2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1b
Value? What Value?
Of course, poker players like to grumble about anything and everything. Maybe it shouldn't be so surprising that they've found something to complain about.
Break Time!
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Shallow Du-bai's Some Time
Three players (Shallow in position) had made it to the flop of , building a pot of around 4,500 on the way. Boris Becker checked, and so did the other two.
The turn brought the . Becker checked again, the midposition player bet 1,000, and Shallow quickly raised on the button to 3,800. Becker passed and the bettor now reached for a 5k chip and threw it in, while holding up eight fingers. This was admittedly confusing. Shallow called the floor, saying, "He raised his fingers? You can't use hand signals in a poker tournament!"
The ruling was that this was indeed the case - now the argument changed to whether 6k was a legitimate raise or not. Just as the whole thing threatened to bore the other end of the table to death, Shallow folded.
Great Dane Has Arrived
Just now his came good when, having flopped trips on a board, he got paid 3,025 on the river (the other board cards being ). His opponent mucked. Last time I saw Hansen at a tournament, he was talking into a tiny recording device constantly, but it doesn't look like that has made an appearance here.
Break's Over
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Fish Fry
Kang, Fry and Joe Hachem saw a flop and it checked around to Kang on the button who bet 400. Hachem called from the big blind and the action went back on Fry, who promptly raised to 1,200. Kang made it 3,400, Hachem ducked out of the way, and after a moment's pause Fry pushed his remaining chips across the line, declaring, "I think I have to gamble." "I think I have to call," was the reply from Kang, and over the cards went.
Kang:
Fry:
Turn:
River:
"I think I have to gamble with the nuts!" commented an amused Thierry van den Berg as Fry raked in his new 27,000 stack. "Fish!"
"Fishy fishy," agreed Fry cheerfully.
Opponent Not too Tricky for Vicky
Coren stared at the board for a few seconds, then turned to her right glance at her opponent. When he glanced back, she broke into a charming smile. "This is a tricky one," she said. A few seconds later she threw 5,900 chips across the betting line.
"It wasn't that tricky," her opponent declared, turning over a busted flush draw with . Coren tabled to take the pot and increase her count to 64,000.