was on a {j-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop. Lin Chen sat with a bet of 1,800 in front of him and had called a raise from Mikael Ecanvil for 4,500.

The turn was the {7-Spades}. Chen checked and Ecanvil eventually bet 5,000. Chen threw his hand into the muck with both players sitting below starting stack.

Meanwhile at the same table, Samuel Ju sits with a stack of close to 50,000 heading towards the end of the first level.

Tags: Lin ChenMikael EcanvilSamuel Ju

River Overbet Wins It for Jorstad

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Espen Jorstad
Espen Jorstad

Action was picked up on the river in a pot between Espen Jorstad on the button and [Removed:510] in the small blind with the board reading {7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}.

Trofimov checked on the river and Jorstad sat still before pushing out a stack of 24,100 with just a single 500-chip behind, a massive overbet into the pot of around 10,000.

Trofimov went in the tank for several minutes before folding to concede the pot to the latest WSOP Main Event champion.

Tags: Espen Jorstad

Nakdali Bombs River

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Fabien Roussel opened pre-flop to 300 and found calls from Yaman Nakdali and Jack Sinclair in the blinds.

The trio checked the {j-Clubs}{10-Spades}{9-Clubs} flop and the turn was the {3-Diamonds}. Nakdali bet 400 and Roussel was the only caller.

The river brought the {a-Hearts} and Nakdali sized up, betting 3,000. Roussel contemplated his decision before eventually folding.

Tags: Fabien RousselJack SinclairYaman Nakdali

Wounded Middleton Finds a Small Double

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Tom Middleton took an early hit at Table 2 and PokerNews saw him getting his final 700 chips in the middle from the button in a heads-up pot against Jamie Nixon on the cutoff.

Thomas Middleton: {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
James Nixon: {a-Spades}{7-Clubs}

Middleton had his opponent dominated and, miraculously, the flop landed {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}{k-Spades} give him trips and leave Nixon drawing to just a runner-runner flush before the board finished out {8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} to earn Middleton the small double and save him from behind the first elimination of the tournament.

Tags: James NixonThomas Middleton

Ramon vs Jorstad

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

At a three-handed table, Espen Jorstad opened to 300 from the button and called a raise from Vicent Bosca Ramon out of the small blind for 1,500.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Jorstad folded to a continuation bet.

Tags: Espen JorstadVicent Bosca Ramon