PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final Day 3 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-15-2008 22:55 UTC+1

Players Take a 10-Minute Break

04-15-2008 22:44 UTC+1

Another One Bites the Dust

Martin Rask of Denmark has just been eliminated from the tournament in 46th place after his A-K failed to hold up against David Miara's A-Q. Miara opened the pot with a standard raise from early position and the action folded around to Rask, who countered by instantly moving all of his chips into the middle. Both blinds folded and Miara made the call.

The {A-Spades}

flop shifted the scales further in Rask's favor, but the {Q-Diamonds}

that fell on the turn swung momentum Miara's way. Needing a king on the river to stay alive, Rask shrugged his shoulders when the {5-Spades}

popped off on the end, cementing the hand for Miara.

Rask earned $53,372 for his efforts.

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04-15-2008 22:40 UTC+1

Public Service Announcement: Chip Counts

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I love counting chips as much as the next guy, but unfortunately, due to the restricted media access that went into effect about three hours ago, we're unable to get inside the ropes at the moment to bring you accurate counts. We apologize for the inconvenience.

04-15-2008 22:37 UTC+1

Borge Dypvik Has Been Eliminated

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04-15-2008 22:36 UTC+1

Playing Down to 40

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Play will end tonight when we're down to five eight-handed tables.

04-15-2008 22:36 UTC+1

Hachem Takes A Hit

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Joe Hachem has just lost a large portion of his stack in a hand against Jonathan Dwek. Hachem flopped a straight but Dwek flopped a flush! The board paired to slow both players down and Hachem avoided losing his whole stack, much to his relief.

"That hand was meant to bust me!" exclaimed Hachem to his entourage on the rail. He is still sitting comfortably with around 170,000 in chips.

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04-15-2008 22:30 UTC+1

Ricardo Sousa Eliminated

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EPT Warsaw second-place finisher Ricardo Sousa's K-9 could not improve against his opponent's pocket tens and he was eliminated.

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04-15-2008 22:26 UTC+1

Antonio's a Raising Machine

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Chip leader Antonio Esfandiari continues to wield his big stack at his table, constantly putting pressure on his opponents and getting involved in a lot of pots. Fellow big stack Oyvind Riisem was just moved into the empty seat on Esfandiari's right and one can only wonder when these two highly aggressive players will tangle with each other.

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04-15-2008 22:21 UTC+1

Woody Deck Eliminated

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Woody Deck was all in on the {8-Hearts}

flop against two players, holding {Q-Diamonds}

. Unfortunately for him, one had flopped a boat with {6-Spades}

. No help on the {A-Clubs}

turn or

river for Woody and he hit the rail.

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04-15-2008 22:21 UTC+1

Table Rebalancing

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Raymond Rahme has just been moved to the direct right of Henrik Gwinner on a table which also features fellow PokerStars.com professional Luca Pagano.

47 players remain and we'll be playing through tonight until there are only 40 left.