2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€532,620
Event Info
Buy-in
€7,700
Prize Pool
€1,701,700
Entries
221
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000

Final Table Participants

Seat 1: Thierry van den Berg, Holland - 274,000
Seat 2: Daan Ruiter, Holland - 646,000
Seat 3: Reuben Peters, USA - 176,000
Seat 4: Annette Obrestad, Norway - 788,000
Seat 5: Anders Pettersson, Sweden - 166,000
Seat 6: Casper Hansen, Denmark - 360,000
Seat 7: Trond Eidsvig, Norway - 184,000
Seat 8: Michael Durrer, Germany - 247,000
Seat 9: Reijo Manninen, Finland - 480,000

Final Table Tidbits

Final Table Participants
Final Table Participants
Youngest player at the final table: Annette Obrestad, 19
Oldest player at the final table: Reijo Manninen, 47
Average age of final table participants: 30.8
PokerStars.com qualifiers at the final table: 6
Initial chip stack: 15,000
Average chip stack: 368,300
Total chips in play: 3,315,000
Chip leader: Annette Obrestad – 778,000
Short stack: Anders Pettersson – 166,000

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Tournament director Thomas Kremser has given the command to shuffle up and deal, and we're underway.

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Peters Doubles Up on the Second Hand of the Day

On just the second hand of the day, Reuben Peters was able to double through Casper Hansen after making a set of nines on the flop. The players got all of the money in after the flop and Hansen showed a pocket pair of kings.

Peters was able to dodge the two remaining kings in the deck on the turn and river to double up to well over 300,000.

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Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Casper Hansen Eliminated

Our first elimination of the afternoon took place just a few moments ago, as chip leader Annette Obrestad sent Casper Hansen to the rail when her pocket aces held up over Hansen's queens.

Annette opened the pot with a pre-flop raise and Casper moved all in over the top; Annette called. The board filled out: 8-2-3-6-2 and Annette's aces survived to take down the pot. For his 9th-place finish, Hansen received €30,630 in prize money.

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Lee Jones, Poker Emcee

Lee Jones
Lee Jones
Lee Jones has done us all a favor and has begun announcing each hand live. With his help, we should be able to provide more detailed hand descriptions for you - things are getting better!

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Daan Ruiter Eliminates Thierry van den Berg

Thierry van den Berg moves all in
Thierry van den Berg moves all in
On a board showing {Q-Spades}{K-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}, Thierry van den Berg moved all in against Daan Ruiter, risking his tournament life as Daan had him covered. Ruiter spent some time in the tank before finally declaring a call, and van den Berg shook Ruiter's hand immediately, knowing that he'd been caught bluffing.

Ruiter turned over {A-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for trip threes and the dealer exposed van den Berg's hand, 8-3 offsuit - a complete bluff.

For his 8th-place finish, Thierry received €47,650 in prize money.

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Michael Durrer Eliminated by Annette Obrestad

Michael Durrer was crippled in a hand against Trond Eidsvig in which he ran his A-Q offsuit into Trond Eidsvig's pocket queens. That hand left him with just 20,000 in chips, which he shoved all in on the very next hand from under the gun.

The action folded around to Annette Obrestad on the button, and she reraised, making it 50,000 to go. Both blinds folded and the pair were heads-up to the flop:

Annette: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Durrer: {K-Spades}{5-Hearts}

The board filled out {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, and by the turn, Durrer needed a non-club king or five to stay alive. Neither came, and Durrer was eliminated from the tournament in seventh place, receiving €66,370 for his work.

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