2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 4
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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Most recently, he gave about 90,000 away to American Noah Siegel, calling bets down to the river on a
board. When the 
fell off on the river, Siegel put on the brakes and passed the first option to Mostafa, who bet 45,000. Siegel made a quick call forcing Mostafa to show 
. Siegel tabled a meager 
for a pair of queens, which was good enough to take down the pot. After the hand, Mostafa was left with approximately 230,000 in chips - down from the 523,000 he started the day with, while Siegel climbed to 410,000.
and after some furious action Stig Top Rasmussen was left facing around a 200,000 call for all of his chips after the aggressive David Kruger announced he was all in.Rasmussen stood from his chair and thought long and hard about the decision, before making a courageous call with
. Kruger didn't seem too disappointed in the knowledge that he had plenty of outs with his .The players waited anxiously as the turn brought the
and river 
as Rasmussen let out a cry of delight as he scooped a tournament make or break pot worth in excess of 600,000 chips!"I put you on
" said Rasmussen, not realising that he actually held the . "Now I'm going to be dangerous!"Two hands later Kruger shoved the last of his 55,000 chips over the top of an opening raise of Claudio Pagano who made a quick call. Kruger showed
and was behind Pagano's 
.The flop virtually ended it all as it arrived
, with the 
on the turn and on the river were enough to send a disappointed Kruger to the rail.
, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron led out for 24,000 and Gerasimo Deres called. The turn was the . Baron led again, this time for 50,000 and was met with a raise from Deres to 125,000. Baron moved all in for 100k or so more and Deres made what looked like a reluctant call. Deres
Baron
The river was the
and Baron got a nice double-up to start his day.
. The flop, though, came down 
, pairing up Rasmussen. The turn was the , the river was the 
, and Rasmussen headed to the rail.
. Brolin flipped 
and was looking in good shape for a double up.However a queen in the door on a flop of
gave "The Magician" the lead and Brolin was left needing one of three kings to survive. The turn was the 
and river and Tomas Brolin was eliminated from the tournament, as Esfandiari's stack continues to swell.
The board ran out
and a relieved Hachem raked in the 370,000 pot - not a bad way to start the day!
, both Freddy Deeb and Jonathan Dwek checked. The turn was the . Dwek led out for 20,000 and got a call. The river was the . Dwek checked, Deeb bet 40,000 and Dwek called. Deeb showed K-J and took it down with top pair.
