The EPT London, run and sponsored by PokerStars, starts in a couple of days time. On Wednesday 30th Sept to be precise. There is an interested schedule of events. It follows straight on from the WSOPE in London, so many of the big players, including those from America are over for this.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
12:00 £20,000 + £500  - High Roller - Day 1
14:00 £1,000 + £100 - No Limit - 6 Max - Day 1
20:00 £1,000 + £100 - PLH / PLO Freezeout - Day 1
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
12:00 £20,000 + £500 - High Roller - Day 2  
13:00 £1,000 + £100 - No Limit - 6 Max - Final Day
13:00 £1,000 + £100 - PLH / PLO Freezeout - Final Day
14:00 £1,000 + £100 - PLO Double Chance - 6 Max - Day 1
18:00 £2,000 + £150 - European 8 Game Championships - Day 1
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009
12:00 £5,000 + £250 - Main Event Day 1A
12:00 £20,000 + £500 - High Roller - Final Table 
13:00 £1,000 + £100 - PLO Double Chance - 6 Max - Final Day
13:00 £2,000 + £150 - European 8 Game Championships - Final Day
17:00 £550 + £50 + 1 Re - Buy - Super Satellite to Main
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2009
12:00 £5,000 + £250 - Main Event Day 1B
20:00 £1,000 + £100 - PLO Hi-Lo - Double Chance - Day 1
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009
12:00 £5,000+ £250 - Main Event Day 2
13:00 £1,000 + £100 - PLO Hi - Lo - Double Chance - Final Day
16:00 £2,500 + £200 - NL Freezeout - Day 1
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009
12:00 £5,000 + £250 - Main Event - Day 3 
13:00 £2,500 + £200 - NL Freezeout - Final Day
14:00 £2,000 + £150 - PLO Double Chance Freezeout - Day 1
17:00 £200 + £20 - Ladies ONLY Event – 1 day event
20:00 £1,000 + £100 - NL Freezeout - Day 1
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
12:00 £5,000 + £250 - Main Event Day 4 
13:00 £1,000 + £100 - NL Freezeout - Final Day
13:00 £2,000 + £150 - PLO Freezeout - Day 2
14:00 £500 + £50 - 8 Game - Day 1
18:00 £1,500 + £100 - NL Freezeout – Day 1
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009
12:00 £5,000 + £250 - Main Event Day 5 - Final Table 
12:00 £2,000 + £150 - PLO Freezeout - Final Day
12:00 £500 + £50 - 8 Game - Final Day
12:00 £1,500 + £100 - NL Freezeout - Final Day
13:00 £500 + £50 - PLO Shootout - Cap 100
13:00 £500 + £50 - No Limit Shootout - Cap 100

The WSOPE Main Event in London has reached Day 3 with 94 players remaining, left competing for the £800,000 first prize ($1.27 million).

Amongst the 4 chip leaders are Doyle Brunson (10 time WSOP Winner),  Praz Bansi (WSOP Winner and GUKPT Winner), James Akenhead (2009 November Nine Player),  and Ian Munns (actual leader with a 528K chipstack).

Still alive and very much kicking are also Liz Lieu, Daniel Negreanu, Dave Devilfish, Annette Obrestad, Steve Zolotow, Ram Vaswani, Joe Beevers, Antonio Esfandiari, Todd Brunson, Men Nguyen, John Juanda, and many many other big names.   A whole host of big internet names are also still in such as Boosted J, and Jovial Gent.

The action is definately hotting up and tomorrow will see the bubble burst as they are playing down to 27, with 36 players getting paid

Jovial Gent has just won the 2009 WCOOP Main Event on PokerStars.  He beat Udon Wannit heads-up (final hand below).   There was no chop, and Jovial Gent won $1,715,200 (yes $1.7 million!).

