Juha Helppi Doubles Through Gino Alacqua
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dominated by Helppi's 
. The flop was 
, the turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Helppi doubled his stack to about 45,000, Alacqua was left with 19,000.
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Buy-in
$15,764
Prize Pool
$13,393,124
Entries
842
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
dominated by Helppi's . The flop was , the turn was the , the river was the and Helppi doubled his stack to about 45,000, Alacqua was left with 19,000.
Woody "Decks" Opponent; Approaches 100k
Josh Arieh Sniffs Out a Bluff
, Josh Arieh checked, the cutoff bet 1,900 and Arieh made the call. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
. Arieh checked, the cutoff bet 2,200 and Arieh studied his opponent for a bit before making the call. "You got it," said the cutoff player, mucking his cards as Arieh turned up
and dragged the pot.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Shaun Deeb Rivers a Flush; Calls Himself a Vagina
On a board showing
, Deeb passed the first action to an unknown opponent who fired a 2,500 bet; Shaun just called. A third club fell off on the river and Deeb passed once more, allowing his opponent to dictate the action. The unknown turned it up a notch, firing a 6,000 bullet that sent Deeb into the tank.While Shaun considered his decision, a player not involved in the hand decided it would be a good time to share his gum and proceeded to fire a few pieces across the table, landing one piece next to Deeb's chips. Shaun, unaffected by the gum slinger, studied his opponent and then his opponent's chips before saying something along the lines of, "I'm gonna be the biggest vagina ever and just call," as he tossed in the required chips and flipped over
for a flush; his opponent showed A-K for a losing two pair.
Kravchenko Doubles Through Arieh
T6 Poker pro Alex Kravchenko put the last of his chips into the middle against Josh Arieh who went into the tank before eventually making a resigned call.Arieh:
Kravchenko:
The turn and river landed
and Kravchenko earns a handy double up to progress to around 40,000 chips.
Hachem's House of Chips
and the pot was already sizable as the 4,000 bet on the river by the player on the button had been check-raised to 10,000 by Hachem from the cutoff. The button thought for a few moments about making a move, but eventually mucked his 
face up for a draw that didn't deliver. Hachem then flashed for a rivered full house!Hachem is now hovering around the 70,000 chip mark and has been joined at his table by fellow PokerStars.com pro Chad Brown.
Alexia Portal Takes One Off Marc Goodwin
. Goodwin immediately fired out a continuation bet of 3,200, and Portal, in her lilting French accent just as quickly said, "I raise," eliciting a cringe from Goodwin. She tossed out 8,000 and Goodwin flashed his A-K before mucking his cards. "Ace-queen?" inquired Goodwin. And with a sly smile, Alexia flashed that very hand as she stacked up the pot.
Noah Boeken Eliminated
Marcel Luske Hoarding the Greens
According to sources on the floor, this is typical for Luske. The man loves the look of a big stack, I suppose.