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EPT Prague Main Event

Day 4 Completed

12-15-2007 00:57 UTC+3

Arnaud Mattern: PokerStars.com EPT Prague Champion!

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Arnaud Mattern, EPT Prague Champion

Arnaud Mattern raises from the small blind to 200,000, and Gino Alacqua moves all in. Arnaud calls immediately, covering Gino by 500,000.

Arnaud: {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{K-Spades}

Gino:

{Q-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

The flop is scary for Arnaud: {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

{6-Spades}

{J-Diamonds}

. The turn is the {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

, removing the queens and tens as outs but giving Gino any nine, any ace, or any diamond to double up.

The river is the {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

, meaning Arnaud wins the hand with kings and deuces, to become the inaugural EPT Prague champion, winning €708,400.

Gino Alacqua is the runner-up winning, €407,300.

12-15-2007 00:42 UTC+3

Double Up!

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Arnaud's double-up hand

Arnaud Mattern has waited patiently for a long time to pick his spot, and he finally found it.

Gino Alacqua raised on the button to 210,000 and Mattern moved all in for approximately 1.5 million. Alacqua quickly called.

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{9-Hearts}

for Alacqua.
{J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{J-Diamonds}

for Mattern.

No help on the board for the Italian, and for the first time heads-up, Arnaud Mattern takes the chip lead.

12-15-2007 00:26 UTC+3

Arnaud Chipping Away

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Gino contemplates calling an all-in

Arnaud Mattern has taken the last three pots. Two with bets on the flop, and one with a reraise all in preflop.

Arnaud: 1,900,000
Gino: 3,600,000

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Gino Alacqua

12-15-2007 00:19 UTC+3

Gino Lays it Down

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Gino Alacqua

Alacqua raised to 130,000 from the button and Arnaud Mattern moved all in and won the pot.

12-15-2007 00:16 UTC+3

On the First Flop of the Level...

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Arnaud Mattern raised to 165,000 on the button and and Gino Alacqua called.

The action was checked to the river on a board which read:

{A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{8-Hearts}

{K-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

Alacqua bet 135,000 and Mattern called.

Alacqua mucked his hand and the Frenchman showed {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{9-Spades}

.

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 6,000

12-14-2007 23:51 UTC+3

Ten-Minute Break

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Gino Alacqua (Italy): 4,260,000
Arnaud Mattern (France): 1,320,000

12-14-2007 23:44 UTC+3

In the Biggest Heads-up Pot So Far...

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Heads-up

Arnaud Mattern bet 160,000 on the river when the board read:

{9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{A-Clubs}

{9-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

{5-Hearts}

Alacqua called.

{A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{5-Diamonds}

was good enough for the Frenchman to win a half-million pot.

Tags: EPT Prague

12-14-2007 23:38 UTC+3

No Major Developments So Far Heads-Up

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With Alacqua holding a 2.5-to-1 chip lead, there have been no serious clashes as of yet.