PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final Day 4 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-16-2008 22:23 UTC+2

Re-Draw to Two Tables

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The tournament clock has been paused while the 16 remaining players re-draw for seats on two tables.

04-16-2008 22:16 UTC+2

Johnny Lodden Eliminated in 17th Place ($73,325)

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All the money went in before the flop, Johnny Lodden holding pocket eights with his tournament life on the line vs. Henrik Gwinner's {A-Clubs}

. Unfortunately for Lodden, the flop came down {A-Hearts}

. The turn was the {Q-Diamonds}

, the river was the {3-Diamonds}

, and Lodden dejectedly hit the rail in 17th place.

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04-16-2008 22:16 UTC+2

David Miara Eliminated in 18th Place ($73,325)

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David Miara was eliminated from the tournament after losing a coinflip to Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron. The hand saw Baron open the pot with a 44,000 pre-flop raise and Miara re-popped it to 164,000 from the button, leaving himself with approximately 225,000 behind. Action then folded back around to Baron who moved all in, putting Miara to a decision for all of his chips. Miara made the call and tabled a pocket pair of tens; Baron turned over {A-Hearts}

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Miara held the lead in the hand through the turn, as the board had filled out {7-Spades}

, but the

on the river dropped a bomb on Miara's final-table hopes, sending the devastated youngster home with $73,325 in prize money.

With the win, Baron jumped way past one million in chips and currently sits with right around 1.36 million.

Tags: David Miara

04-16-2008 22:09 UTC+2

Walid Bou Habib Eliminated in 19th Place ($73,325)

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Walid Bou Habib has just been eliminated from the tournament in 19th place up on the feature table.

Short-stacked all day, Habib moved in with 10-8 and was called by Oyvind Riisem, who held A-7. No help on the board for Habib and he hit the rail.

Tags: Oyvind Riisem Walid Habib

04-16-2008 22:02 UTC+2

Media Tournament Underway

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It's smooth sailing in and out of the Main Event tournament area now, as a majority of the media is currently taking part in a PokerStars-sponsored freeroll tournament on the other side of media row.

04-16-2008 21:57 UTC+2

Boekhoff Extracts Revenge Against Hachem

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While it may have been a small pot, Thomas Boekhoff just got some of his chips back from Joe Hachem after calling the former world champ down to the river with middle pair. Boekhoff checked-called a Hachem bet on a {10-Diamonds}

flop, and another when the {8-Spades}

fell on the turn. The last card off the deck was the {9-Spades}

and both players knuckled the table, opting to move straight to the showdown.

"Do I have to show first?" Boekhoff asked the dealer, who nodded, prompting Boekhoff to turn over {Q-Diamonds}

for a single pair of tens. As it turned out, that was all he needed to win the 100,000+ pot, as Hachem mucked. Boekhoff now has right around 400,000 in chips.

Tags: Joe Hachem

04-16-2008 21:33 UTC+2

Big Hands, No Action

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With the action folded to him in the small blind, Joe Hachem turned to the man on his left, Isaac Baron, and said, "I know you'll move in on me, so I'll give you a walk, one time," as he mucked his cards. Baron peeked at his cards for the first time and turned up {J-Spades}

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On the very next deal, Hachem folded on the button, and Baron gave up the small blind, only to see the big blind, Robin Keston, flash {A-Clubs}

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Next hand in, Hachem raised from the cutoff and got no takers. He showed J-J as he raked in the blinds and antes.

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