€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

05-03-2009 15:10 UTC+3

Hand #28 - Dag Mikkelsen

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The far-and-away chip leader, Dag Mikkelsen, puts some of his new-found chips to use with a raise to 250,000. That gets him the blinds and the antes.

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05-03-2009 15:09 UTC+3

Hand #27 - Qu

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Daniel Zink raises to 235,000 and gets himself called by Eric Qu.

Both players check the {7-Diamonds}

flop, and Qu takes it down with a 200,000 bet on the {8-Clubs}

turn.

05-03-2009 15:08 UTC+3

Chip Counts

[user46392]

Tulchinskiy - 3,125,000
Qu - 2,750,000
De Korver - 1,115,000
Shah - 1,820,000
Zink - 2,570,000
Woodward - 4,895,000
Mikkelsen - 11,890,000

05-03-2009 15:07 UTC+3

Peter Traply Eliminated in 8th Place (€170,000)

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Hand No. 26 -

It's Matthew Woodward's turn on the merry-go-round of open-raises. He's first in for 250,000. Chip leader Dag Mikkelsen jacks it up to 625,000 in front of button Peter Traply. He does something we haven't seen yet -- reraises all in for 4.25 million. Woodward gets the hint; he folds. Mikkelsen is a little more stubborn. Leaning on the rail with his arms folded across his chest, he chews on his lip and stares down at his stack. Calling the raise would require Mikkelsen to ship more than half of his stack, but he doesn't immediately surrender his hand. He thinks, and thinks, and thinks some more, then suddenly calls!

Mikkelsen: {Q-Hearts}

Traply:

Traply looks like he wants to throw up, clearly not relishing taking a race for four million chips with blinds at 50k and 100k. He wants to vomit even more when the flop completely misses him, {8-Hearts}

. He's off the final table and out the door after the turn brick {10-Diamonds}

and river falls {6-Spades}

.

Tags: Dag Mikkelsen Peter Traply

05-03-2009 14:58 UTC+3

Hand #25 - Matt Woodward

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Pieter de Korver opens for 275,000 and Matt Woodward reraised to 625,000. De Korver takes his time about folding, but fold he does. We are still eight-handed. Hurrah.

05-03-2009 14:54 UTC+3

Hand #24 - Daniel Zink

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Daniel Zink is the first player into the pot. He raises to 235,000 from the cutoff but still nobody wants to play. The nerves of all of the final table players seem very tight.

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05-03-2009 14:52 UTC+3

Hand #23 - Dag Martin Mikkelsen

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Woodward merely makes up the small blind, and in the big blind Dag Martin Mikkelsen is not letting him get away with that. Mikkelsen raises to 350,000 and Woodward folds.

05-03-2009 14:50 UTC+3

Hand #22 - Pieter de Korver

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Pieter de Korver has only twelve big blinds, but when action passes to him and he raises, it's not for all of his chips. Instead it's for only 250,000 of them. It doesn't matter; nobody's interested in playing.

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05-03-2009 14:49 UTC+3

Hand #21 - Eric Qu

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Mikkelsen raises it up to 250,000, called by Tulchinskiy. Qu pushes all in from the cutoff for 2,170,000. Mikkelsen passes pretty swiftly and the action moves back to Tulchinskiy, who eyes up the Qu stack, making a face. After a long and rather serious-looking dwell, Tulchinskiy passes, while Qu looks a bit disappointed.

05-03-2009 14:47 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

[user75032]

Peter Traply - 4,710,000
Mikhail Tulchinskiy - 3,585,000
Eric Qu - 2,180,000
Pieter de Korver - 1,220,000
Alem Shah - 1,930,000
Daniel Zink - 2,550,000
Matthew Woodward - 4,900,000
Dag Mikkelsen - 7,090,000