Main Event Day 4 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-29-2010 20:34 UTC+2

Short Stacks Get Shorter

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Josef Klinger raised to 140,000 under the gun but Aleh Plauski made it 400,000 to go. Everyone folded, including big blind Herve Costa with less than 400,000 left, and eventually Klinger folded too, leaving himself on 600,000.

Next hand it folded around to Costa in the small blind and he folded too, leaving himself with just a few big blinds.

Tags: Aleh Plauski Herve Costa Josef Klinger

04-29-2010 20:40 UTC+2

Costa Doubles

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It folded around to Herve Costa on the button and he finally shoved, but got no takers.

The next hand he shoved again from the cutoff for 470,000, and this time Aleh Plauski called in the small blind. On their backs.

Costa: {4-Clubs}

Plauski:

Board:

"Allez!" shouted the French rail as their boy doubled up to around a million.

Tags: Aleh Plauski Herve Costa

04-29-2010 20:44 UTC+2

Im-Plaus-ible

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It's not been a very good 20 minutes or so for Aleh Plauski. He pushed from the button after Josef Klinger had pushed the cutoff and everyone else ducked for cover.

Klinger: {K-Spades}

Plauski:

The board decided to favour the short stack, coming {10-Hearts}

. Klinger is back on his way up.

Tags: Aleh Plauski Josef Klinger

04-29-2010 20:45 UTC+2

Guerfi Doubles Through Perrins

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[Removed:146] limped in from the small blind and big blind Matt Perrins checked his option. They'd got as far as the turn of the {7-Hearts}

board when the chips went in.

Perrins: {7-Diamonds}

for flopped two pair
Guerfi: {A-Spades}

for turned, higher two pair

River: {10-Hearts}

There was some showy celebration at the French rail as Guerfi doubled to 3.8 million, second in chips behind sole remaining Lebanese player Chouity. Perrins was left with 1.3 million.

Tags: Matt Perrins

04-29-2010 20:49 UTC+2

Matt Perrins Eliminated in 10th Place (€100,000)

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Nicholas Chouity raised to 140,000 and Matt Perrins, possibly still steaming from doubling up Guerfi, pushed for 1.27 million from the small blind. Call.

Perrins: {A-Hearts}

Chouity:

Board:

With that, we are down to nine.

Tags: Matt Perrins

04-29-2010 20:52 UTC+2

Redraw Time - the Final Nine

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We are down to nine players and they are being condensed on to a single table. Only eight of them will be coming back tomorrow for the official final table.

04-29-2010 21:04 UTC+2

Chip Counts/Seat Draw

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Seat 1: Herve Costa - 805,000
Seat 2: Roger Hairabedian - 1,260,000
Seat 3: Aleh Plauski - 840,000
Seat 4: Dominykas Karmazinas - 2,430,000
Seat 5: Josef Klinger - 1,200,000
Seat 6: Craig McCorkell - 1,700,000
Seat 7: [Removed:146] - 3,790,000
Seat 8: Nicolas Chouity - 10,130,000
Seat 9: Andrew Chen - 3,280,000

04-29-2010 21:11 UTC+2

Double Up Costas McCorkell Half His Stack

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With all our players seated aorund the feature table, Herve Costa wasted no time in getting his last 800,000 in. In the small blind, Craig McCorkell reshoved. "I can't fold this," he told the table, but he probably wished he had after the hand was done as Costa had him just pipped.

McCorkell: {A-Diamonds}

Costa:

Board:

Costa is no longer the short stack at the table - he doubled to 1,705,000. McCorkell meanwhile dropped right down to 895,000.

Tags: Craig McCorkell Herve Costa

04-29-2010 21:16 UTC+2

McCorkell Crippled

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Now the table short stack, Aleh Plauski announced all in. Dominykas Karmazinas asked for a count - 830,000 - but folded. On the button, Craig McCorkell reshoved for only a little more. The blinds folded, and they were on their backs.

Karmazinas: {K-Diamonds}

McCorkell: {A-Diamonds}

Board:

...

Ouch. Plauski doubled up, and McCorkell was left with just 60,000 - that's one sad, lonely big blind.

Tags: Craig McCorkell Dominykas Karmazinas

04-29-2010 21:20 UTC+2

McCorkell Bides His Time as Chen Increases His Stack

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Next hand Dominykas Karmazinas raised to 135,000 and to everyone's surprise Craig McCorkell folded. Andrew Chen called in the big blind though, and they saw a {10-Diamonds}