2007 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final

EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2007 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
€1,825,010
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,626,400
Entries
706
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Full Day 1B Player List

Mccann Jonathan 1 1 UK
Potel Mike 1 2 UK
Ostebrod Gunnar 1 3 Norway
Slade Nick 1 4 UK
Krause Andreas 1 5 Germany
Andersen Mads 1 6 Denmark
Blanco Cristiano 1 7 Italy
Meacci Guido 1 8 Italy
Sellam Eric 1 9 France
Pieri Gilles 2 1 France
Sonnert Bengt 2 2 Sweden
Bot Jean Bernard 2 3 France
Pitcho Didier 2 4 France
Adda Ariel 2 5 UK
Molander Jonas 2 6 Sweden
Hussain Arshad 2 7 UK
Alblas Kees 2 8 Holland
Klyukin Vasily 2 9 Russia
Brolin Tomas 3 1 Sweden
Fawaz Youssef 3 2 Liban
Hansen Tommy 3 3 Denmark
Ascari Fabrizio 3 4 Italy
Mellross Jason 3 5 Australia
Marbleau Claude 3 6 France
Stern Daniel 3 7 Canada
Cournut Brice 3 8 France
Fougeron Thomas 3 9 France
Andersen Mads 4 1 Denmark
Griffin Gavin 4 2 USA
Fitoussi Bruno 4 3 France
Bianchi Fabio 4 4 Italy
Sverrisson Halldor Mar 4 5 Iceland
Zaccagnino Alfred 4 6 USA
Martinsen Lasse 4 7 Norway
Kuzmin Alexander 4 8 Russia
Coburn Ray 4 9 USA
Testud Paul 5 1 France
Schaap Adrian 5 2 Holland
Hilm Philip 5 3 Denmark
Alioto Dario 5 5 Italy
Wahla Zahid 5 6 UK
Ulliott David Alan 5 8 UK
Josefsson Henrik 5 9 Sweden
Espeland Nathaniel 6 1 USA
Petronack Dennis 6 2 USA
Nagy Jonathan 6 3 Spain
Nateri Roberto 6 4 Italy
Wijk Anders 6 5 Sweden
Holovko Alexander 6 6 UKraine
Egenes Staale 6 7 Norway
Emberson Mark 6 8 UK
Brindley Roy Victor 6 9 UK
Johansson Simon 7 1 Sweden
Koskas Eric 7 2 France
Dahl Philip 7 3 Norway
Chatelain Anthony 7 4 Sweden
Ilangkovan Kausican 7 5 Denmark
Fhal Jonathan 7 6 France
Spionjak Zoran 7 7 Switzerland
Togsverd Christian 7 8 Denmark
Sorensen Joakim 7 9 Sweden
Cristea Opria 8 1 Rumania
Deborgher Nicolas 8 2 France
Stevenson Iv William 8 3 USA
Mustanoglu Osman 8 4 UK
Cherednichenko Rodion 8 5 Russia
Davison William 8 6 USA
Sonelin David 8 7 Sweden
Borea Andrea 8 8 Italy
Nyberg Tommy 8 9 Sweden
Serock Joseph 9 1 USA
Poujade Patrice 9 2 France
Evdakov Nikolai 9 3 Russia
Sfez Eric 9 4 France
Schonberg Erika 9 5 USA
Jones Iwan Bryn 9 6 UK
Farid Meraghni 9 7 France
Stadlbauer Bernd 9 8 France
Reihill Shane 9 9 Ireland
Zekri Patrik 10 1 France
Tahtouh Emad 10 2 Australia
Poulain Alexandre 10 3 France
Williams Jeff 10 4 USA
Gergely Robert 10 5 Hungary
Zango Herman 10 6 Costa Rica
Elmaliah Roi 10 7 Israel
Kilarjian James 10 8 USA
Andersson Mattias 10 9 Sweden
Hastings Darius 11 1 USA
Wilson Scot 11 2 Canada
Yitzhaki Roman 11 3 USA
Subilia Sam 11 4 USA
Kravchenko Alexander 11 5 Russia
Nguyen Duc Thang 11 6 Germany
Jenkins Nicholas 11 7 UK
Kerrigan Jim 11 8 UK
Herbert Richard 11 9 Ireland
Ruvolo Giuseppe 12 1 USA
Holguin Lopez Santiago 12 2 Spain
Dull Jonathan 12 3 USA
Neirinck Christian 12 4 Belgium
Gelencser Peter 12 5 Germany
Biorac Sasa 12 6 Germany
De Smedt Kristof 12 7 Belgium
Iversen Torstein 12 8 Norway
Sikias Chris 12 9 Switzerland
Ostervold Fredrik 13 1 Norway
Ragot Nicolas 13 2 France
Mackay Anthony Kenneth 13 3 UK
Wah Hui 13 4 Norway
Hellmuth Phil 13 5 USA
Guinther Jimmie 13 6 USA
Haller Christophe 13 7 Austria
Leandri Jean Phillipe 13 8 France
Broadhurst David 13 9 UK
Helness Tor 14 1 Norway
Speer Haward 14 2 Germany
Balazs Bili 14 3 Hungary
