2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open
PokerStars EPT Warsaw Main Event
Day: 1b
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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Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
.The first caller bets out 1,000 after the early limper checks; it is enough and the cards are now on their backs:
Eric Vanderburg:
Soren Jensen:
Unknown:
The turn and river are dealt
and we lose two players in one hand.
In the first hand, Sorel opened with a 950 raise from mid-position. Action then folded around to Melek Ertas in the big blind, who then made it 4,000 to go. Mizzi tanked for a bit before subtly sliding a stack of blue and red chips across the betting line, softly announcing, "All in." Ertas made the call and was all in for approximately 11,100. At the showdown, Melek tabled a pocket pair of kings; Sorel showed
. The board ran out 
and Ertas' kings held up, leaving Sorel with less than 2,000 in chips.On the very next hand, Sorel opened with another pre-flop raise, this time making it 900 to go, leaving himself a single stack of green chips (approx. 600 worth) behind. An unknown player to his immediate left then made it an even 2,000 and action folded around the table to Sorel, who made the call holding
; his opponent produced pocket fives. A king-high board sealed the Canadian's fate and he calmly exited the tournament area.
A couple of hands later, he was in the big blind and called a raise of 900 from the small blind.
The flop came down
and Thomas called a 1,300 bet. The turn and river were the 
and both were checked. Thomas let out a, "Wow" when his opponent turned over , which was way ahead of his 
.
was not looking good against the 
of his opponent, but a board of 
was just what he needed and he has doubled up.
Dennis Petronack, USA - 41,000
Michael Hogbom, Sweden - 38,000
Michael Schulze, Germany - 45,000
