EPT Main Event | 2007 EPT German Open

03-11-2007 18:39 UTC+2

Phillip Yeh is out in 10th

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He had been bleeding chips all through the afternoon and just busted out against Andreas Hoivold.

We don't have the hands just yet.

We are now redrawing for the final table of 9.

03-11-2007 18:31 UTC+2

Blanco surges ahead, Muecklisch out

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Cristiano Blanco has just won a huge showdown against Michael Muecklisch.

Muecklisch raises to $55k from the button, Cristiano calls.

Flop is {7-Clubs}

check check

Turn is {2-Hearts}

, Muecklisch bets $80K, Cristiano calls

River is {7-Hearts}

, Cristiano bets $125K, Muecklisch goes all in for a total of $370K, Blanco calls.

Blanco has {K-Hearts}

, which beats Muecklisch's {J-Hearts}

.

This took Muecklisch down to barely having a blind, he has just been eliminated in the next hand.

03-11-2007 18:22 UTC+2

Players feeling the pressure

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Play has really slowed down now. Stiehler got a double up through Levi with {8-Diamonds}

but other than that not much has heppened as every player is desperate to avoid the final table bubble.

Jacob Rasmussen (right) from Denmark is the current chip leader closing in on 1 million in chips.

Level: 21

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

03-11-2007 18:16 UTC+2

Fougeron Doubles Up

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Stiehler raises to three blinds from under the gun, Fougeron next to him comes over the top all in. The action folds to Rasmusson who clearly laid something big down because of the time it took him to muck. Stiehler calls Fougeron (whose legs were bouncing up and down under the table with excitement)

Fougeron has {A-Spades}

Stiehler has {K-Spades}

No idea what the board was because several thousand Frenchmen surrounded the table, needless to say the aces held because Fougeron was punching the air and screaming with delight.

Keep tuned for this Rocky story as it develops

Tags: EPT Thomas Fougeron

03-11-2007 18:03 UTC+2

Rasmussen takes out Sokalski

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Rasmussen opened in the cutoff for 60,000 with {A-Hearts}

and Sokalski moved all in from the button for about 150,000 with {A-Diamonds}

. Rasmussen calls.

No help for either hand on the board and the last remaining American (right) is out in 12th position.

03-11-2007 17:46 UTC+2

Johnny Lodden is out

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The runaway favourite after day 1a is gone

Nicholas Levi (who just took a big pot from Lindberg) raises to $60000, Lodden goes all in immediatley for $208000, Levi calls:

Levi shows {A-Hearts}

Lodden turns over {6-Spades}

The flop comes {4-Hearts}

The turn is a {A-Spades}

which sends Lodden home when the river is an irrelevant {5-Spades}

And with the favourite gone the game is wide open.

Tags: Dortmund EPT Johnny Lodden Nicholas Levi

03-11-2007 17:41 UTC+2

3 high ist gut!!

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Eric Lindberg has suddenly been put under pressure in a disastrous hand. I'm not certain of the preflop action but Nicolas Levi must have attacked his big blind and he defended with {K-Hearts}

. The flop came {J-Clubs}

all clubs.

All the chips flew in and Levi turned over {2-Clubs}

for a flopped flush.

Levi wins a pot of about 650,000

03-11-2007 17:37 UTC+2

Lindberg doubles up

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Vincent Sokalski straight pushed all in for over 400,000 on the in the cut off with {A-Diamonds}

and was called immediately by Lindberg in the big blind with {Q-Hearts}

Board

Queens full for Lindberg who now sits on over 600,000. Sokalski is crippled and will need to move all in several times in this level to try and survive.

03-11-2007 17:22 UTC+2

A tense start to the final day

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As you can imagine, none of our players are doing anything too crazy so far. There is a table set out in near view with suitcases full of money reminding the players of what awaits them at the final table