donpeters
Oleksandr Vasefirer raised to 120,000 and Christophe Benzimra called out of the big blind. The flop came down . Benzimra checked and Vaserfirer fired 150,000. Benzimra raised to 300,000, making it the minimum more. Last time Benzimra min-raised Vaserfirer, he folded. This time, Vaserfirer called.
The turn brought the . Vaserfirer called another bet of 300,000 from Benzimra.
The river was the and Benzimra moved all in for 1.052 million. Vaserfirer had about 1.7 million left in his stack as he contemplated making the call.
After a few minutes went by, Vaserfirer made the call, to which Benzimra immediately tabled . Vaserfirer mucked his hand, flicking them forward, but the tournament staff ruled that because it was an all-in situation the hand must be turned face up. His hand was .
Benzimra doubled to about 3.35 million and Vaserfirer dropped to 650,000.
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Christophe Benzimra opened to 115,000 from the button, and Oleksandr Vaserfirer made the call next door. Both of them would quickly fold out of the way when Alfio Battisti squeezed them with a three-bet to 410,000.
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Oleksandr Vaserfirer
From the button, Alfio Battisti made it 110,000 to play. He found action from his buddy Oleksandr in the big blind, and it was heads up to the flop.
It came down , and Vaserfirer check-called a bet of 200,000. On the turn, both players checked the , and the completed the board. Vaserfirer led out this time, 250,000 to go. That was enough to win him the pot, taking another nice chunk of chips from his Italian opponent.
[user66118]
Oleksandr Vaserfirer limped in from the small blind, and Alfio Battisti tapped the table for a free flop in the big.
The dealer spread out , and Vaserfirer put in a bet of 60,000. Battisti quickly called, and the hit fourth street. Another 100,000 chips were plunked across the line by the small blind, and his opponent once again called without delay.
The last card off was the , and Vaserfirer passed this time. Battisti stacked out a big bet of 300,000 and slid it forward. Always methodical, Vaserfirer counted out the call, double-checked the amount, and put it into the pot.
Battisti instantly flung his cards into the muck, and Vaserfirer took it down without having to show.
donpeters
Each of the three remaining players has about two million in chips, give or take a little bit for each player. Things are fairly even now and the stacks are deep. Everyone is guaranteed 500,900 PLN.
donpeters
Luca Pagano - 4th Place
Action folded to the small blind, Christophe Benzimra, and he stuck out a stack of chips to set Luca Pagano all in. Pagano made the call right away with . Again he had the best hand in an all-in situation. This time against Benzimra's .
The flop somewhat mirrored the last one when it came this time, putting Pagano behind once again in a sick, twisted manner.
The turn was the , inching Pagano closer to the exit.
The river was the and after losing two back-to-back preflop all ins, Pagano was out the door in 4th. With this finish though, he did take home 357,790 PLN and should move to the top of the EPT all-time Tournament Leader Board.
donpeters
Luca Pagano was first to act and Oleksandr Vaserfirer had the button to start the hand. Pagano raised to 110,000. Alfio "aLFioSn0b" Battisti reraised from the small blind to 400,000, leaving himself a little over 600,000 behind.
Action moved back over to Pagano and he wasted little time in announcing that he was all in. Battisti now had a big decision in front of him, one that could mean the end of his tournament.
After a couple minutes of deliberation, Battisti called, drawing a stir from everyone in the room. When the hands were turned up, here's what was revealed:
Pagano:
Battisti:
Pagano had Battisti covered and also had him dominated.
The dealer dealt the flop... and just like that, Pagano went from first to worst. He immediately sunk his head into his hands, knowing it would be hard to come from behind now.
The turn was the , pairing the board, but providing no help to Pagano. Luca began wrapping up his iPod and headphones and put his cell phone away as the river card came the to end the hand. Pagano shipped over the total all-in bet of 1.061 million to Battisti, leaving himself with roughly 145,000. To make things worse, he was in the big blind next hand.
. Benzimra checked and Vaserfirer fired 150,000. Benzimra raised to 300,000, making it the minimum more. Last time Benzimra min-raised Vaserfirer, he folded. This time, Vaserfirer called.
. Vaserfirer called another bet of 300,000 from Benzimra.
and Benzimra moved all in for 1.052 million. Vaserfirer had about 1.7 million left in his stack as he contemplated making the call.
. Vaserfirer mucked his hand, flicking them forward, but the tournament staff ruled that because it was an all-in situation the hand must be turned face up. His hand was 
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, and the 
, and Vaserfirer put in a bet of 60,000. Battisti quickly called, and the 
, and Vaserfirer passed this time. Battisti stacked out a big bet of 300,000 and slid it forward. Always methodical, Vaserfirer counted out the call, double-checked the amount, and put it into the pot.
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this time, putting Pagano behind once again in a sick, twisted manner.
, inching Pagano closer to the exit.
, pairing the board, but providing no help to Pagano. Luca began wrapping up his iPod and headphones and put his cell phone away as the river card came the 
to end the hand. Pagano shipped over the total all-in bet of 1.061 million to Battisti, leaving himself with roughly 145,000. To make things worse, he was in the big blind next hand.