Delaney Peter 14 4 UK
Iremark Mats 14 5 Sweden
Brasholt Lars 14 6 Denmark
Sagstrom Erik 14 7 Sweden
Brothertorn Clint 14 8 USA
Oconnor Patrick 14 9 Ireland
Bolleret Thierry 15 1 France
Musolino Francesco 15 2 Italy
Gueorguiev Atanas 15 3 Bulgaria
Nielsen Kim 15 4 Denmark
Holmsten Emil 15 5 Sweden
Kalfon Frank 15 6 France
Trevillian Brett 15 7 Switzerland
Rohr Jean Philippe 15 8 France
Junglen Adam Marc 15 9 USA
Zeuschner Jan 15 10
Grue Joakim 16 1 Denmark
Pavel Ion 16 2 Romania
Weisner Brian 16 3 Canada
Holguin Romero Santiago 16 4 Spain
Elkeslassy Daniel 16 5 Morocco
Seeburger Josh 16 6 USA
Heitmann Jan 16 7 Germany
Drake Allan 16 8 Canada
Aronsson Karl Anders Mattias 16 9 Sweden
Anton Ionel 17 1 Rumania
Schlattmann Patrick 17 2 Germany
Mariani Julien 17 3 France
Troyanovsky Vladimir 17 4 Russia
Fares Hassan 17 5 France
Pussini Nicolas 17 6 France
Paradise Darren 17 7 UK
Mattern Arnaud 17 8 France
Lacombe Jean Pierre 17 9 France
Vaswani Ram 17 10 UK
Schleger Shane 18 1 USA
Mercier Isabelle 18 2 Canada
Hawkins Keith 18 3 UK
Byard Gregory 18 4 USA
Steindl Johannes 18 5 Austria
Luske Marcel 18 6 Holland
Abromovici Ofir 18 7 Israel
Persson John 18 8 Sweden
Mathews Rory 18 9 UK
Gavatin Mats 18 10 Sweden
Nathan Rayan 19 1 Australia
Grospellier Bertrand 19 2 France
Lisandro Jeffrey 19 3 Australia
Demirbag Dilbahar 19 4 Sweden
Erlandsson Hans 19 5 Sweden
Schults Bo 19 6 Italy
Strandli Aleksander 19 7 Norway
Kollmann Erich 19 8 Austria
Tann Willie 19 9 UK
Mohammed Barkatul 19 10 UK
Reid James 20 1 UK
Jonas Des 20 2 UK
Sykes David 20 3 Canada
Elias Emile 20 4 France
Waters Richard 20 5 UK
Murphy Michael 20 6 UK
Cajelais Erik 20 7 Canada
Saul Ivan 20 8 Argentina
Squaglia Mark 20 9 France
Neckelmann Patrik 21 1 Germany
Altbregin Sergey 21 2 Russia
Antonius Patrik 21 3 USA
Polestchuk Vladimir 21 4 Russia
Petroli Jean Pierre 21 5 France
Odle Chris 21 6 USA
Prager Josh 21 7 USA
Elpayaa Joseph 21 8 USA
Ivey Phil 21 9 USA
Rahmn Mats Anders 21 10 Sweden
Nelson Lee 22 1 New Zeland
Bonding Lars 22 2 Denmak
Helness Jonas 22 4 Norway
Hill William 22 5 USA
Romero Bartolome 22 6 Spain
Moshman Collin 22 7 USA
Mattsson Stefan 22 8 Sweden
Wild Richard 22 9 UK
Hazan Jeraint 22 10 UK
Politis Peter 23 1 Canada
Tallberg John 23 2 Sweden
Del Rio Martin Francisco 23 3 Spain
Ege Ahmet 23 4 Turkey
Hachem Joe 23 5 Australia
Wernick Mickey 23 6 UK
Bush Dan 23 7 USA
Olaru Victor 23 8 Rumania
Little Jonathan 23 9 USA
Judah Mel 23 10 UK
Hays Nathan 24 1 USA
Ali Masterman 24 2 UK
Keiner Michael Erich 24 3 Germany
Kenter Iii Maurice 24 4 USA
Marcgliano Marcello 24 5 Italy
Townsend Brian 24 6 USA
Lomas Dane 24 7 USA
Lellouche Antony Elie 24 8 France
Rozel Roland 24 9 France
Anjaria Mitesh 24 10 Canada
Brenes Alex 25 1 Costa Rica
Todd Eugene 25 2 USA
Strassmann Johannes 25 3 Germany
Brummelhuis Michel 25 4 Holland
Mobbs David 25 5 UK
Bitar Ghassan John 25 6 Liban
Stevic Alexander Billy 25 7 Sweden
Erixon Mans 25 8 Sweden
Linton Paul 25 9 UK
Bradpiece Jerome 25 10 UK
Johansen Karsten 26 1 Denmark
Pasqualini Jean Paul 26 3 France
Augdal Terje 26 4 Norway
Kongsgaard Soren 26 5 Denmark
Tavernier David 26 6 France
Pinter Mark 26 7 Hungary
Alha Jani 26 8 Finland
Eskilsson Hans Vimmo 26 9 Sweden
Layani David 26 10 France
Lehtonen Samuel 27 1 Sweden
Dzianisau Aliaksandr 27 2 Russia
Romanello Roberto 27 3 UK
Navarro Jose Luis 27 4 Spain
Kamar Fadi 27 5 Liban
Gammelgard Tor 27 6 Sweden
