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2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,842,100
Entries
586
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 586
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board and facing a 15,000 bet from the gentleman on the button. Eventually, with much huffing and puffing, he called - and was rewarded with an insta-muck from the button who had apparently been at it. Busquet turned over 
for two pair, and moved on up to 74,000.
Down to less than 10,000, Thew called preflop with
suited and then check-raised all in on the 
flop. His opponent called with a jack, and Thewy hit the rail.
. That's a pretty good hand, better than the 
that Richard Grace showed down, though Luske was the one at risk.A jack-high board full of blanks was safe for the Singing Dutchman, securing his double up. He's right at 50,000 now, while Grace has slipped back to about 15,000.
Drescher raised to 800 and the soon-to-be-bustee made it 5,000 from the button with just 2,000 behind. The big blind flat-called the 5,000, but then passed when Drescher made it 16,500 to go.
On their backs, and Mr. Button was drawing thin.
Drescher:
Button:
Board: an uneventful
The two shook hands, and Drescher looks to be the table big stack now.
"Ruben Visser uitgeschakeld
"Ruben Visser was already pretty fast become very short. His left was the culprit when Visser in a ge-4-bet pot with top pair, both as a heat flush draw on the turn. On the river he was all-but put in and made the call but his neighbor had a geturnde flush.
"After that hand he had only about 4000 points since he just pushes the button to the center. Again it is his left that makes the call, this time with pocket fives.
"No help for Fisherman's bait-wife. After the run deep in the EPT of Vilamoura no successful follow-up here in Prague."
Got it? Okay, the short version of the story is that Visser was down to just 4,000 measly chips after losing a big pot. He moved in shortly thereafter with ace-queen (bait-wife?) on the button, and he was called down by a player with pocket fives. No help on board for Visser spelled an early end to his day.
Almira Skripchenko.
Down to around 17,000 last we saw him, Grace raised to 800 under the gun and got himself a flat call behind. He check-called 1,200 on the
flop, and check-called another 2,900 on the turn. Come the river he check-called all in for his last 11,500, and promptly tabled pocket sevens for quads. His opponent showed him aces.Grace is up above his starting stack, on 35,000 or so.
