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The final will commence at 2pm (1pm GMT).

Farid Meraghni -- 971k
Peter Jespen -- 498k
Marius Torbergsen -- 434k
Patric Martesson -- 305k
Frederik Pedersen -- 288k
Andy O'Flaherty -- 167k
Katja Thater -- 105k
John Conroy -- 73k

9th  Dennis Bejedal (Sweden) -- €18,726
10th  Dennis Plejdrup (Denmark) -- €18,726
11th  Benjamin Kang (Germany) -- €14,565
12th  Roberto Matic (USA) -- €14,565
13th  Ole Gammeljord (Denmark) -- €12,484
14th  Priyan De Mel (UK) -- €12,484
15th  Mikael Westerlund (Sweden) -- €9,363
16th  Henning Granstad (Norway) -- €9,363
17th  Paul Kristofferson (Sweden) -- €6,242
18th  Bertrand Grospellier (France) -- €6,242
19th  Ramsi Jelassi (Sweden) -- €6,242
20th  Anders Berg (Norway) -- €6,242
21st  Jes Bondo   (Denmark) -- €6,242
22nd  Lukasz Wasek (Poland) -- €6,242
23rd  Morten Haakenstad (Norway) -- €6,242
24th  Thomas Osmun (USA) -- €6,242


Payout:

1st €325,633
2nd €182,063
3rd €109,238
4th €78,027
5th €64,502
6th €50,978
7th €40,574
8th €29,130


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John Conroy has trebled up.

He moved all-in with Tens, only to be called in two spots by Jespen and Farid Meraghni.

Both players checked the Ac Kd Ts Flop, before Farid bet 25k on the 9c Turn with K-J.

Jespen folded.

River = Ac

John takes the pot.

Early action:

Farid raises to 20k, takes the blinds.

Frederik raises to 30k, O'Flaherty dwells in the big blind and passes, Frederik shows Kc Js

Patric raises to 23k in EP and is called by Faradi in the big blind, the latter check folding to Patric's 26k bet on a 4c Qh 2s board.

Conroy makes it 28k from the cut-off. Marius calls in the big blind.

Flop:

Jd 7d Ts

Marius checks, Conroy bets 45k, Marius makes it 125k, Conroy moves all-in instantly. Marius dwells a little but calls the extra 50k fairly quickly.

Marius:

Aspades Jh

John:

Jc Tc

Turn:

7s

River:

Td

And a boated-up Conroy is up to over 450k, and the guy I tipped is now short with about 120k. ::)

Frederik raises to 35k on the button. Peter wakes up and makes it 205k. Frederik dwells for so long that I think he's going to call, but no, he passes.


Next hand Peter makes it 30k from the button, Andy passes his 9c 2d, (Lee Jones says, "Right cards, wrong table."), Peter shows Aspades.


This is then followed by Marius pushing two hands in a row, swelling his stack from 112k to 158k.


Peter limps, and Patric checks the big blind and then check/calls Peter's 30k bet on the Qs 4s Jc board, before folding to Peter's all-in on the 5s turn.

Farid (who limps far too much for my liking) makes it 22k from the cut-off. Katja pushes all-in for about 74k more. Passed back round to Farid who calls.

Farid:

Qc Td

Katja:

Ks Kc

Board:

Kd 6s Tc 4h Kh

Quads get a big round of applause here!

Farid hasn't let that hand knock him out of his stride, next hand, he makes it 22k again and everyone passes, he shows Ad Qd.

Incidentally, Lee Jones (who seems to have boundless enthusiasm wherever he is) has called this final, "Very old school," owing to the complete lack of cameras and TV table. Just a single rail around the final table, I'm not sure the players feel that cosy, but I think the atmosphere is better.

Back to the action, Farid limps again and Peter checks the big blind. The Kh 3h Ts gets checked, and then Peter bets 40k on the 9h turn which Farid calls, Peter then makes a 100k bet on the river, which Farid calls. Peter shows Kc 3d and takes down the pot. Nice river bet.

Finally Farid and then Frederik both limp and Peter makes up in the small blind and Marius checks.

Flop:

Js 2c 4c

Peter checks, Marius bets 20k, Farid passes, Frederik moves all-in and Peter and Marius quickly pass.

Chip counts:

Frederik Holstrup Pedersen -- 245k
Peter Jepsen -- 580k
Marius Torbergsen -- 135k
Andy O'Flaherty -- 210k
Farid Meraghni -- 820k
Katja Thater -- 170k
Patric Martesson -- 220k
John Conway -- 348k

Frederik makes it 25k, Marius moves all-in and so does Andrew!!!

