€25,000 High Roller Championship | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

Level: 18

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

05-03-2009 13:56 UTC+2

Chips Even Up After More Suckout Drama

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Florian Langmann, incredibly, is up over a million in chips after two hands saw all-ins resulting in double ups for a change. He took 200k from Tony G, then, the action bug clearly catching on at the final, played a big pot with Randy Dorfman, who took his turn in the outdrawn chair:

On a flop of {K-Diamonds}

, Langmann bet out 60k. Dorfman went all-in and Langmann considered his 500k. He made the call with {K-Hearts}

. Having called his whole stack off, the last thing he wanted to see was {A-?}

, and that's precisely what Dorfman had.

The turn brought the {Q-Clubs}

though, and the river an irrelevant {9-Hearts}

. The rail shook their heads and I heard Roberto Romanello say, "I've never seen more suckouts than this final table!"

Tags: Florian Langmann Randy Dorfman

05-03-2009 13:29 UTC+2

"You're Going to Need a Tandem Bike!" William Thorson and David Eldar Bust (6th and 5th)

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Thorson: always there or thereabouts in these big tournaments

The sickest hand of the High Rollers tournament just eliminated two players and made the crowd gasp as one at the cruel twists of the game they love.

Short stack William Thorson could have picked a better spot to move all in preflop, as not only did Randy Dorfman go all in with him, but so did David Eldar! Threeway on-their-backs moment:

Thorson: {7-Diamonds}

Dorfman:

Eldar:

The flop:

Another set for another pair of queens for David Eldar. It was starting to look like pay-ja vu when this happened:

Turn... {A-Spades}

...River... {5-Spades}

! A fourflush on the river busted both shorter stacks and made a new giant stack for Randy Dorfman.

"You're going to need a double bike!" said Tony G.

William Thorson finished in 6th place, winning €99,000.
David Eldar finished in 5th place, winning €138,000.

Tags: David Eldar Randy Dorfman William Thorson

05-03-2009 13:15 UTC+2

Today, 'G' is for Gamble

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The big stacks clash in an interesting hand. Tony G raised to 41k after it folded to him on the button. Vanessa Rousso, in the small blind, reraised to 100k. He made the call quickly.

The flop came {7-Clubs}

. Rousso bet out 180k. "All in," says Tony. Then, "I love it! Let's gamble!" This was a huge bet. After a think, Rousso passed. Tony G showed her the {7-Diamonds}

...

Tags: Tony G Vanessa Rousso

05-03-2009 13:07 UTC+2

Prizes Left to Claim

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With two exits in such quick succession, better get the prize list up so there's some build-up of expectation around the top spots:

1 €720,000
2 €434,000
3 €257,000
4 €188,000
5 €138,000
6 €99,000
7 €79,000 - Andrew Feldman
8 €60,000 - David Steicke

05-03-2009 12:58 UTC+2

Feldman Felled - Finishes in 7th Place (€79,000)

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Preflop Tony G raised to 40k and short stack Andrew Feldman pushed all-in from the cutoff for 160k. The crowd looked back to Tony G, but it was small blind David Eldar who went into the tank. Eventually he announced, "Call," and Tony G let it go.

Feldman showed {A-Spades}

and was up against {Q-Clubs}

. A third {Q-Diamonds}

popped out instantly on the flop, followed by {5-Diamonds}

.

Feldman exited to the commiserations of some railers, who hadn't really had time to warm up properly yet.

Tags: Andrew Feldman David Eldar

05-03-2009 12:46 UTC+2

1/100 of Tony G, Anyone?

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Over on ChipMeUp.com Tony G's auction for 1% of himself here at the High Rollers final table has been snaffled up for a song. Bidder 'Ditwelve' will be railing Tony with especial gusto as for $51 he's invested in a guaranteed win!

Tags: Tony G

05-03-2009 12:39 UTC+2

On the Second Hand David Steicke Finishes in 8th Place (€60,000)

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Early action here at the High Rollers final table - there's a huge disparity between the haves and the have-nots, and one of the shorter stacks, David Steicke has just been busted, right when he thought he was going to move from the latter to the former category.

Randy Dorfman raised preflop to 32k, it was then reraised to 92k by his neighbor Steicke. While Steicke was counting out the chips, Tony G gave him a warning, "Whoa! You want to get involved early? You're gonna get 'biked'!"

How true his words were. Dorfman moved all in and Steicke snapped him with {K-Spades}

. Dorfman held {A-Diamonds}

.

Flop: {10-Clubs}

Turn:

River:

"Ah well," said a resigned Steicke. He'd satellited into the High Rollers event, and after making the money (reserved only for the final table) at least leaves in profit.

Tags: David Steicke

Level: 17

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 1,500

05-03-2009 11:59 UTC+2

Final Table Setting Up

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The mountains of chips belonging to the €25,000 High Roller finalists are still caged within their overnight bags, but they've been called to the final table and action will soon be underway. After a lengthy day's play finally whittled the field of 79 down to its final eight, here is how the chips lie right now:

Seat 1 -- Andrew Feldman: 202,500
Seat 2 -- Randy Dorfman: 487,500
Seat 3 -- David Steicke: 347,500
Seat 5 -- David Eldar: 385,500
Seat 6 -- William Thorson: 132,000
Seat 7 -- Florian Langmann: 274,500
Seat 8 -- Tony G: 875,000
Seat 9 -- Vanessa Rousso: 1,250,000

The players have been called to the table, so we'll soon be bringing you live coverage of the highest buy-in tournament at the Pokerstars EPT Monte Carlo.