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Most recently, he opened for 60,000 and got a call from Pierre Neuville on the cutoff. He continuation-bet 70,000 on the
flop, which Neuville called. Come the 
turn he checked, and when Neuville made it 125,000 to go, Silva gave it up.
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Most recently, he opened for 60,000 and got a call from Pierre Neuville on the cutoff. He continuation-bet 70,000 on the
flop, which Neuville called. Come the turn he checked, and when Neuville made it 125,000 to go, Silva gave it up.
flop. Both players checked.Come the
turn, and Neuville bet out 65,000. Abecassis called, and they proceeded.The river was the
and Neuville now bet out 125,000. Abecassis, down to his last 300,000 or so. disappeared into the tank. He must have got lost in there, as it was a good five minutes before Neuville called the clock and Abecassis insta-folded. He stalked off, possibly to throw up in the bathroom.
The dealer ran out the first three cards:
. Franklin fired a healthy bet of 105,000, and Matias quickly began stacking out a raise. He made it 250,000 straight, and the decision was back on the 18-year-old. After a long pause, Franklin sat still as he quietly announced, "Reraise." He counted out another 550,000 and added them to the pot for a total bet of 655,000. Matias didn't waste too much time calling.The turn card came the
to put trips on board. Franklin sat absolutely motionless for what felt like an eternity before he tapped the table. Matias immediately announced an all in, and Franklin couldn't have mucked any faster.The big pot goes to the big stack, and he's increased his chip lead significantly. Franklin, on the other hand, has just squandered half of his chip stack in one fell swoop.
Matias - 3,450,000
Franklin - 735,000
Jan Skampa - 1,075,000
Jeff Sarwer - 2,150,000
Antonio Matias - 2,725,000
Joao Silva - 490,000
Michel Abecassis - 422,000
Pierre Neuville - 880,000
.Neuville continued out with a bet of 95,000, drawing a long stare from Sawer. After about a minute, Jeff made a raise to 215,000. Pierre spent another couple minutes debating his play, occasionally looking like he wanted to at least call the bet. In the end, though, he passed his cards back to the dealer, sending the pot over to Sarwer.
Skampa checked the
flop, and then both he and Neuville laid it down to a 135,000 bet from Sarwer.
It folded to Michel Abecassis in the small blind, who quietly announced all in for another 348,000. The bog blind passed, and after a while so did Matias, flashing the
as he did so.
Showdown
Vlasenko:
Franklin:
The flop was pretty dry for the at-risk player as it came out
. The 
on the turn left Vlasenko drawing to just two outs, and the 
on the river is, indeed, not a nine when viewed right-side-up. Unable to improve his underdog nines, Andrei Vlasenko shook hands with his opponents and made his way out the door to a big ovation. His 8th-place showing is good for more than �30,000.Photo courtesy of PokerStars and Neil Stoddart
Skampa check-called 56,000 on the
flop and again on the turn. When both players checked the 
river, showdown revealed that Skampa's 
had been miles ahead of Matias' the whole way, and he took the pot.