Who says the global economy's in the tank? Poker seems quite robusto here in the Old Country.
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1b
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Who says the global economy's in the tank? Poker seems quite robusto here in the Old Country.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
* 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event champion Alex Kostritsyn; and
* 2009 Aussie Millions High Roller champion David Steicke.
Vicky Coren - 66,000
Alexia Portal - 50,000
Isabelle Mercier - 36,500
Liv Boeree - 24,800
Vanessa Rousso - 17,200
Liz Lieu - 8,000
. 7,700 was lying in front of her, waiting to tempt a caller. Her opponent was duly tempted, immediately mucking when he saw her
for the rivered house.
flop, and then Fry took it down with a simple 1,000 bet when the other two checked to him again on the
turn.
Having clawed back up to 21,000 after winning a sizable pot with
which made what appeared to be a backdoor flush, his bustout hand must have seemed somewhat like diamond deja vu.Helppi had overbet the pot on the turn with top pair top kicker (he held
). Philippe Saint-Andre made the call with
, which was at the time a pair of jacks and a flush draw. The
came on the turn, completing his flush and sending Helppi to the rail.
Dag Palovic - 66,000
Phil Laak - 55,000
Sandra Naujoks - 54,000
Even Steven:
Alexander Kravchenko - 32,000
Erich Kollmann - 28,000
Casey Kastle - 27,000
How Far They've Fallen:
Gus Hansen - 25,000
Hevad Khan - 16,000
John Juanda - 9,500
Nick Binger raised with pocket eights, and Chorny merely flatted. They saw a
flop and all the chips went in, Chorny relatively short on around 10,000 -- Chorny tabled aces, but an eight on the river sent him packing.