Main Event | 2010 EPT Deauville

01-25-2010 20:00 UTC+2

Caraba Takes One

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Teodor Caraba raised his button, and Jake Cody called.

Flop: {A-Clubs}

Cody checked, Caraba bet 480,000, and Cody surrendered.

01-25-2010 20:05 UTC+2

Mike McDonald raised it up, but Teodor Caraba reraised. McDonald didn't like the look of the 1.2 million total bet, and opted to fold. One for Caraba.

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The next hand Caraba opened for 380,000 - but Jake Cody made it 990,000 and Caraba went no further.

What McDonald giveth, Cody taketh away.

Tags: Teodor Caraba

01-25-2010 20:12 UTC+2

One Bet, Two Bet, Three Bet, Four

[user140525]

Jake Cody folded, Teodor Caraba raised from the small blind to 480,000, and Mike McDonald starting counting out chips. He bumped it to 1.1 million.

Then Caraba four-bet shoved, meaning that McDonald would have to call all in. Instead, he mucked his hand and tapped the table.

Caraba: 9,560,000
McDonald: 5,920,000

Tags: Mike McDonald Teodor Caraba

01-25-2010 20:25 UTC+2

Much Mucking for Mike McDonald

[user140525]

McDonald raised to 380k, and Jake Cody defended his big blind.

Flop: {10-Spades}

- McDonald c-bet 420k, and Cody called.

{9-Spades}

- Oooh, scary card. McDonald checked, Cody slid out 1,020,000, and McDonald folded yet another hand. After opening and losing several pots in a row, he's down to 4.25 million. Cody is up to 7.75. Teodor on 10.5.

01-25-2010 20:29 UTC+2

Chip Lead Back to Cody

[user46392]

Jake Cody raised to 380,000 and Teodor Caraba called; no change there. They saw a {10-Clubs}

flop.

Cody took his time and eventually bet out 480,000. Caraba countered this with a raise to 1.2 million. Back to Cody, who gave it some more thought - and then shoved for 7.36 million. An instantaneous fold from Caraba, and Cody took the pot and the chip lead - he's now up to 9.38 million.

Tags: Jake Cody Teodor Caraba

01-25-2010 20:30 UTC+2

McDonald Drags a Pot!

[user66118]

Mike McDonald opened with a raise to 400,000 from the small blind, and Jake Cody called in the big.

The flop brought out {7-Hearts}

, and McDonald continued out with a bet of 420,000. That was enough to take the pot down, the first one he's won in quite some time.

01-25-2010 20:31 UTC+2

It's Oh So Quiet

[user46392]

By the by, we at PokerNews would like to commend our final three, and indeed the entire final table, for running an absolute masterclass in getting it quietly. There have been none of the shouty shenanigans or ungentlemanly shows of exuberance today that have rather characterized much of this week's action - instead we have seen some textbook poker played with textbook grace and dignity. Admirable indeed.

01-25-2010 20:37 UTC+2

A Relatively Small Pot

[user46392]

Mr. Caraba made it 360,000, Mr. Cody in turn made it one million, and Mr. Caraba gave up his hand. As they say: simples.

01-25-2010 20:42 UTC+2

Kiddie Games

[user140525]

So what's the average age at the table now? I'll give you a hint - it's too young to play poker in Las Vegas. Teodor Caraba and Jake Cody are both 21 years old.

Mike McDonald, who has over $2.2 million in live tournament cashes, is 20. He was only 18 when he won his first EPT Main Event.

Fourth-place finisher Craig Bergeron is also 20. Canadian McDonald and Bergeron, an American, are able to play on the European circuit but are too young to play live tournaments in the U.S.

Tags: Craig Bergeron Jake Cody Mike McDonald Teodor Caraba

01-25-2010 20:45 UTC+2

Even Internet Kids Need to Eat

[user46392]

It has been decided that our remaining three runners will take a one-hour dinner break at the end of this level - that's in 15 minutes' time, to you and me.