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Blinds: 40,000-80,000 (ante: 10,000)

11.20pm: Dorfman eliminated in second place. Vanessa Rousso wins the €25,000 EPT High Roller Event!
After a long and protracted battle, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso has won the €25,000 high roller event here in Monte Carlo. In the final hand, she bet 150,000 on the turn of a [3c][9s][8h][5c], Dorfman made the call and they went to the [kh] river. Rousso moved all-in and Dorfman quickly called, Rousso flipped over [7c][6s] while Dorfman's [kc][5d] was just no good.

Afterwards Vanessa said, "As long as I got my money in good I thought I had a chance, I'm probably going to go and have a good cry after this!" Sounding a little tired, she added, "I've given 110% over the last three days, but a few weeks ago I finished second in the NBC Heads-Up Championships and I was happy, but at the end of the day second places are no good, you want to win."

Rousso takes home €720,000 for her victory, her biggest ever result, while Randy Dorfman receives €434,000 for second place.

11.10pm: Swings and roundabouts
The chip counts are changing faster than Usain Bolt takes to get dressed. Vanessa Rousso min-raised to 160,000 preflop with Dorfman calling before both checked the [ad][2h][as] flop. On the [10c] turn, Dorfman check-raised Rousso's 350,000 bet all-in and got snap called by the Team PokerStars Pro's [ac][4h] with Dorfman's [6s][5s] drawing dead, meaning the [qh] river was academic.

Soon after though, Dorfman doubled back up with [ks][9d] against Rousso's [5h][5c] on a [4d][qc][8c][9h][6d] board. He's now on about 1,400,000 while Rousso has about 2,600,000. The epic battle continues...

10.50pm: Rousso doubles
Vanessa Rousso got a timely double up, flopping two pair when with K-5 on a K-5-4 flop and then getting all in against Randy Dorfman's A-J. The 6 turn and 3 river changed nothing.

Randy Dorfman; 2,350,000
Vanessa Rousso: 1,600,000

Vanessa Rousso

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Blinds: 30,000-60,000 (ante: 5,000)

10.30pm: No breakthrough yet
Randy Dorfman is dominating this heads-up battle but Vanessa Rousso is not out of this just yet. Dorfman had aggressively knocked her down to just 500,000 or so before the two got it all-in on the turn of a [7d][qh][5c][kd][10h]. Dorfman showed [qc][3d] for a slowplayed flopped pair of queens but Rousso turned over [7s][5s] for bottom two pair. Neither improved on the river and Rousso is back over the 1 million mark again but still down three-to-one in chips.

10.05pm: Chad on the rail
Vanessa is being railed throughout this final table by her partner, fellow Team PokerStars Pro Chad Brown. He spoke with our intrepid video team a little earlier...

9.45pm: Dorfman in charge.
Vanessa Rousso has been knocked down to a short stack after taking several hits from Dorfman. With around 800,000 behind, Rousso raised to 150,000 but then folded when Dorfman set her all-in.

She did manage to recover back over the million chip mark after calling a 240,000 bet on the turn of a [ks][10c][9c][7s] board before pushing on the [3c] river. Dorfman stood up at this point and said, "I just don't believe you have the flush," before continuing to rule out what she might or might not have. Eventually he called the clock on himself though and folded with 30 seconds remaining, however he still retains a three-to-one chip advantage.

9.20pm: Tony G eliminated in 3rd place for €257,000
First hand after we restarted and Tony G re-raised all-in against the small blind raise from Randy Dorfman. A quick call and the cards were on their backs:
Randy Dorfman: [qh][9c]
Tony G: [ad][6h]

The board came out [jh][jd][2c][9d][8h] meaning Tony G was eliminated earning €257,000 for his efforts. We are now heads-up with Randy Dorfman holding a slight chip advantage over Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso.

9.10pm: Dinner break
Players will be back from their dinner in the next 15 minutes.

Vanessa Rousso

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Blinds: 25,000-50,000 (ante: 5,000)

7.50pm: Dinner break
Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. Chip counts are as follows:
Randy Dorfman, USA, 1,870,000
Tony G, Lithuania, 560,000
Vanessa Rousso, USA, Team PokerStars Pro 1,525,000

7.40pm: Tony G gets two shoves through - with sevens
Tony G re-raised Vanessa Rousso all in pre flop and forced a fold, showing [7c] and claiming he had another one. The very next hand he shoved all in from the button, getting folds from Rousso and Randy Dorfman. This time he showed two cards - [7c][7d].

