Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€25,000 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€3,325,000
Entries
133
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The cards are in the air for the final day of the €25,000 High Roller.
Can I Get a Cleaner Please?
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Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The action has kicked off in the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour, Grand Final, €25,000 High Roller with approx. 44-mins left of the 10,000/20,000 blind structure. We overheard Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu being asked if he was excited.
"No, that's just a waste of an emotion at this point in time," said Negreanu.
One emotion Negreanu didn't mind using was anger. He was outraged that the final table had not been given a good clean, overnight, prompting each player to start cleaning there own little area of space themselves.
All In, All In & All In
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Igor Kurganov opened the action with a 40,000 raise from middle position. The action moved around to Artem Litvinov in the small blind who moved all in.
"They are suited," said Kurganov before eventually placing them in the muck.
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The action folded around to Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov who open-shoved from the cutoff and he won the blinds and antes.
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The action folded around to Nathan Schoo in the small blind and he also moved all in and Philipp Gruissem folded in the big blind.
Bonomo Winning Pots from Kurganov
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
From early position, Justin Bonomo raised to 40,000. Action folded over to Igor Kurganov in the big blind and he made the call before the 
flop came down. Kurganov checked and Bonomo bet 70,000. Kurganov made the call.
The turn was the 
and paired the board. Kurganov checked and Bonomo upped his wager amount to 175,000. Kurganov folded and Bonomo won the pot.
A couple hands later, Kurganov opened with a min-raise on the button to 40,000 and Bonomo defended with a call from the big blind. The flop came down 
and both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Bonomo led for 85,000. Kurganov folded and Bonomo won the pot.
Schoo Shoves On Schwartz
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
From the under-the-gun-plus-one position, Noah Schwartz raised to 45,000. In the next spot was Nathan Schoo. He took a minute and then reraised all in for around 340,000. Action folded back to Schwartz and he gave it up, allowing Schoo to win the pot.
Bonomo Continues to Apply Pressure
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
From under the gun, Philipp Gruissem raised to 40,000. Justin Bonomo reraised to 105,000 and action folded back to Gruissem. He studied for a minute, but then folded his hand.
Schwartz's Turn to Shove
Action folded to Artem Litvinov and he raised to 55,000 from the hijack seat. In the cutoff seat, Noah Schwartz reraised all in for 384,000. Play folded back to Litvinov and he began to tank. Litvinov is a very slow-acting play and likes to take his time with his decisions. When there's a lot of money on the line, no one can blame him.
At one point while he was tanking, Litvinov flipped a coin into the air, caught it and looked at it. But, he didn't make a decision straight after. Instead, he tanked a bit more. While he was thinking, Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov piped up and said, "Maybe you should flip the coin again."
Litvinov tanked for a little bit longer. He eventually pushed his hand forward, but peeled back the corner one last time prior to folding so that Lykov could see what he was letting go of. No one else saw the hand.
After being pushed the pot, Schwartz told Lykov that he shouldn't be saying something like he did during the hand. Lykov said that he didn't mean anything by it, but the table seemed to be in agreement that nothing should be said by a player not in the hand.
"We're playing for a lot of money," said Schwartz. "What if he flipped the coin again and calls and I've got four high?"
"You almost always have four high in that spot," joked Igor Kurganov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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493,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
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298,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Litvinov All In
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Artem Litvinov moved all in from the hijack and everyone folded.
Schwartz Pays Kurganov the Rent
Noah Schwartz raised to 45,000 in the cutoff and Igor Kurganov called in the small blind. The flop was 
and both players checked. On the turn we saw the 
and Kurganov decided to lead with a bet of 74,000 and Schwartz called.
The action card was the on the river. Kurganov bet 162,000, which was half of the Schwartz stack. Schwartz counted out the call, murmured to himself, performed several hand gestures that Italian soccer players would be proud of, pinched his bottom lip and when he released it the words, "call," fell out.
"I have king-queen," said Kurganov and Noah Schwartz's hand flew into the muck
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,360,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
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203,000
-290,000
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-290,000 |