2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

€5,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
€774,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
570
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
8,000

Norinder Doubles Through

A bizarre hand played out on one of the near tables as Frenchman Anthony Roux got the ball rolling with a preflop raise of a 800. Master Classics finalist Mikael Norinder made the call, but a Spanish player in seat one had other ideas, bumping it up to a total of 2,500 to play.

Although initial aggressor Roux passed, Norinder was less hospitable, pushing all in for 10,000 more. To his surprise, his opponent took thirty seconds to call with {A-?}{8-?}, only to find himself dominated by the Swede's {A-?}{K-?}.

An eightless board and Norinder was left to embrace the pot with the most welcoming of arms.

Tags: Mikael Norinder