PokerStars EPT, Deauville - Final Day

[Djinn]

Kiril's exit hand was  , which found Mats with  .  Both the Ten and the Ace hit the flop, but with no improvement other than the board pairing threes, Mats' two pair beat the Russian's.  Going to hover with my camera ringside now...

As far as the heads up action so far goes, Snoops brings word of a pot taken down on the river by Mats (with a 250k bet) but there was no showdown.  There was something Mats liked about the  board though....

[Djinn]

Now the chips are weighed in favour of the youngster - we reckon about 2,900,000 to Mark's 1,500,000.  Here's Mats Iremark with his wall of chips.

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[Djinn]

And his opponent, Mark Boudewijn (pronounced Bowed-wine, apparently)

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[Djinn]

And, by the way, those photos aren't blurry, they're just flashless action-shots - both of their hands are just so busy chip-twiddling or betting that they are fuzzy round the edges....

Snoops brings this fascinating hand:

Mats' sizeable 240k bet preflop resulted in an actual flop coming down of  .  Mark checked, Mats bet 300k and he folded.  That is quite a lot of chips, now that I think about it, actually.

[snoopy1239]

It's pretty tight stuff at the moment. Very cagey, but Mats has the slight edge and seems to have the edge over his opponent.

[Djinn]

And before he can object, the intrepid reporter, beloved of Isabelle, scourge of the tables and extraordinary huncher - Snoopy.

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[AlrightJack]

Kevin Daly has just been knocked out of the €1,000 Euro comp in 11th place.

He moves all in with  and is called by

flop

turn

river.............

Ouch!

Only Brit left in now is Peter 'The Bandit' Evans

[AlrightJack]

well, I think he's the only Brit left...

[AlrightJack]

In case anyone is wondering what happened to Flushie's mini update on the $1,000 euro event, he's currently involved in a €25 sit 'n go with bad girl, the antes up lads and various other reprobates.

[Djinn]

A big hand turns the chip-lead tide towards Mark  - -

The turn sees the betting kick off with the board:  .  Mark bet 120k, was check-raised to 400k by Mats, and called.  The river was the  , and Mats immediately came out betting half a mil in chips.  Mark almost as quickly said, "All in" and Mats passed his hand, and the lead over to his opponent.  At least they aren't hanging around over these big decisions - it's not all raise-dwell-fold stuff.  A die-hard crowd is still hanging around in the spectator stands, but not so many that we can't get a seat to watch the action from.

[RED-DOG]

I have that tan ta tan tan taaaan, feeling

[Djinn]

Mats Wins With Rags News Now -

The flop was seen with 2 5 J on it (two clubs).  Mats bet 80k - call.  The turn, K, on which Mats called a raise.  The river - 6.  Now they both check, and Mats'  two pair is good!

[snoopy1239]

Massive hand.

Mats raises 160k preflop.

Mark reraises 600k.

Mats flat called.

Flop =

Mark moves all-in. Mats calls.

Mats =

Mark =

Turn =

River =


Mats is now a huge chip leader.

Looks like it's going to be over pretty soon...

hope so... because I wanna play some cards and kick some ass!!!

[Djinn]

As expected, Mark makes an all-in move preflop (he was knocked down to less than 200k) and gets the call....the press all rushes to the stage with the little notepads we've grown to both love and hate...

Mark: 
Mats:   

The flop is perfect for the short stack:    , and the turn and river  .  So a little double up for Mark Boudewijn, but still short...

[snoopy1239]

Mark Boudewijn finishes in 2nd place -- winning €259,000