Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 200
2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,860,000
Entries
686
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Battle of the Short Stacks
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Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
There was roughly 18,000 in the pot when we arrived on the 
flop; Jeffrey Hakim had bet 7,500 with 34,000 behind. Sam Chartier, himself not particularly comfortable on 60,000, sighed and tanked up for a while. Eventually he folded, and Hakim is now at 60,000 too. Between them, they have one average stack.
Quoss Fired
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Alerted to his table by his neighbour's encouraging cry of, "Go Germany!" we saw Fabian Quoss commit his last 25,000 preflop when it passed to him in the cutoff. Big blind Jose De La Guardia, our sole remaining contender from Panama, made the call in the big blind with 
, up against the short stack's 
.
The board gave De La Guardia a set: 
and a total stack now of 235,000.
Manuel Shift
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Manuel Cuberos has played his last hand at the EPT Grand Final. His exit was a preflop race sort, with 
vs. Victor Ramdin's 
. He failed to hit and added another 50,000 or so to Ramdin's stack which grows ever greater (around 200,000 currently).
Meanwhile after performing the bust-out handshake etc. Ramdin immediately turned back to a small notebook which he and neighbour Noah Boeken are passing back and forth, marking numbers and muttering - I know there's some kind of side action or contest going on here but for the life of me I can't work it out. Break the code if you can: "Seven! Oh, do your job [laughing, to the masseuse]... 36. Oh no!"
Kvist of Fate
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
EPT Copenhagen finalist Joel Nordkvist has just donated his entire 140,000 chip stack across to Melanie Weisner. The pair got into a preflop raising war which eventually had the Swede all in with 
against Weisner's 
, the board came 
and Weisner increased her stack to a chip leadery-looking 450,000.
By the Hammer of Thorsson!
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Kristoffer Thorsson has doubled up to a massive 260,000, he was playing a huge pot holding against Brian England's 
and it looked as though the money went in on the turn of the 
. Thorsson, known as "Sumpas" online started today with a short stack and now he's one of the chip leaders...
Cohen Set Up
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
With around 25,000 in the pot by the river of the 
board, Lucien Cohen bet out 10,000 from the small blind and received a snap-call from a gent in mid position. The third player in the hand, Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez, was tanking in late position when we were distracted by an exit a couple tables away so we can't say whether he called too - but when we returned Cohen was raking in the pot. We understand he'd had pocket queens for a flopped set.
The EPT Deauville champ is at 135,000 now, right about average.
Thorsson Finds Queens, Becomes the King of England
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Amsterdam Master Classics winner Kristoffer Thorsson has had an amazing day - from just 28,000 around two hours ago (he started the day even shorter on just 21,800), he is now at a mammoth 350,000, among the chip leaders.
After doubling through Brian England to 260,000, we found Thorsson finishing the American off. It looked as though England had shoved and Thorsson had made the call.
England: 
Thorsson:
Board: a close-but-no-cigar 
England left without a word - and without his jacket, which remained draped over the back of his chair as he disappeared into the casino. We hope he comes back for it. Meanwhile Thorsson looks very comfortable with his newfound big stack status.
Gomes Tanks, Folds
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Alex Gomes has taken a bit of a hit getting involved in a 70k pot, the board reading 
by the time we got there. Gomes had checked from the big blind and faced a bet of 33,000 from his mid-position opponent. Gomes tanked up for some minutes but eventually he folded, dropping to 150,000 in the process.
Uneven Race Doubles Hong
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Cathy Hong moved all in from the big blind, squeezing Surinder Sunar who'd called Erik van den Berg's initial preflop raise. Van den Berg made the call - 53,800 (Sunar passed) - and showed , trailing Hong's . She started half a length ahead, and finished ahead too, the board bringing 
and no upset.
Hong: 120,000
Van den Berg: 210,000