Rousso Vanessa 27 7 USA
Woods Darren 27 8 UK
Johansson Michaela 27 9 Sweden
Lagerborg Tore 27 10 Norway
Guerfi Mesbah 28 1 France
Keller Christian 28 2 Germany
El Sayed Sam 28 3 Suitzerland
Nygaard Vegard 28 4 Norway
Mahrenholz Karl 28 5 UK
Malik Nitin 28 6 India
Berg Anders Hoyer 28 7 Norway
Bansi Pramesh 28 8 UK
Dwyer John 28 9 Ireland
Chessa Tony 28 10 UK
Timoshenko Yevgeniy 29 1 USA
Coren Victoria 29 2 UK
Benyamine David 29 3 France
Osborne Matthew 29 4 UK
Mizzi Sorel 29 5 Canada
Rafter Anthony 29 6 Irelan
Ygborn Nestor Christoffer 29 7 Sweden
Lam Jennifer 29 8 USA
Perrault Pascal 29 9 France
Strandli Kenneth 29 10 Norway
Cohen Stepane 30 1 France
Ovadia Ofer 30 2 France
Chen William 30 3 USA
Ladanyi Paul 30 4 Hungary
Hamman Christopher 30 5 USA
De Knijff Martin 30 6 Sweden
Yeh Philip 30 7 Sweden
Kanter Aaron 30 8 USA
Vat Michel 30 9 Holland
Kabbaj Jean Michel 30 10 UK
Indrebo Anders 31 1 Norway
Rouas Phillippe 31 2 USA
Okeefe Conor 31 3 USA
Neadom Jeffrey 31 4 USA
Hermans Ernst 31 5 Holland
Sundbo Sverre 31 6 Norway
Somaiya Rumit 31 7 UK
Martin Michael 31 8 USA
Greco Michele 31 9 Ireland
Haralabos Voulgaris 31 10 USA
Hansen Gus 32 1 Denmark
Feriolo Nathalie 32 2 France
Helppi Juha Ilmari 32 3 Finland
Brown Chad 32 4 USA
Terrazas Santiago 32 5 Spain
Karall Peter 32 7 Austria
Granstad Henning 32 8 Norway
Alsaihati Kareem 32 9 Saudi Arabia
Knowles Mark 32 10 UK
Dhorasoo Vikash 33 1 France
Cohen Robert Hai 33 2 France
Grieco Nicola 33 3 France
Serras Dennis 33 4 USA
Boatman Ross 33 5 UK
Barraclough David 33 6 UK
Holden Anthony 33 7 UK
Vallo Martin 33 8 Denmark
Beauvois Clement 33 9 France
Spets Age 33 10 Norway
Feriolo Romain 34 1 France
Barbuto Ivan 34 2 Italy
Dunphy Fraser 34 3 UK
Rigollet Jean Francois 34 4 France
Pham Xuyen 34 5 UK
Kastle Casey 34 6 USA
Woodley Ian 34 7 UK
Hostrup Frederik 34 8 Denmark
Hawkins Mark 34 9 UK
Schweinebarth Oscar 34 10 Sweden
Beevers Joe 35 1 UK
Stowe Nicholas 35 2 USA
Juhl Jacob 35 4 Denmark
Vanderborg Eric 35 5 Holland
Haughey Will 35 6 Scotland
Ravn Pernille 35 7 Denmark
Delgado Cristobal 35 8 Spain
Redmond Richard 35 9 UK
South Cole 35 10 USA
Hyde Peter 36 1 UK
Rogers Jeffrey 36 2 UK
Barabe Christophe 36 3 France
Peretti Pascal 36 4 France
Cecchetti Graziano 36 5 Italy
Bebb Martyn 36 6 UK
Czerwonogora Olivier 36 7 France
Riviere Karen Sebastian 36 8 Sweden
Keitel Fredrik 36 9 Germany
Pirooti Azad 36 10 Sweden
De Hoog Fleming 37 1 Denmark
Persson Erik Magnus 37 2 Sweden
Melin Michael 37 3 Sweden
Hansen Askild 37 4 Sweden
Batanjac Marko 37 5 Yugoslavia
Sunar Surinder 37 6 UK
Iversen Jan Erik 37 7 Norway
Bannister Steven 37 8 UK
Lukkari Per 37 9 Sweden
Bloom Tony 37 10 UK
De La Gorce Guillaume 38 1 France
Holt Orjan 38 2 Norway
Cazals Thierry 38 3 France
Hung Le Duy 38 4 USA
Neuman Julien 38 5 France
Lovelady Joseph 38 6 UK
Oconell Kevin 38 7 UK
Skonnemark Ulrica 38 8 Sweden
Bouya Nordine 38 9 France
Saltnes Espen 38 10 Norway
Gardner Julian 39 1 UK
Rahal Samir 39 3 France
Mann Laurence 39 4 UK
Brooks John 39 5 USA
Ashby Richard 39 6 UK
Shakhtoor Samir 39 7 Sweden
Fernandez Romo Juan 39 8 Spain
Goodwin Marc 39 9 UK
Ummer Per Magnus 39 10 Sweden
Tejado Perez Carlos 40 1 Spain
Gale John 40 2 UK
Dahl Baard 40 3 Norway
Gonzalez Margarita 40 4 Spain
Jensen Odd Eriend 40 5 Norway
Hansen Thor 40 6 Norway
Thorson Olof William 40 7 Sweden
Black Andrew 40 8 UK
Alterman Paul 40 9 UK
Gould Peter 40 10 UK

