It's not only in Paris that poker stars are battling it out for some serious cash. On Monday, the 2013 World Poker Tour Alpha8 kicked off in London at the luxurious Palm Beach on Mayfair venue. The £100,000 buy-in tournament attracted 10 players spread across two tables at the beginning of Day 1 and ended with 19 entries.
11 players made it through Day 1 inluding Viktor Blom, Tony G, T[...] Read more » WPT Alpha8: Tobias Reinkeimer Leads Star-Filled £100k Event in London
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Such a weird format with such few entries. More like a home game almost cos most of these guys will know each other too.
If you look at that hand that was played I guarantee you if that happened on a $0.10/0.25 table you'd be like 'DONKK!' at everyone except Esfandiari who actually had the best hand at that point, however given his spot I don't get why he dumped his chips in, nor why Reinkeimer got it in with a flush draw - maybe at the these stakes you need to win these hands with a bit of a flip to beat the skill of the adversaries like Esfandiari.
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Tobias Reinkeimer is a nervous player i think , i watched him twice and i think he's was pest -off He have around 20k chips left he have A 9 suited and he got 2 suited cards on flop and another player raise to 5k and he just go all in and nothing on turn and river. When he stand up the face telling everything to us At the end he takes 140k$
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only 19 players but what an array of talent. players such as Esfandiari,Reinkeimer,Tony G, Victor Blom, Scott Seiver, Phillip Gruissem and Steven Silverman are all poker hal lof famers of the future. Thanks but no thanks to playing these superstars!
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He have around 20k chips left he have A 9 suited and he got 2 suited cards on flop and another player raise to 5k and he just go all in and nothing on turn and river. When he stand up the face telling everything to us 
