2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Rugini Doubles Through Saizu

Rugini - double up
Rugini - double up
First hand back and Claudiu Saizu opened for 97,000, then called instantly when Emanuele Rugini pushed for 826,000 from the small blind. On their backs.

Rugini: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Saizu: {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}

Board: bink! {Q-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {2-Spades}

Rugini's set of queens doubled him up to 1,720,000. The Romanian was left with just 126,000 and will need some serious help if he's not going to crash out of this tournament soon...

Tags: Claudiu SaizuEmanuele Rugini

Sixes Are Good for Chouity

Sami Kelopuro opened for 95,000 but Nicolas Chouity made it 240,000 to go. After a while Kelopuro called.

They saw a {4-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {4-Clubs} flop and Kelopuro checked. Chouity bet 325,000 and Kelopuro called, bumping the pot up to 1.2 million. Intriguing.

They saw a {10-Diamonds} turn but this time time both players checked, and indeed they checked down the {3-Diamonds} river too. Chouity tabled {6-Clubs} {6-Spades} and following a muck from Kelopuro, Chouity cried, "Yes!" and celebrated with a little fist pump.

Tags: Nicolas ChouitySami Kelopuro

Eyster On A Half-Shell, McCorkell Over 3 Million

Craig McCorkell raised preflop to 91,000 from UTG and Kevin Eyster 3-bet to 240,000. McCorkell then reraised all-in and Eyster asked for a count.

McCorkell's stack was a total of 1,525,000 which represented over half of Eyster's own stack but the American made the call.

McCorkell: {K-Hearts} {K-Spades}
Eyster: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}

The board came {A-Spades} {9-Clubs} {10-Spades} {8-Hearts} {6-Spades} meaning that McCorkell is now the new chip leader.

Tags: Craig McCorkellKevin Eyster

Ramzi Jelassi Eliminated in 19th Place (€50,000)

Ramzi Jelassi
Ramzi Jelassi
Ramzi Jelassi moved all-in for about 640,000 and Jean Francois Talbot pushed behind him for around 730,000.

Jelassi: {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}
Talbot: {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}

"All diamonds please," requested Talbot. "Straight flush," replied Jelassi.

Neither got what they wanted on the {4-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {6-Hearts} flop but Jelassi looked happy enough with the {10-Spades} turn. But a fatal {A-Hearts} sent the pot to Talbot and Jelassi was left to make the long lonely walk to the rail.

Tags: Jean Francois TalbotRamzi Jelassi

Josef Klings On To The Pot

The board was reading {10-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} where Matt Perrins saw his 85,000 bet check-raised to 260,000 by Josef Klinger.

Perrins made the call before Klinger check once more on the {5-Spades} turn. Perrins fired out 210,000 this time and Klinger called this time with the pot now over a million.

On the {9-Diamonds} river Klinger led out for 500,000 with just 340,000 behind and Perrins tanked for several minutes. With a frustrated look down at his chips, the young Englishman mucked his hand to send the massive pot to his opponent.

Tags: Josef KlingerMatt Perrins

Chen Doubles Through Hairabedian

Chen - rockets hold up
Chen - rockets hold up
Andrew Chen (early position) and Roger Hairabedian (big blind) got as far as the {6-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} flop in a raised pot before all the chips went in. Hairabedian bet out 420,000 and a shaky-handed Chen announced all in for just 55,000 more; Hairabedian naturally called and they revealed their hands.

Chen: that classic shaky-hand-maker {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}
Hairabedian: {A-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} for a flush draw

Turn: {J-Spades}

River: {Q-Clubs}

An incredibly relieved Chen doubled to 1.2 million while a dissatisfied Hairabedian dropped to 1.6 million.

Tags: Andrew ChenRoger Hairabedian

Rugini Means It

Up on the feature table, Emanuele Rugini opened for 100,000 on the button only for Jean Francois Talbot to make it 260,000 from the big blind. Back to Rugini, who took only a second or so to to reraise all in for 1,660,000, their stacks almost even, and Talbot folded without a fuss.

Tags: Emanuele RuginiJean Francois Talbot