Frederik passes.

Andrew = Ad Ks

Marius = 7h 7c

Board = 7d 3c 8s Jc Aspades

Andrew down to 75k.

Latest chip counts:

Frederik Holstrup -- 129k
Peter Willers Jespen -- 670k
Marius Torbergsen -- 431k
Andrew O'Flaherty -- 193k
Faird Meraghni  -- 749k
Katja Thater -- 166k
Patric Martensson -- 204k
John Conroy -- 336k

Marius took a few more chips off Farid, betting 50k on the Th Ahrt 7d flop and 100k on the 6c turn, getting the Frenchman to fold.

Last hand before the 15 minute break

Frederik raises the button and O'Flaherty pushes from the big blind.

Frederik calls.

Fred:

Jh Th

Andy:

Kc Jc

Board:

3c 7d 3s 4c Ac

Double up for the (half) Irishman, Frederik now the short stack.

And Frederik Holstrup Pedersen is OUT in 8th place winning €29,130

He pushed with Ks Ts and Andy O'Flaherty pushes in after him with Tc Th and everyone else folds.

Board:

Qh 7c 5s 3h 5c


We are down to 7.


Incidentally, Andy Black is now doing the announcing, should be interesting, seeing as it's St Patrick's Day...

We've had an exit, and one that resulted in a 500k pot going to the Frenchman.

Farid Meraghni raised 30k, Patric Martensson moved all-in and John Conroy dwelt, lowering his sunglasses in the process.

Cool as ever with his mouth slowly jolting up and down as he chewed away, the calm Patric barely moved an inch.

Although John passed, Farid called and we had our all-in moment.

Farid = Ahrt Qh

Patric = Aspades Ks

Board = Td Ts 7h 8h Qc

which means...

Patric Martensson is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning €40,574

Carnage Carnage Carnage!!! Seriously 4 consecutive hands now... we have 4 left!!!!


First.

Andy O'Flaherty is OUT in 6th place winning €50,978

He made his stand with 2h 2d against the Jc Jd of Farid. Marius raised, Andy pushed and Farid pushed behind him, Marius folded.

Board:

3c 8c 3d 8h 3s

VERY next hand.

Marius raises again to 32k. Farid moves all-in. Conroy calls all-in. Marius folds again!

Farid:

Ad Jd

Conroy

Aspades Ac

Board:

3h 8s 9c 5h Ts

Conroy up into 2nd place behind Farid now.

And the reason we have 4 left is that Katja Thater is OUT in 5th place winning €64,502

The very next hand after the Conroy double up she was pushing with 2h 2c, she ran into Peter Jespen's Ad Qd with the board coming:

Ac Ahrt 6c 7d Js

Rough chip counts courtesy of Andy Black:

Peter Jepsen -- 810k
Marius Torbergsen -- 350k
Farid Meraghni -- 900k
John Conroy -- 800k

Farid limps from the CO/UTG. Conroy passes, Peter makes up and Marius checks.

Flop:

5h 4c 6s

Peter checks, Marius bets 50k, Farid folds. Peter makes it 200k putting Marius all-in. Marius dwells for a while, BA and I have already agreed that he's not able to pass for his last 120k or so with so much already in the pot and sure enough, he is forced to call all-in.

Peter shows 8h 7h. So just the nuts.

Marius shows Qh 5d. He needs a hand...

Turn:

Qd

A modicum of hope for the all-in player.

River:

4d


So Marius Torbergsen is OUT in 4th place winning €78,027

Very approx chip counts:

John -- 700k
Farid -- 1.1 mil
Peter -- 1 mil

John Conroy is OUT in 3rd place winning €109,238


It's a total cooler I'm afraid.

John raises on the button, Peter re-raises from the small blind. Farid dwells and passes (Eights I'm told). John moves in and Peter calls.

John:

Aspades Kd

Peter:

Ac Ahrt

Board:

5s 7d 7s Qc 5s

Peter apologises to John profusely for having such a good hand. We are now heads-up and on a 15 minute break, blinds 10k/20k when we get back.

The current chip counts are:

Peter Willers Jespen -- 1,695,000
Farid Meraghni -- 1,495,000

although Lee Jones has a slightly bemused look on his face, perhaps the maths isn't adding up...

