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€25,000 High Roller Championship
Day 2 Completed
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€25,000 High Roller Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,975,000
Total Entries
79
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 79
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A strange final table took over a level to lose ninth place, Anthony Giuetti, who had himself held the chip lead for much of the day, coming from short stack to leader and then dropping back to finish just shy of the money. Tomorrow, a winner will be decided, who will walk away with €720,000, and it will be one of these players:
Seat 1 -- Andrew Feldman: 202,500
Seat 2 -- Randy Dorfman: 487,500
Seat 3 -- David Steicke: 347,500
Seat 5 -- David Eldar: 385,500
Seat 6 -- William Thorson: 132,000
Seat 7 -- Florian Langmann: 274,500
Seat 8 -- Tony G: 875,000
Seat 9 -- Vanessa Rousso: 1,250,000
Tony G raised to 37,000 and Anthony Giuetti pushed from the button. An immediate call once it had appropriately folded back around to Tony G, and they were on their backs.
Tony G:
Giuetti:
Board:
Thus the day is over at last, and while the unfortunate Giuetti, chip leader for much of the day, is going home with absolutely nothing, our final eight are now all firmly in the money.
Level: 17
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 1,500
Andrew Feldman - 209,000
Randy Dorfman - 490,000
David Steicke - 349,000
Anthony Giuetti - 265,000
David Eldar - 390,000
William Thorson - 150,000
Florian Langmann - 172,000
Tony G - 570,000
Vanessa Rousso - 1,230,000
They saw the
flop and checked it round, they saw the 
turn and checked that too, then come the 
river Giuetti checked and Thorson tried it on for 38,000. Rousso called and Giuetti mucked, and Thorson announced, "Ace high." He mucked without showing when Rousso turned over 
for a rivered pair.
The second time was from the small blind (necessarily) after button Randy Dorfman made it a similar amount. Again, a great deal of pause, but no call.
"The cards just keep getting better and better," Steicke said with a grin.
The friends saw the
flop which was checked to Rousso. She bet 40,000, and got two callers in the shape of Randy Dorfman and Tony G.Before the turn was dealt, Rousso asked Dorfman how much he had left -- it was around 220,000. The
turn was dealt and Tony G checked; this time Rousso bet an even 100,000. Dorfman tanked up for a long time, before announcing all in. Tony G got out of the way, and the action was back on Rousso.She took her time, talking apparently to herself. "You have the straight?" she inquired, but there was no reaction from behind Dorfman's sunglasses. She continued her monologue for some minutes, then threw her hands up in the air, then dwelled some more. Finally her speech came to an end. "Pocket sevens!" she declared, "Pocket sevens would make sense. Top pair's no good!" as though she had just had a life-changing revelation. Then, finally, she passed.
.
Flop:
Rousso checked and Giuetti bet 58,000. Rousso paused and asked Giuetti how much he had; it was around 470,000. She called.
Turn:
Again, Rousso checked, and this time Giuetti bet 108,000. Call.
River:
Both players checked, and Rousso flipped over
for the wheel. Giuetti mucked, entirely expressionless. He is down to 360,000 or so, while Rousso moves on up past that magical million mark to 1,200,000.
