2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 3
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A Few Sartorial Notes
* J.J. Liu, in another lovely hat and dress ensemble;
* Dag Palovic, sporting a scarf that appears to be a Slovakian flag;
* Steve Sung, in an Asian Poker Tour zip-up hoodie and his trademark oversized sunglasses.
Mazzitelli Gets the Chop - Or Not
Mazzitelli insisted that it was a split pot when the board came down , but he was put to rights by the dealer and was sent on his way.
Joe Makes a Hachem Of it
"So much for having chips for two minutes," he sighed.
"They'll come back to you, they love you," a tablemate told him.
Hachem is now down to 74,000.
Traply Traps Mizzi
Mizzi took one of the deepest dives into the tank we've seen in a while. He tanked for at least five minutes. At one point, he seemed to ask Traply, "If I call, can we run it twice?", perhaps trying to decide if Traply was making a move with a hand like . Traply didn't make the slightest response. Mizzi finally said, "I call. I call," taking us to showdown.
Mizzi:
Traply:
The on the turn ended the hand. Mizzi was drawing dead. He stood up, shook Traply's hand, and walked off.
Obrestad Takes a Flyer
Spindler Spun Out
Board:
"Opa!" cried de Korver,
Tough Blow for J.J.
Kowssarie:
Liu:
Liu could only look away from the table in the disgust as the dealer peeled off a flop of , pairing Kowssarie's trey. The turn and river were running tens to give him a triple-up. Liu is down to 110,000.
Kelopuro Put to (Haira) Bed-Ian
Kelopuro and Roger Hairabedian saw a flop and they went bet-crazy. It looks as though Hairabedian bet out, then Kelopuro raised, then Hairabedian reraised, and after some thought, Kelopuro called. This all took an incredibly long time, allowing me to witness Ben Spindler's bustout on the next table before Kelopuro had called the reraise.
Turn:
Hairabedian now bet out just 30,000 into the already enormous pot, and now Kelopuro made it 96,000. Hairabedian, who had suddenly acquired a large number of railers from apparently thin air, looked him up and down and said in broken English, "I say you, don't make move. All in."
Insta-call from Kelopuro, and I have to say it was the first time I'd ever seen the usually sanguine Finn look as though he was going to throw up.
Kelopuro:
Hairabedian:
River:
Kelopuro dropped down to just 62,000, while wild applause and cries of "Roger! Roger!" echoed from the railers and the Moroccan enjoyed a full, in its raked-in state uncountable, double up.