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

04-16-2008 13:52 UTC+2

Benjamin Sprengers Eliminated

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Benjamin Sprengers got the rest of his chips in before the flop and found a caller in Stig Top Rasmussen. Spengers had Rasmussen dominated, holding A-Q to his {A-Hearts}

. The flop, though, came down {10-Hearts}

, pairing up Rasmussen. The turn was the {J-Spades}

, the river was the {3-Diamonds}

, and Rasmussen headed to the rail.

Tags: Benjamin Sprengers Stig Top Rasmussen

04-16-2008 13:54 UTC+2

Alexander Morozov committed all of his chips into the middle pre-flop against Raymond Rahme. Rahme just had him covered in chips and was happy to get it all in holding pocket aces! Morozov was in big trouble with his A-K. Needing a miracle to survive, the board bricked out and Morozov was eliminated from the event in 35th place while Rahme jumps to around 270,000 chips.

04-16-2008 13:57 UTC+2

Isaac Baron Doubles Through Gerasimo Deres

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On a flop of {Q-Hearts}

, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron led out for 24,000 and Gerasimo Deres called. The turn was the {2-Clubs}

. 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 {Q-Diamonds}

Baron

The river was the {2-Spades}

and Baron got a nice double-up to start his day.

Tags: Gerasimo Deres Isaac Baron

04-16-2008 14:01 UTC+2

Stig's Great Call; Kruger Eliminated

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The flop read {5-Clubs}

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 {7-Clubs}

. Kruger didn't seem too disappointed in the knowledge that he had plenty of outs with his {Q-Diamonds}

.

The players waited anxiously as the turn brought the {6-Spades}

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 {7-Diamonds}

" said Rasmussen, not realising that he actually held the {7-Diamonds}

. "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 {A-Clubs}

and was behind Pagano's {J-Clubs}

.

The flop virtually ended it all as it arrived {J-Hearts}

, with the {5-Spades}

on the turn and {A-Hearts}

on the river were enough to send a disappointed Kruger to the rail.

Tags: David Kruger

04-16-2008 14:07 UTC+2

Mostafa Tilting

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Since running pocket jacks into Joe Hachem's queens earlier in the day, Mostafa Belkhayate has been a loose cannon, firing chips relentlessly into practically every other pot.

Most recently, he gave about 90,000 away to American Noah Siegel, calling bets down to the river on a {3-Spades}

board. When the {2-Clubs}

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 {A-Hearts}

. Siegel tabled a meager {Q-Clubs}

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.

04-16-2008 14:08 UTC+2

Players Take a 15 Minute Break

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Players are currently on a 15-minute break while the red 500-denomination chips are colored up and raced off the tables.

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 800

04-16-2008 14:22 UTC+2

Play Resumes

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The players have returned from break and the cards are in the air.

04-16-2008 14:34 UTC+2

Stefan Geim Doubles Up

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Stefan Geim of German moved all in from under the gun holding a pocket pair of sixes. Action then folded all the way around the table to Gerasimos Deres in the big blind, who asked the dealer, "How much more?" 63,500 was her reply and Deres slid a stack of brown chips across the betting line to make the call, tabling {A-Diamonds}

.

The board ultimately ran out king-high and Geim's sixes held up to take down the ~130,000 pot. Deres was left with about 58,000 after the hand.

Tags: Gerasimos Deres

04-16-2008 14:43 UTC+2

Anthony Chatelain Eliminated

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Noah Siegel limped into the pot from early position and Anthony Chatelain came over the top for an additional 46,600 chips which represented his entire stack. Siegel thought for a moment and made the call.

Siegel: {A-Spades}