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EPT London Main Event Day 2 report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sat, 2008-10-04 18:24
Not long after the WSOPE’s London Main Event ground to a conclusion, the 158 players still in the books for the EPT’s London Main Event bellied up to their tables. At the end of the day, the field would be cut down to 32 survivors with Philippe D’Auteuil in the chip lead (477,000 chips) followed by countryman Antony Lellouche, and David Benyamine wrapping up the all-French top 3.
Other big names who took part in the second day’s action were Scotty Nguyen, Victoria Coren, Vanessa Rousso and Barry Greenstein.
The day began with the short-stacks making their usual bid to double up or bust. This early fray claimed a few victims. Neal Channing was unfortunate enough to be amongst these early casualties as he ran his 10,10 into an opponent’s K,K. He didn’t bust out there and then, but suffered a huge blow to his stack, which meant that he couldn’t hang on for more than a few more hands.
Jean Robert Bellande was also relatively quick to head to the rail, as was Alex Kravchenko and Isabelle Mercier.
56 players would finish in the money, so Day 2 two pretty much came down to the bubble. Everyone kicked and clawed not to become one of the last players to head to the rail without a pay-out, but several “name” pros fell just short of reaching the money. Gus Hansen, and Barry Greenstein were among these pros. Kathy Liebert missed the money too as she had her K,Q sunk by a pair of 6s.
Hafiz Khan got the worst of it as he busted out right on the bubble, when he shoved all-in on his A,Q. He got called by an opponent with a pair of Js but hit an A right on the flop. It was Lady Luck’s turn to make fun of him on the turn though as a J landed and sent Khan to the rail just one place shy of a paying position.
After Khan’s misfortune, the pace of eliminations picked up again. Arnaud Mattern fell at the hands of David Benyamine, and Victoria Coren lost a 10,10 vs K,K showdown against Antony Lellouche’s kings.
