2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
96
Prize
€2,300,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€9,350,000
Entries
935
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0

Tulchinskiy Fires Last and Takes Pot

It was a slow-to-develop hand between Steven Silverman and Mikhail Tulchinskiy, but it gave plenty of drama. Tulchinskiy raised preflop to 100,000. Silverman, in a blue-striped shirt, was the big blind. He squeezed his cards, scrunched up his face for a few moments, then called.

They were slow to do it, but both players checked a flop of {3-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {4-Clubs}. Silverman fired 170,000 when the turn came an overcard to the flop, the {Q-Hearts}. It was Tulchinskiy who then took several moments, scrunching his own face before calling. The river came bigger again, the {K-Clubs}. That's where things really slowed down. Silverman took a minute to check; Tulchinskiy took another minute to bet 250,000. Silverman then went into the tank for more than three minutes, peeked back at his cards one last time, and then threw them away.

Tulchinskiy didn't show, of course, but the mind wonders.

Tags: Mikhail TulchinskiySteven Silverman