EPT -- Grand Final Day 4Final Table Found on Day 4 as Big Names Hit Rail |
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Day 4 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final began with 31 players and it took ten and a half hours for that number to dwindle down to eight. Tomorrow is the all-important day and will be life-changing for some, particularly the person who gets to take home $3,056,255 for first place.
It wasn’t long before the first player hit the rail when a short stacked “Miami” John Cernuto finished in 31st place, leaving five Americans behind in the field, with Matt Woodward as the dominating force for a good chunk of the day.
Here is a list of the payouts from 30th to 14th:
30: Jaime Vilela - €45,000€45,000
29: Leonardo Patacconi -
28: Vadim Shlez Eliminated — €45,000
27: Patrick Wymann — €45,000
26: Leonardo Patacconi — €45,000
25: Amicha Barer — €45,000
24: George Danzer — €52,000
23: Olivier Douce — €52,000
22: Alain Roy — €52,000
21: Bart Spijkers — €52,000
20: Jason Somerville — €52,000
19: Gregory Zima — €52,000
18: Roger Hairabedian — €52,000
17: Sergio Castelluccio — €64,000
16: Alexander Morozov — €64,000
Here are the rest of the bust outs as reported in CardPlayer.com’s live updates as day 4 made its way towards the final eight:
Johannes Strassmann moves all-in for 500,000 and Peter Traply shoves over the top for 3 million. Traply shows A K and Strassmann has A 9.
The board comes 7 5 2 10 Q and Strassman leaves in 14th place for €77,000.
Mikhail Tulchinsky bets 150,000 from the hijack, Annette Obrestad calls from the button, and the big blind Pieter de Korver calls. The flop comes Q 9 7, de Korver checks, as does Tulchinsky, and Obrestad brings out the big guns again. She bets 300,000 and de Korver raises it to 500,000. Obrestad pushes all-in and de Korver calls. Obrestad shows aces while de Korver reveals pocket nines for the set. The turn is the 4 and the river is the nail in the coffin – 9, giving de Korver quad nines.
Obrestad goes out in 13th place for €77,000 after some outstanding play.
Daniel Zink moves all in and Steven Silverman calls. Zink has A K, Silverman A Q, and the board comes J 5 5 10 6. Zink has Silverman covered and so the young American goes out in 12th place for €97,000.
Grayson Physioc Eliminated in 11th Place (€97,000)
Matt Woodward raises to 160,000 preflop, Grayson Physioc shoves all in for 1,340,000. Woodward calls with A 9 and Physioc shows 7 7. The board comes A K 10 J and Physioc prays for another spade. The river is the 6 and Physioc is out in 11th place for €97,000.
Christopher Rossiter Eliminated in Ninth Place (€125,000)
Christopher Rossiter moves all in preflop for 1,475,000 and Mikhael Tulchinsky asks for a count. He dcides to fold and then action is on Dag Martin Mikkelsen, who decides to call. Their cards:
Rossiter: AQ
Mikkelsen: 86
Board: A8547
Mikkelsen wins the hand with a straight on the river. Rossiter is eliminated in ninth place and he takes the bad beat in stride. He brings home €125,000 in prize money and play ends for the night.
The remaining players preparing for the journey tomorrow, which begins at noon (local time) are:
Alem Shah: 1,490,000
Daniel Zink: 1,865,000
Pieter de Korver: 2,500,000
Eric Qu: 2,880,000
Mikhail Tulchinsky: 3,220,000
Peter Traply: 4,365,000
Matt Woodward: 4,560,000
Dag Martin Mikkelsen: 7,315,000
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