2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Early Action for Hougaard

Jesper Hougaard picked up a nice pot when he called a bet from recent EPT San Remo finalist Alexey Rybin on the turn of a {3-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {A-Hearts} board. The river came down the {J-Diamonds} and this time Rybin checked. Hougaard bet 1,600, and thereby elicited an insta-fold from Rybin.

Hougaard looked like he was really enjoying stacking up his chips at the end of the hand, and was up to 33,000 or so.

Tags: Alexey RybinJesper Hougaard

Kitai Takes a Tiny Hit

Davidi Kitai
Davidi Kitai
Not the best of starts for lackadaisically-coiffed Belgian Davidi Kitai.(button) as he called a 750 bet from the gent in the cutoff on a {9-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} flop.

Mr. Cutoff checked the {10-Clubs} turn but called the 850 bet from Kitai, and following two checks on the {4-Diamonds} river Kitai discovered that his {9-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} was not good enough to beat his opponent's {Q-Clubs} {9-Clubs}. The Belgian dipped below his starting stack and looked a little disgruntled.

Tags: Davidi Kitai

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Tables of Death Updates

+1 Binger
+1 Binger
- Table Andy Black / Martin Wendt / Erick Lindgren / John Juanda has just picked up one Michael Binger to make this the toughest table in town.

- Table Thomas Bichon / Daniel Negreanu / James Mitchell has just been joined by Team PokerStars Pro ElkY. His mom calls him Bertrand Grospellier.

Bække in Black

Allan Bække has just won a pot of around 7,000. We did not see the action but it looked as though his {9-?} {9-?} had beaten {A-?} {K-?} on a {5-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {2-Spades} {3-Spades} {9-Clubs} board for a decent pot.

Gould Out

We caught the action on this hand between Peter Gould and an opponent as the chips were going in the middle on a board that looked like this:

{9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Gould showed two sixes and his opponent flipped over {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}.

The river {k-Spades} was no help for Gould and his day here in the Salle Des Etoiles at Le Sporting Club was a short one.

Tags: Peter Gould

Stu-Pot

The cutoff raised to 250 preflop and Stuart made the call on the button.

The flop was {K-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {8-Spades} and the original raiser fired out 325 but Rutter made it 1,300 to go. A quick call followed bring us to the {K-Clubs} turn.

The cutoff fired out 1,500 this time but now Rutter raised to 6,000 which was more than the cutoff was prepared to pay, the latter folded as a result.

Tags: Stuart Rutter

Tables of Death

There isn't really a single table of terror here today - it's more that every table is upsettingly tough and if perhaps you are a lowly qualifier and you've found yourself at a table that does not feature at least one Team PokerStars Pro and someone else you recognize off TV, you're doing well.

Witness:

- Table Johnny Lodden / Joe Serock / Richard Toth

- Table Luca Pagano / Andre Akkari / Dmitry Stelmak

- Table Marcel Luske / Carter Phillips / Jason Mercier

- Table Katja Thater / Matt Woodward / Bruno Fitoussi

- Table Max Lykov / Markus Golser / Keith "Camel" Hawkins / Kati Jerney

- Table Andy Black / Martin Wendt / Erick Lindgren / John Juanda

Crazy tournament, this. Crazy, crazy tournament.

Demidov Just Out Of Bed?

Ivan Demidov has just turned up wearing just a dressing gown from his room. We don't know if he lost a prop bet, but he's wearing his Team Pokerstars Pro patches over it so it looks like he's here for the long haul.

Tags: Ivan Demidov