2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Table Non-TV - Seats and Chip Counts

Seat 1: Domenico Iannone - 798,000
Seat 2: Dominykas Karmazinas - 1,100,000
Seat 3: Matt Perrins - 1,746,000
Seat 4: Herve Costa - 715,000
Seat 5: Josef Klinger - 1,561,000
Seat 6: Kevin Eyster - 937,000
Seat 7: Aleh Plauski - 1,833,000
Seat 8: Roger Hairabedian - 1,424,000

Rugini Means It

Up on the feature table, Emanuele Rugini opened for 100,000 on the button only for Jean Francois Talbot to make it 260,000 from the big blind. Back to Rugini, who took only a second or so to to reraise all in for 1,660,000, their stacks almost even, and Talbot folded without a fuss.

Tags: Emanuele RuginiJean Francois Talbot

Chen Doubles Through Hairabedian

Chen - rockets hold up
Chen - rockets hold up
Andrew Chen (early position) and Roger Hairabedian (big blind) got as far as the {6-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} flop in a raised pot before all the chips went in. Hairabedian bet out 420,000 and a shaky-handed Chen announced all in for just 55,000 more; Hairabedian naturally called and they revealed their hands.

Chen: that classic shaky-hand-maker {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}
Hairabedian: {A-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} for a flush draw

Turn: {J-Spades}

River: {Q-Clubs}

An incredibly relieved Chen doubled to 1.2 million while a dissatisfied Hairabedian dropped to 1.6 million.

Tags: Andrew ChenRoger Hairabedian

Josef Klings On To The Pot

The board was reading {10-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} where Matt Perrins saw his 85,000 bet check-raised to 260,000 by Josef Klinger.

Perrins made the call before Klinger check once more on the {5-Spades} turn. Perrins fired out 210,000 this time and Klinger called this time with the pot now over a million.

On the {9-Diamonds} river Klinger led out for 500,000 with just 340,000 behind and Perrins tanked for several minutes. With a frustrated look down at his chips, the young Englishman mucked his hand to send the massive pot to his opponent.

Tags: Josef KlingerMatt Perrins

Ramzi Jelassi Eliminated in 19th Place (€50,000)

Ramzi Jelassi
Ramzi Jelassi
Ramzi Jelassi moved all-in for about 640,000 and Jean Francois Talbot pushed behind him for around 730,000.

Jelassi: {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}
Talbot: {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}

"All diamonds please," requested Talbot. "Straight flush," replied Jelassi.

Neither got what they wanted on the {4-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {6-Hearts} flop but Jelassi looked happy enough with the {10-Spades} turn. But a fatal {A-Hearts} sent the pot to Talbot and Jelassi was left to make the long lonely walk to the rail.

Tags: Jean Francois TalbotRamzi Jelassi

Eyster On A Half-Shell, McCorkell Over 3 Million

Craig McCorkell raised preflop to 91,000 from UTG and Kevin Eyster 3-bet to 240,000. McCorkell then reraised all-in and Eyster asked for a count.

McCorkell's stack was a total of 1,525,000 which represented over half of Eyster's own stack but the American made the call.

McCorkell: {K-Hearts} {K-Spades}
Eyster: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}

The board came {A-Spades} {9-Clubs} {10-Spades} {8-Hearts} {6-Spades} meaning that McCorkell is now the new chip leader.

Tags: Craig McCorkellKevin Eyster

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