2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
78
Prize
€404,793
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Porrtuguese-on-Portuguese Action Confuses Rail

Antonio Matias, originator of our quote of the day ("No limit hold'em is my beach"), raised from the button. In the big blind, fellow countryman Joao Silva made the call.

Silva checked the {5-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} flop and then called a bet from Matias. Silva then bet out 75,000 on the {K-Hearts} turn, but laid it down to a 250,000 raise from Matias. There was polite applause from the rail, who seemed happy just a Portuguese player had won a hand, never mind that a Portuguese player had also been on the losing end.