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Well, soon, we'll be heading into heads-up action, and, in my opinion, we have two contrasting players. Whilst Farid is laid back, chips sprawled everywhere and seemingly without a care in the world, Peter is upright, shades locked in and seemingly unmovable - as meticulous with his chip stacking as he is with his choice of female companion.

From what I've witnessed, Peter is a very solid player. Yes, he makes moves like many a Scandie, but he seems to have his head screwed on just that little bit tighter, making calculated decisions rather than cavalier and sometime suicidal all-ins. Farid, meanwhile, chooses a different approach - he likes to call, and quite frequently, even limping into many pots. Often I have seen him call pre-flop raises, rather than re-raise, only to outplay his opponent on the Flop. He may appear to be a calling station to some, but he seems to frequently know where his opponent is in the hand, a skill that many of us would love to have in the arsenal.

The players have decided to take their dinner break.

Heads up play will commence in 40 minutes.

Ok so the running antes have been dispensed with, so it's just 10k/20k now, and with almost 2.9 million chips, there's a lot play to go. So far Farid has been doing all the running, raising pretty much every pot on the button to 60k. Peter is playing slower and more conservatively, just waiting to pick his spot I think.

Just before the action started I caught with Peter talking amicably to John Conroy, Peter was thinking with hindsight he might have called the initial raise with the Aces, and Farid might then have made a move with Eights, and we could have seen an end to the tournament.

John told Peter, "Just play small pots against him, you do that and you'll win."

Apoligies for the lack of hands reported of late, but I can genuinely say that there have been none to report. Although I shouldn't admit it as a live updater, I have to remain honest and confess to witnessing a real paint job. I just sat down there for circa 30 minutes, watching 35 hands, yet not one single re-raise, pre-flop or post-flop. Quite remarkable.

To give you a brief idea of how slow it is going, here are brief write-ups of 25 consecutive hands at the 10k/20k blind level:

(1) Farid folds his small blind.
(2) Farid raises to 50k, Peter fols 7-3o, Farid shows A-9o.
(3) Cheap 7d-3c-9d Flop, Peter bets, Farid folds.
(4) Peter folds his small blind.
(5) Cheap 8c-6d-7c Flop, Farid bets 30k, Peter calls. 4d Turn, Peter bets, Farid folds.
(6) Peter folds his small blind.
(7) Farid raises to 60k, Peter folds 6-2o.
(8) Peter raises to 60k, Farid calls. 9s-Qh-9c Flop, check check. As Turn, check check. 4c River, Peter bets 100k, Farid folds.
(9) Farid raises to 60k, Peter folds.
(10) Peter folds his small blind.
(11) Cheap 6c Ts Ks Tc 7h board, Peter bets 40k, Farid folds.
(12) Peter folds his small blind.
(13) Farid raises to 50k, Peter folds.
(14) Peter raises to 60k, Farid folds.
(15) Cheap Kh-3c-Ad Flop, Farid bets 20k, Peter calls. 4d Turn, Peter checks, Farid bets 80k, Peter folds.
(16) Peter raises, Farid folds.
(17) Farid folds his small blind, Peter shows K-Jo.
(18) Peter folds his small blind.
(19) Farid folds his small blind, Peter show A-Qs.
(20) Peter folds his small blind.
(21) Cheap 2h-9c-6h-7d-Kd board, Peter wins with T-6o, Farid shows 5-4o.
(22) Peter raises, Farid folds.
(23) Farid raises to 60k, Peter folds.
(24) Peter raises to 60k, Farid folds.
(25) Cheap Jd-6c-9s-Js-7h board, Farid wins with what looked like Q-7o.

Although Farid doubled up with 2 pair (9-2) on a 9-2-K-A board against an Ace, he was involved in a monster pot soon after.

Pre-flop, Peter made it 65k and called a 140k re-raise.

Flop = 2c 5c Td

Check, check.

Turn = 5s

Farid bet 100k, Peter made it 300k, Farid moved all-in and Peter called.

Farid = 2d 3h

Peter = 5h 9h

Farid was drawing dead, so the Qh River was academic.

This put him down to 170k when, on the next hand...

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... Farid moved all-in pre-flop with Aspades 5d only to be called instantly by Peter's 7h 7s.

Board = 9c 6d 7d 4s 2s

Farid Meraghni is OUT and becomes the 2nd place finisher winning €182,063

PETER WILLERS JEPSEN BECOMES THE 2007 EPT POLISH OPEN CHAMPION WINNING €325,633