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The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Main Event
Day: 3
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
O'Dwyer Wins EPT London Rematch
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Steve O'Dwyer finished fifth in EPT London for £146,000 last March while his opponent Christopher Frank busted just before him in sixth place for £112,000. These two players are sitting at the same table right before the money bubble today and O'Dwyer got the best of Frank once more.
We picked up the action when the board read 
, and Frank check-called a bet worth 23,000. On the river the 
hit and Frank checked again. O'Dwyer bet 75,000 this time and the just 18-year old German tanked for a solid two minutes before making the call.
O'Dwyer tabled 
for the flopped nuts and took down this big pot. O'Dwyer is on pace for yet another deep EPT run after final tabling three earlier events.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
527,500
138,300
|
138,300 |
|
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|
65,000
-53,900
|
-53,900 |
Just Four More
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
We are just four spots away from the money with 84 player remaining. The average stack right now is 189,643 or 63 big blinds.
Keston Finishes the Job
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Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Vitalijs Tarhanovs and Robin Keston tangled earlier, and just recently, Keston finished the job.
Tarhanovs moved all in on the button with 
, and Keston snapped it off with 
in the big blind. The flop, turn, and river produced 
, and Tarhanovs hit the rail.
Keston recorded the knockout, but after losing a few pots between the pair's previous battle, he's dropped down to 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Salute Your Schwartz
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Alexander Luber was all in for his last 60,000 or so preflop holding 
. Noah Schwartz, who has nearly $3 million in career tournament earnings, had him at risk with 
.
Schwartz held as the board ran out 
, eliminating Luber. The American now sits with 545,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000
91,600
|
91,600 |
|
|
Busted |
Time Off in Lew
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
PokerStars Team Online Randy Lew was just looking really good as he was all in for his tournament life with 
. Lew's opponent, Giuseppe Sammartino, held 
as Lew was trying to double his 90,000-chip stack.
Unfortunately for Lew the board ran out {4}
and the online super star was knocked out short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Sakr Punched
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Pierre Sakr was all in holding with 
on a flop of 
, and Dutchman Clyde Tjauw Foe had him at risk with .
It was nearly over when the 
turned (a king on the river would give them identical full houses), and the 
completed the board.
Sakr hit the rail, while Foe now has 240,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
125,600
|
125,600 |
|
|
Busted |
Double Dream Over for Kitai
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Taylor Paur has eliminated the threat that is Davidi Kitai.
The EPT Berlin champion from Season 8 had around 80,000 when he moved all in with . Paur gave him a spin with and landed the fatal blow when he rivered a king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
72,100
|
72,100 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Volpe's River Check-Raise Doesn't Work
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
On the 
board, Paul Volpe checked to Andrew Pantling, who checked behind to see the 
fall on the river. After Volpe checked again, Pantling bet 33,000. Volpe took a few moments, then check-raised to 108,000. Pantling went into the tank.
It is interesting to note that last night, Volpe checked the river on a board with paired aces against Scott Palmer holding the top full house, planning to check-raise. Pantling was strong to the call this time, but Volpe didn't have a full house. He had the instead, and Pantling's 
was good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
407,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
197,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
Close But No Cigar for...
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |