PokerStars EPT Warsaw Main Event | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

03-15-2008 21:32 UTC+2

Mehdi Gets Restless

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His stack starting to dwindle, Mehdi Ouakhir decided to take control of his own destiny and opened a recent pot with a 55,000 raise from under the gun holding {5-Diamonds}

. Michael Schulze gave him action, as did Christian Öman in the big blind.

The flop came {10-Hearts}

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.

03-15-2008 21:24 UTC+2

Chirping Chips!

[user50492]

After chopping an all-in blind battle with Matthias Viberg when his {A-Clubs}

escaped from Viberg's {A-Spades}

when the board came {A-Hearts}

, 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: {A-Clubs}

Ricardo:

The flop was a disaster for Schulze as it fell {Q-Clubs}

. Schulze was left drawing to running aces and when the turn fell {3-Diamonds}

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.

Tags: Mathias Viberg Michael Schulze Ricardo Sousa

03-15-2008 21:10 UTC+2

Schulze Takes Half of Sousa's Chips

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Ricardo Sousa opened the pot with a 60,000 raise from under-the-gun and Michael Schulze made the call from the big blind. Both players checked the {K-Diamonds}

flop, opting to see a free turn card - the {9-Spades}

.

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 {3-Hearts}

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 {A-Hearts}

for two pair and a frustrated Sousa chucked his {A-Spades}

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.

03-15-2008 20:56 UTC+2

Christian Öman Doubles Up

[user50492]

Christian Öman is in push mode. For the second time in three hands he moved all in pre-flop. This time he got called by Mehdi who was lurking in the big blind with {5-Diamonds}

. It was a straight race as Christian had {A-Hearts}

.

The flop was good for Christian bringing him plenty more outs. It was {7-Spades}

. One of those outs hit the turn in the shape of the {6-Clubs}

and he even hit another one for good measure when the {J-Spades}

hit the river.

Christian doubles up to 500,000 and Mehdi is knocked back to the same amount.

Tags: Christian Öman Mehdi Ouakhir

03-15-2008 20:48 UTC+2

"I have queen-high."

[user38449]

Michael Schulze has just taken another pot from Ricardo Sousa and all he needed to do it was king-high.

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 {7-Spades}

flop and it was Schulze who restarted the action, firing 60,000 when the {A-Clubs}

fell on the turn. Sousa paid the toll to see the river, the {5-Diamonds}

, and both players checked. "I have queen-high," Sousa said, conceding to his opponent who tabled the {K-Spades}

to take down the pot.

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

03-15-2008 20:30 UTC+2

Play has Restarted

[user50492]

Players are back from dinner and the play has just started.

03-15-2008 19:28 UTC+2

Dinner Time

[user38449]

The tournament clock has been paused while the remaining five players go on a 60-minute dinner break. Here's how they stack up at the intermission:

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

03-15-2008 19:25 UTC+2

Mehdi has Christian Saying Ö-man

[user38449]

Action folded around to Christian Öman in the small blind who completed the bet and Mehdi Ouakhir checked his option in the big, opting to see a free flop: {A-Clubs}

. 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 {8-Clubs}

, though it failed to induce a bet from either player. The last card to fall was the {K-Diamonds}

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.