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

English Only, Please!

Although we're at the Grand Finale of the European Poker Tour, there are strict rules that state "English only at the tables." While a hand is in play, the only language players are allowed to speak is English even if they have mucked their cards. When the entire hand is over, players can converse in their native tongues until the next hand is dealt out. This is to prevent collusion and to protect the integrity of the game.

"Of course, there are a lot of French players here," mentioned one of the members of the tournament staff. "It's not easy telling them that they can't speak French in their own backyards, especially when they have folded but the hand is still ongoing. But for the most part everyone complies with the rules with a handful of exceptions."

The Hammer Good for Devilfish

The Devilfish Drops the Hammer
The Devilfish Drops the Hammer
After folding hands for quite awhile David "Devilfish" Ulliott looks down at {7-Diamonds}{2-Spades} in the big blind. With the Hammer (7-2o) he decides to raise the two players who've limped. He gets one caller and they see a flop of {4-Spades}{3-Spades}-x. Devilfish makes a continuation bet of 1500. The turn brings a {6-Spades} and both players check. The river brings another spade. With four spades on the board, Devilfish checks again and his opponent bets 4k. After thinking for a few minutes Devilfish looks down at his cards again and decides to call with his {2-Spades}. The other player turns over {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}... no flush, no pair... The Hammer is good for Devilfish!

Tags: DevilfishThe Hammer

Lucky Hand

Phil Hellmuth is down to 13K after he lost a pot. As it always happens, Hellmuth had the better hand pre-flop and on the flop, but was outdrawn. He made the correct fold as his opponent scooped up some of his chips. He shook the guy's hand and said, "Lucky hand, sir. Good luck."

Sarcasm? Perhaps we're on the verge of a Hellmuthian blow up?

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Bouncin' Round the Media Room

There's plenty of action going on in the media room. It's sort of the United Nations of poker media. There's a dozen languages being spoken with random players coming up to their local press and giving chip counts, hand histories, and recounting testicle-numbing bad beats.

Of course, when poker media reps are bored (especially during Day 1 when very little happens) they often fire up their favorite online poker room such as PokerStars or Full Tilt and donk off their paychecks at the tables.

One thing seems to be universal... poker lingo. You often hear a few sentences in a weird language followed by "pocket Aces" or "flop" or "suck out."

Bad beats are bad beats no matter if its Norwegian, English, or Italian.

329 Runners?

It's still not official, but there appears to be 329 runners today. Which is the same exact numbers as yesterday. Stay tuned for the official numbers including prize payouts.