2008 PokerStars.com EPT Budapest
€4,350 EPT Budapest Main Event
Day: 1a
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Unlucky Lacay
Sighinolfi checked the turn and Lacay had another stab at it, this time for 1,600, and again Sighinolfi called -- incidentally, while very incongruously sucking on a yellow lollipop. Both players checked the river and Lacay mucked when Sighinolfi flipped and removed his lollipop for a moment in order to smile as he raked in the pot.
225 Players Remaining
The Eel Lays Down Queens
Selected Chip Counts
Dave "El Blondie" Colclough: apparently OUT
Joseph "Take My Hummer" Rutkai: 30,000
Luca Pagano: 18,500
Marcel Luske: 13,000
Katja Thater: 3,600
Annette Obrestad: 20,000
Barny Boatman: 10,000
Sorel Mizzi: 14,000
Benjamin Kang: 17,500
Ludovic Lacay: 18,500
They're Off Again
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Thater Takes A Hit
Katja Thater is down to less than 4,000. By the turn of a board, she had 2,625 of her stack across the line, but laid it down when her opponent raised all in to cover her.
"Take the Keys To My Hummer"
In a blind-on-blind battle, the chips went in preflop only for Joseph Rutkai's to make a four-flush against his opponent's rather better . Not content with the outdraw, Rutkai went for the rubdown too -- he shouted something that sounded rather like, "Hasta la vista, baby," before getting out his car keys and offering them to his hapless and now busted opponent, saying, "Here, take the keys to my Hummer, go see Budapest." Extraordinary.