2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

�5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
49
Prize
€330,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,700
Prize Pool
€1,391,200
Entries
296
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Thater Thwarted

Katja Thater (from Day 1b)
Katja Thater (from Day 1b)
Jason Kudron -- in the top ten in chips when Day 2 began -- had a rough first level today and found himself down to just 15,000 when he was moved to Katja Thater's table. Soon afterwards he doubled through Thater, moving back up over 30,000 and leaving Thater with just a piddling 400 chips.

Forced to go all in from the small blind, Thater found herself heads up with {10-Clubs}{4-Spades} against an opponent's {A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}. The first four community cards came {K-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, and Thater started to stand up. But the river was the {10-Spades} and she retook her seat.

On the next hand, a player in early position raised to 2,300, then Luca Falaschi reraised to 12,000 from the hijack seat. Thater looked at her cards, shrugged, and pushed her tiny stack all in. The blinds and original raiser folded, Falaschi showed {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}, and Thater {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}.

The flop came {7-Hearts}{J-Spades}{7-Clubs}, eliciting a few "oohs" from the table. The turn was the {3-Clubs}, and Thater looked comfortable remaining in her seat. But the river brought the {Q-Clubs}, stealing the hand away and eliminating the German. Falaschi now has 46,000.

Tags: Katja Thater