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2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 1a
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
Total Entries
842
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 842
Filter
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
. Maceiras checked, [Removed:552] bet 950, Mizzi raised to 3,000 and Maceiras immediately three-bet to 7,500. [Removed:552] folded and Mizzi went into the tank, thinking the hand over as the other players at the table left for their break. Mizzi ultimately mucked, saving his remaining 10,800 in chips. After the hand, Maceiras was up to 16,500 in chips. And if her last name seems familiar to you, she's the sister of EPT Barcelona final tabler Juan Maceiras, as well as the daughter of "Vietcong01," one of the most successful players on PokerStars.
Brenes now has around 22,000 in chips underneath his two shark card protectors!
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"The scarf is only for tournaments," he explained.
Another signature piece I noticed missing was Nicolas Levi's cream-colored fedora. The Frenchman instead chose a gray number with white stripes for the EPT Grand Final. Let's hope this one is as lucky for Levi as the other has been.
In a sea of patterned hoodies (everything from camouflage to L.A. Dodgers' logos) two impeccably-dressed gentlemen immediately stand out -- EPT Prague runner-up Gino Alacqua, and Marcel Luske, both donning sharp black suits. This is Monte Carlo, after all.
And in my... let's call it "special" category today, we have two gentlemen whose identies I'll kindly conceal. One is a boisterous, talktative Brit in a silk jacquard shirt that is an absolutely eye-scorching purple. The other is a pink-haired chap rumored to be a Polish rock star. He's certainly dressing the part in a silver lamé motorcycle jacket with grommet details, white polyester wind pants decorated with dozens of zippers and fierce-looking black boots dotted with silver spikes.
.Greenstein made a continuation bet of 1,000 and Schwartz quickly called. The turn landed another brick with the
. Greenstein led out once again with a second barrel worth 1,500 in chips, and Schwartz once again made the call.The river delivered a dangerous
and Greenstein put on the brakes, allowing Schwartz to fire 3,000 into the pot. This bet represented nearly half of Greenstein's remaining stack and with so much money in the pot, Greenstein made a frustrated fold.Greenstein is left with around 7,000, while Schwartz moves to over 22,000 in chips.
