€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

05-03-2009 13:36 UTC+2

Hand #16 - Matthew Woodward

Eric Qu opens again. He makes it the now-standard 250,000. When button player Matthew Woodward does not immediately act, Qu takes his sunglasses off and stares Woodward down. Woodward reraises to 600,000, and the sunglasses go back on. Apparently his x-ray vision convinces him that Woodward's bet is telling the truth. Qu folds, giving Woodward the pot.

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05-03-2009 13:37 UTC+2

Hand #17 - Alem Shah

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Alem Shah open-shoves for 1,300,000, with no takers at all. Lucky Shah.

05-03-2009 13:40 UTC+2

Hand #18 - Daniel Zink

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Daniel Zink mixes things up a little with a raise to 235,000. It seems to be begging for a call, but nobody listens. Zink wins the blinds and the antes.

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05-03-2009 13:42 UTC+2

Hand #19 - Peter Traply

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Mikkelsen raises to 250,000, and Peter Traply re-pops him for 675,000 total. A pass, and Traply takes it down.

05-03-2009 13:45 UTC+2

Hand #20 - Alem Shah

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Eric Qu is on the button. He raises to 300,000. Alem Shah is the big blind. He moves all in for 1.5 million, putting Qu to what looks like a difficult decision for a second time. He chooses to pass, gving Shah another pot.

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05-03-2009 13:47 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Peter Traply - 4,710,000
Mikhail Tulchinskiy - 3,585,000
Eric Qu - 2,180,000
Pieter de Korver - 1,220,000
Alem Shah - 1,930,000
Daniel Zink - 2,550,000
Matthew Woodward - 4,900,000
Dag Mikkelsen - 7,090,000

05-03-2009 13:49 UTC+2

Hand #21 - Eric Qu

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Mikkelsen raises it up to 250,000, called by Tulchinskiy. Qu pushes all in from the cutoff for 2,170,000. Mikkelsen passes pretty swiftly and the action moves back to Tulchinskiy, who eyes up the Qu stack, making a face. After a long and rather serious-looking dwell, Tulchinskiy passes, while Qu looks a bit disappointed.

05-03-2009 13:50 UTC+2

Hand #22 - Pieter de Korver

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Pieter de Korver has only twelve big blinds, but when action passes to him and he raises, it's not for all of his chips. Instead it's for only 250,000 of them. It doesn't matter; nobody's interested in playing.

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05-03-2009 13:52 UTC+2

Hand #23 - Dag Martin Mikkelsen

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Woodward merely makes up the small blind, and in the big blind Dag Martin Mikkelsen is not letting him get away with that. Mikkelsen raises to 350,000 and Woodward folds.

05-03-2009 13:54 UTC+2

Hand #24 - Daniel Zink

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Daniel Zink is the first player into the pot. He raises to 235,000 from the cutoff but still nobody wants to play. The nerves of all of the final table players seem very tight.

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