2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
96
Prize
€2,300,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€9,350,000
Entries
935
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0

Hand #88 - Matt Woodward

Woodward raises the small blind, and a suddenly frustrated Mikkelsen throws his cards back to the dealer, then tosses his small blind in for the next hand with an angry flourish.

Hand #87 - Mikhail Tulchinskiy

Dag Mikkelsen is first to act. He opens for 350,000. The next player to act, Mikhail Tulchinskiy, reraises to 900,000, folding both blinds. Dag Mikkelsen calls the bet and will play the hand out of position.

Flop: {5-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {4-Spades}

Mikkelsen checks it over to Tulchinskiy. It's not a threatening board for him, so he bets 1.5 million. Mikkelsen angrily flicks his cards into the muck.

Tags: Dag MikkelsenMikhail Tulchinskiy

Hand #86 - Pieter de Korver Doubles Up

de Korver - still in, somehow
de Korver - still in, somehow
Mikkelsen opens for 400,000, and de Korver thinks for only a moment before something seems to snap in his brain and his chips go across the line. Call.

What monstrous hands are these?

Mikkelsen: {Q-Diamonds} {2-Spades}
De Korver: {K-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}

Interesting.

Board: {J-Hearts} {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} {8-Clubs} {6-Clubs}

Thus, de Korver doubles up to 2,320,000, while Mikkelsen slips to 14,350,000.

Hand #84 - Dag Mikkelsen

Woodward limps in on the small blind and big blind Mikkelsen checks.

Flop: {5-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {9-Hearts}

Woodward bets out 220,000. Mikkelsen studies him intently, then calls.

Turn: {J-Spades}

Woodward checks and Mikkelsen bets 500,000 at him. After a moment's consideration, Woodward gives it up.

Hand #82 - Matt Woodward

Woodward raises it up to 360,000, and Mikkelsen smacks him with a reraise to 950,000. Woodward pauses for some time before four-betting all in -- and a snap-fold from Mikkelsen duly follows.

Hand #81 - Mikhail Tulchinskiy

Dag Mikkelsen completes the small blind after two players fold. Mikhail Tulchinskiy declines his option to raise. Mikkelsen bets 250,000 on a flop that comes down {Q-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {4-Spades}. Tulchinskiy calls.

The turn card is another baby, the {2-Diamonds}. Both players quickly check. They got another pair on board with {Q-Spades} river. Mikkelsen shows down king-high, {K-Spades} {8-Diamonds}; he loses to Tulchinskiy's ace-high, {A-Spades} {5-Diamonds}.

Tags: Dag MikkelsenMikhail Tulchinskiy

Hand #80 - Pieter de Korver Triples Up

De Korver pushes next hand for 345,000, apparently without looking at his cards, and both Woodward and Mikkelsen call in their respective blinds.

The two players check down the {6-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {10-Spades} board, and they all flip their cards.

Mikkelsen: {9-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds}
Woodward: {K-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}
de Korver: {Q-Spades} {4-Clubs}

De Korver raises his hands above his head in victory, while his four wins the pot with top pair.