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Andy Black - 7th Place
Hand 19: Andy Black (Ireland) was the shortstack and was chased down by Kristian Kjondal (Norway). On a flop of , Andy black moved all in with . Kjondal called with . The turn was and the river was . Andy Black's hand could not improve as he busted out. Black won �238,910 for 7th place. He should be holding court in the bar shortly.
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Marc Karam and Josh Prager butted heads in the first raising war of the final table. Karam raised preflop and Prager called in position. On a flop of Karam bet out 100K. Prager put a chip on his cards and looked at his chips. He took out a stack of 10K pink chips and min. raised to 220K. Karam pondered his decision and eventually popped Prager for a 540K raise. Prager peeked at his cards and mucked. Karam won the pot.
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Ram Vaswami - 8th Place
Hand 5: We have our first elimination of the final table. Ram Vaswani (UK) was all in on the turn with on a board of . Marc Karam (Canada) called with . Vaswani was behind but picked up a flush draw. He missed when the fell on the river. Vaswani won �159,270 for 8th Place.
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Black's Friends
Andy Black was in the hotel bar late last night buying the entire EPT crew and media drinks. He ran up a massive bar tab. And in Monte Carlo, drinks are not cheap. Black was calling up his friends in Ireland and telling them to catch the next flight to Monte Carlo in order to sweat him at the final table. They showed up and will be cheering on their fellow Irishmen.
In other news, we wonder how rested Ram Vaswani might be. He was spotted in the Salle des Etoiles playing Chinese Poker until the wee hours.