Everest Poker players finish strong in Paris

With only 140 players remaining in Paris, 2 Everest Poker players remained:

asheru: 18,000 chips
gabatch: 28,000 chips

With blinds at 300/600, and the average chip stack at 27,840, both players had some chips to play with.

Here they are, preparing for the day:

asheru found the perfect 2 to play: AA. He moved all-in pre-flop, and was called by KK. However, when a K came on the flop, and Asheru could not improve, he was eliminated from the tournament.

Here is asheru in action on day 2:

gabatch had a much different day. Playing his big hands (QQ, AK) masterfully, he built his stack up to 120,000. He then went card dead, however, and was down to 70,000 in chips.

gabatch studying his opponents:

Play was down to the last 28 players, and we were on the bubble. 1 more player needed to be eliminated, and everyone else would finish in the money. It was at this point that gabatch was down to his last 30,000, and picked up a huge hand: KK. However, he was called by Thomas Wahlroos with AK, and the river unluckily gave his opponent an A high flush, eliminating gabatch from the tournament.

At the end of this long day, gabatch was still in good spirits, remarking "Thanks to Everest Poker for letting us live our dream”.