The UKs Alex Goulder has had his best ever year at the poker table in 2014, helped in no small part by his biggest ever live cash in Prague just a week ago. He chatted to the PokerStars Blog about his annus mirabilis.
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
Eoghan O'Dea errr Rory Brown seems to be having a very decent day thus far, as the Irish is up to more than three-times the starting stack. Fahredin Mustafov's seat was empty and M;icah Raskin doubled up with pocket kings versus pocket queens.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Rory Brown |
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Leonid Markin |
85,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Jannick Wrang |
76,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
||
Zo Karim |
76,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Pascal Vos |
61,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Mustapha Kanit |
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
||
Sabina Hiatullah |
58,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Josip Simunic |
39,500
39,500
|
39,500 |
Jeff Madsen |
38,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Jack Salter |
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Christopher Frank |
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Benny Spindler |
35,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
Micah Raskin |
31,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Martin Finger |
31,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
Roberto Romanello |
30,000
12,400
|
12,400 |
|
||
Tom Hall |
29,500
29,500
|
29,500 |
Marcin Horecki |
27,500
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Mathias Kürschner |
26,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
Konstantin Puchkov |
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Marius Pospiech |
26,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Mateusz Moolhuizen |
25,000
-21,500
|
-21,500 |
Russell Thomas |
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Benjamin Pollak |
22,400
22,400
|
22,400 |
Sebastian Langrock |
22,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Sotirios Koutoupas |
20,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
You remember the post we wrote about Max Silver losing all of his chips with aces to king-jack? Well, the gentleman with the king-jack in that hand just made another victim.
German pro Manig Loeser, who finished third in a big WSOP event this year and runner up in one the year before, has been eliminated by the same player. Loeser had aces but lost to kings.
A little consolation for Loeser is that he won't have to read any more incredibly unfunny puns with his name this week.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Manig Loeser | Eliminado | |
|
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Simon Deadman | Eliminado | |
Sergii Baranov | Eliminado | |
Ka Kwan Lau | Eliminado | |
Juha Helppi | Eliminado | |
Sergio Aido | Eliminado | |
Alexander Lakhov | Eliminado | |
Koray Aldemir | Eliminado | |
Dmitry Nemirovsky
|
Eliminado | |
Mitch Johnson | Eliminado |
Stephen Chidwick opened from early position and picked up one caller in the big blind.
The flop of was checked and on the turn card Chidwick called a bet of 1,000.
The river card was checked over to Chidwick who gave his opponent a cold stare and bet 3,000. The player in the big blind didn’t seem convinced and made the call.
Chidwick turned over the old for trips and the chips were pushed his way.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick |
34,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
The PokerStars video team found a couple of poker players and media members crazy enough to do a poker version of the song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'. It's probably a good thing they didn't try to make careers in performing.
After a raise by Gaelle Baumann and a three-bet to 1,500 by Giuliano Bendinelli, one opponent behind them called and Baumann then four-bet to 4,500. Only Bendinelli called and they saw the heads-up flop of . Baumann fired 3,675 and then checked down the turn and the river. Baumann showed but that was only second best to the of the Italian.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Giuliano Bendinelli |
53,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
Gaelle Baumann |
27,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
Asher Neaman limped in from under the gun as did Frederik Reusch from the cut off. Ilan Boujenah was on the button and raised it up to 1,125 as the blinds got out of the way. Neaman made the call before Reusch threw out a three-bet to 3,375. Boujenah couldn’t grasp how the hand was playing out and opted to fold. Neaman made the call before both players watched the flop come down .
Neaman checked his option before Reusch threw out a continuation bet of 3,000. It was called instantly before the delaer produced the on the turn. Neaman checked and Reusch reached for his chips. A bet of 6,050 was pushed into the middle and Neaman confirmed with the dealer what the bet amount was.
He then moved all in over the top for approximately 21,000 in chips and Reusch froze. The bet was too large and he ended up folding his hand.
“Please show me what you had,” begged Boujenah following the hand.
Reusch just grinned and shook his head as Boujenah couldn’t believe what happened.
“I had jacks,” he added, now pondering whether he made the right move.
“I had aces,” replied Neaman, much to the surprise of his two opponents as well as others at the table.
“I didn’t want to scare anyone away with all the raising pre flop,” he ended.
The discussion went on for several minutes as small talk circled the table.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Asher Neaman
|
45,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Ilan Boujenah | 35,300 | |
Frederik Neusch
|
26,800 |
Sin Melin, a U.K. circuit regular, is playing in her first EPT Main Event today and was enjoying a massage at the table in a recent hand. While that may be relaxing, the fact that she has Martin Finger to her direct left is less conducive to an easy time at the poker table.
Melin opened for 650 on the button and got called by Finger in the small blind and the player in the big blind. Three players saw a flop of and it was checked around.
The turn card was the and Finger now led out for 1,000 which got called by both opponents.
On the river Finger bet again, this time a more substantial 5,200. The player in the big called and Melin mucked her cards. Finger had it, turning over for the straight and his opponent mucked.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Martin Finger |
55,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
Sin Melin |
31,300
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
Gerald Karlic flopped a straight with and got paid off by Matthew Haugen's for two pair to boost the stack of the Austrian up to more than two-times the starting stack.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Gerald Karlic |
65,000
30,000
|
30,000 |