Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Samir Moukawem raised to 600 from the hijack seat and Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis called from the button. Everyone else folded and the flop came down . Moukawem fired out 700 and Veldhuis made the call.
The turn was another diamond with the falling. After Moukawem bet 1,000, Veldhuis made the call.
The landed on the river and yet another diamond was on the board. Moukawem checked and Veldhuis bet 2,700. Moukawem folded and Veldhuis flipped up one card, the .
"Opps, I thought it was the ," said Veldhuis with a smile.
On the next hand, Yann Dion raised from the hijack seat and Veldhuis called from the cutoff seat. Fowzi Baroukh called from the button and Michel Carvin called from the big blind. All four players saw the flop come down and action checked over to Veldhuis. He bet 1,100 and all of his opponents folded.
Veldhuis is now up to right around 40,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lex Veldhuis | 40,000 | 10,000 |
Both Olivier Busquet and Boris Becker have hit the rail. We missed Becker's bustout hand, but Busquet's we got. He fell at the hands of Annette Obrestad.
Obrestad put Busquet all in preflop with the . Busquet called holding the , but his hand didn't hold as the board ran out and he was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Annette Obrestad | 55,000 | 20,700 |
Boris Becker | Busted | |
Olivier Busquet | Busted |
Some players seem to be happy to show when they think they've made a good fold, or got a good bluff through.
Mathew Frankland's open picked up three callers en route to a flop. He continued for 525 was called by Rudy Blondeau and Kyle Julius, both in position. The Brit fired 4,200 on the turn and only Julius called to see the river where faced an 8,125 bet.
Julius thought for a few minutes and open folded . Frankland quietly raked in the chips.
A few moments later on a table not so far away Ilan Boujenah was faced with a 11,100 river bet from Dori Yacoub. There was around 16,000 chips in the middle and the board read . Boujenah tank-folded and was shown . He just shook his head.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mathew Frankland | 46,000 | |
Ilan Boujenah | 32,000 |
With the final board reading , Sam Chartier fired 14,300 into a pot of around 22,000. His opponent was Melanie Weisner and she tanked for a bit prior to folding. Chartier raked in the pot and moved to over 50,000. Weisner was knocked to under 20,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sam Chartier | 52,000 | 22,000 |
Melanie Weisner | 19,200 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jonathan Azoulay | Busted | |
Oscar Trestini | Busted | |
Sean Jazayeri | Busted | |
Hans Rasmussen
|
Busted | |
Calin Simpalean
|
Busted | |
Stefan Olofsson
|
Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro David Williams has been eliminated in the most amazing of circumstances. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to a classic one outer!
Williams made a standard raise and Jean-Noel Thorel made a standard call in the big blind. The flop was s sparkling and Williams and Thorel went raise-crazy, ending with both stacks up for grabs.
Williams | |
Thorel |
So Williams had flopped the nut flush and Thorel had flopped a flush with the re-draw to the straight flush draw. The turn changed nothing, but the brought a great howl of jubilation from the throat of Thorel. He had hit is one outer and Williams was out of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jean-Noel Thorel | 86,000 | |
David Williams | Busted |
Hafiz Khan raised from middle position to 450 and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind. The flop came down and Negreanu checked. Khan bet 575 and Negreanu called.
The turn was the and Negreanu checked to the aggressor once more. Khan fired 1,300 and Negreanu made the call.
The river card was the and Negreanu took a moment. He then bet 5,000. Khan gave an expression as to say, "I don't like it, but I have to call you," and tossed in the chips. Negreanu then rolled over the for a rivered Broadway straight and the nuts. Khan flashed the for top two pair on the flop and lost the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Hafiz Khan | 40,000 | 10,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 23,800 | 3,350 |
EPT Prague Winner, Martin Finger, has just eliminated Yann Dion and here is how it happened.
Finger made a standard raise from mid-position, Dion made it 1,300 from the cutoff, Finger made it 3,100, Dion batted 5,300 back to him, Finger moved all-in and Dion called.
Finger:
Dion:
Board:
The pocket aces held up and Yann Dion was out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Martin Finger
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90,000 | 60,000 |
Yann Dion | Busted |