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

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

Apr 30, 2009

Play Resumes

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Back to the trenches we go. Poker is hard work.

Apr 30, 2009

Ami Not Making Friends

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Disaster for yesterday's end of day chip leader Ami Barer. With the board reading {2-Clubs}

by the river, Barer put in a 19,000 bet only to be met with a raise to around 50,000 from Jean Paul "El Korsico" Pasqualini. Barer thought about it and made the call, turning over {2-Diamonds}

for the flopped full house -- but Pasqualini turned over {A-Hearts}

for the bigger house on the river and is now up to 220,000. "Fantastic," said Barer, now knocked down to 96,500. He seems to have made a bit of a recovery since, though -- he's right now back up to around 150,000.

Tags: Barer - stack looking barer

Apr 30, 2009

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Apr 30, 2009

15 Minute Break

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Another break, the last before the dinner break, which we understand will be 90 minutes and probably staggered as there are still such a large number of players in the tournament.

Apr 30, 2009

The Blangenwitsch Project

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If the gent on Table 31, Seat 6 is still the marvellously-named Martial Blangenwitsch, he just lost a pot to Sandra Naujoks which, while not huge, represented a good proportion of his remaining short stack.

Observed from the turn, the board stood {5-Diamonds}

. Blangenwitsch bet out 8,200 and found Naujoks raising to 23k. With just over 30k total behind, this was a big question for Blangenwitsch. He dwelled up for a very long time, a ring of spectators now closing in on the table. Finally, with a table tap, he let it go. Now short as level 11 closes, he's got his work cut out as the blinds rise to 1k/2k.

Tags: Sandra Naujoks

Apr 30, 2009

Turn Card a Brick Wall

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Everywhere I looked in the last half hour, hands have been heating up until the turn, when they've abruptly stopped, all the curiosity about the players' hands coming to naught.

For example, Dag Palovic had his 25k bet on a flop of {10-Hearts}

called, but his opponent wasn't a fan of the pairing {10-Clubs}

on the turn or the next 25k bet.

Joe Hachem, meanwhile, had his stack sized up intently by Gustavo Kein, who faced a bet out from Hachem of 17k on a {K-Spades}

board. Hachem counted out his stack for his opponent, then sat there stone-faced as he made his decision, which turned out to be 'pass.'

Tags: Dag Palovic Joe Hachem

Apr 30, 2009

"One Time, Dealer!"

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Alex Todd gets his one time, flopping a set with his {5-Clubs}

against Andrew Pantling's {6-Hearts}

. He didn't have a big stack, but most of it went in on the {7-?}

flop, and even though the {Q-Hearts}

on the turn brought a flush draw for the sixes, the {9-Spades}

finished off his double through. He stood up and muttered, "One time, dealer!" before repeating it on loudspeaker for the immediate area, relief visible.

Apr 30, 2009

Busto or Robusto?

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Busto:

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (the room is less bedazzling)
Victor Ramdin
Leo Fernandez (Climber of the Day award given a little too soon)
Casey Kastle

Robusto:

Wooka Kim - 125,000
Boris Becker - 104,000
George Danzer - 160,000

Apr 30, 2009