PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event Day 3 | 2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

11-02-2007 18:07 UTC+2

Thierry van den Berg Doubles Up Ziad Kaady

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Ziad Kaady has doubled up once again - this time courtesy of Thierry van den Berg. The money went in before the flop and Ziad held A-K against van den Berg's A-J.

The board filled out {A-Spades}

and Ziad's kicker won him the pot, keeping him alive in the tournament.

Tags: Ziad Kaady

11-02-2007 18:27 UTC+2

Ruiter Doubles Through Lacay

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Daan Ruiter just doubled up courtesy of Ludovic Lacay, winning with two black jacks against Lacay's black tens.

The flop came {8-Diamonds}

, putting an interesting spin on the hand, as each player now needed to hit the other's pocket pair to make a straight. "Let him make a set," Ludovic said after the flop.

In the end, however, the jacks were good enough to take down the pot and Ruiter stacked up just under 250,000 chips with the win.

Tags: Daan Ruiter Ludovic Lacay

11-02-2007 18:35 UTC+2

Annette_15 Eliminates Arshad Hussain

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Arshad Hussain, who entered the day as the tournament's short stack, managed to grind his way into the € 15,320 pay level, but his impressive run was just put to an end by Annette Obrestad.

Annette had made it 12,000 to go pre-flop and Hussain called from the small blind holding pocket fives; Annette held {A-Hearts}

. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

and Hussain shoved all in for his last 14,000; Annette made the call.

The heavy damage was done on the turn, as the {9-Hearts}

fell on the turn, leaving Hussain drawing to two outs, which never came, as the {K-Clubs}

completed the board.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Arshad Hussain

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

11-02-2007 18:44 UTC+2

New Seating Assignments

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When the field hit 16 players, the players drew for new seats. Here's where they ended up:

Table 1

1. Kenny Hicks Jr.
2. Daan Ruiter
3. Tronde Eidsvig
4. Casper Hansen
5. Ludovic Lacay
6. Ziad Kaady
7. Reuben Peters
8. Michael Durrer

Table 2

1. Annette Obrestad
2. Thierry van den Berg
3. Martin Green
4. Reijo Manninen
5. Andy Black
6. Arshad Hussen (eliminated)
7. Noah Boeken
8. Anders Pettersson

11-02-2007 18:46 UTC+2

Table Talk

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When Noah Boeken and Andy Black we reunited at the same table, Noah extended his hand to Andy and said, "Andy Black, nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you . . . or was it from you? Was that you talking?"

Tags: Andy Black

11-02-2007 18:47 UTC+2

And We Have Calm!

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After the frantic early pace things have slowed down considerably. The pots are small and not many get past the flop. Andy Black just predicted a big clash between himself and Annette three quarters of the way through the last level of the day. This was just after winning a small 50,000 chip pot from her.

Tags: Andy Black Annette Obrestad

11-02-2007 18:52 UTC+2

Martin Green is Eliminated!

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The quiet did not last long. A blind-on-blind battle developed between Thierry Van Den Berg and Martin Green. Thierry raised from the small blind and Martin pushed from the big. Thierry made the call and was ahead with {7-Clubs}

against

. No help for the Englishman and he was eliminated in 15th place, earning €15,320.

Tags: Martin Green Thierry Van Den Berg

11-02-2007 19:07 UTC+2

Anders Pettersson Doubles Through van den Berg

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Short-stacked, Anders Pettersson moved all in from the cutoff for 43,000 and was called by Thierry van den Berg in the small blind. At the showdown, Anders revealed {A-Clubs}

while van den Berg showed {A-Diamonds}

.

The flop came {Q-Spades}

, giving Thierry a gutshot straight draw, but the {5-Clubs}

on the turn gave Anders all the help he'd need to take down the pot.

After the hand, Pettersson stacked up just under 100,000 in chips.

Tags: Anders Pettersson

11-02-2007 19:12 UTC+2

Change of Plans

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Originally, we were scheduled to play down to an eight-handed final table, but we've just been informed by a reliable source in the media room that we'll be playing down to nine, instead. The reason behind the decision was the fact that the event is not being televised.