€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

04-30-2009 15:33 UTC+3

Big Hit for Danzer

[user75032]

George Danzer's stack has suffered an unfortunate setback. Danzer was in prime shape to build himself a nice stack when he got all in for 65,000 chips with pocket jacks. His opponent had ace-king, a hand that turned into a full house by the time the board was out. As a result, Danzer is now hurting for chips -- but not out yet. Maybe he can take some advice from Leo Fernandez and Marcel Luske.

Tags: George Danzer

04-30-2009 15:33 UTC+3

Fry Folds Nines

[user46392]

Will Fry raised to 10,000 in the cutoff, only for Eric Liu to move all in for 21,400 from the big blind. Fry propped up his {9-Clubs}

in front of him and studied them intently. Eventually he folded.

"How were my nines?" he asked Liu as he was raking in the pot. "You had nines?" asked Liu. He did. "You had nines?" chimed in Ami Barer. "I would have snap-called that so fast."

Tags: Eric Liu Will Fry

04-30-2009 15:30 UTC+3

Poker's Easy for Marcel Luske

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We came to Marcel Luske's table to see a slew of chips going into the middle. Luske had his opponent covered and tabled {j-Spades}

, a nicely matching hand for the {9-Clubs}

board. His opponent was disgusted to see Luske's hand, as he turned over a set of his own -- {9-Diamonds}

. Luske stood up and gave a short fist pump with the river {3-Spades}

. He eliminated his opponent and, after starting the day with just 13,500 chip, climbed up to roughly 150,000 chips. He's sparring with Leo Fernandez for "Climber of the Day" award.

Tags: Marcel Luske

04-30-2009 15:28 UTC+3

Mattern Loses Chips, Ends Up Handsomely Tipping Masseuse

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Mattern - pummeled, then rubbed down by masseuse

Arnaud Mattern is out. He pushed all in for 15,100 to a 3,000 raise from Jan Hlobil, and he was actually ahead, but Hlobil flopped the straight and off he headed to the rail.

Mattern: {A-Diamonds}

Hlobil:

Board:

As he was leaving, Mattern paid off his masseuse with a €50 note. He stood there for a moment. "Oh, did you want change?" said the surprised lady. "Well, I did," said Mattern. He let her keep it.

Hlobil, incidentally, up to 67,000.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Jan Hlobil

04-30-2009 15:28 UTC+3

Kibler Nibbles de Korver

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Cort Kibler has just doubled up through Pieter de Korver, after a traditional 'hand on button' vs. 'big stack with slightly less good hand on big blind' confrontation. Kibler raised, was reraised to 12,700 which was just about perfect for him to shove with his 33,000. He got a call from de Korver who held {A-Spades}

, in bad shape against Kibler's {Q-Hearts}

. No shock on the board which could only manage rags and one spade, and Kibler's up to 70k.

Tags: Cort Kibler Pieter de Korver

04-30-2009 15:21 UTC+3

Bizarre Clock-Calling Incident

[user46392]

Peter Gould bet 5,500 from the cutoff on a {K-Diamonds}

board and the gent on the hijack who had checked to him spent some time thinking about it -- before calling the clock on himself. Merriment all round the table. It still took him until around the 15 second mark to fold. Gould seemed extremely pleased with the result.

04-30-2009 15:19 UTC+3

Wahlbeck not Well

[user46392]

Ville Wahlbeck got the last of his stack in with {9-Diamonds}

against Sorel Mizzi's {A-Hearts}

, but the

board didn't go his way and he is no more for this tournament.

Tags: Sorel Mizzi

04-30-2009 15:10 UTC+3

Minus Minieri

[user75032]

We're down one pint-sized Italian professional. Dario Minieri started the hand in the big blind. Roland Lee opened the pot from under the gun with a raise to 3,000. Everyone passed to Minieri, who reraised to 10,700. Lee took about a minute to move all in; Minieri took about a second to snap-call.

Minieri: {A-Diamonds}

Lee:

A safe but not great flop of {2-Hearts}

turned into disaster for Minieri on the turn when the {Q-Clubs}

hit. He couldn't salvage the pot; the river {A-Hearts}

gave Lee the victory. Minieri grabbed his jacket from the back of his chair and raced out the door.

Tags: Dario Minieri

04-30-2009 15:09 UTC+3

Prizepool and Payout Information Released

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Prizepool and payout information has recently been released by the tournament staff and the numbers are impressive, to say the least. The records for total entrants, total prizepool and largest first place payout at an EPT Grand Final have all been smashed:

Entrants -- 935 (Previously 842 in 2008)
Total prizepool -- €9,350,000 (Previously €8,420,000 in 2008)
First place prize money -- €2,300,000 (Previously €2,020,000, won by Glen Chorny in 2008)

For complete prizepool and payout information, click here.

04-30-2009 15:09 UTC+3

Four Chips and a Chair

[user46298]

Climber of the Day has to go to Leo Fernandez. Although it's usually awarded at the end of a day's play, the accolade appears deserved already as Fernandez, a Team Pokerstars Pro, started the day with just 4,000 in chips, and is now on 90,000! It just proves that coming back with any stack at all means you're in with a chance, and a little period of optimism/running good could turn it into a shot at an EPT title.

Tags: Leo Fernandez