Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT: Final Table - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Hello and welcome to the final day of this year's Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT.

This is the At A Glance thread and will involve exits, double up, big hands, and so on.

For a more comprehensive update of the final table with photographs and the option to interact with the updates, please see our Interactive Live Update thread by clicking here

Play commences at 4pm. The final table line-up is as follows:

1. Thierry Van Den Berg -- 274,000
2. Daan Ruiter -- 646,000
3. Reuben Peters -- 176,000
4. Annette Obrestad -- 788,000
5. Anders Pettersson -- 166,000
6. Casper Hansen -- 360,000
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig -- 184,000
8. Michael Durrer -- 247,000
9. Reijo Manninen -- 480,000

[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 need 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.

[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?

[Chili]

There was 20 mins of raise and pass and then a raise came from Thierry Van Den Berg for 25,000, called by Daan Ruiter.  Flop

     Thierry to speak first bet 18k, called by Ruiter.

   Thierry bet 46,000, again just called by Ruiter.

  Thierry thinks for a minute or so then announces all in for a 245,000.

This gives Daan Ruiter a decision to make, and he doesn't take too long to make the call with still about 400,000 left behind if he loses.  The cards are turned over and we all hear,

    for Daan Ruiter
    for Thierry Van Den Berg.

So a big bluff gone very wrong at a bad time for Thierry.

Thierry Van Den Berg is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning €47,650

[snoopy1239]

Michael Durrer is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning €66,370

Holy Moly, they're dropping like the balls of a blind juggler here in Dublin, the latest victim of the felt being Pokerstars qualifier and German inhabitant Michael Durrer.

In what was perhaps an odd turn of events, Trond Erik Eidsvig open pushed under the gun for what I believe was just over 100k (blinds 5k/10k with a 1k ante) only for Michael Durrer to call pretty swiftly just one seat down with .

On their backs, and it was Trond who had his man on the rails, Durrer's Queen dominated by the Pocket Ladies ( ) of Trond.

An Ace-evading later and it was brow-wiping time for Trond, his tournament life still in tact and leaving his less fortunate neighbour with just 20k in chips.

The very next hand, Durrer was gone, all-in with against Annette Obrestad who was left to pick up the pieces with . A sealed the German's fate and we're down to just 6 poker Trojans.

[Chili]

On return to the arena, I see that Anders Pettersson is quietly laddering himself up the placings has about 70,000 chips left, in the small blind against Trond Erik he moves all in and Trond makes the call easily as he has an Ace at least. 

Trond Erik   
Pettersson 

Trond's Ace high stands and that means,

Anders Pettersson is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning €83,380

[Chili]

Current chip counts of the remaining 5 players:


1. Thierry Van Den Berg   8th
2. Daan Ruiter     770,000
3. Reuben Peters     440,000
4. Annette Obrestad     1,300,000
5. Anders Pettersson  6th
6. Casper Hansen     9th
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig     280,000
8. Michael Durrer     7th
9. Reijo Manninen     56,000

[snoopy1239]

Raise, all-in, call and we have even more action than a Mission Impossible movie, the latest clash being a Holland/Fin battle.

In truth, it was a simple affair, and perhaps a slight cooler:

Reijo Manninen = A-A
Daan Ruiter = A-K

Board = 5-6-J-4-K

As evident in the aforementioned chip counts, Ruiter had his man covered, so is still alive, but only just. In contrast, it would appear as though Manninen has surpassed the 1 million mark.

[Chili]

The pace here is blisteringly fast, and as yesterday no sooner do we write an exit then another one happens.  Tada - I have news of another exit.  This one involved the recently chip depleted Daan Ruiter and Annette The Destroyer.  They were all in preflop with:

Annette 
Ruitter   

The flop was   

And that was enough for Annette to win the 220,000 chips of Ruitter and

Daan Ruiter is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning €105,510

[Chili]

Current chip counts of the remaining 4 players:


1. Thierry Van Den Berg   8th
2. Daan Ruiter     5th
3. Reuben Peters     420,000
4. Annette Obrestad     1,500,000
5. Anders Pettersson  6th
6. Casper Hansen     9th
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig     270,000
8. Michael Durrer     7th
9. Reijo Manninen     1,100,000

[snoopy1239]

Unless we see Aces run into Kings, Tens into Ace-King, and so on, a flurry of early final table exits is usually followed by a slow period whilst we wait for the blinds to catch up with the increasing stack sizes. After watching the last 15 hands, that's exactly what has happened here, the blinds in relation to the stack sizes being relatively small and allowing for a few flops to be played.

