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2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open
PokerStars EPT Warsaw Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open
Buy-in
$8,628
Prize Pool
$3,153,752
Entries
359
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
Mathias Viberg: 1,072,000
Ricardo Sousa: 458,000
Michael Schulze: 1,952,000
and Michael had 
. The board was dealt out 
and Mehdi Ouakhir was eliminated in fourth place earning $236,586.
Neither player was overly happy about their hand as tournament emcee Lee Jones had to prompt them to flip their cards over:
Mehdi:
Sousa:
The board filled out
in favor of the self-proclaimed "luckiest guy on the EPT," who stood up out of his chair after the river and had all kinds of things to say: "I never lose, man! That was a bad call...you know you're gonna lose!"Ricardo surged past the one million mark in chips, while Mehdi dropped to approximately 250,000.
Ricardo Sousa 405,000
Mathias Viberg 522,000
Medhi Ouakhir 750,000
Michael Schulze 1,740,000
The first time, he made it 80,000 and Mehdi called from the big blind. The flop came down
and Mehdi bet 100,000. Ricardo folded.The very next hand, Ricardo made it 85,000 and Matthias moved all in for 435,000, forcing Ricardp to fold again.
In contrast, Michael Schulze was allowed to raise twice in a row the next two hands and get through uncontested.
After that, Ricardo made it 85,000 again and found Mehdi pushing all in from the big blind, and again Ricardo did not have a hand to call. Ricardo is now back down to 405,000 and the short stack again.
One hand later, Ricardo got involved again, raising 90,000 pre-flop from the button. Mehdi made the call and saw a flop of
. A quick check, then a bet from Sousa and a fold from Mehdi saw the end of that hand, and just like that, Ricardo has practically doubled up. He's now sitting with right around 750,000 in chips.
The flop is
and both check. When the 
hits the turn Christian checks again and Michael moves all in with a dramatic wave of his hand. Michael has Christian well covered; in reality it is a 330,000 bet as that is what Christian has left. After a good dwell up, Christian makes a brilliant call.Christian:
Michael:
Neither player has a heart so Michael has two nines and three aces to hit or he is doubling up the brave Swede.
The river is a heartbreaking
and Christian ?man is cruelly eliminated in fifth place earning $192,423.Michael Schulze has nearly two million in chips after the pot.