Main Event Day 3 | The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-09-2013 21:12 UTC+2

Side Event Round-Up

MarcC

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

Catch up with some of the side event action that has been taking place here at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final.

Jesper Onrust wins his second trophy at EPT Monaco. Read about it here.

Aleksei Krylov wins the button, Konstantin Puchkov finishes 3rd. Read more about it here.

Jan Bendik bounding towards the Player of the Year title. Click through for more.

Thomas Couquet catches his first trophy, wins €18,900. More at the PokerStars Blog.

05-09-2013 21:11 UTC+2

Last Five Hands of the Day

MarcC

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

Each table will play five more hands before play concludes for the day.

05-09-2013 21:08 UTC+2

Negreanu Takes One Off O'Dwyer

Happy_Freaked

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

Daniel Negreanu raised to 18,000 and Steve O'Dwyer called from the button. The flop showed and O'Dwyer called a bet from the Canadian Team PokerStars Pro.

On the turn the hit and Negreanu bet 60,000, O'Dwyer called. The river brought the and this time Negreanu bet 132,000. O'Dwyer tanked for a while but eventually he made the call only to see that Negreanu had .

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	940,000 -200,000	-200,000

Daniel Negreanu	730,000 245,000	245,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Steve O'Dwyer

05-09-2013 21:06 UTC+2

Carlsson Done, More For Deeb

Happy_Freaked

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

On a flop it was Daniel Carlsson who ended up all in for around 170,000 with . Carlsson was in bad shape as his opponent, Freddy Deeb, turned over .

The board ran out , and Carlsson was knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddy Deeb	800,000 300,000	300,000
Daniel Carlsson	Busted

Tags: Daniel Carlsson Freddy Deeb

05-09-2013 21:04 UTC+2

Kings For Mandic

Happy_Freaked

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

Didier Pitcho raised to 18,000 and called Goran Mandic's 47,000-chip three-bet. The flop brought and Pitcho check-called 49,000. On the turn the hit and both players checked.

The river brought a blank and this time Pitcho check-called 100,000. Mandic showed and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Goran Mandic	725,000 185,000	185,000
Didier Pitcho	200,000 -110,000	-110,000

Tags: Didier Pitcho Goran Mandic

05-09-2013 21:03 UTC+2

Deeb Folds Top Pair To Negreanu

donpeters

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

Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun to 18,000, and Freddy Deeb made the call out of the hijack seat to see a flop of . Negreanu fired 26,000, and Deeb called.

The turn was the , and Negreanu stayed on the gas with a bet of 67,000. Deeb called once again.

The river was the , and Negreanu fired 105,000. Deeb took some time, but eventually folded the . Negreanu showed the for two pair, meaning Deeb was right in laying down a big top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddy Deeb	500,000 -170,000	-170,000
Daniel Negreanu	485,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Freddy Deeb

05-09-2013 20:59 UTC+2

Benadiba Eliminated

donpeters

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

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 18,000 from early position, and Steve O'Dwyer called from the cutoff seat with a dead button in play. Stephane Benadiba called from the small blind, and the big blind folded.

The dealer slid out the flop, and Benadiba moved all in for his last 26,000. Negreanu made the call, but O'Dwyer wasn't about to let Negreanu continue for cheap and raised to 75,000. Negreanu gave it up.

O'Dwyer showed the for middle set. Benadiba held the for bottom pair.

The turn was the , leaving Benadiba needing the case deuce on the river for a miracle suckout. The wasn't what he was looking for, though, and Benadiba headed out the door.

O'Dwyer is currently in second place on the leader board, behind only Team Pro Johnny Lodden. On the European Poker Tour, O'Dwyer has had a bit of success, including a second-place finish at EPT London for £465,000 in 2011 before following that up with another final table in the London Main Event this year. He has one other EPT final table from Copenhagen in 2012, and basically what we're trying to say is that whenever O'Dwyer cashes in an EPT event, he seems to find his way to the final table.

With well over a million in chips right now, it looks as though O'Dwyer has set himself up perfectly to add a fourth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	1,140,000 40,000	40,000

Daniel Negreanu	365,000 -364,000	-364,000

Stephane Benadiba	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Johnny Lodden Stephane Benadiba Steve O'Dwyer Team PokerStars Pro

05-09-2013 20:56 UTC+2

Lodden Doesn't Have Sh*t

[user101598]

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

Johnny Lodden opened to 16,000 in late position, Patrick Naxache called out of the small blind, and Grant Levy moved all in for 124,000 out of the big blind. Lodden called, and Naxache mucked.

"You have a monster?" Levy asked.

"I don't have sh*t," Lodden said, showing .

Lodden's "sh*t" was still ahead of Levy's , but the Australian made a pair of queens when the flop fell , and held as the turn and river came , respectively.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	1,305,000 -105,000	-105,000

Grant Levy	255,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Grant Levy Johnny Lodden

05-09-2013 20:49 UTC+2

Chen Loses Flip; Busts

[user101598]

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

Freddy Deeb opened to 20,000 on the button, Steve O'Dwyer called out of the small blind, and Andrew Chen moved all in for 242,000 from the big blind. Deeb tank-called, and O'Dwyer snap-mucked.

Deeb:
Chen:

The flop gave Chen four extra outs to make a straight, and sure enough the turned, giving him Broadway. To needle the Canadian, the river brought the giving him a meaningless set.

Chen was off to collect his cash, while Deeb now has 670,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Freddy Deeb	670,000 360,000	360,000
Andrew Chen	Busted

Tags: Andrew Chen Freddy Deeb

05-09-2013 20:45 UTC+2

Anderson's Run Ends

Happy_Freaked

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

Calvin Anderson had a great run in EPT Berlin where he finished just short of the final table and right here in Monte Carlo he was quite close again. Unfortunately for Anderson his run just ended as he was not able to win a crucial coin flip. Anderson was all in for 80,000 chips on his final hand.

Anderson:
Vasili Firsau:

The board ran out and Anderson was knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasili Firsau	460,000 253,000	253,000
Calvin Anderson	Busted

Tags: Calvin Anderson Vasili Firsau