In a raised pot, Julian bets 80,000 on the flop which Kalo calls. They both check the turn but Kalo bets out 70,000 on the river. Julian makes the call asking, "Did you river me again?" Julian shows which beats the of Kalo.
The players are on a short break before heads up play begins.
Julian Thew is the most experienced of the two players; this is his third EPT final table and he won the Plymouth GUKPT event two weeks ago. He is a professional tournament poker player from Nottingham in the UK. He is 40 in a few days time and when he turned pro his aim was to pay off his mortgage by then. He was $20,000 short when he entered this contest but if he wins he can pay it off and maybe buy a holiday home somewhere for cash, too!
Denes Kalo is a sales manager from Budapest, Hungary. This is not his first final table in a major event. He was the runner-up in the �3000 EPM in Vienna last year. The �50,000 he won then is chicken feed to either of the prizes up for grabs when play restarts here.
The winner will get �670,800 whilst the runner up will get �375,000.
Thomas Fuller raises, Vladimir Poleshchuk and Julian Thew call. The flop comes down . Thomas bets 100,000 and Julian raises to 330,000. Vladimir gets out of the way and Thomas moves all in. Julian calls.
Julian
Thomas
The turn is the and Julian makes his flush. Thomas needs the board to pair or he is crippled. The river is the and Julian Thew becomes a massive chip leader in a 1,700,000+ pot.