Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€5,310,000
Entries
531
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
May the Schwartz Be With You
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Bruno Lopes opened to 700 in late position, a player called on the button, and Noah Schwartz three-bet to 2,625 out of the small blind. [Removed:289] cold-four-bet to 5,500 out of the big blind, and the action folded back to Schwartz, who grabbed around 50,000 worth of blue chips, and moved all in for effectively 30,000 or so. [Removed:290] tanked for 30 seconds or so, then called.
Schwartz: 
[Removed:290]: 
The 
poked through the window of the flop, and it was followed by the 
and the 
. The turn and river came 
, 
respectively, and [Removed:290] was eliminated.
Schwartz is now way above six figures, sitting with around 170,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
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Busted |
Prager, Levy and 'Not That' Mouawad Take Satellite Route to Main Event
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
It may mean extending a super long week by the equivalent of another tournament day, but the super-satellite route into EPT Monaco is a sensible one. Just ask Josh Prager, Grant Levy and Joe "Not Joseph" Mouawad, who all did it here last night. Read on at the PokerStars Blog.
Quite Some Bust Outs
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
We are down to 351 players and the average stack is now 35,897 or 119 big blinds.
Collado Takes One from Ramos
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Jan Collado and one other player checked the 
flop in that order before Brazilian Felipe Ramos fired 1,200. Collado fired back with a check-raise to 3,100, and the player in the middle folded. Ramos made the call.
The turn was the 
, and Collado stayed on the gas with a bet of 4,200. After a minute or so in the tank, Ramos folded and Collado won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
37,000 | |
|
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Jaka Gone
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Bah busted EPT Monte Carlo. Check shoved all in w/str8 2d5d on 3s 4c 7d 6s board guy called w/ 66 river came 4. 70k pot. Played well #happyMay 07 2013Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Kurganov Gets The Better of Levy, Twice
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Earlier today Adam Levy Tweeted the following and it seems like his opponents are not letting him win an easy pots.
Oof. Had 2 decent tables but now the toughest table I've had in Europe. Kurganov, Dario, Kice, Achen, DPeters, Tufat & 2 I don't know. #geezMay 07 2013Follow
First we saw a 
board when Levy bet 2,200 and he folded when Igor Kurganov raised to 6,800. A few hands later we witnessed Levy raise to 800 from the hijack and Kurganov called on the button.
The flop brought out 
and Levy bet 1,400. Kurganov raised to 4,000 and Levy tanked for a bit before making the call. The turn brought the 
and this time Levy check-folded to a 5,500-chip bet. Levy still has more than 100 big blinds while Kurganov climbs up to over twice the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
32,000
-4,200
|
-4,200 |
One for Juanda
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
From the cutoff seat, five-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner John Juanda raised to 700. Bruno Lopes made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down 
. Following a check from Lopes, Juanda checked behind.
The turn was the , and Lopes checked again. Juanda bet 1,150. and Lopes gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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|
40,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
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Antonius Arrives, Antonius Departs
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Patrik Antonius just recently joined us on Day 1a of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event, and after a very unlucky hand, he has been eliminated.
According to one of our Finnish colleagues, Antonius raised, a player called, and a third player re-raised. Both Antonius and the caller came along for the ride.
The flop fell 
, the action checked to the three-bettor who tossed out a continuation bet, and only Antonius called.
The turn was the , Antonius checked, and the three-bettor fired out another bullet. Antonius check-raised all in, the player called, and the cards were turned on their backs.
Antonius: 
Opponent:
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Antonius was a 95.45% favorite to double up, but the spiked on the river to give his opponent a better two pair.
Antonius was still floating around after he was eliminated, but we probably won't see him on the felt again until the start of the €25,000 High Roller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Esfandiari Loses One
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
From under the gun, Antonio Esfandiari raised to 675. A player called from middle position, then the two blinds came along to the flop also. On the flop, the 
was produced and action checked to Esfandiari. He bet 1,300, the middle-position player called, the small blind folded, and the big blind called.
On the turn, the landed. Everyone checked. Then, the river was the , and everyone checked again.
Following the player in middle position tabling the 
, the small blind showed the 
. Esfandiari mucked his hand, and dropped back under the starting stack amount.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
|
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