Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Buy-in
$15,764
Prize Pool
$13,393,124
Entries
842
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
10,000
Players Return from Break
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The blinds are now also up to 2000/4000 with a 400 chip ante.
Benjamin Kang Eliminated
and Johnny Lodden obliged with 
. The board ran out 
to eliminate Kang from the tournament.
Pablo Ubierna Doubles Through Freddy Deeb
Ubierna's railbirds let out a collective roar after the flop came
, leaving Deeb drawing all but dead, needing running tens for the win, or a running five-three to chop the pot. Neither was the case, as the 
came on the turn, officially locking up the hand for the Spaniard, who now sits with 113,000 in chips. Deeb dropped to 160,000 with the loss.
A Good Time To Double Up
Pierre Hall found a perfect time to pick up pocket aces when Kalil Rahal had pocket tens on a flop of
. All the money went into the middle and the turn and river arrived 
to jump Hall up to around 150,000 in chips.A few hands later, Kalil found himself pushing all in pre-flop but ran into the pocket jacks of Brian Green. Kalil held
and needed some help. It arrived on the flop, with the board of 
doubling Kalil back to around 75,000.Meanwhile, Giovanni Bigoni looked to be in trouble when his push with two red threes was called by Andrew Luetchford who held pocket tens. Amazingly the board ran out
to give Bigoni the bottom end of a straight to double back up to around 80,000 in chips.
Ed de Haas Eliminated
Top 5 in Chips
Johnny Lodden 530,000
Rami Boukai 469,000
Isaac 'westmenloAA' Baron 410,000
Oyvind Riisem 350,000
Recent Eliminations: 73rd-80th Place
74. Tommi Horkko
75. Benjamin Kang
76. William Martin
77. Sean Bruder
78. Felipe Ramos
79. Ed de Haas
80. Trond Erik Eidsvig
The Magician Casts A Spell
Mark Keightley was the initial raiser making it 14,000 to go before Esfandiari raised it up to 40,000 in position. Keightley thought for a moment before coming over the top and declaring he was all in! Esfandiari instantly called and flashed
as he jumped up on the chair in delight to exclaim to the room that he was now in a pot worth over 600,000! Keightley was sick when he realised the situation that he was in with his holding of 
.The board ran out
and Esfandiari doubles up to around 620,000 in chips! Keightley was gutted as his once-healthy stack is now down to around 60,000.
Bigoni Eliminated by Baron
and Baron's overkill full house was more than enough to take down the pot, bringing him up to 410,000 for the tournament.Bigoni will take home $33,240 in prize money for his efforts.