and Mehdi checks to Ricardo who bets out 65,000. Mehdi immediately slams a stack of 200,000 chips down on the felt which almost made the rest of his stack topple over, such was the force. Ricardo folded his hand quite quickly.
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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and Mehdi checks to Ricardo who bets out 65,000. Mehdi immediately slams a stack of 200,000 chips down on the felt which almost made the rest of his stack topple over, such was the force. Ricardo folded his hand quite quickly.
is checked by both players but Ricardo bets 65,000 on the 
turn which Michael calls. The river is the 
and again both players check. Michael shows 
which is ahead of Ricardo's 
.The next hand Mathias makes it 45,000 and Michael calls. Like the previous hand, the flop of
is checked. Michael then bets 60,000 on the 
turn, which Mathias calls. The river is the and is checked by both players. Michael shows 
which wins, Mathias just shows the 
.Michael has now broken the 1,500,000-chip barrier.
First to act with the board showing
, Öman bet 70,000 into a 145,000 pot that was raised pre-flop, chasing both Viberg and Ouakhir out of the hand. After his opponents folded, Öman revealed the 
for the no-pair nuts. He's since chipped up to about 460,000 via a heavy dose of fearless, aggressive play.
. Michael checks and Chris bets 47,000. Michael calls.The turn is the
and both players check.Michael bets out 120,000 on the
river prompting Christian to quickly move all in. Michael announces "call" straight away,Michael
Christian
Both players hit the gutshot on the river and the pot is chopped.
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Schulze quickly let go of his hand and then it was up to Sousa who unhurriedly separated the additional 253,000 from his stack... two chips at a time. He then tanked for a solid two minutes, eventually letting go of his hand, then looked over at Mathias Viberg with anticipation, hoping he might make the call. He did not, and Christian Öman took down the 100,000 pot uncontested.
Juan
Mathias
The flop came down
. The turn though produce a rare show of emotion from the Swede, the causing him to pump his fist with a determined "Yeah!"The river was the
and Juan Maceiras is eliminated in sixth place earning $151,467.
The first three times he shoved all of his chips in, he took the blinds and antes down uncontested. On the fourth hand, he was in the big blind and the action folded around to Mathias Viberg, who opened with a 35,000 raise. Play folded back around to Maceiras, who took a peek at his cards and then yelled out, "Alright!" as he shoved his stack into the middle once more. Viberg asked for a count, which came to a total of 132,000 and eventually made the call, tabling a pocket pair of tens.
Maceiras cringed at the sight of Viberg's hand and sheepishly turned over the
. "Ace! Ace! Ace! Ace!" chanted Maceiras' railbirds, who were rewarded with one right in the window. Unable to catch the case ten, Viberg counted out the 97,000 more he owed Maceiras as the Spaniard celebrated with multiple fist pumps.
Niclas
Mehdi
The flop was
and Mehdi started calling for an eight. The turn was the adding to Mehdi's outs. The river was the to counterfeit Niclas Svensson's two pair and he was eliminated in seventh place winning $119,911.The short stack Juan Maceiras was delighted, stating, "I just won €20,000 in that hand and I was not even in it!" referring to the jump in prize money.