Moments earlier Dorfman went all in from the big blind, forcing a fold from Rousso who had completed from the small.

Tony G is still lowest in chips, with Dorfman enjoying the current chip lead with around 1.7 million.

7.25pm: Rousso makes good calls
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso has edged ahead after making two good calls against her opponents. First she called a 100,000 bet on the turn of a [9c][Qh][4h][4c] board before both checked the [9s] river. Her [ad][2s] good vs [jd][6s] of Dorfman.

Shortly after she called a 110,000 bet on the flop of [kc][6c[7s] against Tony G, then both players checked the [ad] turn before Tony G took another shot on the [5s] river. Rousso was a non-believer once more and made the call with [qh][7h] which was good when Tony G could only show [Tc][4d].

7.00pm: Kings no good
Vanessa Rousso called from the button, Randy Dorfman folded and Tony G raised 110,000. Call from Rousso. The flop was [10c][3d][ah]. Check, check. They also checked the [qd] turn, but on the [6c] river Tony G bet 100,000 - call.

Tony G: [kh][kd]
Rousso: [ac][9s]

That hurt, but it could have been a lot worse.

6.40pm: The G's megadraw
Tony G just took a decent pot off Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso. In a limped pot, he bet 100,000 on the [5s][6h][5h] which she called, before both checked the [7d] turn. On the [jh] river Tony G bet 160,000 and Rousso said she thought he'd got there with the flush before folding. He showed [7h][4h] for a flopped straight flush draw, turned pair and rivered flush!

Rousso recovered some chips after though, limping the button and checking behind Tony G on a [Jh][10h][9c] flop before raising his 50,000 bet on the [qh] turn to 150,000. He made the call but showed the [8d] when folding to a 450,000 bet on the [6d] river. It's all still pretty even.

6.30pm: New level
Tournament staff are colouring up the yellow 1,000 chips and we're moving straight into this level without the ten-minute break. We'll have latest chip counts up in a few moments.

Vanessa Rousso

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Blinds: 20,000-40,000 (ante: 4,000)

6.05pm: Chips
Vanessa Rousso, Team PokerStars Pro, 1,490,000
Randy Dorfman, 1,359,000
Tony G, 1,126,000

5.45pm: Happy jack for Rousso
Vanessa Rousso's [ad][jh] came good in the end on a [4h][10h][3c][qd][jc] board, enough to take down a 470,000 pot off Randy Dorfman. Tony G is sipping tea.

New chip counts with you soon.

5.30pm: Dorfman takes a biggy
There is starting to be a lot of limped three-way pots but not much action down the streets. In the biggest pot of the last ten minutes or so,Tony G limped the button and Vanessa Rousso made up the small blind. Dorfman raised an additional 125,000 and both players called and saw a [4h][Ah][7d] flop. All three players checked and a [2d] appeared on the turn. Rousso checked a second time and Dorfman moved all-in, Tony G folded after some dwelling and Rousso folded too, the pair showing [8c][7c] and [qs][10s] respectively. Dorfman showed them [Jd][jh]

5.20pm: Rousso doubles up
Monster pot alert! Vanessa Rousso, who had slipped in chips slightly, just secured a key double up against Randy Dorfman. He had raised to 88,000 pre flop, called by Rousso. The flop came [9d][kc][4c], and that's when things got a bit carried away. Dorfman bet 108,000, Rousso re-raised, he went all-in, she called for her tournament life.

Dorfman: [kh][10h]
Rousso: [9c][10c]

Rousso needed a club for the flush - and the [2c] duly arrived on the turn. She's now over the million mark again, while Dorfman is back at 800,000, closely followed by Tony G.

Vanessa Rousso

5.10pm: Finely balanced
It's still high-wire balancing act in the high roller event, Tony G has been the main aggressor, raising preflop from the small blind against Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso and continuation betting the [kh][qc][2c] flop. He also raised to 180,000 from the big blind after Rousso limped the button, the latter folding to the pressure of the big bet.

5.00pm: Break time
Players have taken a ten-minute break. They're now coming back to sit around the following approximate stacks:

Randy Dorfman, USA, 1,350,000
Tony G, Lithuania, 1,350,000
Vanessa Rousso, USA, Team PokerStars Pro, 1,250,000

Tony G