Kravchenko Exits
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2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague
€5,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
570
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
8,000
'Italian Guy' Revealed...
Yes, my inability to name the nationalities of players continues to flourish as I mistakenly identify the player who made the flush with
a few posts earlier as Italian, when he is in fact Lebanese. More importantly however, intrepid detective work here in the press room (mainly courtesy of Mad Harper of PokerStars who continually searched for names that included the letters 'cha') has led us to name our mystery man as Charbel Salloum. You'd think as his number one fan, I would already know his name, but either way, Salloum is now on 20,725 after busting those set of kings.
I fully intend to keep my autograph just in case he wins. I reckon I could get a least a fiver for it on Ebay. Go Salloum!
"Fry's a Maniac"
"He's played so many pots," continued the young Brit. "He hasn't shown a bluff, but he must have bluffed loads. It's almost as if he just enjoys the banter and playing pots."
Rutter, on the other hand, has played few pots, yet still managed to double his stack.
"Apart from the Eastgate hand, I haven't played many hands. I had one where I defended my big blind with
and checked-called an 
flop. I then checked the 
turn and bet the 
river. Before I'd even bet, he'd mucked his hand. I also had kings one hand in the small blind, and there was a raise of 400, and a reraise to 1,200 before me. I had several thousand and just pushed all in, but I guess I'm only getting called there by aces, so I'd probably be better off doing it with seven-six suited. It's a strange one."
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Thomas Byholt Eliminated
versus 
but was unable to survive a 
board.
Break time!
First prize has been confirmed as €774,000 with fifty-six places being paid.
Goodwin Struggling
with 
on a 
and is now down to circa 3,000 in chips.
Current Chip Counts
Marcel Baran -- 8,200
Michael Keiner -- 16,500
Davidi Kitai -- 17,500
Rob Sherwood -- 9,750
William Thorson -- 12,500
Maria Maceiras -- 13,150
Stuart Rutter -- 21,000
Willie Fry -- 6,400
Nicolas Levi -- 8,825
Cristiano Blanco -- 2,625
Praz Bansi -- 21,000
Christer Johansson -- 26,500
Josh Gould -- 7,725
Oscar Blanco -- 3,325
Alex Kravchenko -- 1,725
Starting the Fan Club
, UTG led for 1,250, another player (who I believe was Italian) pushed all in, Bansi folded, and the initial bettor called. As the cards were revealed, it soon emerged that it was spade-dodging time, the Italian in search of a flush with
versus 
. The 
turn favoured the Italian, and as the non-pairing 
hit the river, he leapt from his seat like an epileptic salmon and started celebrating raucously. "Yes, yes, yes!" he exclaimed in jubilation."He raised and the kings flat-called," added Bansi revealing the preflop action. "I had
and called behind. This guy saved me some money by pushing the flop."As the Italian scooped the pot and began reconstructing his stack, I approached meekly and asked if he would write down his name for me, if only so I could report the hand without having to use the unhelpful term 'Italian guy".
The Italian guy looked a bit confused, but after a moment's pause said "yes, no problem" and swiped the pad from my paws. Upon return, I was rather surprised to see that he had autographed my notepad, perhaps thinking that this was the birth of his fan club.
I've looked at his signature a number of times and not only am I unable to fathom why he thought I'd want his autograph (on a pad filled with my scribble from other hands, I might add), but I still can't read his name.
So, if you're wondering who the 'Italian guy' who won this pot is, then he is either:
(1) Cherlal Fallon
(2) Clurulal Gellon
(3) Elertal Sellion
(4) Alertal Jellan
(5) John Smith
(Okay, I think I can rule out the last one)
Goodwin Misses the Marc
, called a reraise, before moving in on a 
flop after his opponent had led into him. With , the shorter of the two stacks quickly called, and subsequently survived a raggy turn and river to leave Goodwin nearing the felt.