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

Main Event
Day: 2
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
Players Left 1 / 665
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Veghinas Doubles Through Gurtovoy

From the cutoff seat, Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 4,500. Sebastian Veghinas reraised all in from the button for 12,200 and play folded back to Gurtovoy. He didn't look like he wanted to, but made the call anyway.

Gurtovoy: {K-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Veghinas: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} and Veghinas doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Anatoly Gurtovoy
103,000
117,000
117,000
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Sebastian Veghinas
26,000
22,600
22,600

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These Players Had a Very Extended Dinner Break

Player Chips Progress
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Alain Roy
Busted
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Tauras Narmontas
Busted
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Chris Moneymaker
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
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Isabelle Mercier
Busted
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Craig McCorkell
Busted
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Damien Rony
Busted
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Edward Teems
Busted
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Mikalai Pobal
Busted
EPT 2X Winner
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Sinel Anton
Busted
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Jose Manuel Nadal
Busted
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Levon Bouchikian
Busted
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Francis-Nicolas Bouchard
Busted
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Martins Adeniya
Busted
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Alexey Sudarikov
Busted
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Ondrej Vinklarek
Busted
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Michele D'Aniello
Busted
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Nick Yunis
Busted
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Michel Carvin
Busted
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Jonathan Turner
Busted
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Jonathan Villeneuve
Busted
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David Peters
Busted

More Chips for Seidel

From the button, Erik Seidel raised to 4,400. His only caller was Imad Derwiche from the small blind and the flop came down {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}. Derwiche checked and Seidel bet 4,000. Derwiche check-raised to 11,000 and Seidel made the call.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} to pair the board. Derwiche checked and Seidel bet 15,000. Derwiche folded and Seidel won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Erik Seidel
255,000
5,000
5,000
Poker Hall of Famer
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Imad Derwiche
144,000
116,600
116,600

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Gurtovoy Doubles Through Mercier

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and Anatoly Gurtovoy got all of the money in on the {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop. Gurtovoy held the {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs} and Mercier the {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and river the {J-Spades}. Gurtovoy was all in for 97,200 and Mercier was crushed all the way down to 25,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Anatoly Gurtovoy
200,000
97,000
97,000
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Jason Mercier
25,000
56,000
56,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars

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Snippets From the Floor

  • Jason Wheeler gave up in a hand against Clayton Mozdzen. Wheeler raised to 4,500 from the hijack and was only called by the Canadian, in position in the cut-off. The flop fell {2-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and Wheeler bet 5,500 but folded to Mozdzen's raise to 16,000.
  • Sandra Naujoks is on the up. She bet 12,700 on the river of a {6-Hearts}{5-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{a-Hearts} board and waited three minutes for Gaelle Baumann to fold.
  • Johnny Lodden is on the down. His whole tournament has been up and down, and right now it's not heading in the right direction. He was three-way to {4-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop and was the only player to call Reza Mostafavi Tabatabaei's 6,000 bet. From there both players checked through the {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs} turn and river before Tabatabaei opened {j-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and took the pot as the Team PokerStars Pro folded.
Player Chips Progress
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Jason Wheeler
163,000
27,000
27,000
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Clayton Mozdzen
160,000
100,000
100,000
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Sandra Naujoks
115,000
35,000
35,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
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Johnny Lodden
98,000
162,000
162,000
pokerstars

The Ups and Downs of Mickey Petersen

Team PokerStars Online Mickey Petersen had just lost the majority of his chips before we saw him all-in for his tournament life. We believe Petersen lost most of his stack in a pot {K-} {K-} versus {Q-} {Q-} when his opponent hit a queen on a river. Then this happened…

Chanracy Khun held {A-Hearts} {8-Hearts} and Mickey Petersen held {K-Spades} {J-Spades} when the money went in. Petersen only had 14,000 by this point, but it was soon to be 30,000 after hitting the board {K-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} to double up. Khun was left with 130,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Chanracy Khun
130,000
86,300
86,300
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Mickey Petersen
30,000
40,000
40,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars

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Brammer Doubles Up Through Minieri

We caught the action with all of the chips in the middle and the board laid out. The two opponents were Chris Brammer and Team PokerStars Pro Dario Minieri and Brammer told us that the money went in on the flop.

Brammer{6-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}
Minieri{A-Clubs} {7-Clubs}

Board: {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}

A set for Brammer who moves up to 270,000; Minieri is down to 100,000

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Brammer
270,000
270,000
270,000
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Dario Minieri
100,000
35,000
35,000

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Chips to Play With Now

Javier Garcia was down to just 4,200 chips and in the small blind. Adam Levy opened to 7,200 and Garcia called all-in blind. The big blind folded to leave it heads up.

Levy: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Garcia: {3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

"Wow, I like that hand" said Scott Seiver pointing at Garcia's hand.

The flop came down {5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and Seiver went "Oooooh."

The {6-Clubs}{j-Clubs} turn and river didn't help Garcia though and he got up and left.

"I've got chips to play with now!" said Levi managing to get a word in when Seiver paused for breath.

Player Chips Progress
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Adam Levy
130,000
20,000
20,000
StakeKings
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Javier Garcia
Busted

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Soulier Cracks The Aces of Martinez

Fabrice Soulier raised to 4,500, under gun, and the action folded around to Max Martinez who three-bet to 16,200. Back to Soulier, whose legs were twitching ten to a dozen, and he four-bet to 24,000. Martinez then moved all-in and Soulier made the call. When the cards were overturned, Soulier was heading out of the EPT Grand Final.

Soulier{Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs}
Martinez{A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}

Flop: {Q-Hearts} {4-Spades} {3-Clubs}

Soulier doesn't budge but Martinez looked sick.

The turn {K-Hearts} and river {7-Spades} maintained Soulier's unlikely lead and he doubled up to 210,000; Martinez was down to 65,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Fabrice Soulier
210,000
75,000
75,000
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Max Martinez
65,000
21,000
21,000
pokerstars

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