2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Vilamoura Championship Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
78
Prize
€404,793
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€1,561,700
Entries
322
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Set or Straight?

We joined the tail end of a pot in progress over on one of the upper tables. The board showed {2-Hearts} {5-Spades} {8-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}, and there was about 30,000 in the pot. Heads up, Marco Paulo Orlandi led out with a bet of 27,700. Pierre Neuville was on the other side of the table, and he slowly counted out a raise. After several minutes of chip handling, Neuville made it 70,000 straight.

Orlandi was hating life as he sat in the tank. He cut out the call and counted down his remaining chips. Finally, he spoke. "Set or straight?" Getting no response from his opponent, Orlandi splashed the call into the pot reluctantly.

Neuville tabled {4-Spades} {4-Hearts}, indeed having a set. Orlandi held his cards up in front of him and shook his head; he showed the table his {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts} as the pot was pushed away from him. Neuville is quite healthy with 230,000 now.

Tags: Marco Paulo OrlandiPierre Neuville