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On the first hand of heads-up play, Ilari Tahkokallio had the button and Kevin MacPhee was in the big blind. The two saw a flop of and that's where we'll pick up the action.
MacPhee checked and Tahkokallio fired 320,000. MacPhee called. After the turn came the , MacPhee checked again. Tahkokallio fired 625,000 and MacPhee called, bringing the pot to 2.4 million
The river completed the board with the and MacPhee reached into his stack. He fired 1.33 million and Tahkokallio mucked. MacPhee showed and increased his lead. Tahkokallio dropped below 10 million chips.
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Heads-up play begins
This is not the first time that Messrs. MacPhee and Tahkokallio have been heads up. At EPT London they went heads up in the £1,000 PLH/PLO and that time Tahkokallio came out on top. This time MacPhee goes into the HU with a significant chip lead, plus he's running like, well, a lucksack. Tahkokallio, though, has karma on his side after making perhaps the most gentlemanly decision of all time yesterday, allowing Luca Cainelli to double through him after the hand in question was interrupted for four hours by the armed robbery. To state the obvious, it could go either way.
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Arnaud Mattern in the High Roller event
French Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern just busted from the High Roller event in eighth place. He finished short of cashing, and the remaining seven players are now on the money bubble.
donpeters
Marc Inizan - 3rd Place
On the flop of , Marc Inizan checked to the preflop aggressor Kevin MacPhee. He fired 360,000 and then Inizan opted to check-raise to 890,000. There's been few check-raises since coming back from the dinner break so this seemed expected. MacPhee then reraised to 1.72 million before Inizan moved all in. MacPhee made the quick call.
It was an easy call for MacPhee as he tabled the nuts with the . Inizan held the for a pair and a gutshot.
The turn was the and then the river the to give MacPhee the win and send Inizan to the rail in third place. He took home €350,000 for his finish and MacPhee was left to face Ilari Tahkokallio heads up with the chip led.
donpeters
On the button, Marc Inizan raised to 250,000. Ilari Tahkokallio was in the big blind and made the call after Kevin MacPhee folded. The flop came down and Tahkokallio checked. Inizan fired 260,000 on the continuation bet. Tahkokallio check-raised to 680,000 and Inizan folded.
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Cyberdyne Systems, Model MacPhee
Marc Inizan (small blind) checked the flop and Kevin MacPhee (big blind) bet 335,000. Inizan now check-raised to 915,000.
MacPhee looked him up and down in what to the casual observer seemed a most intimidating way - MacPhee, hidden behind baseball cap and super-reflective aviators, could be a bad guy in a Terminator movie. Inizan didn't look particularly bothered, though, and eventually MacPhee laid it down.
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Marc Inizan climbing out of the gutter with that one
Ilari Tahkokallio completed from the small blind and Marc Inizan checked in the big blind. The flop came down and Tahkokallio fired 150,000. Inizan called.
The turn brought the to the party and Tahkokallio fired 320,000. Inizan made the call. The river completed the board with the and Tahkokallio fired 760,000. Inizan made the call.
Tahkokallio tabled the for a pair of kings, but Inizan tabled the for a rivered two pair and won the pot, giving him the first significant pot after the dinner break.
donpeters
The remaining three players are back from dinner and the cards are in the air. Marc Inizan has some work to do being the shortest stack to return while Kevin MacPhee and Ilari Tahkokallio are almost even in chips at the top. One double up for Inizan though would surely change everything.
The average stack is 83 big blinds and the smallest stack has 47 big blinds, so we could be in for a long night. Grab the popcorn, sit back and enjoy the coverage.
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Kabrhel checks out the camera at High Roller final table.
The €10,000 High Roller side event has reached the final table. No matter what the fate of the prize pool that may or may not have been absconded with yesterday, six players will be getting paid today, so they're three eliminations away from the money.
Amazingly, Martin Kabrhel has the chip lead at the moment. Kabrhel hasn't made much of an impact on EPT main events, but he's consistently crushing the side events this season. He won the €2,000 event at back-to-back stops in Vilamoura and Prague. And last month in Deauville, he took down the €25,000 High Roller tournament. A win here would put him in first place for EPT player of the year, a remarkable feat considering his only Main Event cash was a 60th place in Deauville.
Jeff Sarwer is currently third in chips, and just behind him is Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern. Andrew Feldman just busted in 9th place. Here are the latest chip counts, courtesy of our friends at PokerNews.nl:
and that's where we'll pick up the action.
, MacPhee checked again. Tahkokallio fired 625,000 and MacPhee called, bringing the pot to 2.4 million
and MacPhee reached into his stack. He fired 1.33 million and Tahkokallio mucked. MacPhee showed 
and increased his lead. Tahkokallio dropped below 10 million chips.
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, Marc Inizan checked to the preflop aggressor Kevin MacPhee. He fired 360,000 and then Inizan opted to check-raise to 890,000. There's been few check-raises since coming back from the dinner break so this seemed expected. MacPhee then reraised to 1.72 million before Inizan moved all in. MacPhee made the quick call.
. Inizan held the 
for a pair and a gutshot.
and then the river the 
and Tahkokallio checked. Inizan fired 260,000 on the continuation bet. Tahkokallio check-raised to 680,000 and Inizan folded.
and Tahkokallio fired 150,000. Inizan called.
and Tahkokallio fired 760,000. Inizan made the call.
for a pair of kings, but Inizan tabled the 
for a rivered two pair and won the pot, giving him the first significant pot after the dinner break.
