The flop was . Obrestad checked and quickly folded to a sizable bet from Qu. He opened , top pair of queens and a horrible holding for Morozov, who showed down . The on the turn ended Morozov's run in 15th place.
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 4
The flop was . Obrestad checked and quickly folded to a sizable bet from Qu. He opened , top pair of queens and a horrible holding for Morozov, who showed down . The on the turn ended Morozov's run in 15th place.
Naalden:
Shah:
Shah looked grim as he waited for the TV crew to arrange themselves around the table and the board to be dealt, but he had nothing to worry about.
Board:
With a "Yah!", a fist pump and a high five to his buddy at the rail, Shah is up to 1,500,000, while a sanguine Naalden is down to 2,500,000.
The next hand, Strassmann was on the button and called a 125,000-chip raise from the under-the-gun player, Peter Traply. Traply was first to act on a flop of . He bet almost the full pot, 245,000. Strassmann called and got a free card when both players checked the turn. That brought the action to the river, which was a blank, the . Into a pot of roughly 850,000, Traply bet 665,000 chips.
Strassmann tanked for several minutes, playing with his chip stacks and faking moving them into the middle, perhaps trying to get a read on Traply. Traply was stock still. With a deep breath, Strassmann finally pushed in a call. Traply turned over for a full house, fives full of queens. Strassmann looked ill, then mucked his hand.
He shoved under the gun, and it folded around to Peter Traply, who re-shoved for 3,000,000. All fold.
Strassmann:
Traply:
Flop:
"Ah, scheisse," said one of Strassmann's railers.
Turn:
Strassmann stood up and pushed his chair in, ready to leave.
River:
Just before dinner, we are down to 13.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Marc Naalden has been getting busy, raising in early position and finding a caller in Eric Qu in the small blind. Qu checked the flop, though, and swiftly gave it up to a 200,000 bet from Naalden.