Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 4
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. Come the river, Lellouche turned over 
for the rivered nuts. Meelis, who'd done well not to try a last-minute stab at the pot, mucked.
We joined the action on the turn of the
board with Kalle Niemi check-calling 76,000 from Bevand.Both players checked the
turn, and Bevand could only boast 
; Niemi and his pocket 
took the pot.
Flop:
Roux checked, and Trachte announced a bet of 44,000. He spent perhaps a minute carefully counting out and stacking the bet before very slowly and deliberately pushing the chips across the line. Roux called.
Turn:
Again, Roux checked. This time Trachte announced a bet of 131,000. Because the bet was larger this time, it took even longer to count it out and stack it up, before eventually pushing it into the middle. Once more, Roux called.
River:
Roux checked one last time. Over to Trachte, who now disappeared into the tank for a few minutes. This was turning into an epic hand. Eventually, he announced a huge bet of 314,000. Three minutes later, that bet made its way into the middle.
Now it was Roux's turn to dwell up. He looked very forlorn, as the media crowded in around the table. After approximately an age, he called - and Trachte had mucked even before Roux had turned over his pocket
. Wow.Roux moves on up to a seriously in-contention 1.6 million.
The flop rolled out
, and Ekerot slowly checked. Very slowly. Even more slowly, Zerbib counted out a bet of 64,000 and inched it into the pot. Several agonizing minutes would pass with Ekerot deep in the tank, but he eventually opted to make a check-raise to 180,000 total. After a few more minutes of sideways glances, Zerbib kicked it in, and Ekerot picks up the pot right there.
Yaplonskiy:
Eichelbaum:
Skampa:
Skampa was looking to pull a nine for the double knockout, while Yaplonskiy would likely need an ace to stay afloat. The dealer didn't provide much drama as she ran out a blank board of
. Eichelbaum improves to the spade flush, his queens holding to earn him a double-up and then some. He's up to about 650,000 courtesy of those two ladies.For Yaplonskiy, though, it's the end of the road. Coming in as the short stack, he couldn't find that early double up, and he's been ousted in 24th place.
Showdown
Niemi:
De Mel:
De Mel was none too pleased with his opponent's play. "Ace-queen call? Just drop me out." Niemi sat still and hunkered down for the rest of the verbal barrage. "Ace-queen," continued de Mel, standing up and shaking his head. "You lose to a pair, you lose to ace-king..."
He continued to chatter as the dealer ran out an uninteresting board of
. Chop it up.De Mel sat back down to continue the one-sided discourse. "Ace-queen call," he repeated yet again. "For three quarters of your stack. Come on. We're playing an EPT here, you know?"
Boyard: ahead with
Roux: live and dangerous with
Board:
Double up for Mr. Boyard.
Nevertheless, so it came to pass that Stefan Matsson raised in the cutoff and then called the push for less than 100,000 from Zerbib on the button.
Zerbib:
Matsson:
Board:
Zerbib doubles up, but is still short on 200,000.
