2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€25,500 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
€1,114,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€5,267,500
Entries
215
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

O'Dwyer Can't Beat Andreev

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #54: Max Altergott completed the blind, and Andrey Andreev checked. Altergott bet 40,000 on the {4-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, and Andreev mucked.

Had #55: Andreev's turn to complete, and Steve O'Dwyer checked. Andreev check-folded the {q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Spades}.

Hand #56: Dario Sammartino moved in from the hijack for 512,000 and won the pot.

Hand #57: Charlie Carrel raised to 80,000 under the gun, and Jeremy Ausmus called in the big blind. Ausmus check-folded the {j-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop.

Hand #58: Andreev raised to 120,000 in middle position, and O'Dwyer called. Andreev checked the {q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{9-Hearts} flop, and O'Dwyer bet 140,000. Andreev quickly called, and both checked the {7-Hearts}. Andreev bet 225,000 on the {10-Hearts} river.

"Set of tens?" O'Dwyer asked. He thought awhile, saying aloud hands he was considering Andreev might have. "I don't expect you to answer me," he added.

Finally, he mucked {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} face-up.

"Nice fold," Andreev said.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
3,750,000
500,000
500,000
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
760,000
130,000
130,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andrey AndreevCharlie CarrelDario SammartinoJeremy AusmusMax AltergottSteve O'Dwyer

Dan Smith Eliminated in 8th Place (€137,400)

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Dan Smith - 8th Place
Dan Smith - 8th Place

Hand #49: Dario Sammartino raised to 85,000 from middle position only to have Steve O'Dwyer three-bet all in from the button. Sammartino, who had about 650,00 back, folded his hand.

Hand #50: Andrey Andreev raised to 80,000 from the hijack, O'Dwyer called from the cutoff, and then both players checked the {3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} flop. Andreev proceeded to bet 100,000 on the {8-Diamonds} turn and O'Dwyer folded.

Hand #51: O'Dwyer raised to 95,000 from the hijack and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #52: Jeremy Ausmus raised to 80,000 from the button, Sammartino called from the big, and it was heads-up action to the {7-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} flop. Sammartino check-folded to a bet of 75,000.

Hand #53: A short-stacked Dan Smith, who was so ill last night he went to the hospital after play to get some fluids and antibiotics, shoved all in from middle position for 505,000 and Charlie Carrel looked him up from the button.

Carrel: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Smith: {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}

It was a flip, and while the {9-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{q-Spades} flop didn't hit Carrel directly, it gave him a lot of outs to win the pot. The {A-Hearts} turn was one of them, and suddenly Smith needed one of the two remaining deuces to stay alive. The dealer burned one last time and put out the {8-Clubs}. Smith missed and became the first player eliminated from the final table after 53 hands of play.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
2,150,000
307,000
307,000
Profile photo of Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
575,000
-525,000
-525,000
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
Busted
Run It Once

Tags: Charlie CarrelDan Smith

Derwiche Doubles Through Carrel

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Imad Derwiche
Imad Derwiche

Hand #46: Dan Smith raised to 90,000 early, and Dario Sammartino called on the button, as did Andrey Andreev from the big blind. Smith bet 110,000 on the {8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop, and only Andreev called. Both players checked the {8-Diamonds}, and Andreev bet 100,000 on the {5-Hearts} river.

"Got anything?" Smith asked after some thought. Andreev didn't respond.

Moments later, Smith called, and Andreev showed {4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} to take it with a straight.

Hand #47: Smith shoved all in from under the gun and took the pot.

Hand #48: Imad Derwiche raised to 100,000 under the gun, and Charlie Carrel three-bet to 210,000 in middle position. Derwiche called, and {j-Clubs}{4-Spades}{k-Diamonds} flopped, prompting him to shove all in for 292,000.

"What do you want me to do, sir?" Carrel asked.

Derwiche made a lip-zipping motion and pointed at the board. Carrel decided to call with {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}. He was ahead, as Carrel had {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for an open-ender and an overcard. The {7-Diamonds} changed nothing, but an {a-Spades} river filled his straight draw.

"Yes!" he yelled. "Back in business."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
3,250,000
610,000
610,000
Profile photo of Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
1,843,000
-457,000
-457,000
Profile photo of Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
1,100,000
625,000
625,000
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
510,000
-420,000
-420,000
Run It Once

Tags: Andrey AndreevCharlie CarrelDan SmithDario SammartinoImad Derwiche

Two Shoves By O'Dwyer

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #41: Max Altergott raised to 85,000 from the hijack and won the pot.

Hand #42: Charlie Carrel raised to 80,000 under the fun, Imad Derwiche called from the small blind, and Jeremy Ausmus came along from the big to make it three-way action to the {q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop. Derwiche led out for 100,000 and both his opponents folded.

