2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Chouity Takes a Chunk Out of Schulman

Schulman - hit
Schulman - hit
Nick Schulman has taken a serious hit after checking the river of a {4-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {2-Spades} {9-Spades} {Q-Clubs} board to find himself facing a 276,000 bet from Chouity - by our reckoning, around two thirds of the pot. Schulman stood up and asked the dealer to spread the pot, then stared at it for a while before eventually folding. He was left with 500,000 at the end of the hand.

"Allez Chouity!" shouted someone at the rail, "Big man!"

Chouity is up to almost 2 million.

Tags: Nick SchulmanNicolas Chouity

Perrins Gets There on the River

Matt Perrins' great wall of chips was shrinking after he found himself on the wrong end of a few flips, but he's moving back in the upward direction after the last card of the latest all-in confrontation. Perrins opened to 41,000 under the gun, and action folded around to Christopher McCormack in the small blind. McCormack moved all in, and since he only had a total of 182,000, Perrins had to make the call. Perrins showed {J-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} to McCormack's {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}, meaning he wasn't as big a dog as could have been. At least until the flop came {A-Hearts} {K-Spades} {3-Clubs}. After the {2-Spades} on the turn, McCormack only had to dodge four outs to avoid elimination. And right on cue, the {Q-Diamonds} appeared to complete Perrins' straight and bust McCormack.

Tags: Christopher McCormackMatt Perrins

Perrins Finally Wins A Showdown

After losing around 700,000 in assorted flips against short stacks, Matt Perrins has finally managed to win one. Matthew Szymaszek was his victim, Perrins set his opponent in from the small blind with {Q-?} {6-?} and Szymaszek called with {7-?} {7-?} but a {Q-?} on the flop sent another player off to the rail.

Tags: Matt Perrins

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 2,000

Schulman Shoves

Kelopuro - not up for it
Kelopuro - not up for it
Nick Schulman raised to 52,000 in the cutoff, and Sami Kelopuro made it 156,000 from the button. The blinds both folded and it was back on Schulman, who very quickly and very quietly announced all in. Kelopuro took only a few seconds to fold, and Schulman picked up the pot.

Tags: Nick SchulmanSami Kelopuro

Coren Crushed

It's all over for Ms. Coren. Herve Costa checked a tailor-made flop of {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {2-Hearts}, and Vicky Coren bet 45,000 with about 250,000 behind. Costa then check-raised, not counting out a bet so much as throwing in enough chips to commit Coren or make her fold. She went with it, moving all in, and Costa called. He had {K-Diamonds} {2-Spades} for top and bottom pair. Coren tabled {Q-Clubs} {9-Clubs} for a flush draw and gutshot straight draw. She seemed confident that she'd hit, but the turn was the unhelpful {J-Hearts} and the river was another brick, the {4-Spades}. Coren nodded and made a quick exit in 27th place.

The players are now two eliminations away from Day 4.

Tags: Vicky Coren

LarsLuzak Busts One

From the cutoff, Sami Kelopuro made it 65,000 to go and found a caller in Gilbert Diaz from the big blind.

The flop came down {9-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. The two checked and the {q-Hearts} fell on the turn.

Diaz moved all-in and Kelopuro snap-called flipping over {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}. Diaz showed {q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

The river was the {6-Spades} and Kelopuro moved up to over 1 million in chips, while Diaz hit the rail.

We now have to lose one more player to reach the final 24.

Tags: Sami Kelopuro