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

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 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.

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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}

.

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 22:16 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 22:17 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 22:23 UTC+2

Action Resumes

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04-16-2008 22:30 UTC+2

Scoreboard Update

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Top five chip counts:

Glen Chorny - 1,380,000
Isaac Baron - 1,370,000
Robin Keston - 1,148,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 1,088,000
Stig Top Rasmussen - 1,080,000

04-16-2008 22:43 UTC+2

New Two-Table Lineup

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Here's the new lineup for our final two tables:

TV Featured Table:

1. Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron
2. Oyvind Riisem
3. Antonio Esfandiari
4. Maxime Villemure
5. Glen Chorny
6. Robin Keston
7. Thomas Boekhoff
8. Joe Hachem

Outer Table:

1. Eric Liu
2. Vincent Secher
3. Henrik Gwinner
4. Michael Martin
5. Luca Pagano
6. Valeriy Ilikyan
7. Stig Top Rasmussen
8. Denes Kalo

04-16-2008 22:49 UTC+2

Eric Liu Eliminated in 16th Place ($87,420)

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Valeriy Ilikyan limped in from middle position, Eric Liu raised to 50,000 on the button and Ilikyan called. The flop was {A-Clubs}

. Ilikyan checked, Liu bet 70,000, Ilikyan raised to 150,000, Liu moved all in for an additional 170,000 and Ilikyan insta-called.

Ilikyan: {A-Diamonds}

Liu:

The turn was the {Q-Hearts}

, the river was the {2-Hearts}

and the CardRunners instructor made his exit in 16th place. He'll take home $87,420.

Tags: Eric Liu Valeriy Ilikyan

04-16-2008 23:05 UTC+2

Oyvind Riisem Eliminated in 15th Place ($87,420)

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Oyvind Riisem of Norway has just been eliminated from the tournament by new chip leader Glen Chorny.

All of the money went in on the {8-Spades}

flop; Riisem's with {A-Spades}

and Chorny's with {K-Hearts}

. The turn and river filled out {8-Diamonds}

,

and Chorny took down the approximately 1.6 million pot with two pair, queens and eights.

Riisem earned $87,420 in prize money for his 15th-place finish, while Chorny earned the top spot on the overall leaderboard with 2.2 million in chips.

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