Hand #43: Steve O'Dwyer moved al in from the hijack for right around 615,000 and won the pot.

Hand #44: Andrey Andreev raised to 80,000 from early position and Dario Sammartino called from the big blind. The latter then check-folded to a bet of 100,000 on the {j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop.

Hand #45: Andreev raised to 80,000 under the gun and O'Dwyer, who was to his direct left, moved all in for 710,000. Everyone folded including Andreev.

Tags: Andrey AndreevSteve O'Dwyer

PokerStars SCOOP Returns May 10 With $40 Million in Guaranteed Prizes

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Online poker players from around the world are gearing up for the 2015 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) starting this Sunday on PokerStars.

The annual poker festival takes place from May 10-24, featuring 46 events types - or 138 events in total - broken out into low, medium, and high buy-ins with a mouth-watering $40 million in guaranteed prize pools.

Every day during the 15-day poker festival features three different events types, with the first-day featuring four different events. The series kicks off on May 10 at 8:00 am ET with SCOOP-01-L: $11 NL Hold'em featuring a $75,000 guarantee, SCOOP-01-M: $109 NL Hold'em [Sunday Kickoff SE] with a $150,000 guarantee, and SCOOP-01-H: $1,050 NL Hold'em with a $300,000 guarantee.

The series caters to both low-limit and high-limit players with event buy-ins ranging from $7.50 to $21,000, with each event featuring a big guaranteed prize pool.

While most of the events are in no-limit hold'em, the schedule also features just about every poker variant PokerStars offers including limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, H.O.R.S.E., eight-game, 2-7 single draw, and badugi. Additionally, there are many different formats on the schedule including freezeout, turbo, heads-up, knockouts, rebuys, shootouts, and Zoom poker.

The highlight of the SCOOP are the three Main Events taking place on May 24 at 2:30 pm ET. The low SCOOP Main Event features a $1 million guaranteed prize pool for a $109 buy-in, the medium Main Event features a $2 million guaranteed prize pool for a $1,050 buy-in, and the high Main Event features a $4 million guaranteed prize pool for a $10,300 buy-in.

Russia's Ivan "vandir4rek" Soshnikov won last year's $10,300 SCOOP Main Event, beating out 657-players to win $1,048,000 as part of a three-way deal.

Players have a chance to qualify into all the SCOOP events cheaper via satellites running around the clock on PokerStars. Satellites start at just $0.11 or one FPP giving many poker players a chance to play in this year's SCOOP.

Here's a look at the schedule for the 2015 PokerStars SCOOP:

Sunday, May 10

08:00 ET - Event 01, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em - SCOOP Kickoff (2-Day Event)
11:00 ET - Event 02, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [6-Max, Progressive Super-Knockout] (2-Day Event)
14:30 ET - Event 03, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 04, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em [Turbo]

Monday, May 11

11:00 ET - Event 05, $27 / $215 / $2,100: Fixed Limit Badugi
14:00 ET - Event 06, $7.50 / $82 / $700: No Limit Hold'em [Heads-Up]
17:00 ET - Event 07, $7.50 / $82 / $700: No Limit Hold'em [Rebuys]

Tuesday, May 12

11:00 ET - Event 08, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit 5-Card Draw
14:00 ET - Event 09, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 10, $11 / $109 / $1,050: PL Omaha [6-Max, Rebuys] (2-Day Event)

Wednesday, May 13

11:00 ET - Event 11, $27 / $215 / $2,100: Fixed Limit Triple Draw 2-7
14:00 ET - Event 12, $7.50 / $82 / $700: No Limit Hold'em [Ante Up] (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 13, $27 / $215 / $2,100: 7-Card Stud

Thursday, May 14

11:00 ET - Event 14, $27 / $215 / $2,100: NL Single Draw 2-7
14:00 ET - Event 15, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout] (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 16, $27 / $215 / $2,100: PL Omaha [Heads-Up] (2-Day Event)

Friday, May 15

11:00 ET - Event 17, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em [Big Antes, Rebuys] (2-Day Event)
14:00 ET - Event 18, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [6-Max Shootout]
17:00 ET - Event 19, $27 / $215 / $2,100: FL Omaha Hi/Lo [8-Max]

Saturday, May 16

11:00 ET - Event 20, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [4-Max] (2-Day Event)
14:00 ET - Event 21, $7.50 / $82 / $700: PL 5-Card Omaha [6-Max, 1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On] (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 22, $7.50 / $82 / $700: No Limit Hold'em [6-Max, Variable Level Times, Ultra-Deep] (2-Day Event)

Sunday, May 17

11:00 ET - Event 23, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [6-Max] (2-Day Event)
14:30 ET - Event 24, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 25, $27 / $215 / $2,100: PL Omaha [6-Max, Turbo, Zoom]

