€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

04-23-2009 16:28 UTC+3

Hand #24 - Dragan Galic

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Dragan Galic has the button in Seat 7. He puts in a minimum-raise to 100,000, drawing arched eyebrows (we presume) from the streaming broadcasters. That raise takes down the pot.

Tags: Dragan Galic

04-23-2009 16:30 UTC+3

Hand #25 - Constant Rijkenberg

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Constant Rijkenberg raises to 125,000, and although Ovi Balaj thinks about it, he passes, as does everybody else.

04-23-2009 16:37 UTC+3

Hand #26 - Constant Rijkenberg

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Kalle Niemi has the button in Seat 1. Constant Rijkenberg looks very pleased with himself after raising to 125,000. Reynolds announces a raise to 332,000, a curious amount since there are no red (T1,000) chips left in play. Rijkenberg reraises all in and is double-fist-pump-snap-called by Reynolds! It's the biggest pot of the tournament, kids, so of course both players have premium hands, right?

Rijkenberg: {Q-Diamonds}

Reynolds:

A roar goes up in the gallery and Rijkenberg is out of his seat with his arms in the air as the dealer spreads a flop of {9-Hearts}

, giving Rijkenberg the nuts! There are high-fives aplenty on the rail with the turn coming down {2-Spades}

to lock Reynolds out of the pot.

The river {K-Diamonds}

is probably unnecessary salt in the wound for Reynolds. He's down to about 600,000, while Rijkenberg is the new chip leader with 3.79 million.

Tags: Constant Rijkenberg Wlliam Reynolds

04-23-2009 16:41 UTC+3

Hand #27 - Kalle Niemi

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Now our chip leader, Constant Rijkenberg raises to 125,000, and Kalle Niemi pushes for another 350,000. After a moment's thought, we have a call.

Niemi: {A-Hearts}

and takes his shades off.
Rijkenberg: {K-Hearts}

Board:

(Rijkenberg grins, but...) {5-Hearts}

Double-up for Niemi.

04-23-2009 16:42 UTC+3

Hand #28 - Alex Fitzgerald

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Alex Fitzgerald has the button in Seat 3. Fitzgerald has made only one move all day -- the open-shove. He does it again but still gets no caller.

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04-23-2009 16:46 UTC+3

Hand #29 - William Reynolds

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

Fitzgerald: {A-Hearts}

Reynolds:

Board:

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

04-23-2009 16:51 UTC+3

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

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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}

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}

Fitzgerald: {K-Clubs}

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 Fitzgerald Dragan Galic

04-23-2009 16:51 UTC+3

Hand #31 - Kalle Niemi

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Must be Niemi to be him -- Kalle gets a walk.

04-23-2009 16:56 UTC+3

Hand #32 - Unknown

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We got to see the lovely Kara Scott on the live feed, but sadly none of the action. Not much change in the stacks though.

04-23-2009 16:59 UTC+3

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

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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}