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

05-03-2009 19:02 UTC+3

Break Time

[user75032]

The remaining three players have reached the end of Level 31 and are on a 15-minute break.

05-03-2009 18:44 UTC+3

Hand #104 - Dag Mikkelsen Eliminated in 4th Place (€600,000)

[user46392]

Tulchinskiy makes it 320,000 and de Korver calls. Mikkelsen pushes for just 20,000 more, and they both call.

They check down the {10-Spades}

board and Mikkelsen is not not looking happy; and indeed his {A-Clubs}

is no good against de Korver's {Q-Hearts}

for two pair, and Tulchinskiy's {K-Hearts}

is no good either. De Korver wins the pot, and our former gigantic chip leader is our surprise fourth-place finisher.

Tags: Dag Mikkelsen

05-03-2009 18:40 UTC+3

Chip Counts

[user46392]

de Korver: 14,640,000
Woodward: 8,140,000
Tulchinskiy: 4,820,000
Mikkelsen: 360,000

Wow.

05-03-2009 18:39 UTC+3

Dag Mikkelsen is first to speak. He opens for 380,000, a bet that is reraised to 680,000 by Pieter de Korver from the blinds. Mikkelsen grabs a few chips off his stack and drops them into the pot. He still seems frustrated.

On the flop of {7-Hearts}

, de Korver comes again with a bet of 430,000. Mikkelsen isn't deterred; he calls to see the {9-Diamonds}

fall on the turn. De Korver moves forward in his chair and bets 1,040,000. Mikkelsen looks de Korver's stack up and down and asks for a count. The stacks are almost even. Armed with that knowledge, Mikkelsen moves all in. Snap-call from de Korver!

Mikkelsen: {K-Diamonds}

de Korver: {6-Clubs}

Whoops. Maybe it was frustration, but that's a huge gaffe by Mikkelsen. He's drawing dead against de Korver's full house and has to ship almost his whole stack across the table after the {A-Spades}

river. Mikkelsen is left with just 360,000, the same amount that de Korver had at one time at this final table.

Tags: Dag Mikkelsen Pieter de Korver

05-03-2009 18:33 UTC+3

Hand #102 - Dag Mikkelsen

[user46392]

Mikkelsen opens for 380,000, and everybody folds, denying us the opportunity to see any cards. This could take some time.

05-03-2009 18:32 UTC+3

Hand #101 - Dag Mikkelsen

[user75032]

After two folds, Dag Mikkelsen fumbles some chips into the pot as he completes the small blind. Mikhail Tulchinskiy checks the big blind. Both players check the flop. On the turn, Mikkelsen bets 225,000 with the board showing all Broadway cards, {A-Clubs}

. That bet wins the pot.

Tags: Dag Mikkelsen Mikhail Tulchinskiy

05-03-2009 18:29 UTC+3

Hand #100 - Dag Mikkelsen Gets a Walk

[user46392]

05-03-2009 18:28 UTC+3

Hand #99 - Mikhail Tulchinskiy

[user75032]

Mikhail Tulchinskiy opens for 425,000. Matthew Woodward leans back in his chair to get a better look at Tulchinskiy's stack after Pieter de Korver passes the small blind. Woodward then calls to a flop of {8-Clubs}