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Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€9,350,000
Total Entries
935
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 935
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Benjamin Kang - 14,000
Ilari Sahamies - 29,600
Joe Hachem - 14,200
Will Fry - 48,600
The river
finished off the 
board, and Hansen had bet 8k on the river. His opponent on the button then raised him to 19k. The 11k to make the call represented over a third of Hansen's remaining chips, and he tanked with aplomb."I could have the best hand...I can't beat 9-10... Random spades? Could have a nine..." so went his flow of murmured consideration. Into the hush of the room a player on the top rail made a huge Tarzan cry for some reason. As the minutes until the break ticked down, he finally, having attracted a ring of press three deep, made the call. His opponent showed
. He mucked.
With around 40,000 in the pot by the river of the
board, a massive and decidedly untidy pile of chips lay across the line in front of Laak, enough to easily cover Rory Matthews who had just 19,500 behind."I wish I hadn't hit," sighed Matthews, "Then I wouldn't have to make a decision."
"Well, I'm pot-committed," deadpanned Laak.
Eventually, Matthews passed -- showing
for the backdoor flush. Some uproar as Laak mucked and raked in the pot -- Dag Palovic thought the belonged to Laak, and Will Kassouf claimed to have seen the 
in Laak's hand. "Was that the king of clubs?" he asked, a little hysterical. "I don't know," lied Laak. "The king of clubs was right there," Kassouf refused to give up.This went on for some time. "Don't gimme the bullshit, you know I slack off," Laak was saying some minutes later. "I like big bets on the river if I think it's gonna work or if I have the nuts."
"So which was it?" asked Kassouf.
"I always have the nuts."
Binger and Williams were part of a five-way limped flop that came
. When everyone checked, Binger tried to buy the pot with a bet of 2,500 on the turn. He couldn't shake the button. Both men checked the river, with the button player turning over 
to take the pot.
Turns out he was holding
and saw a 
flop with two hearts on it. He checked, he raised when the other guy bet, he called when the other guy pushed, and his opponent's 
made a flush on the turn. At least he has a new hat though -- he goes through the trilbies at a rate of knots, leaving them in various hotels and airports around the world. "I'm keeping this one," he said. "I lost all my chips but I'm keeping my hat. I'm done with losing today." Good man.
