€25,000 High Roller Championship Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

05-03-2009 01:15 UTC+3

The G is for Generosity

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Tony G came over and said to tell everyone who bought a percentage of him for the Main Event on ChipMeUp.com, that they can now have one-quarter of one percent of him for free, right now, right here. It looks like he's going to dodge the bubble, so there's a little payback for those who thought they lost out.

"I played bad in the Main, so I'm going to apologize, give those people who bought a piece of me something back."

"You only made one mistake in the Main," offered TD Kevin.

"What's that?"

"Running out of chips." I always thought the customary punchline for that rubdown went, "Playing it," but I could be wrong.

Tags: Tony G

05-03-2009 01:09 UTC+3

Seat Draw and Chip Counts

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Eight of these players will be getting delicious monies tomorrow when they play the final table; one will be going home with the wooden spoon.

Seat 1 -- Andrew Feldman: 300,000
Seat 2 -- Randy Dorfman: 230,000
Seat 3 -- David Steicke: 305,000
Seat 4 -- Anthony Giuetti: 610,000
Seat 5 -- David Eldar: 365,000
Seat 6 -- William Thorson: 230,000
Seat 7 -- Florian Langmann: 215,000
Seat 8 -- Tony G: 720,000
Seat 9 -- Vanessa Rousso: 963,000

05-03-2009 00:59 UTC+3

Rousso Outraces Kabbaj in 10th place

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We're down to one table after shortish-stacked John Kabbaj moved all in preflop over the top of a Vanessa Rousso raise. For 130,000 more, she said, "I have to call," turning over {A-Clubs}

. Kabbaj shrugged and showed {9-Hearts}

.

The flop brought {Q-Diamonds}

and Kabbaj was getting ready to shake everyone's hand as the turn and river came {5-Clubs}

and

. They both behaved with the utmost decorum, although secretly I am sure Vanessa Rousso was delighted to be heading to the final table as the new chip leader.

Tags: John Kabbaj Vanessa Rousso

Level: 16

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

05-03-2009 00:43 UTC+3

Break; One Bust, One Double...

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The exiter was an up-and-down Daniel Alaei, who after the recent period of down got his stack in preflop with a dominated {A-?}

vs. Anthony Giuetti's {A-?}

. Giuetti became a chip monster with 990,000.

The doubler was Vanessa Rousso, who slightly lessened Giuetti's monster status. Giuetti raised under the gun to 25,000, called by Rousso on the button and big blind David Steicke. The flop came down an interesting {Q-Clubs}

. Checked to Giuetti, who bet 58,000. Rousso called and Steicke passed. On the {6-Clubs}

turn, Giuetti bet 132,000 and Rousso, after a think, moved in.

"I have to call," he said and did so, showing {K-Hearts}

, behind her {A-Clubs}

. The river bricked and she's now well over half a million in chips.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

05-03-2009 00:39 UTC+3

Super-Fast Double-up for Kabbaj

[user46392]

John Kabbaj raised, William Thorson reraised, Kabbaj pushed and Thorson called, all of this very quickly.

Kabbaj: {A-Diamonds}

Thorson:

Board:

Kabbaj doubles to 320,000.

05-03-2009 00:37 UTC+3

Reynolds Apparently Wasted

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Roundly sick of the high-volume railing, Andrew Feldman went to the TD and asked him to eject William Reynolds and his friend from the tournament area. A brief and angry discussion took place between Feldman and Reynolds. "You want me to tilt off all my chips in a 25K event," Feldman snapped, "You're still drinking wine..."

Reynolds moved away and stood a little further from the tables, but the TD was firm. "I can still hear you." Eventually he wandered off. "Did that just happen?" asked another of Reynolds' friends at the rail as he left. "Yeah, apparently I'm wasted," was the slurred reply.

05-03-2009 00:33 UTC+3

Stick It to Steicke

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David Steicke is in some serious trouble.

He and Vanessa Rousso saw a {K-Spades}

flop, and Steicke bet out 90,000. Rousso pushed, Steicke quietly called, and they were on their backs.

Steicke: {K-Clubs}

Rousso:

Turn:

River:

"Even more of a flush," chuckled Steicke as the straight flush came in and he paid up. Rousso is up to 400,000; Steicke is down to 220,000.

A few hands later, Steicke reraised to 100,000 from the big blind to a 25,000 raise from Anthony Giuetti under the gun. Giuetti thought about it for a while, and went to raise again -- but Steicke had mucked his hand before Giuetti's chips had reached the felt. Now down to 120,000.

05-03-2009 00:28 UTC+3

Respect Your Eldar

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Florian Langmann has dropped a few chips after David Eldar bet 30,000 on the turn of the {9-Diamonds}

board. Langmann raised to 75,000 -- but Eldar pushed and he laid it down.

05-03-2009 00:21 UTC+3

Lev Myrmsky Busts Out 12th

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Now short, Lev Myrmsky picked a spot to raise Tony G all in preflop. He didn't get a super-quick call, but it looked like it was heading that way as Tony G counted out the chips.

Andrew Feldman said, "He's got king-ten," which Myrmsky would have been within his rights to have called for a yellow card over. He either didn't hear or didn't care, however, and eventually Tony G called with {A-Spades}

. Myrmsky tabled {4-Clubs}

. Again Feldman's two cents: "I had the exact same hand. Four-five of hearts."

Myrmsky remained calm throughout the dealing of his doom-board {J-Spades}

, actually smiled at the table, and exited stage right.

Tags: Andrew Feldman Lev Myrmsky Tony G