2007 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final
EPT Main Event
Day: 4
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Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000

against Eric Van der Berg (Holland). Eric Van der Berg had 8-8 against Black's Aces. Here's what went down. Everyone folded to Black in the small blind and he raised to 35K. Van der Berg popped him back for 100K in the big blind. Black pushed all in for 450K total. Van der Berg had Black covered by 150K or more and eventually called. He was not happy to see with Black with Aces. Black stood up and paced around the TV table. He let out a small sigh of relief when the flop was all rags...


.. Black thrust his arms in the air when he picked up a set on the turn after the
fell. Eric Van der Berg was drawing dead and Black jumped past the 1 million mark for the first time. Van der Berg was crippled and had less than 200K.


. Black bet out and Vaswani raised. Black mucked and Vaswani flipped over A-4. Kristof de Smedt's Queens did not hold up. He busted out in 17th place and won €33,000.

Vaswani flopped a set on a board of 9-8-2 and was all in against de Smedt who called with 9-7. Vaswani rivered a full house to scoop the pot and cripple de Smedt.

and Ram Vaswani called. Philp Hilm (Denmark) re-raised with 
. Black moved all in. Vaswani folded and Hilm called with 
. The flop was 

. The turn was
and Black rivered trips when the
fell. Black regained some of the chips he lost earlier in the day.