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
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€9,350,000
Entries
935
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 935
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Who says the global economy's in the tank? Poker seems quite robusto here in the Old Country.
Fry raised and Kang shoved. Said Fry, "Ooh, I really feel like folding this," but he called instead.
Fry:
Kang:
Board:
Fry: "Wish I'd folded."
Kang now up to 23,000.
Williams did just pick up a small pot by firing on every street. Williams raised preflop to 1,100 and got two callers, one of whom stuck with him through bets of 2,500 on the flop and 5,500 on the turn. With the board showing
at the river, Williams fired three yellow (T5,000) chips across the betting line. His opponent tanked for a minute before mucking what he said was 
."If you had checked, I might have shoved the river," he told Williams. Williams had no response as he added the pot to his stack. He's now up to 88,000.
. He furrowed again after checking the 
turn and watching his opponent move all in for about 15,000.Sahamies has appeared frustrated for most of the day. We can't recall seeing him significantly above the starting stack. He's currently rocking about 25,000.
flop, and Khan bet out around 5,000. Call.They saw a
turn and this time Khan bet out 8,300. Again, a call.They saw a
river, and this time Khan wordlessly pushed his remaining 15,025 across the line in one neat stack. His opponent removed his sunglasses and asked for a count (it covered him) and then went into the tank long enough for me to get a bunch of chip counts from the next table over. Eventually the clock was called, but still no decision. The player timed out, and showed his folded 
. Commented another player at the table to Khan, "I'd have called just to see what you had."Khan now up to 48,000.
board. "Do you have a camera?" ElkY's opponent asked as ElkY contemplated his decision. "I'll take a picture and show you only. But I can't show anyone else."
ElkY open-mucked
after another thirty seconds. His opponent asked a media member for a camera, but the dealer quickly scuttled that, saying that the "show one, show all" rule would apply even to a photo."Well, I can't do that," ElkY's opponent said. He surrendered his cards and raked in the pot.
Ummer flat called an early position raise, only to find another player min-reraising. The initial raiser then made it 7,600, and Ummer moved all in for 13,000 more. The min-raiser passed pretty much instantly. Weighing up the pot, and Ummer himself, the original raiser made the call. He swore gently when he saw his
were up against Ummer's . He was drawing dead by the turn, and Ummer now has a healthy 50,000.
board , Joe Ebanks sat perfectly still and waited for his opponent to decide whether or not to call his 28,000 all-in bet. Eventually he did get a call, his opponent holding 
. But Ebanks' took the pot.
board. When Hansen re-surfaced, he called all in for less with 
. The bad news was that his opponent held 
, leaving Hansen looking for an ace, a three or a four to remain in the tournament. The river, however, was a 
."He looked like he was bluffing," Hansen sighed to nobody but himself. "He played it so strange..." With his voice trailing off, Hansen grabbed his 4 euro bottle of water and a copy of the latest Danish fiction that he had been reading between hands and wandered off.
