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PokerStars EPT Vilamoura – Day 4 report
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2009-11-24 09:31
Day 4 of the PokerStars
European Poker Tour’s Vilamoura stop saw some pretty torrid action, despite the rainclouds that were making a no nonsense appearance in the skies above Vilamoura.
24 players bellied up to the tables within the safe confines of the casino, and the action kicked off in high gear. All these folks were guaranteed a payout and apparently they all decided the only way they were going to reach the final table was on a deep stack. Table 2 featured some of the fastest paced action on Day 4. One orbit alone saw no fewer than 3 pocket rockets hit the table at showdown, and 2 players weren’t lucky enough to dodge them.
Mohamed Razab and Matt Jones were the two victims. Razab’s A.K was no match for Jan Skampa’s rockets and neither were Jones’ pocket 7s for Sousa’s aces.
Anthony Lellouche began the day as the chip leader. At kick-off, few would’ve thought that an hour later he would already be on the rail, but that’s exactly what happened. Lellouche was overtaken in the battle for the chip lead by Antonio Matias. Looking to regain that lead, Lellouche then got involved in a hand in which he bluffed all in, holding nothing but a gutshot straight draw. Matias made a set though and he made the call too to eliminate Lellouche.
Three more players were bounced following Lellouche’s elimination, and the field was reduced to two tables.
Within 30 minutes following the start of 2 table action, four players were eliminated,
PokerStars’ own Jude Ainsworth among them.
Gino Gabriel was sent to the rail in 12th place then, followed shortly by Tome Moreira who fell at Jeff Sarver’s hands. Terrazas’ elimination marked the bursting of the unofficial final table bubble.
His stack given a huge boost by Anthony Lellouche’s elimination, Antonio Matias was on top of the wave. He kept on playing aggressively, and despite the fact that he was an amateur, nobody could really even attempt to stop him. He took on opponent after opponent and took down one large pot after another. Pretty soon, he reached the 3 million chip mark.
Jeff Sarwer did well too: he’d accumulated almost 2 million chips to finish day 4 second behind Matias.
