2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 3
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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The
flop shifted the scales further in Rask's favor, but the 
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 
popped off on the end, cementing the hand for Miara.Rask earned $53,372 for his efforts.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 600
and Antonio Esfandiari facing a 90,000 bet in a huge pot with the lively Stig Top Rasmussen from Denmark.Esfandiari deliberated over his decision, cutting out chips while firing questions at his opponent to try and get a read.
"Do you have a set of threes? Or do you have shit? Do you want me to call sir?" probed Esfandiari, all of which was simply ignored by Rasmussen. "Dealer, is he allowed to not answer me like that?"
After much hesitation and some near-calls, Esfandiari finally folded and Rasmussen flipped pocket fours for a successful bluff.
Following the hand, Rasmussen called the floor person over to lodge a protest against Esfandiari's near-calls/folds, which could be described as gamesmanship to try and get a read from his opponent. Rasmussen complained that Esfandiari's cards crossed the black line painted on the table and they should've been scooped into the muck. However the TD informed Rasmussen that the line actually has no enforceable qualities about it and is simply a visual guide for players and dealers.
After some more heated words from both players, everyone settled down and got on with the next hand. It's been a long day for these guys and the cracks are starting to appear!
Isaac Baron - 84,000
Anthony Chatelain - 68,000
With 41 players remaining, only one more needs to be eliminated before we close the books on Day 3.
Sure enough, the window card was the
, followed by the 
and 
. A distraught Hachem turned his head away from the table for a moment but twisted back around in the nick of time to watch the dealer place the on the turn. "Yeeeaaahhh!" Hachem exlaimed. "There's your seven ball!"
The river brought an inconsequential
and Hachem doubled through to over 200,000 in chips.
