€5,250 Championship Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague
€5,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
570
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
8,000
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It's no fluke either, as he had won €100,000 at an event in Venice a few weeks ago, though he still declares himself to be just an amateur player.
And well done to Massimo Di Cicco, who put in an amazing laddering performance and took the chip lead briefly while heads up.
From all of us here in Prague, thanks for tuning in for the last EPT of the year. The next place the tour heads is a slight detour from Europe, across the Atlantic to the Atlantis Casino in the Bahamas for the PCA.
Good night and good luck!
1st Salvatore Bonavena -- €774,000
2nd Massimo Di Cicco -- €445,000
3rd Andrew Alan Chen -- €257,000
4th Alexiou Konstantinos -- €199,000
5th Francesco Cirianni -- €166,000
6th Fredrik Nygard -- €130,000
7th [Removed:197] -- €99,500
8th Raul Mestre -- €71,800
flop, Di Cicco wasted no time in announcing he was all-in, and without too much hesitation, Bonavena called.As the crowd closed in, all eyes were on the felt, patiently awaiting the hole cards to be revealed. "He was bluffing!" exclaimed the commentary team as Di Cicco showed
for ace high and the gutshot draw. Bonavena, meanwhile, tabled 
for top pair.The
turn was close, but no cigar, and with Di Cicco in search of a five or an ace on the river, the 
missed by a country mile and sealed the deal for the start-of-day chip leader... Bonavena is the 2008 EPT Prague champion and the first-ever Italian EPT champion. An emotional moment for all involved, but especially the winner who quickly draped himself in the white, red and green of his home nation.
, Massimo Di Cicco check-called a bet of 200,000 before checking down the river. Amazingly, Di Cicco's 
was ahead on the turn, but Salvatore Bonavena's 
got there on the end.
flop and Massimo Di Cicco bets 120,000 on the turn. Salvatore Bonavena raises to 420,000 and Di Cicco quickly moves all in. Bonavena calls instantly.Bonavena:
Di Cicco:
The river is the
and Di Cicco doubles up and now the chip stacks are virtually even!