€25,000 High Roller Championship
Day 3 Completed
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€25,000 High Roller Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,975,000
Entries
79
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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Congratulations to Vanessa Rousso and thanks to all who made the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final such a spectacular and well-run event.
flop, which they both checked. They saw the 
turn too, and this time Rousso bet 150,000. Call.When they got to the
river, though...All the chips went in! All of them!
The cards were flipped...
Dorfman:
for two pair.Rousso:
for the straight.Meaning that, at long last, we have a winner.
Said Rousso: "I'm so happy right now, that was seriously like the longest most epic final table ever." Our sentiments exactly.
flop bet of 170,000. They both checked the 
turn, and then Rousso bet out 200,000 on the 
river. Dorfman tanked for the second-longest time tonight, but finally made the call. She turned 
, no longer anything but a bluff, and he flipped 
.Thinking he'd made that call with jack-high, one of his railers said, "Sick call!" but then realized he had a flush. To be fair, he wasn't the only one watching who thought that for a split second...
got no action from either Vanessa Rousso or Randy Dorfman. The turn, however, saw Rousso check-call a 110,000 bet from Dorfman. He wasn't keen to try again on the 
river though, and Rousso's 
was good.
On the button, Vanessa Rousso announced all in. On the big blind, Randy Dorfman called.
Rousso:
Dorfman:
Board:
Dorfman doubles up to 1,300,000, and everyone gets to stay here for a (hopefully) little while longer.
The major action occurred on the turn with the board standing
. A huge check-raise bluff Randy Dorfman made with 
was called all in by Rousso with 
. The 
river was irrelevant.
Level: 23
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
flop. Rousso checked, Dorfman announced all in and an absolutely instant call from Rousso saw them on their proverbial backs.Dorfman:
Rousso:
Turn:
River:
"Nice flop," said Dorfman unnecessarily, as Rousso doubled up again to 1,600,000 or so. This tournament now may actually never end at all.
Meanwhile they've colored up once more -- purple 25,000 chips have made their first appearance in this High Rollers final.