€25,000 High Roller Day 1 | The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-10-2013 15:03 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	112,000 2,000	2,000

Martin Finger	98,000 18,000	18,000

Kyle Cheong	95,000 45,000	45,000
Eugene Katchalov	75,000 -17,000	-17,000

Erik Seidel	75,000 19,000	19,000

Felipe Ramos	25,000 -25,000	-25,000

Rossiter Slow Plays ElkY

MarcC

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier flopped top pair against Jeff Rossiter and went for three streets of value. Unfortunately for him, he was behind the whole way.

ElkY raised from the hijack and Rossiter was the only caller from the small blind. The board ran out and Rossiter went into check-call mode as ElkY fired 700, 1,800 and 4,000 on each street.

At showdown ElkY opened but lost out to the Australian's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Rossiter	54,000 4,000	4,000
Bertrand Grospellier	40,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Jeff Rossiter

05-10-2013 15:13 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	65,625 15,625	15,625
Emil Patel	53,675 3,675	3,675
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	52,775 2,775	2,775
Timothy Adams	51,575 1,575	1,575
Vanessa Selbst	51,150 1,150	1,150

David Peters	47,450 -2,550	-2,550

Taylor Paur	27,750 -22,250	-22,250

Charania Shoves River Against Quoss

donpeters

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Fabian Quoss checked the board before Mohsin Charania bet 2,600. Quoss made the call, and the turn was the . Both players checked to see the fall on the river. Following a bet of 4,000 from Quoss, Charania moved all in for about 14,000. Quoss snap-folded, and Charania won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Quoss	92,000 42,000	42,000
Mohsin Charania	32,000 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Fabian Quoss Mohsin Charania

05-10-2013 15:30 UTC+2

Shakerchi Re-Enters

MarcC

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Talal Shakerchi is the third player to re-enter today. It seems as if his chips went to Dario Minieri as he's the only one over 70,000 on his former table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Minieri	95,000 45,000	45,000
Talal Shakerchi	50,000

Tags: Dario Minieri Talal Shakerchi

05-10-2013 15:31 UTC+2

Heitmann Takes One

donpeters

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jeff Rossiter raised to 900 from middle position, Team PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann called in the cutoff seat, Scott Seiver called from the small blind, and the player in the big blind also called.

From there, all four players witnessed a flop of , and action checked to Heitmann. He fired 2,600 with only the big blind making the call to see the land on the turn. Both players checked.

The river was the , and the big blind checked over to the Team Pro. Heitmann bet 4,200, and his opponent gave it up.

Tags: Jan Heitmann Jeff Rossiter Scott Seiver

05-10-2013 15:39 UTC+2

Benger Goes Quiet

MarcC

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Griffin Benger took a rare quiet moment to play out a hand with Benny Spindler. He ended up folding on the river and seemed annoyed at himself.

The action was three-way to a flop and Benger led out from the small blind for 1,825. Spindler was in early position and raised to 4,200. Philipp Gruissem was in the cut-off and folded to leave them to it.

The turn dropped as and Benger check-called a 7,400 bet. On the river Spindler moved all in for about 43,000 after he was checked to again. Benger made a quick fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Spindler	68,000 68,000	68,000
Griffin Benger	28,000 -22,000	-22,000

Tags: Benny Spindler Griffin Benger Philipp Gruissem

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

05-10-2013 15:54 UTC+2

Benger Banged Up By Benny

MarcC

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Griffin Benger was not a happy bunny on the rail after he was eliminated by Benny Spindler.

The Canadian online phenomenon told PokerNews that he was on the button and three-bet an 800 open to 2,300. Spindler was in the big blind and four-bet to 5,800. The original raiser folded before Benger made it 10,000 to play. Spindler responded by setting Benger in for his 28,000 stack. Call.

Benger:
Spindler:

The board ran out to make the German trips.

Benger is undecided if he'll re-enter yet. Better to de-steam first if he does decide to.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Spindler	98,000 30,000	30,000
Griffin Benger	Busted

Tags: Benny Spindler Griffin Benger

05-10-2013 16:02 UTC+2

Charania Coolered

MarcC

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Mohsin Charania doubled up Fabian Quoss when he flopped a set only for the German to river a bigger set. That sent him down to 15,000 but he has since recovered to 25,000.