2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 2
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Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
In an interesting recent hand, an early-position raiser made it 5,400 and Rasmussen popped it up to 18,400 to go in the hope of taking down the pot right there. However, a player on the button flat-called his raise in a sign of strength. The original raiser folded and the two players took a flop of


. Rasmussen led out with a bet of 20,000, but his opponent moved all in. Rasmussen grumbled and laid down his hand to keep his stack of 44,000 intact.However a few hands later, he was able to reclaim his chips against the same opponent, firing a 20,000 bullet on the turn on a board of



to collect the pot, much to his delight, moving back to a safe stack of around 62,000 in chips.




brought no help to Cyril, who was left with 85,000 in chips after the hand; the current average is 96,412.