Although you'd expect Annette to be raising and re-raising every hand, her ruthless aggression is nowhere to be seen, instead adopting a more patient strategy and waiting for her opponents to hang themselves. However, this doesn't mean that she isn't playing any hands, just not over-committing herself unnecessarily. Her timing seems to be spot on at the moment, because when she does make a move, it seems to be the correct one, and is therefore taking down a lot of easy pots uncontested.

Apart from Trond raising Annette all-in pre-flop on one hand, it's mostly been a case of players taking it in turns to take the blinds, or stepping aside as Annette bets a three-way pot on the flop. Out of the three, I would say that Reuben has been the quietest, but this has clearly served him well thus far as come bubble time, he was one of the shortest stacks, and he has been near the foot of the list for most of the tournament.

Approximate chip counts courtesy of Lee Jones who has now taken over microphone duties.

1. Thierry Van Den Berg   8th
2. Daan Ruiter     5th
3. Reuben Peters     300,000
4. Annette Obrestad     1,700,000
5. Anders Pettersson  6th
6. Casper Hansen     9th
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig     250,000
8. Michael Durrer     7th
9. Reijo Manninen     1,050,000

[Chili]

With blinds at 6,000 / 12,000, Rueben Peters makes a raise to 30k and is reraised by Trond Erik.  Peters passes and Trond shows 7 2 suited for some gufaws from the crowd.

A couple of hands later, Peters raises again to 35,000 and Annette makes a reraise of 92,000 total.  Peters goes all in and Annette calls.  The hands are:

Annette 
Peters   

The board came

    to give Peters a multitude of outs

 
 

For a double up for Peters to around 420,000.

[Chili]

The players are now on a 15 min break:

1. Thierry Van Den Berg   8th
2. Daan Ruiter     5th
3. Reuben Peters     429,000
4. Annette Obrestad     1,995,000
5. Anders Pettersson  6th
6. Casper Hansen     9th
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig     492,000
8. Michael Durrer     7th
9. Reijo Manninen     400,000

[snoopy1239]

If ever there were a hand that might prise out the "luckbox" cries from our viewers, then it could be this one.

On a Flop of , Reijo check-raises Annette's 43k bet to 110k, only for Annette to calmly slide in an extra 133k more to make it 243k in total. Lifting his cards a millimetre off the felt as if seriously contemplating a fold, Reijo has second thoughts and plops a sole chip on his cards to mull over his decision. After rubbing his forehead as if tortured by the situation at hand, Reijo confidently makes the call in a manner that suggests he's going nowhere for the rest of the hand.

Before the dealer has barely laid down the Turn, Reijo's finger swiftly taps the felt leaving the decision with a much more pensive, and intense for that matter, Annete Obrestad. Seemingly deep in concentration and as physically unmoved as always, Annette checks behind.

A Turn, and once again, Reijo quickly checks, almost as if enticing Annette to bet the River. Another pause from Annette and, as expected, out pop the 10k pink chips, this time 30 of them being slid across the line to make a River bet of 300k.

Convinced he's ahead, Reijo rechecks his hand, glances down at his chips before making what appeared to be a relatively assured call. Unfortunately for the Fin, Annette was fibbing on the Flop, but not on the River, her revealing of a cheeky for a nasty straight reflecting a some what fortunate River. Reijo, meanwhile, rues his misfortune, or perhaps the lack of another raise on the Flop or bet on the Turn, and shows his for a flopped top pair.

A crucial hand goes to the young Norwegian whiz as the veteran looks down at his depleted 400k stack with the chagrin of a discarded puppy.

[Chili]

As some may have suspected, This Dublin EPT has turned into the Annette Obrestad Show.  The action has just gone:

Rueben raises, Trond reraises, Reuben goes all in, Trond passes.

Manninen rasies to 42K, Annette reraises to 400k, Manninen folds.

Reuben raises to 45K, Annette reraises to 130K, very slowy and counting the amount out which she doesn't usually do (more times than not its just a push of a big tall stack).

Trond then goes all for a total of 286,000. Reuben folds and leaves it up to Annette to insta call.

Annette 
Trond Erik Eidsvig  

The aces hold for Annette_15 the dominatrix which means

Trond Erik Eidsvig is OUT and becomes the 4th place finisher winning €127,630