Gavin Griffin (USA) 2,597,000
Marc Karam (Canada) 1,742,000
Soren Kongsgaard (Denmark) 1,612,000
Josh Prager (USA) 1,593,000
AVERAGE STACK 1,323,750
Kristian Kjondal (Norway) 1,203,000
Steve Jelinek (UK) 758,000
Andy Black (Ireland) 683,000
Ram Vaswani (UK) 432,000
Andy Black was in the hotel bar late last night buying the entire EPT crew and media drinks. He ran up a massive bar tab. And in Monte Carlo, drinks are not cheap. Black was calling up his friends in Ireland and telling them to catch the next flight to Monte Carlo in order to sweat him at the final table. They showed up and will be cheering on their fellow Irishmen.
In other news, we wonder how rested Ram Vaswani might be. He was spotted in the Salle des Etoiles playing Chinese Poker until the wee hours.
Hand 5: We have our first elimination of the final table. Ram Vaswani (UK) was all in on the turn with on a board of . Marc Karam (Canada) called with . Vaswani was behind but picked up a flush draw. He missed when the fell on the river. Vaswani won €159,270 for 8th Place.
Marc Karam and Josh Prager butted heads in the first raising war of the final table. Karam raised preflop and Prager called in position. On a flop of Karam bet out 100K. Prager put a chip on his cards and looked at his chips. He took out a stack of 10K pink chips and min. raised to 220K. Karam pondered his decision and eventually popped Prager for a 540K raise. Prager peeked at his cards and mucked. Karam won the pot.
Hand 19: Andy Black (Ireland) was the shortstack and was chased down by Kristian Kjondal (Norway). On a flop of , Andy black moved all in with . Kjondal called with . The turn was and the river was . Andy Black's hand could not improve as he busted out. Black won €238,910 for 7th place. He should be holding court in the bar shortly.
Here are some updated chip counts:
Marc Karam 3.01M
Gavin Griffin 2.259M
AVERAGE STACK 1.765M
Kristian Kjondal 1.529M
Josh Prager 1.519M
Soren Kongsgaard 1.516M
Steve Jelinek 563K