EPT Watchers, Meet Leonardo Pattaconi
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That hand still left him with about 346,000 chips, so we got his name. Say hello to PokerStars qualifier Leonardo Patacconi. With his tournament-leading stack, he may be sticking around for a while.
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€9,350,000
Entries
935
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
That hand still left him with about 346,000 chips, so we got his name. Say hello to PokerStars qualifier Leonardo Patacconi. With his tournament-leading stack, he may be sticking around for a while.
Saab a Little Quieter
. He may have sensed weakness; his opponent checked the 
turn, inducing a bet of 30,000 from Saab. The perplexed opponent studied the board for a minute, then announced he was all in. Saab snap-mucked."Sick," he said quietly with a sigh. Saab is down to 30,000 chips.
Danzer Escapes Medic with Only Minor Injuries
Medic raised from mid-position and Danzer made it 18,500 from the cutoff. But Medic wasn't giving up that easily, and made it around 50,000. Danzer passed, and giggled.
Current standings after that: Danzer 190,000, Medic 170,000.
Incidentally, Asa Smith is at their table too, although firmly in the danger zone on 35,000.
Chop It Up
. When the big blind checked, Nelson made a standard continuation bet, firing out for 9,000. The big blind called.Action on the turn
went check, check. It was the same thing for the river 
. Nelson showed down jack-ten offsuit for middle pair... and his opponent had the same thing. With grins and laughs from each player, the dealer chopped up the pot.Nelson has about 332,000 chips.
Zipf It
. Zipf held 
.The flop:
. Poker players and journalists can't help but play the, "What's the sickest card that could come?" game, whether they're involved or not, and sometimes it actually does.The
on the turn filled Spindler's gutshot straight draw and the 
river was a resounding blank. Zipf's stack sailed away to a sheepishly-smiling Spindler, while he himself just sat in his chair, speechless. He was still sitting there in front of the empty space where his stack used to be when they dealt the next hand. Suddenly twigging he was out, he slowly, wordlessly, got up and wandered out.
Nelson Clubs Player to Tournament Death
and the soon-to-be-out gent pushed with pocket jacks. For some reason Nelson called, and three clubs came on the flop. An enticing jack fell on the turn, but the unfortunate all-in player failed to fill up on the river and he hit the rail in time for a leisurely dinner.
Dag No Fish
flop. Palovic dwelled up for a while, before passing. He claimed an overpair and a discussion broke out as to whether or not the all-in gent could have had a hand that was not pocket fours. Nevertheless, Palovic is still going strong on around 300,000.
Nelson Loses a Small One
"You got a hand?" the big blind asked Nelson. Nelson's only response was to check a flop of
. The big blind's bet of 8,200 was enough to fold Nelson and take down the pot."I gotta win one time..." mused the big blind.
Rolf Goes Boom
. One opponent opened up an unimproved 
. Slotboom never showed his hand, so we can only assume that he couldn't beat ace-high. He's out, in any event.
Chartier Rejects River Raise
, called by Holm. Both players checked the turn, but Chartier bet out 14k on the river. He found a raise to 30k pretty fast, though, and spent several minutes considering his options, assessing his opponent's stack and his own. He pased, though.