The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€1,350,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
665
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Straight Over Straight

With approximately 25,000 in the middle on the {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Hearts} board, Athanasios Polychronopoulos checked to Basil Yaiche with 17,500 behind. Yaiche took his time and then fired 7,500 with 21,625 back. After a couple minutes of tanking, Polychronopoulos made the call.

Yaiche held the {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for an ace-high straight, having flopped the good. Polychronopoulos showed the {10-Spades}{9-Spades} having flopped the low end of the straight. He lost the pot and was kicked back to 10,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
10,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Athanasios PolychronopoulosBasil Yaiche

Khan Against Ramdin

Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin raised to 500 and Hafiz Khan reraised to 1,300. Ramdin called and the flop came down {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. Ramdin checked and Khan bet 1,550. Ramdin called.

The turn went check, check after the {10-Hearts} fell and then the {3-Diamonds} completed the board on the river. Ramdin bet 2,000 and Khan called.

Ramdin turned over the {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. Khan showed the {A-Hearts}{A-Spades} and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Hafiz Khan us
Hafiz Khan
38,000
-2,000
-2,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
19,600
-10,400
-10,400

Tags: Hafiz KhanVictor Ramdin

EPT Grand Final Bustees and Bustesses

Player Chips Progress
Giacomo Fundaro it
Giacomo Fundaro
Busted
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
Busted
John Dibella us
John Dibella
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Thomas Traboulsi
Thomas Traboulsi
Busted
Bjarke Hansen dk
Bjarke Hansen
Busted
Vasile Plastoi
Vasile Plastoi
Busted
Boris Becker de
Boris Becker
Busted
Robert Akery gb
Robert Akery
Busted
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
Busted
$25K Fantasy
Vladimir Troyanovski ru
Vladimir Troyanovski
Busted
Faisal Alfalasi
Faisal Alfalasi
Busted
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
Busted
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
Busted
Ilya Krupin
Ilya Krupin
Busted
Ismail Erkenov
Ismail Erkenov
Busted
Antonio Matias pt
Antonio Matias
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Yves Molin nl
Yves Molin
Busted
Richard Lyndaker us
Richard Lyndaker
Busted
Petrica Constantin
Petrica Constantin
Busted
Adam Devlin
Adam Devlin
Busted
Daniel Conte
Daniel Conte
Busted
Stefano De Dominicis
Stefano De Dominicis
Busted
Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
Busted
Gaëlle Acerbis
Gaëlle Acerbis
Busted

Victoria Coren Has Been Eliminated

Yesterday, Team PokerStars Pro Victoria Coren had her up when she won the €5,000 Heads-Up tournament, and now she has had her down.

Nathan Shoo told us that Coren was crippled after getting all of the money into the middle holding top two pair and a flush draw ({K-Clubs} {9-Clubs}) on a {K-} {9-} [3] {2-} board, and her opponent - Max Martinez - had a set of threes. Then she shoved her final 5BB over the line from first position and {Q-} {7-} suited only to run into another set, this time for Shoo.

Here is Victoria talking to the delectable Lynn Gilmartin earlier today.

Player Chips Progress
Victoria Coren gb
Victoria Coren
Busted

Tags: Victoria Coren

Some More Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
63,000
21,275
21,275
Basil Yaiche fr
Basil Yaiche
57,000
16,000
16,000
Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
46,000
16,000
16,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
42,000
-14,000
-14,000
Run It Once
Clayton Mozdzen ca
Clayton Mozdzen
41,000
11,000
11,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
39,000
9,000
9,000
$25K Fantasy
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
24,500
-5,500
-5,500
EPT 1X Winner
Russell Carson ca
Russell Carson
20,000
Alex Gomes
Alex Gomes
14,100
-15,900
-15,900
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
8,650
-1,350
-1,350
Will Molson ca
Will Molson
8,300
-21,700
-21,700
Matt Jarvis ca
Matt Jarvis
6,900
-25,100
-25,100

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

He Is The Wahlroos

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Thomas Wahlroos makes a cameo appearance on the European Poker Tour having formerly been one of its most colourful regulars. Read about his return, and an apocryphal hand at the World Series, on the PokerStars Blog.

Chartier Busts Di Pasquale

On the turn with the board reading {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, Daniel Di Pasquale moved all in for 5,600 and Sam Chartier snap-called. Di Pasquale held the {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} but was drawing dead against Chartier's {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. The river completed the board with the {A-Spades} and Di Pasquale was out the door. Chartier moved to 64,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
64,000
19,000
19,000
Daniel Di Pasquale
Daniel Di Pasquale
Busted

Tags: Daniel Di PasqualeSam Chartier

Nitsche Stuck on Starting Stack

Dominik Nitsche opened with a standard raise from the cutoff, the player on the button three-bet to 1,500 and Mikhail Tsivilev called in the small blind. Back to Nitsche and he pumped it up to 4,100 and just Tsivilev made the call.

Flop: {Q-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {2-Hearts}

Tsivilev checked, Nitsche made a c-bet and Tsivilev folded. NItsche is back to 28,000.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
28,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche