Chris Rossiter Eliminated in 9th Place (€125,000)

Chris Rossiter may have nightmares about his near-miss here in Monte Carlo. After Mikhail Tulchinskiy opened from early position to 200,000, action passed to chip leader Dag Mikkelsen. He reraised to 475,000 only to see the small blind, Chris Rossiter, ship his whole stack of 1,475,000 into the middle.

Tulchinskiy released, but Mikkelsen asked for an exact count and then took what we can charitably call a flyer and put another one million chips into the pot.

Rossiter: {A-Clubs}

Mikkelsen: {6-Clubs}

There was some tittering from the gallery when Mikkelsen opened his hand, but the hand was far from a lock for Rossiter. In fact, Mikkelsen's supporters cheered loudly when the window card was the {8-Spades}

, only to boo loudly when the dealer spread the {A-Spades}

and the

as well. Mikkelsen asked for the {6-Spades}

on the turn (to keep things interesting) but instead got the {4-Hearts}

-- an interesting card in its own right. Rossiter needed to dodge a six, seven or eight on the river but couldn't do it. The {7-Hearts}

fell to make an eight-high straight for Mikkelsen.

With that card, Rossiter left the feature table in ninth place, collecting €125,000. We're done for the night.

Tags: Chris Rossiter Dag Mikkelsen

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

Chris Rossiter Eliminated in 9th Place (€125,000)