 Final Hand

 PokerStars Game #33135880097: Tournament #200909045, $5000+$200 USD Hold’em No Limit - Level XL (60000/120000) - 2009/09/22 2:46:13 ET
Table ‘200909045 90′ 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 3: Jovial Gent (36796534 in chips)
Seat 5: Udon Wannit (6083466 in chips)
Jovial Gent: posts the ante 15000
Udon Wannit: posts the ante 15000
Udon Wannit: posts small blind 60000
Jovial Gent: posts big blind 120000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Udon Wannit: raises 120000 to 240000
Jovial Gent: calls 120000
*** FLOP *** [6s Kc 8h]
Jovial Gent: checks
Udon Wannit: bets 240000
Jovial Gent: raises 480000 to 720000
Udon Wannit: raises 5108466 to 5828466 and is all-in
Jovial Gent: calls 5108466
*** TURN *** [6s Kc 8h] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [6s Kc 8h 3s] [4c]
Jovial Gent said, “gg”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jovial Gent: shows [Kd 6d] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
Udon Wannit: shows [5c 6c] (a pair of Sixes)
Jovial Gent collected 12166932 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12166932 | Rake 0
Board [6s Kc 8h 3s 4c]
Seat 3: Jovial Gent (big blind) showed [Kd 6d] and won (12166932) with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 5: Udon Wannit (button) (small blind) showed [5c 6c] and lost with a pair of Sixes

 A great WCOOP for djk123, winning 2 bracelets (in Razz, and HORSE) and then getting deep in the Main Event.   He ultimately finished 4th in that and easily bagged the Player of the Series.    Possibly a little bit of tilt crept in for the final hand.    First he lost a significant pot here (to a flush draw), to reduce him down to about 10 million chips…

PokerStars Game #33135555487: Tournament #200909045, $5000+$200 USD Hold’em No Limit - Level XXXIX (50000/100000) - 2009/09/22 2:24:17 ET
Table ‘200909045 90′ 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: reddeevil (5180894 in chips)
Seat 3: Jovial Gent (15601010 in chips)
Seat 4: djk123 (15584625 in chips)
Seat 5: Udon Wannit (6513471 in chips)
reddeevil: posts the ante 12500
Jovial Gent: posts the ante 12500
djk123: posts the ante 12500
Udon Wannit: posts the ante 12500
reddeevil: posts small blind 50000
Jovial Gent: posts big blind 100000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
djk123: raises 100000 to 200000
Udon Wannit: folds
reddeevil: calls 150000
Jovial Gent: raises 600000 to 800000
djk123: calls 600000
reddeevil: calls 600000
*** FLOP *** [Ad 5c 6c]
reddeevil: checks
Jovial Gent: bets 1100000
djk123: calls 1100000
reddeevil: raises 3268394 to 4368394 and is all-in
Jovial Gent: folds
djk123: calls 3268394
*** TURN *** [Ad 5c 6c] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 5c 6c 4c] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
reddeevil: shows [Kc Jc] (a flush, King high)
djk123: shows [Jd Ah] (a pair of Aces)
reddeevil collected 12286788 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12286788 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 5c 6c 4c Qc]
Seat 1: reddeevil (small blind) showed [Kc Jc] and won (12286788) with a flush, King high
Seat 3: Jovial Gent (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: djk123 showed [Jd Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: Udon Wannit (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

This was followed just 2 hands later by:

PokerStars Game #33135583131: Tournament #200909045, $5000+$200 USD Hold’em No Limit - Level XL (60000/120000) - 2009/09/22 2:26:06 ET
Table ‘200909045 90′ 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: reddeevil (12274288 in chips)
Seat 3: Jovial Gent (13626010 in chips)
Seat 4: djk123 (10291231 in chips)
Seat 5: Udon Wannit (6688471 in chips)
reddeevil: posts the ante 15000
Jovial Gent: posts the ante 15000
djk123: posts the ante 15000
Udon Wannit: posts the ante 15000
djk123: posts small blind 60000
Udon Wannit: posts big blind 120000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
reddeevil: folds
Jovial Gent: raises 161010 to 281010
djk123: raises 563434 to 844444
Udon Wannit: folds
Jovial Gent: raises 955556 to 1800000
djk123: raises 8476231 to 10276231 and is all-in
Jovial Gent: calls 8476231
*** FLOP *** [Jh Kh 4s]
*** TURN *** [Jh Kh 4s] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Kh 4s 3d] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
djk123: shows [Th Td] (a pair of Tens)
Jovial Gent: shows [Kd Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
Jovial Gent said, “gg Dan :(”
Jovial Gent collected 20732462 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20732462 | Rake 0
Board [Jh Kh 4s 3d Qc]
Seat 1: reddeevil folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: Jovial Gent (button) showed [Kd Ks] and won (20732462) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 4: djk123 (small blind) showed [Th Td] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 5: Udon Wannit (big blind) folded before Flop

 WCOOP $25K High-roller Heads-up Event on PokerStars

Iftarii tanked this for over a minute before calling.   Sick slowroll.  A bit unclassy.   stevesbets probably thought he was good for sure here (ie against a draw only)

