€10,600 Main Event Day 3 | 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-05-2015 20:08 UTC+2

What Does Ilyukhin Think?

Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Up at the feature table, Victor Ilyukhin got his short stack of 67,000 all in preflop and was up against Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden.

Lodden:
Ilyukhin:

Ilyukhin was in need of some help, but it wasn't in the cards as the board ran out a lackluster . Lodden's ace was good, and Ilyukhin saw his EPT11 Grand Final Main Event come to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	575,000 77,000	77,000

Victor Ilyukhin	Busted

Tags: Victor Ilyukhin Johnny Lodden

05-05-2015 20:05 UTC+2

Double for the EPT Malta Champ

Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jean Montury, who is the reigning EPT Malta champ, moved all in for his last 44,000 from early position and Mustapha Kanit called from the small blind.

Montury:
Kanit:

Montury had the better kicker, and it made the difference after the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	361,000 -49,000	-49,000

Jean Montury	104,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Jean Montury Mustapha Kanit

05-05-2015 20:00 UTC+2

Gulyy Out to Sammartino's Kings

Will Shillibier

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Yury Gulyy moved all-in from early position and got called by Sammartino after a short while thinking.

Gulyy:
Sammartino:

The board ran out and Gulyy, who had spent most of the day on the feature table, had been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	375,000 108,000	108,000
Yury Gulyy	Busted

Tags: Yury Gulyy Dario Sammartino

05-05-2015 20:00 UTC+2

Tension, Time-Wasting and Tantrums on the Main Event Bubble

Chad Holloway

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Things were a little tense on the Main Event bubble, which seemed to last a lot longer than anticipated. Was it the stallers or just bad luck? The PokerStars Blog reports here.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

05-05-2015 19:53 UTC+2

Drinan Folds Trips Correctly

mnuwwarah

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Big blind Connor Drinan bet 40,000 into a 76,000 pot against Hady El Asmar, who raised from the button to 90,000. Drinan tanked for about four minutes and folded face-up on the board.

"I will show you because you're a good player," El Asmar said, turning over for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	838,000 -33,000	-33,000
Hady El Asmar	616,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Hady El Asmar

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

05-05-2015 19:37 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Carlos Garcia	880,000 119,000	119,000
Connor Drinan	871,000 -24,000	-24,000
Joao Simao	830,000 -40,000	-40,000
Isaac Haxton	737,000 222,000	222,000

Anatoly Chen	678,000 -2,000	-2,000
Ole Schemion	665,000 5,000	5,000
Jason Mercier	651,000 61,000	61,000

Ryan McEathron	614,000 614,000	614,000
Josh Prager	601,000
Brian Roberts	531,000 380,000	380,000
Markus Ross	524,000 309,000	309,000
Johnny Lodden	498,000 57,000	57,000

Koichi Nozaki	463,000 35,000	35,000
Ludovic Geilich	442,000 -10,000	-10,000
Hady El Asmar	441,000 31,500	31,500
Stephen Chidwick	438,000 128,000	128,000
Andre Akkari	433,000 -67,000	-67,000

Matias Ruzzi	417,000 207,000	207,000
Anton Astapau	400,000 -31,000	-31,000
Tomas Hall	389,000
Quan Zhou	352,000 52,000	52,000
Dmitry Ivanov	335,000 97,400	97,400
Filippo Gandini	315,000 122,000	122,000
Romain Paon	307,000 -328,000	-328,000
Felix Stephensen	275,000 -30,000	-30,000

Take 30

mnuwwarah

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Players are on break for 30 minutes.

05-05-2015 19:14 UTC+2

"0Human0" Outruns Simao

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

In one of the last hands before the break, Liviu "0Human0" Ignat got his stack of 115,000 all in preflop holding the and was racing against the of Brazil's Joao Simao. Ignat proved faster in this contest as the board ran out a clean .

Tags: Liviu Ignat Joao Simao

05-05-2015 19:14 UTC+2

Gulyy Takes a Bite Out of Akkari's Stack

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari opened with a raise from middle position, Yury Gulyy three-bet all in for roughly 80,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, Akkari called, and the cards were turned up.

Gulyy:
Akkari:

The flop made things interesting as Akkari flopped an open-ended straight draw, but the running turn and river proved safe for Gulyy to give him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	500,000 -170,000	-170,000

Yury Gulyy	165,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Yury Gulyy