2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

€5,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
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

Copy Cat

Raul Mestre raised to 40,000 and Salvatore Bonavena made the call, but out of nowhere, Alexiou Konstantinos bumped it up to a total of 216,000, effectively telling Mestre that he'd have to put his tournament life on the line if he wanted to play.

Mestre looked tortured, as if somebody were plucking individual hairs from his eyebrow. Although a wrong decision here could result in a final table bubble, Mestre took a deep breath and pushed all in. Once Bonavena had side-stepped out of the way, Konstantinos called the extra 98,000.

Incredibly, and much to the delight of a parched press room, both players had the same hand, and what's more, they shared the same suits with {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} versus {Q-Clubs}{K-Hearts}.

The {6-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{J-Spades}{4-Spades}{8-Diamonds} board teased a backdoor flush, but no such event occurred and the pot was chopped up, the only profit made being from the blinds and the flat-call from Bonavena. Oh, and Mestre did reach the showdown without suffering a triple bypass.

Tags: Alexiou KonstantinosRaul Mestre