2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

€25,000 High Roller Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
76
Prize
€720,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,975,000
Entries
79
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

High Rollers Don't Mind a Dwell-up

The first seriously long think of the event just happened over the last 6-8 minutes and was performed by a characteristically intense Juha Helppi.

To be fair, he was facing a 13,500 bet into a pot of over 20k from Daniel Alaei... He looked at the board of {10-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {6-Clubs} {8-Clubs} for a while, his own chips for a while longer, back to board, chips, board, chips. Meanwhile far from the tension often found at the poker table when players get antsy for the next hand, there was a relaxed chat going on between lots of them. They managed to get through two or three different subjects before Helppi finally folded, letting go of a noticeable percentage of his stack in the process.

Tags: Daniel AlaeiJuha Helppi