Canadian wins EPT Grand Final

April 18th, 2008
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Twenty-two-year-old Glen Chorny of Ontario, Canada, won the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final on Thursday, outlasting a field of 842 other players to take the season-ending event.

Chorny pocketed just over 2 million Euros ($3.2 million) for the first-place finish, which is believed to be he most money ever awarded at a poker tournament held in Europe.

He began the day as the chip leader, and he used that advantage to take down the title.

According to pokerpages.com, here is how heads-up play went down:

Glen Chorny sat with a ten-to-one chip lead over Denes Kalo. The Hungarian knew he needed to act fast. With KhQd he made his move, raising first, then Chorny moving all-in and calling in a shot, showing his Ah5h. The board came AsQs6s6cTd, making Glen Chorny the Season 4 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final champion.

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Pro Antonio Esfandiari took fifth in the event.


Article Credit: Dustin

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Game type: 25/50 Full Ring Cash, PokerStars
Your image: Active, possibly a little frustrated
Opponent's image: Very aggressive preflop
Your hand: Ad Ah

The setup: You've had an uneven session so far and it's been a bit since you won a hand. This hand there's a poster in the hijack preflop. The table folds to him and he checks. You raise $200. The button folds and the SB three bets to $825. The BB and hijack fold, and you flat.

You have a good amount of history with the raiser. He is a very active three bettor and seems to have your number in recent sessions. He is very aggressive against your preflop raises, especially if there's a squeeze opportunity. He's also a pretty steady continuation bettor.

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The SB leads for $985 into $1750. What's your play?


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