2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,508,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,713,300
Entries
1,178
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Ovi Balaj Eliminated in 6th Place (€229,000)

Ovi Balaj - 6th Place
Ovi Balaj - 6th Place
Hand #33:

Kalle Niemi has the button in Seat 1. Ovi Balaj moves all in for 640,000 from the cutoff. William Reynolds thinks about it from the small blind for a while before moving all in for 1,315,000. That action folds Gustav Sundell in the big blind and takes us to showdown.

Reynolds: {6-Spades} {6-Hearts}
Balaj: {9-Diamonds} {9-Spades}

Balaj gets his money in good but comes up very short on a flop of {6-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {3-Hearts}. Reynolds takes off his sunglasses as he gazes at the beautiful six on the flop.

"Don't re-suck me," he asks nobody. The turn {A-Spades} and river {4-Diamonds} do not "re-suck" Reynolds. He stacks up the pot as Balaj exits in sixth place with €229,000.

Tags: Ovi BalajWilliam Reynolds

Alexander Fitzgerald Eliminated in 7th Place (€171,000)

Alex Fitzgerald - 7th Place
Alex Fitzgerald - 7th Place
Hand #30 -

Constant Rijkenberg has the button in Seat 6. The recently crippled Alex Fitzgerald moves all in for 135,000. Dragan Galic is in the small blind and flat-calls the raise. That gives some space for big blind Ovi Balaj to come in as well.

Flop: {3-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {10-Hearts}

Galic bets 150,000 into the dry side pot. Balaj glances over at Galic, and we can almost see the "What the hell are you doing?" thought bubble over his head. He finally lays it down, leaving Galic heads up with Fitzgerald for the main pot.

Galic: {J-Spades} {10-Spades}
Fitzgerald: {K-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}

Galic has top pair; Fitzgerald doesn't have much at all. The {Q-Clubs} on the turn gives Fitzgerald a glimmer of hope that is quickly stamped out by the river {A-Hearts}. Fitzgerald leaves the final table with €171,000.

Tags: Alex FitzgeraldDragan Galic

Hand #29 - William Reynolds

Alex Fitzgerald raises, and Reynolds reraises all in. A call, and one enormous coinflip.

Fitzgerald: {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}
Reynolds: {J-Spades} {J-Hearts}

Board: {6-Spades} {10-Hearts} {2-Spades} {8-Clubs} {2-Hearts}

Reynolds doubles back up to 1,280,000, while Fitzgerald is crippled to just 140,000 -- less than three big blinds.