Break: Quarter Hour
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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
Finning Hand
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Timothy Finne is up to 110,000 after knocking out a short stack, his 
holding against the shortie's 
down a 
board.
Cohen Rifled for Change
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EPT Deauville champion Lucien Cohen has taken a tiny dip down to around 140,000 after doubling up a micro-stack. The chips went in on the 
flop, Cohen's playing the shortie's 
. The turn and river came down 
and respectively, making the short stack the winning hand - although he was probably not as overjoyed as one might expect, seeing as the double up was to just 33,000.
Big Mac Gets Smaller
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A gentleman in early position opened to 3,100 and the gentleman in the hijack called before Juan Maceiras reraised to 7,800. The original raiser called, but Hijack Gentleman now shoved for 42,700. Maceiras called, Original Raiser got out of their way and they were on their backs.
Maceiras: 
Hijack Gentleman: 
Board: 
Hijack Gentleman doubled up, and the Spanish Team PokerStars Pro is now down to 160,000 - still above average, but no longer among the big stacks.
Neu & Improved
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An unknown gentleman raised and in the small blind Pierre Neuville reraised to 24,000 with just pocket change behind. The raiser called, and then the rest of Neuville's chips went in on the flop. An easy double up to around 60,000 for the Belgian.
Neuville: 
Original Raiser: 
Board: 
Stani Eliminated
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The first EPT champion of this season is also the latest to be eliminated, Kevin Stani was all in with 
against Ankush Mandavia's but the board came an aceless 
and the Norwegian was sent packing.
Xuan Won
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Xuan Liu is up to 143,000 after a river move all-in on a board of 
(the second ace being the river card). She had a just-over-pot amount left - 73,000 into a 70,000 pot, which gave her opponent Dmitry Gromov occasion for a long think. He had 180,000 total and this bet was not peanuts - he finally let it go and she took it down with no show. Her table immediately broke so he'll have to wait until the break (just starting) to quiz her about it.
Pietering Out
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Team PokerStars Pro and former Grand Final winner Pieter de Korver has been eliminated after he was all in with 
against Melanie Weisner's 
and received no help. Rob Hollink and Nicolas Chouity are the only former Grand Final winners remaining.
Back From the Brink, Man
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A big three-way all in preflop battle ended with victory for Torsten Brinkmann, after he got Anton Thorarinsson and Abel Cana De Pedro to put all their chips in the middle.
Brinkmann:
Thorarinsson:
Pedro: 
The board came 
and Brinkmann scooped up the pot, he has about 70,000 now.
Czech-Raise the River
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: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jan Bendik, who finalled the EPT in Prague back in December of last year, fired out 8,000 on the turn of a 
board against Carter Phillips (former EPT Barcelona winner) - the American youngster making the call to see the river. Bendik checked and Phillips bet 14,000 but then the Czech player check-raised to 34,000. Phillips did not waste too long in throwing out another four yellow 5k chips, but he mucked when Bendik turned over