| Buy-In: | $9,463 + $364 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $4,517,401 |
| Entrants: | 596 |
EPT Main Event
- Oct 01, '08 - Oct 05, '08
Updates on Final Day (Oct 05, 08)
Short Break
The players are taking a short break before heads-up play begins.
Marcin Horecki Eliminated in Third Place (£303,439)
Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki moves all in and Michael Martin comes over the top of him all in. Tureniec gets out of the way, and the last two players turn over their cards:
Horecki: K
8
Martin: K
J
Board: Q63
8J
Horecki is eliminated in third place, and he will take home £303,439 in prize money.
Zero to Hero Power Shift
Michael Martin went from a stack of 90,000 up to 3.6 million in a short amount of time. He now holds a large lead over Michael Tureniec (1.4 million) and Marcin Horecki (945,000), and is firmly in control of things.
Eric Liu Back in the (Cash) Game
Eric Liu has sat down in a high-stakes cash game right next to the tournament area. Apparently using some of his prize money to buy in to the game.
Eric Liu Eliminated in Fourth Place (£234,920)
Eric Liu moves all in preflop and Michael Martin makes the call. Their cards:
Liu: J10
Martin: A9
Board: AK5A7
Liu is eliminated in fourth place, and he will take home £234,920 in prize money.
The Michael Martin Comeback
Hand 1:
After he was crippled, Michael Martin moved all in preflop on the very next hand. Both Michael Tureniec and Marcin Horecki both called and the board was dealt K62K4 as Horecki and Tureniec checked it down. They turned up their hands on the end, and Martin doubled up with pocket eights in the hole over Turniec's A-7 and Horecki's Q-3. Martin was now up to 305,000.
Hand 2:
On the very next hand Martin moved all in again after Tureniec raised to 240,000. Tureniec called down the raise and they turned up their cards:
Tureniec: K7
Martin: 99
Board: KJ779
Martin was now up to 695,000.
Hand 3:
Martin was all in again the hand after that for 695,000 and Tureniec quickly called him down. Their cards:
Martin: AA
Tureniec: QJ
Board: 53249
Martin doubles up again, and he is very much alive again in this tournament.
Eric Liu Doubles Up - Michael Martin Crippled
Eric Liu moves all in preflop for 585,000 and Michael Martin moves all in over the top of him. Everyone else folds and the players turn up their cards:
Martin: 22
Liu: A10
Board: KQJK7
Liu doubles up on the hand to grow his stack back to 1 million, and Martin is now on life support with less than 100,000.
Eric Liu Crippled
Michael Tureniec gets it all in preflop and Eric Liu makes the call. Their cards:
Liu: A6
Tureniec: AA
Board: J75710
Tureniec doubles up on the hand to take the chip lead, while Liu is below 500,000.
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