EPT Main Event Day 4 | 2007 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final

04-02-2007 01:22 UTC+2

Players Are Currently on a 15 Minute Break

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04-02-2007 01:08 UTC+2

El Matador Doubles Up

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Sitting at the feature TV table, Carlos Mortensen (Spain) doubled up with {A-Spades}

against Kristian Kjondal (Norway) who called his all-in bet with {9-Hearts}

. All of the Spanish media kept calling for an Ace which promptly spiked on the river as Carlos thrust his hands up in celebration. Mortensen won his coinflip and avoids elimination.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Kristian Kjondal

04-02-2007 01:05 UTC+2

Ram Vaswani's Daily Double

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Ram Vaswani (UK) doubled up twice.

Hand 1: Vaswani butted heads with Alex Kim (USA) and picked up more chips when his {A-Clubs}

beat out Kim's {J-Clubs}

. The flop was the {A-Spades}

and Vaswani flopped top pair. The turn and river did not help Kim and Vaswani doubled up.

Hand 2: Vaswani decided to press his luck and pushed with the {K-Diamonds}

. His opponent called with A-9. But Vaswani caught a runner-runner straight for a second double up. His stack is back up close to 900K.

Tags: Alex Kim Ram Vaswani

04-02-2007 00:44 UTC+2

David Peters Eliminated in 12th Place

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David Peters (USA), a 19 year old from Illinois, just busted out. Alex Kim had the {A-Spades}

and Peters had the {K-Hearts}

. The flop was the {A-Diamonds}

and Peters checked. Kim bet 100K and Peters moved all-in. Kim quickly called. The turn and river did not help Peters and he was eliminated. He took home €66,360 for 12th place.

Tags: Alex Kim David Peters

04-02-2007 00:23 UTC+2

Bad Beat for "The Beat": Pete Giordano Eliminated in 13th Place

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Josh Prager (USA) raised and Pete Giordano (USA) re-raised to 110K. Prager moved all-in with the {A-Clubs}

and Giordano called with the {K-Hearts}

. The flop was the {Q-Diamonds}

giving Prager top pair and the nut flush draw . The turn was the {2-Diamonds}

and the river was the {9-Clubs}

. Prager's flush was good enough to win and Pete "The Beat" Giordano headed to the rail in 13th place. He won €49,770.

Tags: Josh Prager Pete Giordano

04-02-2007 00:02 UTC+2

A €20,000 buy-in SNG is currently running in the Salle des Etoiles. Among the players are: Greg Raymer, Per Ummer, Johnny Lodden, William Thorsson, Roland de Wolfe, Patrik Martinsen, and Thomas Wahlroos.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

04-01-2007 23:54 UTC+2

Alex Kim Doubles Up with an Ace on the River

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Alex Kim (USA) doubled through Marc Karam (Canada). Both players were all-in on a flop of K-J-10. Karam was ahead with J-10 for two pair and Kim had top pair with Big Slick. The turn was a 9 and the river was a lucky Ace to save Kim from elimination. Kim jumped up to 720K, while Marc Karam slipped to 800K.

Tags: Alex Kim Marc Karam

04-01-2007 23:51 UTC+2

New Feature Table

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Seat 1: Kristian Kjondal (Norway) 1.1M
Seat 2: Steve Jelinek (UK) 950K
Seat 3: Soren Kongsgaard (Denmark) 910K
Seat 4: Josh Prager (USA) 550K
Seat 5: Carlos Mortensen (Spain) 450K
Seat 6: Pete Giordano (USA) 600K

The suits at the EPT decided to change some things up and switched feature tables.

Tags: Carlos Mortensen Josh Prager Kristian Kjondal Pete Giordano Soren Kongsgaard Steve Jelinek

04-01-2007 23:47 UTC+2

Back from Break

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Gavin Griffin is the chipleader with 2.35M. Three players are tied for second with 1.1M including Andy Black, Kristian Kjondal, and Marc Karam. Alex Kim is the short stack with 335K.

Tags: Andy Black Gavin Griffin Kristian Kjondal Marc Karam

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000