2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 5
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$3,198,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$15,764
Prize Pool
$13,393,124
Entries
842
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 842
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Hand #249 - Denes Kalo

We catch up with this hand with the board showing {10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and with about 750,000 already in the pot. Denes Kalo passes the first action to Maxime Villemure, who makes a bet of about 500,000. Kalo wastes no time in calling and Max mucks his cards straight away. Kalo shows a mere {K-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} and rakes in the 1.7 million pot.

Hand #247 - Denes Kalo

Glen Chorny has the button in Seat 7 and folds. Denes Kalo then completes the bet form the small blind and Maxime Villemure checks his option in the big.

The flop comes {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Kalo check-raises Villemure's smallish flop bet, prompting Max to lay down his hand.

245 Hands and Counting

To give you some perspective on how long this final table has gone on:

The final table of the 2007 WSOP Main Event lasted 205 hands.

The final table of the 2007 WSOP-Europe Main Event lasted 211 hands.

The final table of the 2007 WPT Championships lasted 182 hands.

And we're at 245 and counting, with three relatively deep-stacked opponents for this stage of the tournament.

Hand #244 - Chop Chop

Glen Chorny has the button in Seat 7 and folds. Denes Kalo completes the bet from the small blind and Maxime Villemure checks his option in the big. Denes and Max check down the {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{A-Spades}{4-Hearts} board until Denes makes a bet of approximately 300,000 on the river. Villemure quickly calls and both players show aces with weak kickers to chop the pot.