2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

Day 3 completed

Posted 11-02-2007 21:07 GMT+2

The Final Table is Set

It took just under five hours to narrow the field from 24 to our final nine, as the action was fast-paced from the get go. Leading the way is 19-year-old online pro Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad, who has amassed a chip stack of 788,000.

The nine players who will contest for an EPT title and the €532,620 first place prize tomorrow afternoon are, in final table seat order:

1. Thierry van den Berg - 274,000
2. Daan Ruiter - 646,000
3. Reuben Peters - 176,000
4. Annette Obrestad - 788,000
5. Anders Pettersson - 166,000
6. Casper Hansen - 360,000
7. Tronde Eidsvig - 184,000
8. Michael Durrer - 247,000
9. Reijo Manninen - 480,000

Join us tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. local time for our continued coverage of the PokerStars.com EPT - Dublin as we play down to a winner.

Until then, good luck and good night!

Tags: Annette Obrestad.

Andy Black is a Prophet!

Earlier in our reports we mentioned that Andy said that he and Annette would clash three quarters of the way through the last level of the day.

With 12 minutes remaining on the clock in round 19 he gets all in pre-flop against the young Norwegian.

He had just doubled through Tronde Eidsvig and had nearly 200,000 chips. Annette pushed over his pre-flop raise and Andy called.

Annette
Andy

No help for the enigmatic Irishman and his prophecy is fulfilled, as he is the final-table bubble boy, finishing in 10th place and earning €30,630.

Tags: Andy Black.

10 Players Remaining

There are currently 10 players remaining in the tournament and the average chip stack is 331,500. We're just one elimination away from deciding who will take part in tomorrow's nine-handed final table.

Ludovic Lacay Eliminated!

After losing that large pot Ludovic Lacay has been eliminated when he ran his into Daan Ruiter's .

Ludovic Lacay finishes in 11th place earning €23,820.

Play is now hand for hand and will finish with the next exit.

Tags: Ludovic Lacay.

Monstrous Meltdown

Just a few hands after doubling up Tronde Eidsvig, Andy Black doubled up another opponent, this time Reijo Manninen, after having his K-5 outkicked by Manninen's K-Q, on the board.

The hand left Black with right around 100,000 in chips.

Tags: Andy Black.

Casper Hansen Doubles Up!

Casper Hansen limped in from the small blind and Ludovic Lacay moved all in from the big blind. Caspers calls immediately.

Casper is the all-in player having 160,000 chips and holding .

Ludovic had pushed with .

The board played out and the river saves Casper, doubling him up to 320,000.

Tags: Casper Hansen, Ludovic Lacay.

Tronde Eidsvig Doubles Through Andy Black

Andy Black looked up Tronde Eidsvig's all in bet on a flop of ; Eidsvig tabled for a flush draw, while Black revealed pocket fours.

Tronde also had two over cards to Andy's fours and he hit one of them, the on the turn, to take the lead in the hand. An irrelevant fell off on the river and Tronde doubled up.

The hand left former chip leader Andy Black with a tournament average-sized chip stack of approximately 300,000.

Tags: Andy Black, Tronde Eidsvig.

Reijo Manninen Doubles Up!

Reijo moved all in UTG and was called by Andy Black who is directly to his left. Everyone else got out of the way and a classic race began. Andy had the Big Slick versus the wired eights of Reijo. No ace or king and Reijo doubles up to 160,000.

Tags: Reijo Manninen.

Michael Durrer Sends Ziad Kaady to the Rail

Shortly after the level change, Michael Durrer and Ziad Kaady exchanged raises and Ziad found himself all in pre-flop holding against Michael Durrer's .

The board filled out giving Durrer top two pair and the pot. Ziad's 12th-place finish earned him €23,820 in prize money.

Tags: Ziad Kaady.