2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 4
Habib:
Esfandiari:
The flop was , pairing up Habib, but giving Esfandiari outs with an ace or a club. The turn, though was the , sealing the deal for Habib. A meaningless peeled off on the river and Habib doubled up to 163,000.
Baron:
Boekhoff:
The board came and Boekhoff reclaimed some of those chips that were anted off during his premature dinner break, doubling his stack to about 330,000.
The board bricked out and Liu doubles to around 370,000 chips.
In a recent hand, Rasmussen completed from the small blind and Esfandiari raised it up to 40,000 from the big blind. Rasmussen then re-popped it from the small blind, making it 110,000 to go.
Esfandiari went into the tank, "You are tough, my friend," he sighs. After several minutes of thought Esfandiari says "What the hell..." before putting in a fourth bet making it an additional 230,000.
Rasmussen goes into deep deliberation, looking at Esfandiari's remaining 580,000 chip stack. "I have the best hand," quips Rasmussen before eventually folding his cards, flashing an ace in the process.
In a fascinating hand and duel between these two, this round goes to Esfandiari.