After chopping with against the of Simon Higgins (the five community cards were ), Tamer Kamel moved all in for effectively 373,000 from the small blind.
"Call," Carla Sabini said immediately, showing .
Kamel tabled , and the aces held as the board came .
In an unbelievable turn of events we just lost David 'Devil Fish" Ulliot in sixth place. It all started when Sorel Mizzi moved all in from the button for 555,000 chips. Ulliot tanked for a while and called from the small blind.
Jason Lavallee was next to act and he moved all in over the top within a second to put Ulliot in a very tough spot. Both Ulliot and Lavallee pushed forward 555,000 chips and the former looked down at his remaining 900,000 chips, as he was contemplating a call.
During Ulliot's decision making process Mizzi joked around with the players on the rail and Lavallee had a hard time not laughing, as he was in a position to potentially take out two players.
"Call," Ulliott ultimately announced while the three short stacks seemed to be in shock.
"Please don't have an ace, please don't have an ace," Mizzi said, as the cards were turned on their backs.
Ulliott:
Mizzi:
Lavallee:
Nobody had an ace besides Mizzi who flopped extremely good when appeared. The turn brought the and the river the giving Mizzi a triple up and Lavallee the remainder of Ulliot's chips.
"If I win that hand I just walk away with the trophy," Lavallee sighed as was very close to being four-handed with almost all of the remaining chips.
"I would've just gone out to celebrate for a level and a half before coming back," Lavallee added with a smile as he will now have to deal with Mizzi's dangerous stack.
David "Devil Fish" Ulliott raised to 75,000 from middle position, Carla Sabini defended her big blind, and the dealer fanned . Sabini checked, Ulliott continued for 60,000, and Sabini made the call.
The turn was the , Sabini check-called another 100,000 from Devil Fish, and the completed the board. The Canadian checked for a third time, and Ulliott emptied the chamber, firing a final bullet worth 120,000. Sabini called.
"Straight?" she asked.
Ulliott didn't respond verbally, rather he turned over for a pair of kings turned jack-high straight, raking in the pot.
Jason Lavallee opened to 60,000 from under the gun, David "Devil Fish" Ulliott defended his big blind, and the flop came down . Ulliott check-called a bet of 59,000, and the pair checked after the fell on the turn.
The completed the board, giving each player at least tens and sevens with an ace kicker, and Ulliott led out for 120,000. Lavallee reached into his massive stack, pulling out a handful of pumpkin T25,000 chips, and cut out a raise to 300,000. He pushed it forward.
"Can ya beat this?" Devil Fish asked, flashing and mucking.
Lavallee grinned, and showed .
"Bluffin' with the best of it," Ulliott grunted.
"No," Lavallee corrected him, "I didn't want to chop."
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:
Place
Player
Points
1
David Benefield
321.18 pts
2
Thomas Muhlocker
254.55 pts
3
Ole Schemion
240.65
4
Joao Barbosa
220.20 pts
5
Jonathan Duhamel
195.58 pts
6
Joni Jouhkimainen
193.11 pts
7
Lukasz Roczniak
185.51 pts
8
Tom Middleton
181.74 pts
9
Kevin Vandersmissen
173.42 pts
10
Oleksii Khoroshenin
166.89 pts
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race at each of the EPT stops, so be sure to keep an eye out for those in future events.
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott is enjoying a week at EPT London that recalls his time at the very top of the game. It's all cash and incessant chat with Devilfish at the party. PokerStars Blog listens in.
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano raised to 60,000 from early position and David Ulliott called from the cutoff. Jason Lavallee was seated on the button and he called as well after which both blinds folded.
The flop brought and Pagano moved all in right away for right around 500,000 chips. Ulliott folded immediately and Lavallee looked back down at his cards and called right away.
Lavallee:
Pagano:
The board ran out , and Pagano was knocked out.
"I keep losing these huge hands," Pagano sighed as he shook his head and wished the other players good luck. Lavallee is running away with it here as just six players remain
Jason Lavallee raised to 60,000 in middle position, and two players called - Carla Sabini on the button and Sorel Mizzi in the big blind. The dealer fanned , Mizzi checked, and Lavallee examined Mizzi's stack before tossing out a continuation-bet of 78,000. Only Sabini called.
The turn brought a second three - the - and Lavallee checked. Sabini quickly pushed out a small stack of pumpkin T25,000 chips, making it 100,000 to go, and Lavallee called.
The completed the board, Lavallee knuckled again, and Sabini immediately reached for chips. She fired out 160,000 (less than 30% of the pot), and Lavallee chuckled before calling. Sabini showed for a busted gutshot draw, and her fellow countryman tabled for a better queen-high.