€25,000 High Roller Day 2 | The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

04-30-2012 20:55 UTC+1

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

Donnie Peters

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
Max Lykov	215,000 110,000	110,000

Haralabos Voulgaris	Busted

Tags: Haralabos Voulgaris Max Lykov

04-30-2012 21:10 UTC+1

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

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Donnie Peters

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
Philipp Gruissem	950,000 300,000	300,000
Andrew Badecker	Busted

Tags: Andrew Badecker Philipp Gruissem

04-30-2012 21:18 UTC+1

Gruissem Over One Million

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Donnie Peters

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
Philipp Gruissem	1,085,000 135,000	135,000
Daniel Negreanu	990,000 90,000	90,000

Nathan Schoo	635,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Philipp Gruissem Daniel Negreanu Nathan Schoo

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

04-30-2012 21:33 UTC+1

Six-Bet Shove from Bilokur

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Donnie Peters

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
Alex Bilokur	800,000 125,000	125,000
Igor Kurganov	355,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Igor Kurganov Alex Bilokur

04-30-2012 21:40 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Donnie Peters

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Gruissem	1,220,000 135,000	135,000
Daniel Negreanu	975,000 15,000	15,000

Alex Bilokur	800,000
Phil Ivey	730,000 145,000	145,000

Justin Bonomo	715,000 60,000	60,000

Nathan Schoo	590,000 45,000	45,000
Noah Schwartz	480,000 170,000	170,000
Artem Litvinov	350,000 150,000	150,000
Igor Kurganov	320,000 35,000	35,000
Alexander Venovski	230,000 10,000	10,000
Max Lykov	195,000 20,000	20,000

04-30-2012 21:50 UTC+1

Cold Four-Bet from the Small Blind from Schwartz

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Donnie Peters

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
Justin Bonomo	635,000 80,000	80,000

Noah Schwartz	520,000 40,000	40,000
Igor Kurganov	425,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Igor Kurganov Justin Bonomo Noah Schwartz

04-30-2012 21:55 UTC+1

Lykov Shoves Over Ivey

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Donnie Peters

From the button, Phil Ivey raised to 26,000. Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov shoved all in from the small blind for 273,000 total. Action folded back to Ivey, he gave it some thought and then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	760,000 30,000	30,000

Max Lykov	321,000 126,000	126,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Max Lykov

04-30-2012 22:00 UTC+1

Alexander Venovski Eliminated in 11th Place (€66,500)

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Donnie Peters

Noah Schwartz opened to 28,000 from middle position and Alexander Venovski reraised all in for 117,000 from the next seat. Action folded back to Schwartz and he called with {K-} {J-} . The at-risk Venovski held the {A-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} .

The flop gave Schwartz the nuts when it came out {Q-} {10-} {9-} . The turn and river blanked off and Venovski headed to the payout desk to collect his €66,500 payday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Venovski	Busted

Tags: Noah Schwartz Alexander Venovski

04-30-2012 22:04 UTC+1

Schoo Jams On Ivey

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Donnie Peters

From the button, Nathan Schoo raised to an unknown amount and then Phil Ivey three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Schoo and he reraised all in for 450,000. Ivey tanked for several minutes with approximately 620,000 behind. At one point he even said out loud, "This is a hard one. This one's a hard one." Eventually, Ivey folded and Schoo won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	620,000 140,000	140,000

Nathan Schoo	542,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Nathan Schoo