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

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

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

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€1,350,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
665
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

O'Dwyer Wincing

The player in the hijack seat raised to 800, Stephane Albertini called in the small blind, Steve O'Dwyer called in the big blind and the initial raiser folded.

Flop: {A-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {3-Spades}

Albertini bet 3,675 and O'Dwyer made the quick call.

Turn: {K-Clubs}

Albertini bet 6,675 and O'Dwyer made an even quicker call.

River: {6-Hearts}

Albertini moved all-in and O'Dwyer called for the third time. Albertini turned over {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds} and O'Dwyer winced as he passed his cards unseen to the dealer. O'Dwyer now has 36,000 and the 2010 EPT Deauville final tablist has 53,800.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
36,000
-9,000
-9,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Steve O'DwyerStephane Albertini

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

De Meulder Finds Unlikey Way to Double

Matthias De Meulder is a happy bunny after he was so sure he was out of the door.

The action folded around to Alexander Uskov in the small who completed. The Team PokerStars Pro checked his big blind option so the two could see a {q-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Spades} flop.

De Meulder bet 600 when Uskov checked to him but the Russian went for the old check-raise all-in. The Belgian was covered and had a decision to make for his 10,775 five stack. After a while thinking he called with {q-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for top pair and low flush draw.

Uskov had him crushed with {10-Spades}{3-Spades} for a made flush but lost out when the board ran out {5-Hearts}{5-Spades} to make a running full house for De Meulder.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
24,500
7,500
7,500

Tags: Matthias De MeulderAlexander Uskov

No Need to get Yourself in a Piccoioli

Bryan Piccioli played out a hand with the dangerous Kenny Hallaert and JP Kelly whilst out of position, and understandably played it safe.

Hallaert raised from mid position and was called by Kelly (hijack) and Piccioli (SB) en route to a {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Spades} flop. Hallaert's 1,800 c-bet was called by both players to see the {5-Hearts} turn. Hallaert's 5,550 bet was only called by Piccioli before both checked through the {3-Clubs} river.

Piccioli tabled {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Hallaert mucked.

Player Chips Progress
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
72,000
38,000
38,000
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
64,000
-1,800
-1,800
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
60,000
-18,000
-18,000

Tags: Kenny HallaertBryan PiccioliJP Kelly

Richard Toth Needs The River To Double Up

We joined the action to witness Michael Schurpf raising to 3,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth moving all-in for 10,600. The original raiser folded and Schurpf made the call.

Toth{A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}
Schurpf{3-Hearts} {3-Clubs}

The tiny treys were looking so vulnerable, and it got worse when the flop added any ten to the number of outs that Toth had - {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {8-Hearts}. The turn of {J-Hearts} gave Toth even more hope and the {K-Spades} on the river confirmed the double up and left Schurpf very short on 9,000.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
25,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Richard TothMichael Schurpf

Peak Ever for Moorman

We caught up with Chris Moorman en route back to his table and he told us that he has "Peak ever" stack in today's tournament.

There was an early position raise to 1,200 that Moorman clicked up to 1,900. The button and original raiser called to a {q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop. Moorman's 2,400 c-bet was only called by the button, who also called a 5,400 bullet on the {3-Hearts} turn. Moorman shoved on the {a-} river and his opponent folded.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
40,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Chris Moorman

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
John Eames gb
John Eames
173,000
-2,000
-2,000
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
101,000
21,000
21,000
Dmitry Grishin
Dmitry Grishin
93,000
David Sands us
David Sands
90,000
Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
90,000
40,000
40,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
86,000
15,000
15,000
Dragan Kostic
Dragan Kostic
85,000
-15,000
-15,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
85,000
13,000
13,000
Giuseppe Pantaleo de
Giuseppe Pantaleo
81,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
80,000
25,000
25,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
80,000
16,000
16,000
EPT 1X Winner
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
80,000
20,000
20,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
77,000
35,000
35,000
Lucille Cailly fr
Lucille Cailly
75,000
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
74,000
32,000
32,000
EPT 1X Winner
Liutauras Armanavicius lt
Liutauras Armanavicius
70,000
15,000
15,000
Ondrej Vinklarek cz
Ondrej Vinklarek
67,000
-18,000
-18,000
Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
65,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
64,000
17,000
17,000
David Peters us
David Peters
60,000
-10,000
-10,000
Ben Vinson gb
Ben Vinson
58,000
Dieter Albrecht
Dieter Albrecht
55,000
2,000
2,000
Andrey Gulyy ru
Andrey Gulyy
50,000
-5,000
-5,000
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
49,000
1,000
1,000
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
47,000
21,000
21,000

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