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

05-03-2009 15:49 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

[user75032]

Mikhail Tulchinskiy - 4,500,000
Eric Qu - 1,550,000
Pieter de Korver - 1,115,000
Alem Shah - 1,380,000
Matthew Woodward - 4,305,000
Dag Mikkelsen - 15,315,000

05-03-2009 16:04 UTC+3

With more than half the chips, Dag Mikkelsen is taking it easy during the break. He's currently playing foosball with his buddies in the player lounge, not a care in the world. Looks like in his mind he's got this locked up already.

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 10,000

05-03-2009 16:08 UTC+3

Hand #41 - Mikhail Tulchinskiy

[user75032]

Mikhail Tulchinskiy opens for 350,000 and gets the blinds and antes.

Tags: Mikhail Tulchinskiy

05-03-2009 16:12 UTC+3

Hand #42 - Alem Shah Eliminated in 6th Place (€350,000)

[user46392]

Mikhail Tulchinskiy makes it 350,000, and it folds right around to Alem Shah, who pushes. And.... a call!

Tulchinskiy: {A-Diamonds}

Alem Shah: {A-Spades}

Board:

No flush for Shah on the river, and he is busto in 6th place.

Tags: Alem Shah Mikhail Tulchinskiy

05-03-2009 16:17 UTC+3

Eric Qu Eliminated in 5th Place (€470,000)

[user75032]

Hand No. 43 -

The very next hand, Mikhail Tulchinskiy was at it again. He opened for 350,000 in front of a reraise all infor 1.46 million by Eric Qu. Tulchinskiy snap-called and for a second hand in a row, the cards were on their backs!

Tulchinskiy: {A-Diamonds}

Qu:

We were primed to lose Eric Qu after a flop of {3-Diamonds}

helped neither player, leaving Qu looking for one of the three kings or running straight cards. He found the {K-Diamonds}

on the turn and was out of his seat in elation. But you can't count your chickens before they've hatched in Texas Hold'em; Tulchinskiy caught his own miracle with a river {A-Spades}

to knock Qu out in 5th place.

Tags: Eric Qu Mikhail Tulchinskiy