2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
High Roller
Day: 1
Blom and The G
Turning back around to face the table, he started chatting with Blom. "What you got over there? Jack-ten? What you got, Vik?"
A big smile crossed Blom's face, and he too started to chat. "You're such a donkey! You think I have jack-ten?"
Tony G returned the smirk, and he continued chatting. "Maybe jack-nine?" (Another big grin from Blom) "Will you show me one if I fold?" The two men agreed, The G folded, and Blom let him turn up one of his cards, the .
"Whoaaaaa," said table mate Phil Laak. "Maybe king-queen. That's so sick if it's king-queen. King-ten of spades makes a lot of sense though."
Whatever it was, it was good enough to take down the pot. Tony G is still quite healthy though, sitting among the chip leaders with about 95,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Feldman Four Bets
Juan(d)a See My Hand?
Negreanu then insisted that since Juanda made the last betting action (Negreanu called his bet on the flop), he had to show first. It sounded like it wasn't the first time today the table had the same debate. Juanda showed for a flopped gutter and turned pair, but Negreanu took the pot with for flopped top pair.
Unibomber Gets Kalashnikov'd
On to the turn and picking up live action now. The dealer dropped the , and Phil Laak checked. Tony G bet 13,000, and both Georgy Kalashnikov and Laak made the calls to see the last card.
It was the , and action checked to Kalashnikov on the button. He moved all in for 28,775, drawing a sideways look from Laak. "If I call and I'm right, I'm a machine and a genius!" he said proudly. With that, he made the call for a significant chunk of his own stack, and Tony G open-mucked his . Just then, Kalashnikov's phone rang, and the dealer told him he couldn't talk on the phone during a hand.
"Wait! That could be good for me!" Laak said. "Someone call the floor!" Kalashnikov shut off his phone and tabled for the full house, and Laak would have preferred not to see that. He showed his on the way into the muck; his nut flush being second best.
That slip drops Laak down to about 13,000, though he should be able to get his hands on some double-up chips at that volatile table.
Laak Hangin On
Tony and Kalashnikov folded and it was the short-stacked Laak's turn to decide. He said, "Will you show me one if I fold?" His opponent said yes and after some thought, Laak folded nines face up.
His opponent slid his two cards in front of him and said, "Pick one." Laak picked the one on his right and flipped over the .
"At least I didn't see a six of hearts. That would have been astrotilt," said Laak.
Break Dance
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Guess Who's Back?
We're into Level 5, and registration is now closed for this event. We'll have the full numbers as soon as they're made available to us.