Short Pause
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Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
We've just had a short break while a table is broken, there's still 11 minutes until the level goes up and we'll be playing straight through.
2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid
Main Event
Day: 4
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
Get On The Roller Coaster Gomes
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
The tables broke for just a second to move down to two. Sarah Grant snuck in to get the info on the up and down level so far for PokerStars Pro Alex Gomes.
Litterio Pirrotta Eliminated in 17th Place (€40,000)
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Litterio Pirrotta shoved from the cutoff and it folded around to Ankush Mandavia in the big blind who had a serious decision to make - he only just had Pirrotta covered. Eventually he made the call, and it was a decision that would work out well for him.
Pirrotta: 
Mandavia: 
It was looking good for a chop, but the board came down 
to eliminate the Italian. Mandavia high-fived a variety of railers. "It wasn't an easy call to make," he admitted.
What is Poker PC?
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Sarah Grant sits down with Full Tilt Pro Andrew Lichtenberger and Greg Merson to find out what is politically correct and also what is happening to online players in America.
Crowd Viewpoint is Possibly Player Dependent
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Litterio Pirrotta moved all in from the small blind and Thomas Pettersson tanked in the big blind before folding.
"Show one!" shouted several of the table. But then the vociferous Italian rail replied, "No! No show! No show! Never show!"
Pirrotta mucked.
The next hand saw Torsten Brinkmann raise to 50,000 preflop UTG and Eugene Yanayt 3-bet to 125,000 on the button. Litterio Pirrotta thought for about a minute before folding while Thomas Pettersson also tanked, taking around five minutes before moving all in. Brinkmann folded and Yanayt did not look particularly keen either and also decided to muck his hand.
Immediately the Italians on the rail began to shout, "Show! Show one! Show! Show! Is good for the game!!"
Methinks they could be a little biased.
Gerardo Godinez Eliminated in 18th Place (€40,000)
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
On the feature table, a short stacked Gerardo Godinez stood up, his final chips all in preflop with 
. Team PokerStars Pro Juan Maceiras had him at risk with 
. The race was won by the time the turn brought a fourth diamond: 
and as the 
river was dealt Godinez got up, shook hands all round, and made his exit.
Mysterious Feature Table Double Up
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
We didn't get to see much of the hand, but up on the feature table Shiraz Soltaninassab just doubled through Alex Gomes - it looked like Soltaninassab was holding 
against Gomes' 
.
Set Mine Produces Gold for Brinkmann
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Fourway to a flop of 
(Eugene Yanayt having raised under the gun to 48,000, bringing in button Brinkmann and both blinds), action checked to the raiser. He bet 85,000, and only Brinkmann made the call.
The turn was the . Decisions started to slow, as the pot now grew with a check-call from Yanayt (Brinkmann betting 125,000). This pot was now sizeable, the rail was beginning to speculate on the holdings of these two stack titans, and a further five minutes was needed to get past the river.
Yanayt checked the river, and after a nearly equal pause Brinkmann bet 175,000. Yanayt made the call but mucked seeing Brinkmann's 
.
Pettersson Back from the Brink
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
It folded around to Thomas Pettersson on the button who shoved for 244,000. In the big blind Ankush Mandavia sighed, "Oh my god, what are you doing, have you seen this?" Mandavia is also short on under 400,000. But in the end Mandavia wouldn't have a decision to make. Torsten Brinkmann called in the small blind and Mandavia swiftly folded; the other two turned their cards over. It was a revelation for everyone - Pettersson admitted that he'd only looked at one of his cards.
Pettersson: 
Brinkmann: 
Board: 
Pettersson was all smiles as he doubled up to around 530,000 - still around half the average stack, but out of immediate danger. Brinkmann was pretty smiley too - his stack was barely dented by the loss.
In Limbo
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Simon Higgins made a small raise and it folded around to Alessandro Limblici in the small blind who announced all in. Higgins didn't even pretend to think about before folding.