Monday, May 18

11:00 ET - Event 26, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em [n-Stack]
14:00 ET - Event 27, $11 / $109 / $1,050: Pot Limit 5-Card Omaha Hi/Lo [6-Max, Rebuys] (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 28, $27 / $215 / $2,100: 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo

Tuesday, May 19

11:00 ET - Event 29, $27 / $215 / $2,100: PL Omaha [6-Max, Re-Entry Available]
14:00 ET - Event 30, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 31, $27 / $215 / $2,100: FL Hold'em [6-Max]

Wednesday, May 20

11:00 ET - Event 32, $27 / $215 / $2,100: Razz
14:00 ET - Event 33, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [Re-Entry Available]
17:00 ET - Event 34, $27 / $215 / $2,100: NL Omaha Hi/Lo

Thursday, May 21

11:00 ET - Event 35, $27 / $215 / $2,100: 8-Game
14:00 ET - Event 36, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout] (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 37, $27 / $215 / $2,100: PL Omaha Hi/Lo

Friday, May 22

11:00 ET - Event 38, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [1 Rebuy, 1 Add-On] (2-Day Event)
14:00 ET - Event 39, $7.50 / $82 / $700: H.O.R.S.E.
17:00 ET - Event 40, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [Turbo, Zoom]

Saturday, May 23

11:00 ET - Event 41, $55 / $530 / $5,200: Pot Limit Omaha [6-Max, n-Stack]
14:00 ET - Event 42, $215/$2,100/$21,000: No Limit Hold'em [Heads-Up, High-Roller] (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 43, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [6-Max, Variable Level Times, Progressive Super-Knockout] (2-Day Event)

Sunday, May 24

11:00 ET - Event 44, $27 / $215 / $2,100: No Limit Hold'em [8-Max] (2-Day Event)
14:30 ET - Event 45, $109/$1,050/$10,300: No Limit Hold'em Main Event (2-Day Event)
17:00 ET - Event 46, $11 / $109 / $1,050: No Limit Hold'em SCOOP Wrap-Up [Turbo, Re-Entry Available]

Tags: PokerStars SCOOPSpring Championship of Online PokerIvan Soshnikov

O'Dwyer Loses Two Pots

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #36: Imad Derwiche raised to 110,000 in the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand #37: Andrey Andreev raised to 125,000 under the gun, and Steve O'Dwyer called from his left. Andreev checked the {7-Spades}{6-Spades}{q-Diamonds} flop, and O'Dwyer bet 150,000. Andreev called, and both players checked the {3-Spades} and {6-Hearts}.

Andreev showed {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}, and a frustrated O'Dwyer flipped {9-}{9-} into the middle.

Hand #38: Charlie Carrel raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand #39: Carrel opened for 80,000 again, and Andreev wanted to play. Both checked the {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs}, and Andreev bet 125,000 on the {4-Diamonds}. Carrel called, and an {a-Clubs} arrived. Andreev checked, and Carrel bet 200,000. Andreev folded fairly quickly.

Hand #40: Jeremy Ausmus raised to 90,000 early, and O'Dwyer called. Ausmus won with a bet of 60,000 on the {4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
630,000
-400,000
-400,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andrey AndreevCharlie CarrelImad DerwicheJeremy AusmusSteve O'Dwyer

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

"I Thought for Sure I Had the Best Hand

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Hand #33: Dario Sammartino raised to 66,000 from middle position and Steve O'Dwyer called from the button. When the flop came down {q-Spades}{8-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, Sammartino check-called a bet of 80,000 and then both players checked the {9-Hearts} turn. The {10-Hearts} river put a straight on the board, and Sammartino led out for 225,000. It did the trick as O'Dwyer folded.

Hand #34: O'Dwyer raised to 75,000 from the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand #35: Andrey Andreev opened for 60,000 from middle position and O'Dwyer called from the hijack. The rest of the players folded and the flop came down {10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}. Andreev check-called a bet of 55,000, and then check-called one of 135,000 on the {J-Clubs} turn.

When the {3-Clubs} completed the board on the river, Andreev checked for a third time and O'Dwyer bet 240,000. Andreev then woke up with a check-raise to 500,000, and O'Dwyer hit the tank.

"I thought for sure I had the best hand" O'Dwyer admitted, eventually calling after a couple more minutes passed.

Andreev tabled the {7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} for trips, and it was good as O'Dwyer mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
2,640,000
670,000
670,000
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
1,030,000
-770,000
-770,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Steve O'DwyerAndrey Andreev

The Amazing Poker Quiz with Sorel Mizzi

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Sorel Mizzi proved himself during the Amazing Poker Quiz, as not just a man filled with knowledge about himself, but also a straight up hustler. Mizzi did score a lot of points, so check out to see which questions he failed, and which he nailed.

Tags: Sorel Mizzi