Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
The player are on another 15-minute break. Just 10 remain and we're still working our way to the final table of eight. Stick with us, as we'll be back in action soon.
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€25,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€3,325,000
Entries
133
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 133
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,269,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
1,222,000
587,000
|
587,000 |
|
||
|
1,026,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
||
|
617,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
615,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
515,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
470,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
370,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
276,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
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268,000
532,000
|
532,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
From the button, Justin Bonomo raised to 32,000. In the small blind, Noah Schwartz three-bet to 81,000 and won the pot.
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu had the action fold to him in the small blind. He raised to 42,000 and Philipp Gruissem called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Negreanu checked. Gruiseem bet 56,000 and Negreanu folded.
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After Phil Ivey opened with a raise to 38,000 from under the gun, the other Team PokerStars Pro representative still remaining, Max Lykov, three-bet to 79,000 from the next seat. Action folded back to Ivey and he also gave it up.
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Action folded to Nathan Schoo in the small blind and he raised to 40,000. In the big blind, Phil Ivey upped the ante with a reraise to 110,000. Schoo gave it up and Ivey won this battle between the two.
From the cutoff seat, Justin Bonomo raised to 32,000. Action folded to the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller champion Alex Bilokur in the small blind and he reraised all in for 274,000. On the hand before this one, Bonomo had opened the button to 32,000, but folded to Bilokur's big-blind jam. This time, he made the call.
Bilokur: 
Bonomo: 
Bonomo flopped gold when the 
fell to give him a strangle hold on this hand with trips. The turn was the 
and river the 
. Bonomo won the hand with trip tens and Bilokur was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,375,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
|
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|
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Busted | |
Here's the seat draw for the "unofficial" final table of nine and the chip counts.
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Philipp Gruissem |
| 2 | Igor Kurganov |
| 3 | Daniel Negreanu |
| 4 | Justin Bonomo |
| 5 | Max Lykov |
| 6 | Phil Ivey |
| 7 | Artem Litvinov |
| 8 | Noah Schwartz |
| 9 | Nathan Schoo |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,375,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
1,200,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
|
875,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
630,000
354,000
|
354,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
570,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
545,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
515,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
390,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
320,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
From early position, Noah Schwartz raised to 38,000. He was called by Philipp Gruissem in middle position, Justin Bonomo on the button and Phil Ivey in the big blind. From there, the dealer ran out the 
flop and action was checked all the way around to Bonomo. He bet 75,000 and only Gruissem made the call to see the turn.
The landed on the turn and Gruissem checked. Bonomo fired a bet of 180,000 and Gruissem gave it up. With that pot, Bonomo moved to over 1.5 million and well into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,570,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
630,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
525,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
