2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 1a
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$3,198,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$15,764
Prize Pool
$13,393,124
Entries
842
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Katja Thater Eliminated

With the board reading {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, Katja Thater moved all in for her remaining 6,700 on the turn. After a lengthy think, her opponent called and turned up {K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. Thater winced as she flipped over her {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}. The river was the {4-Hearts} and Thater graciously shook her opponent's hand as she headed to the rail.

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Friends Become Foes

Friends Become Foes
Friends Become Foes
Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad and Anna Wroblewski, friends and former partners in a recent Aussie Millions teams event, are now competitive enemies, as they've been placed together at the same tournament table.

Nearby, good friends Roland de Wolfe and Thomas Wahlroos are sitting side-by-side at the same table, chatting it up in between hands.

Tags: Anna Wroblewski

"KaiBuxxe" Meets a Supernova Elite

Niki "KaiBuxxe" Jedlicka
Niki "KaiBuxxe" Jedlicka
Niki "KaiBuxxe" Jedlicka, a Full Tilt pro who made a name for himself beating some of the biggest cash games on the net, has been moved to a table with Kevin "Comma_D" Arba, a PokerStars sit'n'go pro with Supernova Elite status.

Sparks could fly as these two cyber heavyweights size each other up. At the moment, Jedlicka has approximately 11,000 in chips, while Arba has just under 12,000.

Tags: Niki Jedlicka

Greenstein Struggles

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein has had a tough day in the office and one again hit a hurdle in the form of Justin Schwartz. Greenstein was the pre-flop raiser, making it 600 to go from early position. Schwartz, seated to the direct left of Greenstein, made the call and the two players took an innocent-looking flop of {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}.

Greenstein made a continuation bet of 1,000 and Schwartz quickly called. The turn landed another brick with the {3-Hearts}. Greenstein led out once again with a second barrel worth 1,500 in chips, and Schwartz once again made the call.

The river delivered a dangerous {K-Diamonds} and Greenstein put on the brakes, allowing Schwartz to fire 3,000 into the pot. This bet represented nearly half of Greenstein's remaining stack and with so much money in the pot, Greenstein made a frustrated fold.

Greenstein is left with around 7,000, while Schwartz moves to over 22,000 in chips.

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The Fashion Report: Day 1a

George Danzer and his beloved scarf
George Danzer and his beloved scarf
We here at PokerNews would like to welcome George Danzer's scarf back to the tournament circuit. I was worried when I saw him doing commentating duties sans neckwear at the EPT's Copenhagen stop a few months back, but he assured me that the scarf would be making a return.

"The scarf is only for tournaments," he explained.

Another signature piece I noticed missing was Nicolas Levi's cream-colored fedora. The Frenchman instead chose a gray number with white stripes for the EPT Grand Final. Let's hope this one is as lucky for Levi as the other has been.

In a sea of patterned hoodies (everything from camouflage to L.A. Dodgers' logos) two impeccably-dressed gentlemen immediately stand out -- EPT Prague runner-up Gino Alacqua, and Marcel Luske, both donning sharp black suits. This is Monte Carlo, after all.

And in my... let's call it "special" category today, we have two gentlemen whose identies I'll kindly conceal. One is a boisterous, talktative Brit in a silk jacquard shirt that is an absolutely eye-scorching purple. The other is a pink-haired chap rumored to be a Polish rock star. He's certainly dressing the part in a silver lamé motorcycle jacket with grommet details, white polyester wind pants decorated with dozens of zippers and fierce-looking black boots dotted with silver spikes.

Tags: George DanzerGino AlacquaMarcel LuskeNicolas Levi

PokerNews Exclusive Video: Patrik Antonius and Baby Mila

Patrik Antonius and Baby Mila
Patrik Antonius and Baby Mila
Our own Amanda Leatherman caught up with Patrik Antonius and his daughter Mila during a recent break in play to discuss Patrik's current tournament progress and the big game at Bellagio, but it was Mila who ultimately stole the show.

Click here to watch this video and others direct from the tournament floor here at the Monte Carlo Bay and Resort in beautiful Monte Carlo, Monaco.
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