Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open
PokerStars EPT Warsaw Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$8,628
Prize Pool
$3,153,752
Entries
359
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 359
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. Michael Schulze gave him action, as did Christian Öman in the big blind. The flop came
and Christian passed the first action to Mehdi, who piled up a 120,000 stack of chips and slid it across the betting line. Both Michael and Christian folded and the fearless Ouakhir proudly showed his bluff before raking in the 170,000 pot.
escaped from Viberg's 
when the board came 
, Ricardo Sousa was all in again a couple of hands later. This time, he came over the top of a Michael Schulze raise. Michael called the extra 177,000.Michael:
Ricardo:
The flop was a disaster for Schulze as it fell
. Schulze was left drawing to running aces and when the turn fell 
it was all over and Ricardo got a bit excitable: "I can't lose!" he exclaimed before following up with, "Who's next?" and, "It's my time now!" Well he is back in the game proper now with 480,000 so we will see whether it truly is is time in the next few hours.
flop, opting to see a free turn card - the 
.Schulze then took command of the hand, firing a 50,000 bet which was called by Sousa. The last card off the deck was the
and Schulze fired again, doubling his bet on the turn. Sousa tanked for a minute or so before eventually sliding a stack of 5,000 chips across the betting line to make the call. At the showdown, Schulze revealed for two pair and a frustrated Sousa chucked his 
face up into the muck.After the hand, Sousa was left with approximately 230,000 in chips while Schulze took one step closer to two million.
. It was a straight race as Christian had 
.The flop was good for Christian bringing him plenty more outs. It was
. One of those outs hit the turn in the shape of the 
and he even hit another one for good measure when the 
hit the river.Christian doubles up to 500,000 and Mehdi is knocked back to the same amount.
Sousa had made it 55,000 to go before the flop from under-the-gun and Schulze was the lone caller in the big blind. Both players checked the
flop and it was Schulze who restarted the action, firing 60,000 when the fell on the turn. Sousa paid the toll to see the river, the , and both players checked. "I have queen-high," Sousa said, conceding to his opponent who tabled the 
to take down the pot.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
Seat 2: Christian Öman - 228,000
Seat 3: Mehdi Ouakhir - 747,000
Seat 7: Michael Schulze - 1,526,000
Seat 8: Ricardo Sousa - 510,000
Seat 9: Mathias Viberg - 581,000
. Christian quickly pulled 22,000 worth of chips off the top of his stack and slid them across the betting line. Mehdi then announced a raise, kicking it up to 52,000, which was countered by a third bet from Öman, who made it a total of 130,000 to go. After some thought, Mehdi decided to ease off the throttle and just call.The next card off the deck was a very interesting
, though it failed to induce a bet from either player. The last card to fall was the and Öman passed, giving the honors to Mehdi, who slid a single stack of pink 10,000 chips into the middle, a bet worth 200,000, but before Mehdi fully released his chips, Öman had already thrown his cards into the muck.Mehdi climbed to ~700,000 with the win, while Christian dropped back down to around 280,000.
