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

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Day 1b Done and Dusted

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Nick Yunis
Nick Yunis

Day 1b of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final is in the books after the second and last starting flight ran through their first eight levels of the tournament. Another 394 players were in action today to bring the grand total of this year's field size to 665. Ending the day with the most chips in the room was Nicolas Yunis with 191,700 in chips.

Plenty of notable players were in the mix on Day 1b including those representing Team PokerStars Pro. Ana Marquez, Fatima Moreira De Melo, Humberto Brenes, Pius Heinz, Marcel Luske and Jason Mercier all had successful days on the felt. On the flip side of the coin, Lex Veldhuis, Victoria Coren, Jonathan Duhamel and Eugene Katchalov were all eliminated on the day.

Other well known faces bagging up a good amount of chips were Tom Marchese, Stephen Chidwick, Erik Seidel, Annette Obrestad and Maria Ho.

With first place set at a whopping €1.5 million, it's going to be one heck of a ride from here on out. Day 2 will commence at 1200 CET tomorrow and PokerNews will be back in action firing away the updates as the players fire in their chips. Be sure to join us then.

Tags: Nicolas Yunis

EPT Grand Final: Day 2 Seat Draw

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
TableSeatNameChips
11Hafiz Khan71.500
12Thomas Wahlroos24.300
13Nicola Bordignon41.400
14Tony Gregg34.700
15Nick Yunis 191.700
16Michel Carvin59.800
17Manuel Bevand16.300
18Victor Ramdin7.000
    
19Vadzim Markushevski49.500
21Andrew Badecker83.800
22Beatrice Sitbon17.100
23Aneris Adomkevicius46.100
24Aage Ravn57.200
25Barry Greenstein71.100
26Christophe Benzimra25.000
27Claus Bek Nielsen37.700
28Lawrie Inman100.800
29Casey Kastle10.600
    
31Martin Wendt53.600
32Suat Uyanik33.200
33Craig McCorkell8.500
34Ole Schemion64.400
35Patrick Renkers23.700
36Thibaud Genegou16.900
37Nils Svensson76.800
38Levon Bouchikian45.400
39Andrew Pantling 91.500
    
41Jose Manuel Nadal69.800
42Andrey Gulyy59.100
43Philippe Narboni16.200
44Ricky Tang23.200
45Andrey Bondar29.900
46Mats Gavatin48.100
47Santiago Nadal Sordo85.600
48Alessio Isaia139.600
49Stephane Albertini38.000
    
51Ermo Kosk10.600
52Ivan Kudriavtcev186.200
53Daniel Studer50.100
54Vito Lonigro31.900
55Phillippe Rouas17.800
56Jeffrey Gross26.800
57Nathan Schoo65.100
58Emin Aghayev82.500
59Mick Graydon40.500
    
61Daniel Di Pasquale65.400
62Stephen Reynolds78.200
63Fioroni Aroldo11.500
64Vojtech Ruzicka43.400
65Marc Colomé34.800
66Andrea Benelli53.200
67Xavier Detournel25.800
68Lothar Meier19.100
69Vladimir Geshkenbein103.900
    
71Bryn Kenney30.600
72Bruno Launais77.500
73Edward Teems59.700
74Tom Marchese112.000
75Sergiy Baranov23.700
76Clayton Mozdzen40.700
77Marat Begenov10.500
78Olivier Douce48.600
79Kevin MacPhee16.800
    
81Mikhail Korotkikh61.300
82Marc-Andre Ladouceur101.300
83Adrian Veghinas84.600
84Dieter Albrecht42.100
85Cristea Ionut52.100
86Alain Daien24.200
87Andrei Stoenescu17.700
88Evgeny Taranyuk11.200
89George Danzer31.200
    
91Ignat Liviu36.700
92Rade Jovanovski16.000
93Sandor Demjan43.000
94Sorel Mizzi61.600
95Oleh Okhotskyi74.000
96Steve O'Dwyer101.600
97Alexey Sudarikov22.800
98Ziv Caspi27.600
99Mikalai Pobal51.800
    
101Zoltan Szabo35.400
102Fowzi Baroukh28.600
103Lucien Cohen21.900
104Mickael Tribert45.600
105Alain Goldberg74.700
106Vanessa Selbst54.900
107Yulius Sepman16.000
108Aubin Cazals93.500
109Ville Wahlbeck61.700
    
111Kenny Hicks40.000
112Giuseppe Pantaleo19.600
113Marco Leonzio58.800
114[Removed:146]24.300
115David Peters67.400
116Toby Lewis12.500
117Scott Seiver99.800
118Clyde Tjauw Foe82.600
119Javier Garcia48.000
    
121Idris Ambraisse125.000
122Ariel Mantel48.200
123John Eames157.200
124Geert-Jan Potijk116.000
125Martin Schleich59.300
126John O'Shea39.900
127Yury Kerzhapkin23.600
128Johnny Lodden12.600
129Tudor Grangure30.400
    
131Benoit Albiges43.400
132Rumen Nanev51.300
133Jeffrey Hakim25.900
134George Lind35.900
135Vanessa Rousso17.000
136Sam Trickett65.800
137Nacho Barbero105.400
138Juan Gonzalez Venzano85.500
139Griffin Benger10.600
    
141Daniele Guidetti42.300
142Gaelle Baumann35.400
143Francis-Nicolas Bouchard26.200
144Mike Carter12.400
145Basil Yaiche54.300
146Ramon Romero Lanz63.300
147Jesse Martin93.500
148Seamus Cahill78.900
149Samuel Chartier 18.400
    
151Bruno Fitoussi 14.000
152Jonathan Villeneuve58.500
153Jean-Noel Thorel100.400
154Yannick Del Curto30.400
155Ognjen Sekularac47.900
156Igor Malyshkov20.200
157JP Kelly83.700
158Sinel Anton69.100
159Nicolas Chouity38.700
    
161Jason Somerville13.200
162Dimitar Danchev67.000
163Roman Romanovsky58.300
164Andrey Zaichenko 42.000
165Mikhail Petrov19.550
166Dragan Kostic34.400
167Michael Kolkowicz93.600
168Justin Bonomo79.000
169Vincenzo Andrea26.400
    
171Matthias De Meulder23.900
172Leon Viellevoije30.900
173Kyle Julius16.600
174Phil Ivey72.000
175Anton Ionel7.200
176Sebastian Veghinas48.600
177Martial Blangenwitsch60.000
178Andrey Demidov104.400
179Maksim Kolosov40.700
    
181Marc Zaicik35.800
182Timofey Kuznetsov99.700
183Humberto Brenes77.700
184Carlos Sanchez Vegas53.600
185Kut Fu Chow27.600
186Daniel Negreanu22.400
187Marcel Luske63.200
188Maxim Panyak6.700
189Elliot Smith45.700
    
191Vladislav Varlashin20.700
192Maria Ho55.500
193Adham Beainy47.000
195Maroun Jazzar25.300
196Walid Bou-Habib85.700
197Ben Warrington104.800
198Dermot Blain66.000
199Marco Falanga34.300
    
201Keven Stammen46.800
202Dmitry Grishin81.300
203Jose Carlos Garcia12.100
204Paul Testud28.900
205Spencer Hudson57.900
206Bolivar Palacios65.600
207Giacomo Maisto23.200
208Kunimaro Kojo36.900
209Dario Minieri94.700
    
211Yann Brosolo18.200
212Chanracy Khun43.700
213Andrey Kuznetsov33.900
214Zachary Clark24.100
215Michael Telker60.900
216Ole [Removed:332]80.500
217Patrick Sacrispeyre8.500
218Jason Mercier52.200
219Mickey Petersen98.800
    
221Joackim Fissenko24.000
222Flavius Puica54.400
223Pavel Gonchakov67.200
224Christopher Hunichen32.200
225Annette Obrestad82.400
226Anatoly Gurtovoy118.100
227Joe Cada17.000
228Vincent Verdickt4.700
229Liv Boeree44.900
    
231Amit Makhija32.000
232Yury Gulyy26.500
233Joao Nunes14.000
234Sergey Baburin21.400
235Fabrice Soulier73.300
236Jonathan Karamalikis89.600
237Andrey Danilyuk60.000
238Terje Augdal49.500
239Jude Ainsworth41.000
    
241Malte Moennig136.900
242Rasmus Vogt25.000
243Marcus Hellner17.800
244William Thorson31.000
245Marius Pospiech12.500
246Cengiz Ulusu114.300
247Alexander Venovski48.500
248Isaac Baron40.100
249Pratyush Buddiga69.900
    
251Javier Gil Candelas10.800
252Rodrigo Dos Santos Caprioli36.800
253Martin Kabrhel167.800
254Richard Toth52.900
255Samir Moukawem24.000
256Bryan Piccioli60.900
257Oleksandr Vaserfirer 43.200
258Robert Sova17.400
259Martin Finger85.900
    
261Ilan Boujenah117.000
262Noah Boeken 83.900
263Erik Cajelais45.300
264Raphael Kroll27.100
265Chris Oliver58.900
266Darko Stojanovic13.300
267Tibor Nagygyorgy19.900
268Konstantin Tolokno39.600
269Andrey Pateychuk67.800
    
271Thomas Muhlocker40.200
272Mathew Frankland81.500
273Frank Koopmann113.900
274Andrea Dato30.700
276Ben Vinson65.500
277Pierre Neuville51.100
278Janos Molnar16.700
279Chris Moneymaker24.000
    
281Klimashin Nikolaevich80.400
282Habib Esses12.600
283Matt Perrins95.100
284Chao Fei Wang44.700
285Adria Balaguer18.700
286Fady Kamar62.300
287Martins Adeniya24.900
288Vadzim Kursevich53.300
289Anders Berg31.800
    
291Jason Wheeler112.900
292Erich Kollmann12.300
293Martin Staszko26.600
294Juha Lauttamus35.700
295Vladimir Troyanovski86.700
296Michael Watson45.800
297Mikhail Semin59.000
298Roberto Menache68.200
299Emile Petit21.000
    
301Andres Artinano125.200
302Jamie Rosen9.100
303Damien Rony49.900
304Paul Vas Nunes21.700
305Imad Derwiche27.400
306Vasili Firsau87.300
307Jonathan [Removed:250]33.700
308Adam Levy66.800
309Oleg Larichev41.300
    
311Thomas Dolezal54.700
312Kristian Lunardi20.200
313Lucille Cailly63.500
314Jonathan Ben Soussan99.000
315Paul Berende82.100
316Rupert Elder36.100
317Andrew Dean14.300
318Simeon Naydenov28.200
319Tony Viklund46.000
    
321Christopher Brammer67.500
322Igor Sharaskin47.300
323Ghosn Fadi30.400
324Mikhail Ustinov58.000
325David Vamplew15.500
326Franck Blanc160.800
327Dorde Jovanovic40.000
328Pedro Pellicer21.400
329Ana Marquez85.200
    
331Nikolay Losev59.500
332Michele D'Aniello71.500
333Michael Dietrich88.600
334Vadim Vadimovich Belov22.100
335Dan Shak33.200
336Jean-Philippe Piquette15.110
337[Removed:247]41.200
338Omar Jadaa27.200
339Stephen Chidwick49.000
    
341Tobias Reinkemeier35.625
342Eric Qu51.600
343Riu Cao90.600
344Jan Petersen61.200
345Daniel Gomez41.800
346Chady Merhej75.300
347Yngve Andersen20.200
348Giulio Mascolo10.210
349Tauras Narmontas27.600
    
351Salman Behbehani41.400
352Shane Sigsbee52.300
353Carlos Mironiuk75.700
354Philip Gurian19.300
355Samantha Cohen93.500
356Jorge Galino Lopez5.100
357Torsten Brinkmann24.200
358Emanoil Savin60.700
359Robert Shields32.900
    
361Oleksii Kovalchuk65.600
362Adrian Schaap76.400
363Erik Seidel56.500
364Hamad Almannai91.400
365Joao Ribeiro29.600
366Alexander Uskov36.000
367Talal Shakerchi45.100
368Viktor Ivanov13.800
369Amichai Tzvi Barer22.900
    
371Anton Thorarinsson22.100
372Bruno Lopes57.600
373William Reynolds29.900
374Jeffrey Rossiter39.600
375Pius Heinz87.100
376Thomas Gabriel68.500
377Tristan Clemencon121.100
378Marvin Rettenmaier45.400
379David Sonelin12.200
    
381Faraz Jaka42.900
382Salvatore Bianco71.600
383Martin Vallo88.600
384Kevin Vandersmissen29.700
385Michael Winkels16.100
386Angel Guillen60.200
387Viacheslav Goryachev51.100
388Ilkin Amirov36.000
389Toni Judet22.500
    
391John Andress41.900
392Marco Della Tommasina60.200
393Chris Moorman19.100
394Jorge Carlos Delgado73.800
395Joris Springael11.600
396Guillaume Darcourt49.500
397David Sands160.300
398Thomas Mjeldheim34.600
399Liutauras Armanavicius25.500
    
401Freddy Deeb114.600
402Ibrahim Ghassan20.900
403Daniel Reijmer32.100
404Antonino Venneri15.000
405Joel Bez45.000
406Georges Ghossan53.500
407Ondrej Vinklarek83.200
408Fatima Moreira de Melo61.500
409Philipp Gruissem24.600
    
411Isabelle Mercier23.900
412Jonathan Turner40.200
413Noshrevan Gadelia1.000
414Cristiano Guerra31.400
415Kenny Hallaert61.300
416Dan Abouaf89.100
417Alessandro De Michele49.800
418Jesus Esteve75.200
419Alain Roy16.400
    
421Anatoly Chen26.200
422Eduardo Borio Carlini21.300
423Philip Parsons67.300
424Georges Dib96.300
425Dori Yacoub14.100
426Oleg Bychkov82.600
427Sandra Naujoks37.100
428Leo Margets55.100
429Borge Dypvik46.200
    
431Dominykas Karmazinas81.600
432Bernard Guigon57.300
433Joep van den Bijgaart13.400
434Mohsin Charania68.300
435Reza Mostafavi Tabatabaei110.900
436Mathieu Clavet30.100
437Jose Angel Latorre46.800
438Jesus Cortes23.500
439Freddy Darakjian39.900
    
441Robert-Andrei Pescaru27.600
442Andoni Larrabe Sánchez181.300
443Max Martinez63.400
444Jason Gray34.600
445Melanie Weisner15.900
446Sergio Castelluccio83.100
447Sergey Kishnev50.600
448JC Alvarado43.000
449Antoine Saout22.300

End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Nick Yunis 
Nick Yunis 
191,700
Ivan Kudriavtcev
Ivan Kudriavtcev
186,200
Andoni Larrabe es
Andoni Larrabe
181,300 87,300
Franck Blanc
Franck Blanc
160,800 30,800
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
139,600 69,600
Andres Artinano
Andres Artinano
125,200
Idris Ambraisse fr
Idris Ambraisse
125,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
118,100 84,100
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
117,000 -13,000
Geert-Jan Potijk nl
Geert-Jan Potijk
116,000
Cengiz Ulusu
Cengiz Ulusu
114,300
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
112,000 13,000
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
105,400 35,400
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
103,900 -6,100
EPT 1X Winner
Lawrie Inman
Lawrie Inman
100,800
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
100,400 20,400
Timofey Kuznetsov ru
Timofey Kuznetsov
99,700
Matt Perrins gb
Matt Perrins
95,100 73,100
Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
94,700 27,700
Michael Kolkowicz fr
Michael Kolkowicz
93,600
Aubin Cazals
Aubin Cazals
93,500
Samantha Cohen us
Samantha Cohen
93,500
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
93,500
Andrew Pantling 
Andrew Pantling 
91,500
Hamad Almannai ir
Hamad Almannai
91,400

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Three More Hands

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The tournament staff has just announced that each table will play three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

Timely Double for Geshkenbein

Max Martinez
Max Martinez

Max Martinez was the early chip leader and stayed at a healthy level all day until he ran into Vladimir Geshkenbein moments ago.

All the chips went in pre flop for a six-figure flip.

Geshkenbein: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Martinez: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran {10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} to favour Geshkenbein. The Team PokerStars Pro is hanging on now.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
110,000 50,000
EPT 1X Winner
Max Martinez it
Max Martinez
14,000 -61,000

I Need A Hero, Just Don't Make it Fernadez

A bit of Team PokerStars Pro on Pro action occurred that only left one survivor.

The cameras were around the table and by the time we got there we knew that the battle was between Dario Minieri and Leo Fernadez. The two had made it to the river of a {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and around 15,000 was in the middle.

Minieri set his Argentine opponent in for his remaining 19,000. Fernandez tanked and hero-called with {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} but lost out to Minieri's full house with {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
67,000 -3,000
Leo Fernadez
Leo Fernadez
Busted

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Teltscher Races Away

Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad

Mark Teltscher's tournament has come to and end at the hands of Annette Obrestad.

She opened from mid position and snap called when Teltscher shoved from the cut-off.

Teltscher: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Obrestad: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The board ran {9-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}.

It was over by the turn and the Brit knew that and got out of his seat and left in silence without waiting for the river.

Player Chips Progress
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
94,000 10,000
Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

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