Assassinato goes deep in Kyiv

Congratulations to Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald for another deep run in an EPT event on the weekend. Alex had a roller coaster ride through the first few days of the tournament surviving until day 4 when he was eliminated in 14th place (out of 296 starters).

He was no doubt disappointed to make the final table and take down the big money but its good to see him make another late finish in a live event. Below is Alex's final hand and I believe he's off to Macau next where hopefully he can go one (or two) step further.

Live Reporting | 2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv | €5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event | PokerNews.com

Posted by Shamus

Alex Fitzgerald Eliminated in 14th Place (€15,000)

Andrew Malott opened with a raise to 31,000 from the button, Bernard Boutboul folded in the small blind, then Alex Fitzgerald pushed all in for just over 260,000 from the big blind. Malott thought for just a few moments, then made the call.

Fitzgerald
Malott

The last two Americans in the field had been sharing a lot of table talk since being joined on the secondary table, and each wished the other luck as they awaited the community cards. They came , and Fitgerald is out in 14th place. Malott now has a nice-sized stack of 955,000.

Assassinato looking very clean-cut in Kyiv