2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$15,764
Prize Pool
$13,393,124
Entries
842
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 842
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and the unstoppable Henrik Gwinner made the call with pocket threes.The board ran out
and as always, Barry Greenstein signed a copy of his book "Ace on the River" and handed it to his conqueror before exiting the tournament floor.
Gwinner opened the action with a raise from the cutoff to 3,300 and Esfandiari popped it up from the small blind to 13,600. Gwinner made the call and the two took a flop of
. Both players checked and saw a free card of 
on the turn. This time Esfandiari led out with a bet of 15,800. Gwinner thought for a long time before making the call.The river landed the
and Esfandiari checked. Gwinner deliberated over his decision so long that Esfandiari questioned whether he realised the action was on him. Eventually Gwinner obliged with a 18,000 bet. Esfandiari insta-folded and Gwinner scooped another large pot.After the hand Gwinner quipped that Esfandiari had nothing, to which he replied that he had folded a pair of queens. "Go on, show the bluff..." urged Esfandiari and Gwinner delivered once again, flashing
for another massive bluff!Gwinner is steamrolling the table and now has over 170,000 in chips!
"Wow," said Gwinner before going into the tank. Both players were deep-stacked, and with over 30,000 in the pot already, it was a tournament make-or-break decision for the T6 Poker representative.
After several minutes of deep thought to build the suspense, Gwinner gathered his stacks of chips together and slid them into the middle in declaration that he was all in! "God I Love Poker!" came the cry from Esfandiari, as the media contingent swarmed the table in anticipation.
This five-bet pre-flop was an additional 55,000 to his opponent and represented the majority of his stack. He thought for a moment, shrugged and reluctantly tossed his cards into the muck.
Gwinner then flipped over his hand - a jaw-dropping
- much to the disgust of his opponent and the shock of the rest of the table.A world-class, and somewhat sick, move by Gwinner has elevated his stack to around 125,000 in chips!
Shaun Deeb - 61,000
Marcel Luske - 96,000
Mel Judah - 98,400
Barry Greenstein - 28,300
Antonio Esfandiari - 86,400
Joe Hachem - 194,000
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
. Esfandiari led out for 5,100, Greenstein raised to 30,000, Esfandiari moved all in for 28,000 more and Greenstein gave it up. Esfandiari flashed 
as he raked in the pot. Greenstein is still in it, though with 27,000.
