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2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
23,500 PLN
Total Entries
203
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 203
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.Benzimra wasted little time in sticking out a bet of 55,000. Mozdzen quickly called.
The turn brought the
and Benzimra fired again. He made a bet of 95,000 this time, leaving himself with about 215,000. Mozdzen had about 825,000 chips left in his stack and waited about two minutes before making a decision. That decision was to fold, giving Benzimra the pot.
The three men watched a flop of
, and Sarwer put out a follow-up bet of 56,000. Pagano called quickly, and Debus called slowly. The turn was the 
, and Debus and Sarwer both checked. Pagano confidently stacked out 120,000 chips, drawing an immediate fold from Debus.Sarwer wasn't so quick to duck out though, and he leaned forward to stare across the dealer at Pagano. "Pretty crucial hand here, huh?" he asked rhetorically. After another minute or two of one-sided banter, Sarwer let his hand go, sending a nice pot over to Pagano.
The Italian pro is up close to 500,000 chips after that scoop.
Three-handed to the flop, the dealer spread out
, and all three men checked. The turn was the , and action passed around to Sarwer again. He bet it this time, firing a little 25,000 stab at the pot. Vaserfirer made a relatively quick call while Debus ducked out of the way.Heads up now, the river was the
. Vaserfirer checked again, and Sarwer eventually bet another 45,000. The chip leader would sit in the tank for several minutes before cutting the call from his towering stack and throwing it across the line.Sarwer tapped the felt and mucked his hand. Vaserfirer tabled
, and his jack kicker was enough to win him the pot. Whether or not it was the best hand is still uncertain from Sarwer's reaction. He simply said, "Wow, jack high. Nice... nice hand."
"I don't know what takes so long every time." commented Sarwer.
Another few moments passed after the comment and then Yuzikov moved all in, pushing 276,000 chips into the middle.
"Yeah, yeah, I call." announced Sarwer, tabling
.Yuzikov first just pushed his hand forward face down and the tournament staff had to come over and turn it face up for the showdown. When done so, it was revealed that Yuzikov was crushed with
.The board ran out
and Yuzikov was eliminated. Sarwer now has 855,000 chips.
The dealer ran out a flop of
, and Battisti kept the heat on with a bet of what appeared to be 45,000. After some sideways glances and shakes of the head, Sointula moved all in for 189,000 total. Battisti would take several minutes of deep thought before making the call to put his opponent's tournament life in jeopardy.Showdown
Battisti:
Sointula:
Battisti was ahead with top pair, but Sointula was flipping coins to stay alive with his flush draw and overcards. The turn
was a great card as it added an open-ender to Sointula's list of outs, but the 
was not one of those outs.A full house on the river is plenty good enough for Battisti, and he's picked up a big knockout, sending the dangerous Finn to the rail in 12th place.
It came
. With his opponent checking, Vaserfirer made a small bet of 20,000 which was quickly called. The turn was the 
, and both men checked. The on the river drew a leading bet of 50,000 from Gurtovoy, and Vaserfirer pursed his lips and splashed in the call as if he already knew he had been outdrawn.Sure enough, Gurtovoy flipped over
, and a slightly frustrated Vaserfirer flashed his 
before flinging them back to the dealer.
Pagano tabled
and was in good form to double as Debus held .The flop came down
, adding a pair to Debus, but it was still Pagano in the lead.The turn brought the
and then the river the .Pagano doubled to about 390,000 while Debus slipped to 420,000.
