. Pagano checks, Ilikyan bets 25,000, Pagano folds and Ilikyan wins the pot.
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
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$15,764
Prize Pool
$13,393,124
Entries
842
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 842
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. Pagano checks, Ilikyan bets 25,000, Pagano folds and Ilikyan wins the pot.
Pagano makes a button-raise to 80,000 and Antonio Esfandiari re-raises all in from the big blind for around 480,000 more. Pagano quickly calls and the cards are flipped:
Esfandiari:
Pagano:
Pagano's dominant hand turns to an absolute monster when he flops the nuts with
. Needing a jack to chop the pot, the turn and river arrives 
to eliminate a dejected Esfandiari in eighth place for a payday of $266,004.
All players fold and Glen Chorny gets a walk.
Maxime Villemure opens with a raise to 64,000 chips. All players fold and Villemure takes down the blinds and antes uncontested.
Kalo raises from the button to 74,000 and Michael Martin re-raises from the small blind to 225,000. Luca Pagano then comes over the top with a raise for all his chips, and bursts through the 2 million chip mark when everyone folds!
. Ilikyan checks, Baron bets 100,000 and Ilikyan quickly calls. The turn is the 
and both players check. The river is the 
. Ilikyan quickly bets 100,000, Baron raises to 280,000 and Ilikyan calls. Baron shows 
for the flush and wins the pot.
Glen Chorny raises it up to 67,000 and the action folds around as he scoops the blinds and antes.
