PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final Day 1b | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-13-2008 22:59 UTC+2

Players Return from Break

[user25067]

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

04-13-2008 22:55 UTC+2

The 842 players that entered the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final traveled from near and far to take part in the tour's premier event. A record 48 countries are represented in the tournament, with the most delegates hailing from United States (138), followed by France (105) and the UK (67).

Visit our photo gallery to view a full-size version of the pie chart, courtesy of PokerStars.com. *Note -- Graph does not include countries with fewer than 10 players.

04-13-2008 22:44 UTC+2

15-Minute Break

[user38449]

The tournament clock has been paused while the players go on a 15-minute break.

04-13-2008 22:44 UTC+2

German Pro Railed

[user38449]

Michael Keiner, a 2007 WSOP bracelet winner, has just been eliminated from the tournament by Anders Wijk. Keiner, short-stacked, shoved pre-flop holding {K-Spades}

and was given action from Wijk who made the call with {J-Hearts}

.

Keiner's king-queen high led through the turn as the board filled out {10-Hearts}

, but the

on the river gave Wijk all the help he needed to take down the pot and send Keiner home near the end of Round 5.

Tags: Michael Keiner

04-13-2008 22:20 UTC+2

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Eliminated

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"ElkY" had the misfortune of running pocket jacks into pocket kings and was eliminated.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier ElkY

04-13-2008 22:18 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

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Thor Hansen, Per Ummer, Fabrice Soulier, and last year's runner-up Marc Karam have all been eliminated.

04-13-2008 21:52 UTC+2

306 Players Remaining

[user38449]

Midway through the fifth level of play there are 306 players remaining and the average chip stack is 22,058.

04-13-2008 21:46 UTC+2

JJProdigy Runs Into Two-Outer

[user67765]

On a flop of {9-Hearts}

the heads-up action was checked to Josh "JJProdigy" Field who put 1,225 into the middle. His opponent then check-raised to 3,700, leaving himself around 5,000 behind. Field quickly declared that he was putting his opponent all-in.

His opponent went into the tank in a decision for his tournament life. He eventually made the call and tabled {8-Spades}

- well behind Field's {K-Diamonds}

for trip nines.

The turn was the {Q-Hearts}

leaving Field's opponent with only two cards in the deck to stay alive in the tournament. Miraculously the {8-Diamonds}

fell to the gasps of Field and his entourage as the 18,000 pot was shipped to his opponent in unfortunate circumstances.

However Field is still going strong with over 32,000 chips.

Tags: Josh "JJProdigy" Field

04-13-2008 21:45 UTC+2

Chad Brown= New Chipleader

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Newly minted Team Poker Stars Pro Chad Brown appears to be our current chip leader, with 46,500. If he maintains it, we'll have an eerie repeat of last year's action, where Brown finished up Day 1b of the '07 EPT Grand Final as the chip leader.

Tags: Chad Brown