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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Venzano Busts Tricket

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We have been told that prior to this hand Sam Trickett had lost an all-in {A-} {J-} versus the {A-} {Q-} of Griffin Benger and then another huge pot to Vanessa Rousso, after she hit a combination of turn and river cards, to come from behind, after an all-in confrontation on the flop with Trickett in the lead.

Then with a little commentary from Benger…

Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero raised from under the gun, Juan Gonzalez Venzano called in the next seat before Sam Trickett moved all-in for around 20,000. Barbero mucked and Venzano called handing us a showdown with Trickett at risk of elimination.

Venzano{J-} {J-}
Trickett{K-} {Q-}

Flop: {K-} {K-} {10-}

Trickett hit the flop hard and couldn't be happier. Barbero revealed that he folded {Q-} {J-} leaving one remaining jack in the deck for Venzano.

Turn: {J-}

Venzano hit his one outer and Trickett needed a miracle on the river.

River: {9-}

Trickett did not find the card he needed and he was out.

Tags: Juan Gonzalez VenzanoSam Trickett

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

News in Brief

  • Faraz Jaka bet 18,000 into a 14,000-chip pot on the river of a {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} board. Isaac Baron was in the big blind and had the clock called on him, waited until his time was almost up, and then called. Jaka showed him {a-Hearts}{q-Spades} for the rivered nuts.
  • Barry Greenstein busted Christophe Benzimra in a cooler set-over-set scenario.
  • Toby Lewis is out. He four-bet jammed with {a-Spades}{5-Spades} from the button only for Scott Seiver to wake up with {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs} in the small blind.
Player Chips Progress
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Faraz Jaka
91,000
48,100
48,100
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
90,000
9,800
9,800
Profile photo of Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
11,000
29,100
29,100
Profile photo of Christophe Benzimra fr
Christophe Benzimra
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
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Toby Lewis
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Faraz JakaIsaac BaronScott SeiverToby Lewis

Some More Players Bite the Dust

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
Busted
Profile photo of Olivier Douce
Olivier Douce
Busted
Profile photo of Adria Balaguer
Adria Balaguer
Busted
Profile photo of Dorde Jovanovic rs
Dorde Jovanovic
Busted
Profile photo of Michael Watson
Michael Watson
Busted
Profile photo of Andrei Stoenescu ro
Andrei Stoenescu
Busted
Profile photo of Thibaud Genegou
Thibaud Genegou
Busted
Profile photo of Marco Della Tommasina it
Marco Della Tommasina
Busted
Profile photo of Alexander Venovski us
Alexander Venovski
Busted
Profile photo of Spencer Hudson us
Spencer Hudson
Busted
Profile photo of Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
Busted
Profile photo of Lucien Cohen fr
Lucien Cohen
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Anton Thorarinsson
Anton Thorarinsson
Busted
Profile photo of Eric Qu fr
Eric Qu
Busted
Profile photo of Fioroni Aroldo
Fioroni Aroldo
Busted
Profile photo of Anders Berg se
Anders Berg
Busted
Profile photo of Sergey Kishnev
Sergey Kishnev
Busted
Profile photo of Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
Busted
Profile photo of Jose Carlos Garcia pl
Jose Carlos Garcia
Busted
Profile photo of Nils Svensson
Nils Svensson
Busted
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
Busted
Profile photo of Thomas Muhlocker
Thomas Muhlocker
Busted

Bonomo On a Roll

Justin Bonomo may well be on a little heater here at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final. He has just won the €100,000 Super High Roller for €1,600,000 and he is now our chip leader with 242,000 chips.

We caught the action on a flop {J-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} and there were three players with cards on their backs.

Bonomo{J-Hearts} {10-Hearts}
Andrea{A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}
Sigsbee{8-Clubs} {8-Hearts}

So Sigsbee was looking good for a double up, but the deck had other plans. The turn {Q-Diamonds} and then the river {10-Clubs} handing Bonomo a bigger full house and two people were sent spiralling towards the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Justin Bonomo
242,000
97,000
97,000
Run It Once
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Vincenzo Andrea
Busted
Profile photo of Shane Sigsbee us
Shane Sigsbee
Busted

Tags: Justin BonomoShane SigsbeeVincenzo Andrea

Heinz Eliminates Neilsen

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

We just caught Team PokerStars Pro Pius Heinz moving over the 100k mark. All five of the community cards were on the table and Heinz had moved all-in from the hijack. The player with the decision was Claus Bek Nielsen in the blinds.

Board: {Q-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {2-Spades}

Nielsen tanked for an eternity before eventually making the call. Heinz turned over {A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} and Nielsen flung his hidden cards to the dealer and left his seat.

Tags: Claus Bek NielsenPius Heinz

Assorted Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Clayton Mozdzen ca
Clayton Mozdzen
260,000
112,000
112,000
Profile photo of Malte Moennig
Malte Moennig
230,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Nick Yunis cl
Nick Yunis
205,000
Profile photo of Alain Goldberg fr
Alain Goldberg
200,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of David Sands us
David Sands
197,000
36,700
36,700
Profile photo of John Eames gb
John Eames
175,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Andres Artinano
Andres Artinano
170,000
44,800
44,800
Profile photo of Ivan Kudriavtcev
Ivan Kudriavtcev
165,000
21,200
21,200
Profile photo of Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
160,000
76,900
76,900
Profile photo of Vladimir Geshkenbein ch
Vladimir Geshkenbein
155,000
40,000
40,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
150,000
112,000
112,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
150,000
18,000
18,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Dieter Albrecht
Dieter Albrecht
145,000
102,900
102,900
Profile photo of Vadzim Markushevski
Vadzim Markushevski
140,000
90,500
90,500
Profile photo of Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
135,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
134,000
12,900
12,900
Profile photo of Samantha Cohen us
Samantha Cohen
130,000
36,500
36,500
Profile photo of Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
124,000
15,600
15,600
Profile photo of Ondrej Vinklarek cz
Ondrej Vinklarek
120,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
120,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
118,000
34,200
34,200
Profile photo of Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
115,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
105,000
68,900
68,900
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Schleich de
Martin Schleich
100,000
40,700
40,700
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
100,000
5,000
5,000
pokerstars

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Mercier Picking Up Chips

When we arrived at the table, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier was in action on the {K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop against Joel Bez and Ole [Removed:332]. Action was checked by Bel and then [Removed:332] before Mercier fired 3,200. Only Bez made the call.

The {K-Hearts} paired the board on the turn and both players checked to see the {A-Diamonds} land on the river. Bez checked and Mercier bet 7,100. Bez took a minute, then folded. Mercier won the pot and moved to 81,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Mercier
81,000
3,000
3,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Joel Bez
Joel Bez
49,000
4,000
4,000

Tags: Jason MercierJoel BezOle Nergard

Short Ones

  • Power poker from David "Doc" Sands jumps him into the lead. He was up against Tibor Nagygyorgy and the two had made it to the turn where the board read {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} with 65,000 in the middle. Sands was first to act and set Nagygyorgy all-in for his remaining 110,000. The Hungaarian tanked for an age before he open folded {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}. Sands didn't return the favour.
  • Vanessa Rousso is out. Jeremy nock kindly told us she shoved her last 3,800 in with queen-jack off and was raised to 6,000 by one players before another player re-raised to 25,000 with {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}. The first raiser folded and the Team PokerStars Pro found no help on the board.
  • Johnny Lodden's resurgence is continuing. He's up to 190,000 chips now.
Player Chips Progress
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David Sands
230,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
210,000
32,000
32,000
Run It Once
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Johnny Lodden
190,000
40,000
40,000
pokerstars
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