2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 5
Flop:
Check to de Korver who minimum-bets, and Woodward raises to 550,000. De Korver folds, and Woodward flashes him a deuce.
The river falls and Dana says to me, "[Woodward] looks like he's going to cry." De Korver is not shy with his bet -- it's 3.6 million to go to showdown. Woodward folds.
"Do you want to see what I had?" de Korver asks Woodward. Woodward says yes and de Korver flashes the . That's no help to Woodward's stack; he's down to 6,325,000.
Matt Woodward: 8,090,000
The turn is the . De Korver puts a large stack of brown chips across the line. It's 2.5 million chips in total. Woodward calls in less than 30 seconds, making this the biggest pot of heads-up play.
The river is barely on the felt before de Korver moves all in. He has Woodward covered. Woodward quickly surrenders, and de Korver can't resist needling him.
"Bluff!" he says with a grin. "You'll see it on TV."
Now Woodward bets out 675,000. Another call from de Korver.
Turn:
This time Woodward bets out 1,300,000, looking not in the slightest bit nervous. De Korver thinks briefly, and folds.