2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,700,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
848
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 848
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Early Action for Hougaard

Jesper Hougaard picked up a nice pot when he called a bet from recent EPT San Remo finalist Alexey Rybin on the turn of a {3-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {A-Hearts} board. The river came down the {J-Diamonds} and this time Rybin checked. Hougaard bet 1,600, and thereby elicited an insta-fold from Rybin.

Hougaard looked like he was really enjoying stacking up his chips at the end of the hand, and was up to 33,000 or so.

Tags: Alexey RybinJesper Hougaard

Kitai Takes a Tiny Hit

Davidi Kitai
Davidi Kitai
Not the best of starts for lackadaisically-coiffed Belgian Davidi Kitai.(button) as he called a 750 bet from the gent in the cutoff on a {9-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} flop.

Mr. Cutoff checked the {10-Clubs} turn but called the 850 bet from Kitai, and following two checks on the {4-Diamonds} river Kitai discovered that his {9-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} was not good enough to beat his opponent's {Q-Clubs} {9-Clubs}. The Belgian dipped below his starting stack and looked a little disgruntled.

Tags: Davidi Kitai

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Tables of Death Updates

+1 Binger
+1 Binger
- Table Andy Black / Martin Wendt / Erick Lindgren / John Juanda has just picked up one Michael Binger to make this the toughest table in town.

- Table Thomas Bichon / Daniel Negreanu / James Mitchell has just been joined by Team PokerStars Pro ElkY. His mom calls him Bertrand Grospellier.

Gould Out

We caught the action on this hand between Peter Gould and an opponent as the chips were going in the middle on a board that looked like this:

{9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

Gould showed two sixes and his opponent flipped over {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}.

The river {k-Spades} was no help for Gould and his day here in the Salle Des Etoiles at Le Sporting Club was a short one.

Tags: Peter Gould

Stu-Pot

The cutoff raised to 250 preflop and Stuart made the call on the button.

The flop was {K-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {8-Spades} and the original raiser fired out 325 but Rutter made it 1,300 to go. A quick call followed bring us to the {K-Clubs} turn.

The cutoff fired out 1,500 this time but now Rutter raised to 6,000 which was more than the cutoff was prepared to pay, the latter folded as a result.

Tags: Stuart Rutter

Tables of Death

There isn't really a single table of terror here today - it's more that every table is upsettingly tough and if perhaps you are a lowly qualifier and you've found yourself at a table that does not feature at least one Team PokerStars Pro and someone else you recognize off TV, you're doing well.

Witness:

- Table Johnny Lodden / Joe Serock / Richard Toth

- Table Luca Pagano / Andre Akkari / Dmitry Stelmak

- Table Marcel Luske / Carter Phillips / Jason Mercier

- Table Katja Thater / Matt Woodward / Bruno Fitoussi

- Table Max Lykov / Markus Golser / Keith "Camel" Hawkins / Kati Jerney

- Table Andy Black / Martin Wendt / Erick Lindgren / John Juanda

Crazy tournament, this. Crazy, crazy tournament.