2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
96
Prize
€2,300,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€9,350,000
Entries
935
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0

Lacay So Lucky - Hoivold Busted

Ludo plays the game
Ludo plays the game
Oh my lord, shortly before the break we witnessed the biggest hand of the tournament so far.

It looks as though the chips went in preflop, and the cards were as follows:

Andreas Hoivold: {8-Clubs} {8-Spades}
Ludovic Lacay: {A-Hearts} {A-Spades}

Board: {3-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

After spending some time counting the two players' chips, the dealer decreed that Hoivold busted, and Lacay was up to an almost-chip-leading 1,200,000. The amiable Hoivold was extremely polite and gentlemanly in defeat, although once he'd turned away from the table to leave, a quiet, "F***," escaped his lips.

As he told me his new chip count and I informed him that he was in second place, Lacay replied cheerfully, "At least I don't have the chip leader pressure."

[Edit -- looks like he actually is chip leader at the moment, by a whisker.]

Tags: Andreas HoivoldLudovic Lacay