2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$3,198,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$15,764
Prize Pool
$13,393,124
Entries
842
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Boom Boom Busto

Boom Boom Busto
Boom Boom Busto
We caught the action on the turn with three players in the pot and the board reading an interesting {8-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}. The player in the big blind led out for 1,300 and PokerStars.com player Boris Becker made the call from the button. The player in the small blind then check-raised over the top of both players to make it 3,000 to go. The big blind folded and Becker hesitated before making the call.

The river landed the {7-Spades} and the big blind asked Becker how many chips he had left. "Not many!" was the reply from the tennis star as he looked down at around 1,000 and change. The big blind bet enough to put him all in, and Becker shrugged his shoulders before tossing the last of his chips into the middle.

"You have a queen?" nervously posed the player in the big blind, however Becker flipped over {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} for nothing but an ace to go with the trips on the board. The big blind flipped {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} which surprisingly was good enough to take down the pot to send Becker to a straight sets exit from today's event.

Tags: Boris Becker