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2011 PokerStars.com EPT Loutraki
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Zimnan Ziyard | 2,370,000 | |
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John Taramas |
1,755,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Hauke Heseding |
1,645,000
-485,000
|
-485,000 |
Pierre Mothes | 1,285,000 | |
Andras Kovacs |
1,010,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Florian Schleps |
910,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
Charalampos Kapernopoulos |
530,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Mario Puccini |
490,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
Sometimes it just doesn't matter how you look at a hand, the result is always going to be the same.
Zimnan Ziyard raised to 63,000 from the hijack seat and Pierre Mothes moved all-in for 690,000 in the small blind and Ziyard called.
Mothes | |
Ziyard |
Mothes ran over to his friends on the rail and embraced them, refusing to look at the table behind him.
Flop:
"Yes!" came the cry from his friends.
Once again we needed runner-runner for an elimination and it didn't come. The turn and river bricked off for Ziyard and Mothes doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zimnan Ziyard |
2,370,000
-580,000
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-580,000 |
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Pierre Mothes |
1,285,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
Andras Kovacs has just doubled up through Charalampos Kapernopoulos and here is how the hand went down.
The action folded around to Kovacs in the cutoff and he open shoved for 501,000. The button and small blind folded and Kapernopoulos peeked at his cards, smiled at Kovacs and then put his hands behind his head. After a few seconds of questioning Kapernopoulos called and we had a showdown with Kovacs at risk of elimination.
Kovacs | |
Kapernopoulos |
Flop:
Kovacs lets out a cry of yes and walks over to the rail to embrace his girlfriend. Meanwhile Kapernopoulos looked distraught and needed runner-runner to eliminate Kovacs. The turn was the and Kapernopoulos was drawing dead making the totally irrelevant.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andras Kovacs |
1,070,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Charalampos Kapernopoulos |
570,000
-460,000
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-460,000 |
Mario Puccini moved all-in from the small blind and Andras Kovacs folded. Then a Florian Schleps 60,000 raise from the hijack seat was greeted by a Kovacs all-in and Schleps folded.
Zimnan Ziyard raised to 63,000 in early position and Charalampos Kapernopoulos peeled one off in the cutoff. The flop was and both players checked. The turn card was the and a 78,000 Ziyard bet took down the pot.
Zimnard Ziyard raised to 70,000 preflop from the small blind but quickly gave up when Ioannis Taramas made it 230,000 in the big blind.
The next hand saw Taramas limp the small blind but then fold when Charalampos Kapernopoulos made it 62,000. Kapernopoulos showed
Charalampos Kapernopoulos raised to 62,000 preflop and Mario Puccini made it 145,000 on the button. Kapernopoulos looked nonplussed but moved all in anyway and Puccini snapped him off.
Kapernopoulos:
Puccini:
The old cooler and it was over after the flop when the board came making the Greek player quads! He doubled to a million chips while Puccini dropped to 600,000 as a result.
Mario Puccini raised to 60,000 from middle position and John Taramas called in the cutoff. The action folded around to Hauke Heseding in the big blind and he made it a threeway flop.
Flop:
Heseding checked in the dark, Puccini c-bet 85,000 and both players called.
Turn:
Heseding checked once more and Puccini bet 180,000. Taramas quickly folded but it took Heseding a lot longer to release his hand, but release it he did. Puccini picked up a nice healthy pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hauke Heseding |
2,130,000
-139,000
|
-139,000 |
John Taramas
|
1,640,000 | |
Mario Puccini |
1,100,000
267,000
|
267,000 |
Zimnan Ziyard raised to 60,000 on the button and Charalampos Kapernopoulos defended his big blind.The flop was and Kapernopoulos check-called a 72,000 Ziyard c-bet. On the turn the dealer gave us the and once again Ziyard bet when checked to - the bet was 100,000. You could tell by the look on Kapernopoulos that he had a hand that he didnt want to let go. He went into the tank for a while but eventually folded the face up.
"Show me your hand, show me your hand," screamed Kapernopoulos.
Ziyard slid his hand unseen to the dealer.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Zimnan Ziyard |
2,800,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
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Charalampos Kapernopoulos |
530,000
-157,000
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-157,000 |