Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
848
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Dinner Time
Thew Has Few
and a young gentleman bet out 3,300. Julian Thew made it 10,000, the young gent shoved for around 25,000, and after a few moments Thew quietly announced call. Thew:
All-In Gent:
Turn:
River:
The young gentleman's cheeks puffed out with relief as he doubled to over 50,000. Thew dropped to 36,000.
Walthaus Out-Aggresses the Table
in a four-way raised pot and it checked around so all four players got to see the turn as well. One player now bet 3,000 and the action moved to Jorn Walthaus in the small blind who check-raised to 8,900. The bettor called, and they went heads-up to the river.The river came down the
and Walthaus now bet out a hefty 18,500. His opponent peered at Walthaus' stack as if considering a raise, but in the event he folded and Walthaus bumped his stack up to a comfortable 65,000.
Thater Above Starting Stack
flop and it checked around to the gentleman in position who bet 3,000. Small blind Katja Thater, however, now check-raised to 11,000, and both her opponents folded. Thater is up to a still below-average 33,000.
Negreanu Sliding
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, Daniel Negreanu called a 2,000 bet from an opponent. The turn brought the
. Negreanu's opponent made a bet of 6,700 and Negreanu followed along. Both players checked the
river and Negreanu flipped over three-four offsuit declaring, "two pair," only to see his opponents 
for a bigger two pair.
Mizzi Folds The Nut Boat...On The Flop?
and Sorrel Mizzi had led out for 3,000. The Italian player to his left raised to 8,500 and the action went over to Thierry van den Berg who moved all-in for 14,175 total.Mizzi tanked for two minutes before showing his hand to the player on his right and folding his hand.
As the Italian player in the middle debated the extra 6,000 to call, Mizzi came over and quietly spoke to us. "I've just folded Aces here."
The Italian made the call and flipped
but Van den Berg showed 
for quads before he turned to Mizzi and said, "You folded Aces right?" giving his opponent a fistpump.The board ran out with running
and 
and Van den Berg doubled up to about 45,000.
Schoen-up
an opponent made a bet of 5,100 and Erica Schoenberg made the call.The turn brought the
and the two checked their way to the river.It was checked to Schoenberg when the
fell on the river. She made a bet of 8,000. Her opponent mucked and Schoenberg was shipped the pot.
Amendola Doubles Through Van Den Berg in Set Over Set Cooler
flop but Thierry van den Berg (mid position) made it 7,300. Amendola shoved for a little over 30,000. Van den Berg sighed and looked him in the eye. "I have a set, though," he complained. "Pocket eights." Nevertheless he could not bring himself to fold, and instead announced, "I call."
Van den Berg:
Amendola:
Turn:
River:
"I knew it!" van den Berg exploded, walking off from the table, "Motherf***er. Always!" He sat back down to his newly depleted 15,000 stack and told Amendola, "Run better."
Amendola doubled to 65,000 or so and tried to soothe van den Berg. "My friend. It is set over set. There is nothing you can do." Nevertheless van den Berg continued, "I could see it in your eyes when you raised. I should have folded." Finally something they could agree on. "Yes," said Amendola, "You should."
Pescatori Does a Boeree to Stay in the Game
Kelly:
Pescatori:
Board:
Pescatori doubled to 13,000 while the also not massively chipped-up Kelly dropped to 17,000 and looked very unhappy.
"What about Live Boeree?" Pescatori justified the move to him. "She did it in San Remo and she won."