On the flop, Chen called a bet of 220,000 before checking down the turn and river. Chen took it down with .
2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague
�5,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
On the flop, Chen called a bet of 220,000 before checking down the turn and river. Chen took it down with .
As has been the story of this final table, the dominated hand came up trumps, flopping a pair on a board to send the Italian contingent of the rail into an absolute frenzy.
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
A Konstantinos (Greece) -- 2,026,000
Francesco Cirianni (Italy) -- 658,000
Fredrik Nygard (Finland) -- 670,000
Massimo Di Cicco (Italy) -- 242,000
[Removed:197] (Germany) -- 7th
Raul Mestre (Spain) -- 8th
Andrew Alan Chen (Canada) -- 1,166,000
"He must have a hand," screamed the commentary team, but their views were wayward as Bonavena made the call with only to see his fellow countryman turn over .
"Wow," was the general response.
As turquoise took on brown in the battle of the scarves, it was the latter who triumphed as the board came to see Cirianni enjoy a pre-dinner break double through.
"Fortune favours the bulk," concluded the Nick Wetherall in the commentary booth.
Chen takes the next one though when he makes it 57,000 to play and even Alexiou Konstantinos doesn't want to play this time.
John Duthie is heard on the commentary: "He's got to call, he's got to call, he's got to call..."
Bonavena folds.