€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 300

Apr 30, 2009

Clickety Clack, We're Back

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The clicking of chips has resumed. Cards are back in the air.

Apr 30, 2009

Recently Busted

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Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki, and EPT Budapest winner Will Fry, in unrelated incidents.

Apr 30, 2009

I Fought the Lawson and the Lawson Won

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Alessandro de Michele raised to 6,300 and was met with a reraise all in for 27,700 from Ted Lawson in the big blind. Some dwelling, a little squirming, and at last, just the right amount of calling.

Lawson: {5-Spades}

de Michele: {K-Clubs}

With a theatrical fist pump, Lawson doubled up to around 60,000, and looks much more cheerful now.

Tags: Alessandro de Michele Ted Lawson

Apr 30, 2009

Watch PokerStars.tv!

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PokerStars.tv will be live from the last two days of the EPT Grand Final later this week, May 2-3. Check it out!

Apr 30, 2009

Break Time

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Our photogs get surly if we don't show off their handiwork.

The players have been sent on a fifteen-minute break. When they come back, the field will re-combine and play the last two levels of the day.

Apr 30, 2009

Tureniec Causing Havoc

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A nicely stacked Michael Tureniec just won a pot from Ami Barer. Raising preflop, Tureniec then bet 11k on the {7-Diamonds}

flop; Barer check-called. The turn was the {7-Hearts}

and both players checked. The river brought the {3-Diamonds}

and this time when Barer checked, Tureniec thought for a few minutes (holding still like those guys who stand on little pillars pretending to be the statue of liberty, etc.), and then bet 29k.

Barer sighed and passed his {8-Clubs}

face up. "The turn was good," he said, "The river not so much. Or, he's running over us again. Could be either of the two."

It's not like Barer is in dire straits just yet - he's back up to 175k currently.

Tags: Ami Barer Michael Tureniec

Apr 30, 2009

Liu's Presto Goot!

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If we weren't lazy, we'd probably look into the reason why pocket fives are called "presto". But we're lazy, and we'd probably be disappointed by what we discovered. Regardless, J.J. Liu made presto work for her by calling a raise to 6,300 in position. On a flop of {10-Clubs}

, Liu's opponent checked, then check-raised all in after she bet 5,000. Liu quickly called, tabling her {5-Clubs}

against her opponent's {J-Hearts}

"Oh my god," he said as he stood from the table and put his hands on his head. "Oh my god." The turn and river blanked out {7-Diamonds}

and

to double Liu up to 130,000.

Tags: JJ Liu

Apr 30, 2009

Kim Takes Battle of Blinds

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As we were admiring the stacks and stacks of chips that Vadim Shlez has acquired (he's up to 485,000), we witnessed an interesting blind battle. The small blind, a player not known to us, announced, "Raise," in a forceful tone and raised to 5,000. In the big blind was Wooka Kim, who reraised to 16,100. The small blind tanked for thirty seconds, then again announced, "Raise," in the same tone -- but it was a small raise, to 27,000 total.

Kim shrugged and waved her hands over her chips. "I'm all in," she said. That declaration brought an exasperated sigh from Shlez. He asked for a count (it appeared Kim had him covered, but it was close), then folded.

Kim is up to 110,000.

Tags: Wooka Kim

Apr 30, 2009

Andre Akkari Risks it All

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Andre Akkari - May have had the ace-king

Having built a 50k pot heads up on a flop of {A-Spades}

, Andre Akkari's opponent either checked and got a bet, or (more likely) bet out and got a raise from him. Either way, he ended up all-in for 28,400. "Have you got the ace-king?" queried the other player, before throwing the towel in and his hand away.