High Roller Day 1 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-29-2010 18:41 UTC+2

The Shark is Extinct

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We joined the far table just in time to see Humberto Brenes all in before the flop with his short stack and a marginal {A-Spades}

. He was called down by an unknown player on the button, said player tabling the crushing {K-Diamonds}

.

The board ran {9-Clubs}

, and the shark has been harpooned outta here.

Tags: Humberto Brenes

04-29-2010 18:38 UTC+2

A player in early position opened to 1,800, and Dmitry Stelmak made a reraise to 4,100 in the next seat over. John Duthie called from the big blind, and the third player called the remainder to go three-handed to the flop.

It came {A-Clubs}

, and the action checked around. The {7-Clubs}

on the turn drew two more checks to Stelmak, and he slid out a delayed continuation bet of 8,500. Duthie called quickly while the third man ducked out, and it was heads up to the {J-Spades}

river. Duthie checked again, and Stelmak took just a minute to think. He looked like he wanted to bet, but he eventually just smirked and checked behind.

Duthie tabled {K-Diamonds}

, and Stelmak flipped over the winning {A-Hearts}

to take the pot and move his way up to about 75,000.

Tags: Dmitry Stelmak John Duthie

04-29-2010 18:31 UTC+2

Reynolds Takes One

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When we walked up to the table, William Reynolds had all his chips in the middle and was called by both Daniel Negreanu and Ronny Kaiser.

Negreanu and Kaiser checked the {9-Spades}

flop, as well as the {2-Hearts}

turn, and the {6-Diamonds}

river.

Reynolds takes the pot with {a-Diamonds}

.

04-29-2010 18:27 UTC+2

Bustoville

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Jennifer Tilly was just seen gathering her belongings and making a speedy exit from the tournament room. Her elimination comes just a few minutes behind beau Phil Laak's.

Also relegated to the rail in the last orbit were Barry Greenstein and EPT-side-event-doer-of-good-thing Martin Kabrhel.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Jennifer Tilly Martin Kabrhel Phil Laak

04-29-2010 18:22 UTC+2

Woodward Doubles

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Andre Akkari made it 3,000 to go preflop before Matthew Woodward made it 8,500. David "Viffer" Peat bumped it up to 15,200. Akkari folded, Woodward moved all-in, and Peat made the call.

Woodward: {A-Hearts}

Peat:

The board ran out {8-Spades}

and Woodward found the double up. He now sits around 65,000.

04-29-2010 18:18 UTC+2

Schwartz Takes a Pot

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On a board reading {8-Spades}

, Luke Schwartz checked and Harry Kaczka bet 8,600. Schwartz bumped it up to 22,000 and Kaczka moved all in. Schwartz muttered, "I can't fold," and pushed his chips in the middle.

Kaczka: {a-Clubs}

Schwartz:

The river brought the {6-Hearts}

and the chips were shipped to Schwartz.

Tags: Luke Schwartz

04-29-2010 18:15 UTC+2

Apologies to the Boerees

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This post is specifically for Liv Boeree's mother, who we hear is very upset that we've neglected to put her daughter in the chip counts.

Ms. Boeree, your daughter is doing just fine. She's working with about 84,000 chips, and she's recently been moved to a table with Tony G and Viktor Blom. Our sincere apologies for neglecting your lovely child.

This also gives us a great excuse to put a photo of Liv in the blog, so here you go.

Tags: Liv Boeree

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

04-29-2010 17:50 UTC+2

A Numbers Game

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This installment of the EPT Grand Final High Roller event has been a resounding success. A total of 113 players have put up their €25,000, a huge increase from last year's field of 78. Their entries have generated a total prize pool worth €2,825,000. That means a cool million Euros for first place, and the rest of the money will be paid out as follows:

1st: €1,000,000
2nd: €625,000
3rd: €375,000
4th: €275,000
5th: €200,000
6th: €150,000
7th" €115,000
8th: €85,000

With the numbers fixed firmly in their sights, the remaining 85 players are hard at work for the push towards Day 2.

04-29-2010 17:45 UTC+2

The Haves and the Have-Nots

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Have
Viktor Blom - 178,000
Dario Minieri - 146,000
Antoine Saout - 141,000
William Thorson - 128,000
Jeff Sarwer - 106,000

Have-Nots
Gus Hansen - 29,000
Barry Greenstein - 26,000
ElkY - 26,000
Phil Laak - 16,500
William Reynolds - 8,000

The average stack is right around 70,000 now.