It was an exceptionally short day here on the EPT, our field dwindling from 24 players to 9 in the space of only 3 1/2 hours. We saw the fall of EPT Dublin champ Roland de Wolfe, back-to-back suckouts that led to the demise of the lovely Isabelle Mercier, and perhaps in the hand of the day, Ludovic Lacay cracking aces with the lowly deuce-eight.
Below are the official final table seating assignments and chip counts, courtesy of our friends at PokerStars. Dario Minieri enters play as the chip leader, while Michael Muheim is the short stack.
We're munching on some of those cherry-almond croissants here in the media room, eagerly awaiting the official seating assignments and chip counts of our final nine. We should have the information shortly-- stay tuned.
Uffe Holm open-shoved and Michael Muheim made the call.
Muheim
Holm
The flop was , making Muheim top pair. Holm started screaming for a king or a five, but the on the turn took away even more of his outs as Muheim picked up a flush draw. The river was the and Muheim won the pot with his flush, leaving Holm with only 28,000 in chips.
Three-way to a flop, Michael Muheim bet out 16,000 and got just one caller in the shape of Sergey Shcherbatskiy.
Muheim check-called 25,000 from Shcherbatskiy on the turn and another 25,000 on the river, and then just tapped the table and mucked when Shcherbatskiy turned over .
Shcherbatskiy is now up to 325,000, while a glum Muheim is down to just 50,000 as the final table bubble approaches.
Brian Jensen raised to 15,000 and Arnaud Mattern called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop. The turn was the . Mattern bet 18,000 and Jensen flat-called. The river was the . Mattern pushed out a twenty-high stack of 5,000 chips, setting Jensen all in. He made the call.
Mattern turned up for trips on the flop. A disgusted Jensen showed and made a hasty exit.