Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT: Final Table - Interactive

[Chili]

Seat 7: Trond Erik Eidsvig, 22, Aalesund, Norway – 184,000

Trond, who comes from the tiny village of Ǻlesund on the west coast of Norway, is making his 2 nd EPT final table in less than three months after winning €250,800 for 5th place in Barcelona at the start of EPT Season 4. Trond turned professional 18 months ago and played at EPT Dortmund last season but got knocked out early in the second day. Since his Barcelona success, Trond has hit a hot streak in the cash games in the last couple of months. 

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Seat 8: Michael Durrer, 42, from Germany, PokerStars qualifier  – 247,000

After studying business and IT at college, Michael has since devoted himself to a lifetime of gambling. Billiards,  sports betting, cards – Michael has done the lot. But a few years ago he broke his leg and, while convalescing, decided to take up poker. He said: "It was only after losing around €20,000 that I decided I'd better start playing properly. I bought books, started studying and now I'm getting results." Michael came 12 th at EPT Baden last month for €30,000 but his biggest win to date was €60,000in Enschede in Holland last May.

[Chili]

Seat 9: Reijo Manninen , 47, from Helsinki, Finland – PokerStars qualifier - 480,000

Reijo first took up poker in the early 1970s. He says he then had to give it up again in the 1980s "because no one else was playing" but is now enjoying a comeback with success in a wide variation of games including final tabling in the Sökö (a kind of Scandinavian 5-card stud) championships. He's now enjoying a two-month break from work and is focusing on playing online SNGs on PokerStars. He said: "I don't normally have time to play live tournaments but I'm enjoying EPT Dublin!"

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Seat 4: Annette Obrestad, 19, from Norway – 788,000

The "Annette_15" rumours began surfacing last year, about how a Norwegian teenager was spreading fear and panic on the internet with a super aggressive and highly lucrative style of play. Reputations were destroyed and egos crushed. For many, the first public sighting of this internet phenomenon was at the EPT Grand Final last March, but her early forays into live play were unspectacular. Clearly, she was waiting for the top prize in Europe, which she landed when picking up the WSOP Europe title and a cheque for £1m.

Just give her the damn trophy already.

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Seat 4: Annette Obrestad, 19, from Norway – 788,000

The "Annette_15" rumours began surfacing last year, about how a Norwegian teenager was spreading fear and panic on the internet with a super aggressive and highly lucrative style of play. Reputations were destroyed and egos crushed. For many, the first public sighting of this internet phenomenon was at the EPT Grand Final last March, but her early forays into live play were unspectacular. Clearly, she was waiting for the top prize in Europe, which she landed when picking up the WSOP Europe title and a cheque for £1m.

Just give her the damn trophy already.

but I don't think they're allowed to do that Jason. 

[snoopy1239]

Play has now officially commenced... as opposed to unofficially.

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Seat 9: Reijo Manninen , 47, from Helsinki, Finland – PokerStars qualifier - 480,000

Reijo first took up poker in the early 1970s. He says he then had to give it up again in the 1980s "because no one else was playing" but is now enjoying a comeback with success in a wide variation of games including final tabling in the Sökö (a kind of Scandinavian 5-card stud) championships. He's now enjoying a two-month break from work and is focusing on playing online SNGs on PokerStars. He said: "I don't normally have time to play live tournaments but I'm enjoying EPT Dublin!"

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't dare attempt to raise this man's blinds. If looks could kill... 

[jslaso]

Seat 4: Annette Obrestad, 19, from Norway – 788,000

The "Annette_15" rumours began surfacing last year, about how a Norwegian teenager was spreading fear and panic on the internet with a super aggressive and highly lucrative style of play. Reputations were destroyed and egos crushed. For many, the first public sighting of this internet phenomenon was at the EPT Grand Final last March, but her early forays into live play were unspectacular. Clearly, she was waiting for the top prize in Europe, which she landed when picking up the WSOP Europe title and a cheque for £1m.

Just give her the damn trophy already.

but I don't think they're allowed to do that Jason. 

I'm just trying to save us a couple of hours. 

[Chili]

So just to carry on in the same style as yesterday, Daan Ruiter makes a raise first hand and short stack Peters says "all in" so soon.  It is passed though and he picks up the much needed blinds and antes.

We started today with 4,000 / 8,000 blinds and 1,000 ante but only for 11 mins of that level.


About 5 hands later, Rueben Peters is not gonna sit around with his short stack and announces all in again, this time he has the elated Casper Hansen making the call.  The cards are on their backs and they reveal:

Rueben Peters 
Casper Hansen 

The cards announced by Thomas Kremser are:

       

So a marvelous double up early doors for Poochie the American Peters.

[Chili]

Our view of the final from the press enclosure:

[Greg A]

The lone American iceberg in a sea of scandiscum........go on son........REMEMBER THE TITANIC ALAMO !!!!  ( Posted due to the absence of any brits

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Even though there are no TV cameras to slow down the action, the pace is somewhat lack-lustre nonetheless, the nine remaining players understandably taking their time on every decision in order to ensure that they aren't ruing a missed opportunity, misplaced bet or incorrect read on the return flight home.

In terms of the action, it's been very much raise, fold, fold, fold thus far, but there have been a couple of pots of note. After Casper and Michael took the blinds, Michael had another stab on the very next hand with a 28k bet, but perhaps chose the wrong big blind to ambush as Annette Obrestad plunged in what looked like a 72k (in total) re-raise. Calculated as ever, Durrer sized up his opponent, and his cards, before succoring to the pressure applied by the expressionless Norwegian and throwing his hand into the muck.

Meanwhile, Trond Erik Eidsvig was left  to chuckle after his pre-flop raise to 23k was minimum raised by Fin Reijo Manninen who then announced all-in on a Flop. Trond's chip stack takes another dent as he was virtually obliged to call the re-raise, so we'll keep an eye on the young Scandie as he goes in search of a much needed double through.

[Chili]

See those ladders in the top right of this picture??  Well don't say I dont grab an opportunity when I see one.




View from ladders.  Maybe I should have thought have longer about my choice of attire before heading up those ladders, short skirts and ladders dont mix I have found.  Oh well, I got a picture and Team pokerstars that were holding the ladders got a story to tell....

[Chili]

[snoopy1239]

Casper Hansen is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning €30,630

You may have all the weapons in your arsenal, a worldwide reputation as an up and coming superstar, and one of the best online records in the world, but sometimes, if you get the luck at the right time, the hands just play themselves.

That's exactly what happened between Annette and Casper. As Annette raised pre-flop with the Bullets, no one could fault Casper Hansen for pushing over the top with those lovely Ladies, and that's precisely what he did.

Of course, Annette called quicker than a jet-propelled whippet, leaving Casper praying in vain for a third Queen that failed to arrive on an 8-2-3-6-2 board.

Annette is certainly proving herself as one of the best players in the world this year, both live and online, but to win a tournament of this magnitude, you need both luck and skill, and at the moment, she has the perfect combination. Is there a more dangerous player on the circuit at the moment?