PokerStars Game #32807124802: Tournament #200909027, $25000+$500 USD Hold’em No Limit - Match Round II, Level III (80/160) - 2009/09/13 17:52:42 ET
Table ‘200909027 16′ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Iftarii (21579 in chips)
Seat 2: stevesbets (18421 in chips)
stevesbets: posts small blind 80
Iftarii: posts big blind 160
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevesbets: raises 160 to 320
Iftarii: raises 800 to 1120
stevesbets: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [4s 6d 5s]
Iftarii: bets 1500
stevesbets: raises 15801 to 17301 and is all-in
Iftarii: calls 15801
*** TURN *** [4s 6d 5s] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [4s 6d 5s Qd] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Iftarii: shows [8s 7s] (a straight, Four to Eight)
stevesbets: shows [4c 5c] (two pair, Fives and Fours)
Iftarii collected 36842 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 36842 | Rake 0
Board [4s 6d 5s Qd 7c]
Seat 1: Iftarii (big blind) showed [8s 7s] and won (36842) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 2: stevesbets (button) (small blind) showed [4c 5c] and lost with two pair, Fives and Fours

14 hours of poker later and we were all done in WCOOP Event 10 (The 10K Highrollers Event).   Fine displays from Sowerss, BeL0WaB0Ve and SCTrojans (2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively), but ultimately it was Sumpas from Linkoping who triumphed and took down the bracelet and the $611K first prize

Here is the final hand:

PokerStars Game #32548015182: Tournament #200909010, $10000+$300 USD Hold’em No Limit - Level XXVIII (7000/14000) - 2009/09/07 6:34:33 ET
Table ‘200909010 18′ 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Sowerss (780000 in chips)
Seat 4: Sumpas (2210000 in chips)
Sowerss: posts the ante 1750
Sumpas: posts the ante 1750
Sumpas: posts small blind 7000
Sowerss: posts big blind 14000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Sumpas: raises 16000 to 30000
Sowerss: calls 16000
*** FLOP *** [4s Ks 4d]
Sowerss: checks
Sumpas: bets 30000
Sowerss: raises 60000 to 90000
Sumpas: raises 75000 to 165000
Sowerss: raises 583250 to 748250 and is all-in
Sumpas: calls 583250
*** TURN *** [4s Ks 4d] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [4s Ks 4d 7s] [3d]
Sowerss said, “nh gg”
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sowerss: shows [Jh Td] (a pair of Fours)
Sumpas: shows [Kd Tc] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
Sumpas collected 1560000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1560000 | Rake 0
Board [4s Ks 4d 7s 3d]
Seat 1: Sowerss (big blind) showed [Jh Td] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 4: Sumpas (button) (small blind) showed [Kd Tc] and won (1560000) with two pair, Kings and Fours

The PokerStars WCOOP $10K buy-in Highroller event attracted 299 entrants, making a prizepool of close to $3 million, and a first prize of $611,455

Here are some notable entrants/players:

T1. John Duthie
T2. teacuppoker, shaundeeb, Soweress, mig.com, Johnny Bax
T3. Iftarii, pbdrunks
T4. gboro780, arbianight, Andy McLEOD, BobbyFi
T5. aakkari
T6. PeteEastgate, ADZ124, agriffrod, UGOTPZD
T7. NoraFlum, TheCleaner11
T8. $tinger
T9.  busto_soon, j.thaddeus, stevie444, Money800, D.Phillips
T10. stevejpa, lilholdem954, bluffblocker
T11. LadyMaverick, #1PEN
T12. ch0ppy, BelowAbove
T13. SvZff, MrSomkey1, takechip, Boosted J
T14. ocrowe, DarusSuharto, SirWatts
T15. t soprano, Moorman1, Roothlus
T16. SCTrojans, USCphildo, jcamby33, KipsterDK
T17. Allingomes
T18. eisenhower1
T19. Elky, PureCash25, Paolo69
T20. Katya Thater, skilled_sox
T21. bigegypt, SNo0oWMAN
T22. gunning4you, apestyles, THE__D__RY, JC Alvarado, Sumpas
T23. gregior
T24. William
T25. westmenloAA, dorinwandy
T27. JoeHachem, AJKHoosier1
T28. Genius28, ZeeJustin
T29. aprilsfool
T30. barryg1, Jovial Gent
T31. RainKhan, thedonator
T32. ElMastermind