High Roller Day 2 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-30-2010 14:06 UTC+2

Lyndaker Doubles

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When we walked up to the table, the action was on Yohan [Removed:250] who was under-the-gun. He was wiggling his finger, pulled out his sunglasses and put them on. Yevgeniy Timoshenko said, "oh no." Alex Kravchenko said, "this is scary," and Timoshenko looked at [Removed:250] again and said "It's my big blind, come and get it."

[Removed:250] threw out a bet of 13,000 before Richard Lyndaker moved all-in. for about 37,000 more. It folded around to [Removed:250] who thought about it for a moment, but his Christian Audigier hood on his head, and finally made the call.

Lyndaker tabled {6-Hearts}

and when [Removed:250] turned over his {a-Diamonds}

, Lyndaker said, "All right, good game guys."

The flop came down {2-Spades}

. The turn brought the {j-Diamonds}

, and Lyndaker said, "Oh my God, please." The {3-Diamonds}

hit the river and Lyndaker got the double up and is sitting with around 95,000 now.

04-30-2010 14:10 UTC+2

GG, G

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Tony G has been relieved of the rest of his short stack at the hands of his crippler, Dori Yacoub.

The G was all in for less than 40,000 with ace-five, and Yacoub had him in a bad way with ace-ten.

Two more tens on the flop left Tony G drawing dead right there, and he wished his table luck on his way out the door.

Tags: Dori Yacoub Tony G

04-30-2010 14:17 UTC+2

Kravchenko Headed Down

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Richard Lyndaker made it 7,100 to go before Alexander Kravchenko bumped it up to 19,400. Lyndaker moved all-in and Kravchenko made the call after taking a moment to think.

Lyndaker: {a-Hearts}

Kravchenko: {j-Clubs}

The board came down {6-Diamonds}

and Kravchenko was bumped down to about 22,000.

04-30-2010 14:18 UTC+2

Kravchenko Doubles Before Break

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Alexander Kravchenko moved all-in preflop for his remaining chips, about 20,000, and was called by Ilya Bulychev.

Kravchenko showed {a-Hearts}

and Bulychev showed kings.

When the {8-Diamonds}

flop hit the felt, Kravchenko had started to push his chair back and get up. He was out of his seat when the {10-Clubs}

fell on the turn, but when the {j-Hearts}

came off on the river, the Team PokerStars Pro sat back down and collected his chips. He now has around 42,000.

Tags: Alexander Kravchenko

04-30-2010 14:20 UTC+2

Hold It!

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We've played two levels today, and the players have been sent out of the room for their first 15-minute break of the day.

We'll take the opportunity to go caffeinate ourselves as well.

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

04-30-2010 14:36 UTC+2

Back At It

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The 31 players who remain are back in their chairs and ready for another two levels of poker. We figure it'll take about ten or eleven levels of action today to play our way down to the final table. Maybe twelve.

04-30-2010 14:59 UTC+2

Jetten Busto

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Peter Jetten moved all-in preflop and was called by Matt Marafioti.

Marafioti showed kings versus Jetten's {j-Spades}

.

The board rolled out {5-Clubs}

and Jetten was crippled. When Marafioti was done stacking his chips, he threw up the double finger-pistols and said, "Cowboys."

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Shortly after Jetten moved all-in and was called by Sorel Mizzi. Jetten showed ace-jack and was dominated by Mizzi's ace-queen. The board was no help, and Jetten made his exit.

Tags: Peter Jetten

04-30-2010 15:01 UTC+2

Thorson Hates His Set

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Allen Bari opened the pot with a small raise, and Tom Marchese made the call a couple seats over. Next to Marchese, Team PokerStars Pro William Thorson moved all in for about 70,000 total. That was enough to get Bari out of the way, but Marchese quickly called the remainder to put Thorson at risk.

Showdown
Marchese: {9-Hearts}

Thorson:

The flop was {3-Hearts}

, and Thorson sunk in his chair, clearly nervous at what was about to unfold. The turn {2-Spades}

was safe and clean, but the {A-Hearts}

on the river was an ugly way for him to make a set of aces. The fourth heart gave Marchese the flush, and Thorson slowly stood and made his exit.

Marchese appeared to be a little pained by that turn of events, but the table consoled him as he stacked that pot. "Don't worry," someone said. "You'll get over it."

Marchese's new stack of 355,000 should help ease his regrets a tad.

Tags: Tom Marchese William Thorson

04-30-2010 15:05 UTC+2

More Knockouts

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Team PokerStars Pro Rino Mathis has just been spotted on his way out the door, and his vacant felt space confirms his elimination.

Also among the recently departed is Yevgeniy Timoshenko.