2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,700,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
848
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Chen Tries it On, Chouity is Not Put Off

Nicolas Chouity raised from the button and Andrew Chen called in the small blind. Herve Costa folded his big blind, and they went heads up to a flop.

Flop: {A-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}

Chen checked, and then called the 250,000 bet from Chouity. They proceeded.

Turn: {6-Hearts}

Chen checked again, and this time Chouity checked behind.

River: {10-Hearts}

Chen bet out 425,000 as the fourth heart fell on the river. Chouity called, and announced, "Ace." He turned over {A-Spades} {9-Clubs}. Presumably Chen didn't have either a heart or a better ace, as he mucked and Chouity edged above the 11 million mark.

Tags: Andrew ChenNicolas Chouity

[Removed:146] Eliminated in 8th Place (€140,000)

[Removed:146] - 8th
[Removed:146] - 8th
[Removed:146] raised to 215,000 and Nicolas Chouity made the call.

The flop was {8-Clubs} {3-Spades} {4-Spades} and both players checked. The turn paired coming with the {4-Diamonds} and Guerfi bet 310,000 and Chouity made the call.

The river was the {K-Diamonds} and Guerfi thought for a while before betting 785,000. Chouity announced all-in and Guerfi called, having committed most of his stack.

Chouity flipped {8-Hearts} {8-Spades} for a full house and Guerfi could only show {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} for rivered top pair.

Chouity has almost 15 million chips of the 24 million in play. He is a monster.

Tags: Nicolas Chouity

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

Josef Klings On To Another Pot

Josef Klinger limped preflop and saw a flop against the blinds Dominykas Karmazinas and Aleh Plauski.

The flop was {K-Spades} {7-Spades} {4-Spades} and it was checked to Klinger who bet 200,000. Plauski made the call and Karmazinas folded.

Both players checked the {4-Diamonds} turn, Plauski then checked the {6-Hearts} river and Klinger bet 400,000.

Plauski thought for a moment but then gave it up.

Tags: Aleh PlauskiDominykas KarmazinasJosef Klinger

Where Are All the Chips?

Almost two thirds of them are in the possession of Nicolas Chouity. Really, this is quite extraordinary.

Nicolas Chouity - 14,845,000
Andrew Chen - 2,870,000
Josef "Pepe" Klinger - 2,515,000
Dominykas Karmazinas - 1,960,000
Aleh Plauski - 1,420,000
Herve Costa - 1,090,000
Roger Hairabedian - 790,000

Karmazinas Doubles Through Chouity

Dominykas Karmazinas raised preflop and Chouity 3-bet to 525,000. The action came back to Karmazinas who instantly pushed all-in confidently.

Chouity called the extra 1.4 million or so and the Lithuanian was all-in for his tournament life.

Karmazinas: {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}
Chouity: {A-Hearts} {J-Clubs}

Board: {Q-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {5-Hearts}

Karmazinas doubled up to 4 million and moved into second place. Chouity still has 13 million though.

Tags: Dominykas KarmazinasNicolas Chouity