Main Event
Day 1b Started
Main Event
Day 1b Started
Day 1b of the Season 9 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final is set to begin here in a few minutes in the beautiful principality of Monaco. Day 1a attracted a total of 108 players, which will surely be more than doubled by the Day 1b crowd.
Among the players we expect to see today are Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and Eugene Katchalov.
The plan is to play another eight 75-minute levels with a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6.
Be sure to stay tuned for all of the live updates right here on PokerNews.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Liv Boeree |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Leo Margets | 30,000 | |
Rupert Elder |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Todd Terry |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Daniel Negreanu |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Talal Shakerchi |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jason Wheeler |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Xuan Liu |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Marc-Andre Ladouceur |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Luca Pagano |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Kevin MacPhee |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Vicky Coren |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Fatima Moreira de Melo |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Galen Hall |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
After a computer game style introduction and speeches from the powers that be, cards are in the air for Day 1b. The room certainly feels alive with players compared to yesterday.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Sands | 30,000 | |
Humberto Brenes | 30,000 | |
Tom Marchese | 30,000 | |
Andrew Lichtenberger | 30,000 | |
Jan Collado | 30,000 | |
Salvatore Bonavena | 30,000 | |
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Kevin Vandersmissen | 30,000 | |
Lex Veldhuis | 30,000 | |
Matt Stout | 30,000 | |
Annette Obrestad | 30,000 | |
Daniel Pidun | 30,000 | |
Timothy Adams | 30,000 | |
Andrew Chen | 30,000 | |
Vanessa Selbst | 30,000 | |
Calvin Anderson | 30,000 | |
Andre Akkari | 30,000 | |
George Danzer | 30,000 | |
Steve O'Dwyer | 30,000 | |
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Olivier Busquet | 30,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marcel Luske |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Scott Seiver |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
David Vamplew |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Ronny Voth |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Richard Toth |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Andrew Pantling |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Manuel Bevand |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ludovic Lacay |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Ankush Mandavia |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Eugene Katchalov |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
During one of the first hands of the day we walked up to Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov's table. The board read with around 2,200 chips in the pot. Katchalov checked to Andrew Pantling who fired out a hefty bet worth 8,500.
Katchalov went into the tank for quite a while but eventually he decided to not risk a lot of chips early on. Pantling was kind enough to flash his opponent the for quad kings. Katchalov saved himself some money and is just below the starting stack right now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Pantling |
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Eugene Katchalov |
27,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
With so many players in the mix today it comes as no surprise to see interesting table draws popping up.
David Peters comes here on the back of great form. Yesterday he was busy coming second at the PokerStars IPT San Remo Event for €155,000 and today he's back in the office. He has a difficult draw though with Andrew Chen, Kevin Iacafano and Dmitry Vitkind all to his right. At least he has position!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Peters |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
JP Kelly |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Kevin Iacanfano
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dmitry Vitkind |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
John Eames |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Toni Judet |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Aaron Gustavson |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Juan Manuel Pastor |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ami Barer |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Daniel Negreanu has had a bit of success this year, making two final tables at the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific, including winning the Main Event there for A$1,038,825.
On this hand, he battled with fellow Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano and made a flush on the river to scoop a very nice pot early.
On the flop, Pagano fired 400 before Negreanu raised to 1,200. The Italian made the call, then the dealer placed the out on the turn. Here, both players checked.
The river completed the board with the , completing the flush draw present on the flop, but also pairing the board. Pagano tossed out a bet of 1,800, then Negreanu fired in a raise to 5,000. Pagano took a minute or two, then made the call.
Negreanu tabled the for the nut flush, and Pagano mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu | 36,000 | |
Luca Pagano |
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |