Main Event Day 1a | The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

04-25-2012 14:30 UTC+2

Gremlins

[user169505]

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

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04-25-2012 14:39 UTC+2

A Quick Way to Blow 10k

MarcC

These players were amongst those to go in the first level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grigorig Orlov	Busted
Eui Woong Kim	Busted
Antony Lellouche	Busted
Gilbert Abela	Busted

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

04-25-2012 14:48 UTC+2

Hard to Settle for This

MarcC

Jan Heitmann made the money at his home EPT in Berlin last week but here will be no so such joy here.

News reached us that he got all his chips in with pocket tens on a {q-} {10-} {9-} flop. Marc-Andre Ladouceur had pocket queens for the toppest of sets, and that was that for the Team PokerStars Pro.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Heitmann	Busted

Tags: Jan Heitmann Marc-Andre Ladouceur

04-25-2012 15:05 UTC+2

We join the action with enough money in the middle to make us believe that it was a three-bet pot. The two players involved were Philipp Gruissem (BB) and Jonathan Karamalikis (CO) and here is what happened next.

The dealer gave us a flop of {10-Spades} {6-Hearts} {5-Clubs} and Gruissem check-called a 27,000 Karamalikis bet. The turn {4-Hearts} and river {10-Hearts} were both checked through and it was time for a showdown.

Gruissem
Karamalikis

Gruissem picked up the pot with two pair and now has 39,000 chips; Karamalikis only has 12,000 left.

Tags: Philipp Gruissem Jonathan Karamalikis

04-25-2012 15:11 UTC+2

Liutauras Armanavicius Eliminates Elio Fox

[user169505]

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

The World Series of Poker Europe Champion, Elio Fox, has joined the cast of excellent pros eliminated early in the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final.

We joined the table in the aftermath of the contest. Fox was leaving and the cards {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades} were the only thing left in his space. Liutauras Armanavicius had {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} in front of him and was in the process of dragging all of Fox's chips into his space. The board was {K-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {3-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} and Scott Seiver reliably informed us that all of the money went in on the turn.

Armanavicius now has 70,000 chips.

Tags: Liutauras Armanavicius Elio Fox

04-25-2012 15:15 UTC+2

Ivey Watch, Sort of

MarcC

We thought it was about time we had a look at how Phil Ivey was getting on, or risk the wrath of Donnie Peters.

When we approached the table Ivey was one of four players who had committed 3,000 chips before a flop had been seen. The flop came down {10-Spades} {q-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} and Walid Bou-Habib led for 5,400. This forced out Dieter Albrecht and Ivey, but not Pedro Pellicer who raised to 11,000.

Bou-Habib thought about his next move for a minute and raised all-in for 18,7000 total. It wasn't much more for Pellicer to call but he still took two minutes to do so.

Bou-Habib opened {q-Hearts} {q-Spades} for top set, bettering his opponent's pocket kings. The {4-Spades} on the river changed not a thing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Walid Bou-Habib	51,000
Phil Ivey	21,000 -9,000	-9,000

Tags: Walid Bou-Habib Phil Ivey

04-25-2012 15:18 UTC+2

Kostic Loses a Pot But Is Chipped Up

[user169505]

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Leon Tsoukernik limped in early position, Bryan Piccioli made a standard raise, Arnaud Mattern called, Dragan Kostic made it 2,100 from the button and Scott Glen made it 5,100 from the small blind. Three players folded and only Kostic wanted to see a flop. The flop was a very monotone looking {J-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {2-Clubs} and a Glen 5,100 bet won the pot.