Staying Al-Ivey
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having raised preflop with 
. His opponent actually set him in on the flop, and then tried to muck his cards when Ivey called the rest of his stack. He's up to 32k now.
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€25,000 High Roller Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,975,000
Entries
79
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
having raised preflop with . His opponent actually set him in on the flop, and then tried to muck his cards when Ivey called the rest of his stack. He's up to 32k now.
Roberto Romanello Reads Right
On the
flop, the preflop raiser questioned how much Romanello had left, and after ascertaining it was around 25,000, set him in. Romanello shrugged and called with 
. He was shown 
. "Andrew!" he called, trying to get Feldman's attention as the turn and river came rags doubling him up.
Thomas Wahlroos Radio On: Food Network
"I said I'd like some sauce," reminisces Wahlroos, "And they asked me, 'ketchup or Mustard?' I said, 'Bearnaise,' and suddenly they were polite to me. It's like if you're foreign all you know is ketchup."
Markus Golser said, in a somewhat unrelated but true point, "In Monte Carlo, they don't even know what is happy hour."
Haik It Up
vs. 
all-in preflop situation. It took four raises to get his stack in, matched by an as-yet-unnamed gentleman who has spent most of the tournament marking a lengthy Italian document on sheets of A4 paper with a red pen. Looks like poker is a secondary career (or even interest) for some of our High Rollers.
Chip Leaders
Hot on his heels:
Andrew Lichtenberger - 172k
Ilari Sahamies - 175k
Tony G - 165k
Hansen in the Shove Zone
"I avoided the snap call - that's always nice," commented a relaxed Hansen.
"I think you have the best hand...but," Thorson said.
"If I win this I should feel lucky, but if I get to go home then I'm kind of lucky too."
Thorson passed, but was still debating whether his hand against Hansen could have been good.
Andy Bloch jumped in with, "Gus probably would have called himself," which is in the running for Quote of the Day.
Tony G Reassumes the Power
playing 
) or needed respect for a big bluff (his table was just talking about this, sad I missed it) -- it's all been going his way.Just now he bet 10,000 on the river with the board reading
. His opponent, Mike McDonald, only had 15,000 remaining and thought for a good long time before wearily tapping the table and folding. Tony G (possibly unintentionally) flashed ."He is reassuming the power!" remarked Thomas Wahlroos.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Dinner Break
The Ballad of Sammy George Ends in Stages
against Ivan Demidov. Demidov called with his and found George with 
. No spades came, just 
, and George was almost walking off until it turned out he covered Demidov."Oh shit, I'm still in!" he blustered, before making a big show of moving in blind for less than 2,000 next hand. In between he said to Demidov, "Now you owe me one. I'll call it in at the World Series."
"A $1,000 event, maybe," replied Demidov.