€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event Day 4 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

05-02-2009 14:28 UTC+2

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We're back.

05-02-2009 14:41 UTC+2

Feature Table Chip Counts After the Break

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Christopher Rossiter: 793,000
Ludovic Lacay: 2,322,000
Gregory Zima: 1,405,000
Alexander Morozov: 1,230,000
Annette Obrestad: 723,000
Marc Naalden: 1,710,000
Matthew Woodward: 3,428,000 and our enormous chip leader
Daniel Zink: 686,000

05-02-2009 14:44 UTC+2

Olivier Douce Eliminated in 23rd Place (€52,000)

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When we came back from break, Olivier Douce was the shortest stack in the field, with just 163,000. He moved all in with {8-Clubs}

but ran smack into Bart Spijkers' {10-Hearts}

. No help on the board for Douce -- he's out in 23rd place, earning €52,000.

Tags: Bart Spijkers Olivier Douce

05-02-2009 14:53 UTC+2

No Action for Roger

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Roger Hairabedian pushed from the button and Johannes Strassmann gave it some serious thought while a load of cameramen entirely obscured the view. Eventually Strassmann passed, though, and the wall of camera guys parted to reveal Hairabedian showing a {6-?}

.

05-02-2009 15:00 UTC+2

Alain Roy Eliminated in 22nd Place (€52,000)

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There was nothing Alain Roy could do about his last hand of the tournament. After Mikhail Tulchinskiy opened with a raise, Roy squeezed out {A-Clubs}

and shipped his whole stack for 702,000. Tulchinskiy asked for a count before calling with {Q-Spades}

. There was no help for Roy anywhere on the board; Tulchinskiy collected another pot and another scalp.

Tags: Alain Roy Mikhail Tulchinskiy

05-02-2009 15:08 UTC+2

It's not Over for Obrestad

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Over on the feature table, Annette Obrestad has doubled up to around 1,400,000 through chip leader Matthew Woodward. The chips went in on a {2-Spades}

flop, and although there was some danger on the turn, she doubled up on the harmless river.

Obrestad: {K-Spades}

Woodward:

Turn:

River:

Back up to a very decent stack, Obrestad is once more a force to be reckoned with.

05-02-2009 15:09 UTC+2

Break Time

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We're now at our first scheduled fifteen-minute break of the day.

05-02-2009 15:10 UTC+2

Watch PokerStars.tv!

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PokerStars.tv is live today and tomorrow for the last two days of the EPT Grand Final. Check it out!

05-02-2009 15:13 UTC+2

Lacay Shah's Lackey

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Another big stack going down, aside from Matthew Woodward, is Ludovic Lacay. Newly moved off the feature table, it folded around to him on the small blind, and he raised. Big blind Alem Shah pushed, Lacay called and oh, deary me.

Lacay: {A-Spades}

Shah:

Board: a surprise-free {8-Diamonds}

Shah doubles to 1,300,000.

05-02-2009 15:24 UTC+2

Play Resumes

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Did you enjoy that interlude? We did. But it's over now. Cards are back in the air. There were ten eliminations in the first two levels. After another thirteen eliminations we're done for the day. We're crossing our fingers that it won't take more than four more levels.