Pokerstars.com EPT Warsaw: FINAL TABLE

[NoflopsHomer]

Exit!!! And a Double Up!!! And necessarily in that order.

Medhi open shoves from the small blind having just looked at one card, the . Michael Schulze instantly calls with , Medhi flips his second card, it's an unhelpful .



A board later...



Mehdi Ouakhir is OUT in 4th place winning €152,445

[NoflopsHomer]

Next hand, Mattias raises to 80k. Michael passes, Ricardo goes into DDM, (Deep Dwell Mode), and he's going to pass...NO! He moves all-in. Mattias thinks for 10 seconds before announcing, "Call," and turns over . Ricardo goes a little pale as his shrinks up a little.



Mattias doubles through and now Ricardo is short again.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip Counts:

Mattias -- 1,072,000
Ricardo -- 458,000
Michael -- 1,952,000

[jpean]

Great updates keep em up and il give Blonde Poker a spin tonight!

yep, despite the too short update yesterday, really great updates !!!

Go Frenchie ! Go Medhi !!!!!
any photo of him ? please ?

Oh, it's not such good news, actually... a million chip pot went away from him a few minutes ago, denting his stack to critical condition -

...

So one million chips heads toward Ricardo Sousa, while Mehdi Ouakhir is down to around 300k.  "I never lose, man," says Ricardo as the pot is shipped to him.  That does seem to be the case, but in his excitement he delivers the rubdown for good measure, "That was a bad call.  This is my EPT." 

hum, no so good updates in fact...

LOL, Well Played Medhi, 4th, it's not so bad... it's even very good !!

but what a not fair-play reaction from Ricardo... not very nice with his opponents... not...elegant !

[Djinn]

Fewer flops to report from me, and no showdowns.  With the blinds at 20k/40k Ricardo has even moved in first to act (no callers) and looks to be ready to make a double-up/go home kind of move any time soon.  He did win one hand off big blind Mathias Viberg, but nothing went in apart from the compulsory 40k and his 100k bet on the flop took it down.

Other than that, it's a pretty even distribution between players as to who's made it between 100k and 120k and taken down the blinds and antes.  There was more action with Kara as MC, bring back Kara!

[Djinn]

To while away the time, check out Mathias Viberg's arms - they are like the arms of a wrestler.  Seriously.  His next championship will be Mr. Universe.

[Djinn]

Incidentally, they are now having a Time Out, which means what you think it means... a deal might well be afoot.

[jpean]

Incidentally, they are now having a Time Out, which means what you think it means... a deal might well be afoot.

what is a time out... I suppose it's a part of the rule who is applied here, but I don't understand what and why...

[NoflopsHomer]

Incidentally, they are now having a Time Out, which means what you think it means... a deal might well be afoot.

A deal is a deal.

This is a foot.

[NoflopsHomer]

Before the

Schulze had re-raised Mattias' 110k initial bet to 250k, Next Schulze folds his 110k bet to Ricardo's 456k re-raise all-in. It's now very much push/fold at the moment.

[NoflopsHomer]

Incidentally spotted during the action. Photographer norkage...

[Djinn]

After a really long pause during which they were in all likelihood striking a deal (unconfirmed, however, though suspected) the first hand, as is so often the case, brought fireworks. 

Mathias Viberg raised to 110k on the button, and Ricardo Sousa called.
Flop:    Ricardo checked, Mathias bet 170k.  Ricardo then moved all in, called fairly quickly.

Ricardo showed:  for the up'n'down straight
Mathias showed:    for, er, the currently-winning pair of Jacks.

Turn:  No hesitation, the
River:

So double up for Ricardo, shown here donning his shades (if I were less lazy I'd make a moving pic of this), while Mathias Viberg stares impassively before the hand.

[NoflopsHomer]

Mattias manages one double up after it's folded to Ricardo (who is being renamed 'Rico Suave' by a couple of press, due to his dweliness), Ricardo manages to dwell for 30 seconds before setting Mattias in. Mattias instantly calls with his , Ricardo shows . An Ace comes but Mattias is still in hot water with less than 200k.

He can't even pick up anything to push with, eventually calling all-in with against Schulze's . The railing Swedes chant for a Six, already bitter with Schulze for his rivering of Christian earlier, and equally non-plussed with Ricardo's earlier suckout with J-T, and more than happy to say they don't really rate the other two players (they used less kind words than that though).

The flop brings a tantalising , a set for Schulze but the Swede needs a 3 or a 7. "Hearts," cries one overly optimistic Scandie.  A turn and a river later and we're Heads-Up.

Mattias Viberg is OUT in 3rd place winning €203,261

We didn't get any details of the deal I'm afraid.

[Djinn]

The full rundown of the headsup I just watched, before Chris took over:

Number of times Michael Schulze gets a walk:  2
Number of times Ricardo Sousa gets a walk:  5
Number of times Ricardo gets the blinds with a button raise:  2
Number of times Michael gets the blinds with a button raise:  0
Number of flops played:  3

One of them gets a mention here:  Michael Schulze raises to 80k (yes, min) on the button.  Ricardo calls.
Flop:    Ricardo checks, Michael bets 120k, Ricardo calls.
Turn:    Ricardo checks, Michael bets 200k, Ricardo calls (although it takes him longer on the turn).
River:    Both players check and Ricardo's takes the pot.

[Djinn]

In an effort to keep the whole thing moving briskly along, Lee Jones has handed the mic to Kara Scott and has taken a seat on an unobtrusive corner of the table and is shuffling one deck while the dealer deals from another.  Good plan, that man.