The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€25,000 High Roller
Day: 2
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Event Info
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
€1,080,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€3,325,000
Total Entries
133
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 133
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Cold Four-Bet from the Small Blind from Schwartz

Igor Kurganov opened with a raise from the cutoff seat to 24,000 and Justin Bonomo three-bet to 56,000 from the button. In the small blind was Noah Schwartz and he took some time to think. Eventually, he fired in a four-bet to 123,000. Everyone folded and Schwartz won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
635,000
80,000
80,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
520,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
425,000
105,000
105,000

Tags: Igor KurganovJustin BonomoNoah Schwartz

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
1,220,000
135,000
135,000
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
975,000
15,000
15,000
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
800,000
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
730,000
145,000
145,000
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
715,000
60,000
60,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Nathan Schoo
Nathan Schoo
590,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
480,000
170,000
170,000
Profile photo of Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
350,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
320,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Alexander Venovski us
Alexander Venovski
230,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Max Lykov
Max Lykov
195,000
20,000
20,000
pokerstars

Six-Bet Shove from Bilokur

From under the gun, Alex Bilokur raised to 25,000. In the cutoff seat, Igor Kurganov reraised to 62,000. Action folded back to Bilokur and he four-bet to 105,000. Kurganov five-bet to 162,000 and then Bilokur shoved in for over 600,000, havingKurganov covered. Kurganov folded and Bilokur won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
800,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
355,000
45,000
45,000

Tags: Igor KurganovAlex Bilokur

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Gruissem Over One Million

From the button, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 22,000. Philipp Gruissem reraised from the small blind to 62,000 and Nathan Schoo four-bet from the big blind to 110,000. Negreanu folded, but Gruissem didn't. Instead, Gruissem five-bet to 220,000. Schoo folded and Gruissem won the pot to move over the one-million chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
1,085,000
135,000
135,000
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
990,000
90,000
90,000
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Nathan Schoo
Nathan Schoo
635,000
155,000
155,000

Tags: Philipp GruissemDaniel NegreanuNathan Schoo

Andrew Badecker Eliminated in 12th Place (€66,500)

Andrew Badecker was just eliminated in 12th place at the hands of Philipp Gruissem. When we arrived at the table, Gruissem's hand of {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} was turned over in the middle of the table against Badecker's {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. The money had gone in preflop and the board ran out {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{3-Spades} to eliminate Badecker.

Player Chips Progress
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Philipp Gruissem
950,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
Busted

Tags: Andrew BadeckerPhilipp Gruissem

Haralabos Voulgaris Eliminated in 13th Place (€60,000)

Action folded to Haralabos Voulgaris on the button and he raised all in for a little under 100,000. Max Lykov woke up to two aces in the big blind — {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} — and made the call. Voulgaris held the {Q-Spades}{3-Spades}.

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades}{A-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Lykox won the hand. Lykox had shipped in on the hand before this one in order to pick up the blinds and antes. Those chips allowed him to have slightly more than Voulgaris on this hand and thus eliminate him.

Everyone left is now guaranteed a little bit more money at €66,500. Voulgaris took home €60,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Max Lykov
Max Lykov
215,000
110,000
110,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
Busted

Tags: Haralabos VoulgarisMax Lykov

Martin Finger Eliminated in 14th Place (€60,000)

This season's EPT Prague champion Martin Finger has been eliminated in 14th place. After Alex Bilokur checked the {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Spades} board, Finger moved all in for 241,000. Bilokur tank-called holding the {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. His pair of nines was good against Finger's {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for just ace high.

Finger was eliminated as the first player in the money and took home €60,000 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
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Martin Finger
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Martin FingerAlex Bilokur

Pateychuk Bubbles €25,000 High Roller

Justin Bonomo's week just got a bit better as he just burst the bubble here in the €25,000 High Roller. He got all in with short-stacked Andrey Pateychuk on the {J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades} flop holding the {A-Spades}{2-Spades} for the nut flush draw. Pateychuk held the {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}, but couldn't hold after the {3-Spades} landed on the turn to give Bonomo an unbeatable hand. The river completed the board with the {7-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
775,000
445,000
445,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Justin BonomoAndrey Pateychuk

Negreanu Can't Buy It

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu opened to 22,000 from under the gun and his only customer was Nathan Schoo who called from the cutoff seat. The flop came down {A-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades} and both players checked to see the {2-Diamonds} land on the turn. Negreanu bet 35,000 and Schoo called. The river completed the board with the {2-Clubs} and Negreanu bet 115,000. Schoo called again.

"You're good," said Negreanu.

Schoo then tabled the {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and Negreanu mucked his hand.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuNathan Schoo