2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 4
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$3,198,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$15,764
Prize Pool
$13,393,124
Entries
842
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000

Ilikyan Eventually Finds A Double Up

Valeriy Ilikyan
Valeriy Ilikyan
Valeriy Ilikyan open-shoved his short stack of 100,000 into the middle and found a customer in Walid Bou Habib.

Habib: {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Ilikyan: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

The flop looked good for Ilikyan to double up when it came {A-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, but amazingly the turn and river came {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} and both players play the straight on the board and split the pot!

A few hands later Eric Liu opened with a raise to 30,000 and Ilikyan came over the top once again for just over 100,000 in chips. Liu made the call and flipped {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds} which held the lead over Ilikyan's {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}.

However that all changed on the flop of {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. The turn of the {5-Hearts} ended it all, and to rub salt into the wound the river landed {K-Clubs} to give Ilikyan a full house and a double-up to around 225,000 chips.

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