European Poker Tour

[Rock27]

So after watching an entire season of the European Poker Tour on Score TV I was really looking forward to the the Grand Finale. For those who have not seen this tour it's quite interesting - some players you have likely heard of (Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot, Gus Hansen et al.) and a bunch you will never have seen before. Anyways it was a great season up until the last two freaking hands.

Check out these horrible decisions which lost the tournament in two quick hands:

*note: Brandon is Brandon Schaeffer and Rob is Rob Hollinck. These hands were heads-up with each player having over $1,000,00 in chips. Blinds were 10 and 20k.

KEY HAND
Hand #30--Brandon raises to 50K and Rob calls.
Flop: T3T with two clubs. Brandon bets 80K. Rob makes it 160K. Brandon announces all-in. Rob says call.
Rob shows T8
Brandon shows 34
Turn: 7
River: 5

Hand #31--Rob raises to 50K. Brandon calls.
Flop: K95. Brandon checks. Rob bets 70K. Brandon calls.
Turn: 8. Brandon checks. Rob bets 70K. Brandon calls.
River: J with three clubs on the board. Brandon checks. Rob announced all in. brandon calls

Rob shows J8 for tow pair. Brandon shows K7 for only a pair of kings.

Rob wins




It may not show as badly on 'paper' as it did on TV but it was damn brutal. Expecially the all-in manouever on a pair of 3's made on the flop - wtf?

Here's the blog: http://www.eptblog.com/

Was anyone else blown away by this horrible ending?!?

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[kutuz_off]

see this thread from the top (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=tv&Number=1998110&Forum=,A ll_Forums,&Words=&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Main=19896 87&Search=true&where=&Name=8299&daterange=&newerva l=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post1 998110)

[Rock27]

It aired here last night and it was interesting to review the posts as Shaeffer progressed through the tournament. He seems like a nice guy, but I still think the ending was horrible. /images/graemlins/confused.gif Hollinck had been playing really tight - 'stone killer' tight. The semi-bluff on hand #30 followed by limping with pair of King's on hand #31 was painful to watch. /images/graemlins/shocked.gif Caveat: somewhat easy for me to criticize well watching on TV though. Final thoughts: really enjoyed watching Gus Hansen and Alexander Stevic play, and Isabelle Mercier deserved a much better fate.

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[stillbr]

anywhere i can download video of the EPT?

[Rock27]

I am not sure where you can download it but the espisodes were broadcast in Canada on the Score - see: [url=http://thescore.ca]The Score[/url

You can access Poker tips by Daniel Negreanu (though they are definetly aimed at beginners) through their site.

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