PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-14-2008 16:31 UTC+1

Play Resumes

The players have returned from the break with the blinds now up to 500-1000 with a 100 chip ante. There are currently 231 players remaining in the field.

04-14-2008 16:59 UTC+1

Newly discovered fan-favorite Sandra Edlund has been eliminated from today's event in a three-way all-in pot. The player on the button decided to put the two short stacks in the blinds all-in however both looked down at their cards and made the call.

The button sheepishly turned over {8-Diamonds}

, the big blind revealed {A-Hearts}

while Edlund held the lead with her {Q-Spades}

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However the flop changed everything when it peeled off {A-Clubs}

to give the player in the big blind a commanding lead. Needing another lady to stay alive, the turn and the river landed {J-Spades}

to eliminate the newly discovered fan-favorite from today's event.

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04-14-2008 17:00 UTC+1

Nasty Table Draw

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When Chad Brown was moved to the same table as 2005 WSOP Main Event Champ Joe Hachem and Holland's Ed de Haas, one could've raised the argument that theirs was one of the toughest tables in the room. Now, with the recent addition of tournament pros Anna Wroblewski and Surinder Sunar, we're going to go ahead and make it official. If nothing else, it's definitely a bad beat for the other three players at the table.

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04-14-2008 17:13 UTC+1

Humberto Eliminated

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After battling with a short stack for most of the day, PokerStars.com professional Humberto Brenes was recently eliminated from today's field.

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04-14-2008 17:24 UTC+1

New Chip Leader

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Andreas Hagen of Denmark has skyrocketed to the top of the leaderboard over the last couple of hours. Hagen started the day with just 10,275 in chips and now sits behind a stack of over 250,000. Pure speculation might suggest that he won a pot or two from former big stack Alexia Portal, who has dropped to 69,000 in chips since our last count.

04-14-2008 17:27 UTC+1

"AnnaBanana" Doubles Before the Dinner Break

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Anna Wroblewki managed a timely double up just before the dinner break, by way of a full house. She now sits with right around 80,000 in chips - more than double the 31,325 she started the day with.

04-14-2008 17:29 UTC+1

Eric Liu Loves 6-10

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On a flop of {9-Hearts}

, Eric Liu checked, Andrew Feldman bet 4,000, Liu raised to 12,000, and Feldman three-bet to 31,000. After a careful study and several looks at the 50,000 his opponent had behind, Liu quietly announced all in with a wave of his hand. Feldman quickly made the call.

Feldman turned up {K-Hearts}

and slammed the table, shouting an expletive as Liu showed his {6-Diamonds}

for trips. Feldman bolted from his seat, never to see the {3-Clubs}

to fall on the turn and the {8-Clubs}

on the river. The CardRunners instructor and new Full Tilt pro dragged the massive pot and now sits on 210,000 going into the dinner break.

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04-14-2008 17:37 UTC+1

Barry Greenstein Loses Ground

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Barry Greenstein raised to 3,000 on the button and Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind. The flop was {7-Hearts}

. 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 {6-Spades}