Hand #156: Sebastian Pauli received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #157: Action folded to Pauli's small blind and he looked down at . He raised the action to 275,000. Kevin MacPhee flatted the big blind with . The flop came down and both players checked to see the pair the board on the turn.
Two more checks allowed the to finish off the board. Pauli bet 325,000 and MacPhee called, showing his pair of kings and winning the pot.
Hand #158: MacPhee completed the small blind with and Kevin Killeen checked from the big blind. The flop brought to the felt and MacPhee bet 120,00 with his two pair. Killeen called.
Fourth street was the , prompting MacPhee to fire 265,000. Killeen let it go and MacPhee took down the pot.
Hand #159: MacPhee found on the button and made the action 200,000 to go. It folded to Pauli's big blind and he peered down at . He cut out a three-bet to 550,000 and MacPhee came back over the top with a four-bet to 1.28 million.
Pauli wasted little time five-bet shipping and MacPhee went into the tank. After pondering his action for two minutes and 45 seconds, Pauli called the clock on the American pro.
After about 45 more seconds, MacPhee opted to kick his cards into the muck. Pauli took down the pot and crossed 10 million in chips.
Hand #153: Kevin Killeen raised from the button to 210,000 with and he raked in the pot.
Hand #154: Unknown action.
Hand #155: The action folded to Artur Koren who limped and Kevin Killeen moved all in. Koren called all in for 1,825,000 and the showdown went as following.
Killeen:
Koren:
The flop brought and Koren was knocked out in fourth place.
Hand #145: Sebastian Pauli had the button. He raised to 200,000 with and he won the blinds and antes.
Hand #146: Kevin MacPhee raised the button with and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #147: Kevin Killeen was on the button. He held and raised to 210,000. He was awarded the blinds and antes.
Hand #148: Pauli made it 200,000 from the button with . He won the blinds and antes.
Hand #149: Unknown action.
Hand #150: Artur Koren raised to 200,000 from the button and Pauli called from the big blind. The flop fell and there were two checks to see the fall on the turn.
Pauli checked for a second time and Koren followed suit. The finished the board and Pauli bet 175,000. Koren folded and Pauli took down the pot.
Hand #140: Sebastian Pauli raised to 200,000 from the button with and he took down the pot.
Hand #141: Kevin MacPhee raised from the small blind with enough to put Artur Koren all in in the big blind. Karen folded and MacPhee took down the pot.
Hand #142: Sebastian Pauli raised to 200,000 under the gun with and he picked up the pot.
Hand #143: Sebastian Pauli received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #144: Artur Koren raised under the gun to 200,000 with and Kevin MacPhee called in the big blind with . The flop brought out and MacPhee checked to Koren who bet 230,000. MacPhee called and the turn was the on which he checked again. Koren bet 365,000 on the turn and MacPhee looked over at his opponent's stack before letting go of his hand.
The tournament room at the Grand Connaught is a quieter place right now, for the nearest thing it had to a local hero is out. Jake Cody is the fifth place finisher, the Team Pro falling agonisingly close to a second EPT title, but too hurt by a pot against Kevin MacPhee’s flush to make it those last few steps. He departed a short while ago with £133,800, and about a dozen friends ready to cheer him up, or help him drink through it. As the PokerStars Blog reports.
Hand #138: Kevin MacPhee looked at in the cutoff and raised the action to 200,000. It folded over to Kevin Killeen in the small blind and he found in the hole. He made it 595,000 to go and action folded back to MacPhee who kicked his cards in as well.
Hand #139: MacPhee had under the gun and he raised to 200,000. It came around to Jake Cody in the big blind and he flatted with .
The dealer fanned , giving Cody trip kings. He checked, MacPhee continued for 230,000, and Cody moved all in for 1.12 million. MacPhee called and the hands were exposed to show that Cody was a 93% favorite to take down the pot.
Unfortunately for the EPT Season 6 Deauville champion, the drilled the turn, giving MacPhee a full house of queens full of kings. The completed the board and Cody was sent to the rail as the fifth place finisher.
Hand #137: Jake Cody moved all in from the cutoff for 1.34 million. Kevin MacPhee called from the button and the two blinds folded.
MacPhee:
Cody:
The flop came down , vaulting Cody into the lead with a pair of jacks. Cody made two pair on the turn with the , but the two chopped the hand on the river after the drilled the felt.