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

Ramdin Suffers Runner-Runner Exit

We just past Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin on our way to the tournament area, and he was gracious enough to tell us his exit hand. He said that the action folded around to the small blind who moved all-in. Ramdin was seated in the big blind with around 20BB when he called with {A-} {J-}. His opponent turned over {K-} {6-} and hit a runner-runner diamond flush to send Ramdin to the side events.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
Busted

Tags: Victor Ramdin

Players Always Fall Quickly On Day 2

Player Chips Progress
Robert Sova
Robert Sova
Busted
Beatrice Sitbon
Beatrice Sitbon
Busted
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted
Noshrevan Gadelia
Noshrevan Gadelia
Busted
Vincent Verdickt be
Vincent Verdickt
Busted
Jorge Galino Lopez es
Jorge Galino Lopez
Busted
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
Busted
Emile Petit
Emile Petit
Busted
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Samuel Chartier 
Samuel Chartier 
Busted
Liutauras Armanavicius lt
Liutauras Armanavicius
Busted
Ermo Kosk ee
Ermo Kosk
Busted
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
Busted
Yulius Sepman
Yulius Sepman
Busted
Jonathan Azoulay us
Jonathan Azoulay
Busted
Cristiano Guerra it
Cristiano Guerra
Busted
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
Busted
Jean-Philippe Piquette ca
Jean-Philippe Piquette
Busted
Aneris Adomkevicius lt
Aneris Adomkevicius
Busted
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
Busted
Mathieu Clavet ca
Mathieu Clavet
Busted
Yann Brosolo fr
Yann Brosolo
Busted
Ghosn Fadi
Ghosn Fadi
Busted
Joao Ribeiro
Joao Ribeiro
Busted
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
Busted

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Eames Puts Yury Kerzhapkin All-In

Yury Kerzhapkin raised to 1,600 in middle position, John Eames made it 3,500 in the small blind and Kerzhapkin called. The flop was {8-Clubs} {6-Spades} {3-Spades} and Eames led for 3,300 and Kerzhapkin made the call. The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and both players checked and we saw the {9-Spades} on the river. Eames thought for a while before putting Kerzhapkin all-in and he quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
John Eames gb
John Eames
170,000 12,800
Yury Kerzhapkin
Yury Kerzhapkin
14,000 -9,600

Tags: John EamesYury Kerzhapkin

Joep van den Bijgaart Eliminated By Our New Chip Leader

We joined the action with a pair of hole cards staring at the ceiling and two stacks in the middle of the table.

Malte Moennig{A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts}
Joep van den Bijgaart{J-Hearts} {J-Clubs}

Board: {Q-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}

The elimination of van den Bijgaart means that the PokerStars qualifier Malte Moennig is our new chip leader with 220,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Malte Moennig
Malte Moennig
220,000 83,100
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
Busted

Tags: Joep van den BijgaartMalte Moennig

Toth All-In; Kabrhel Put to the Test

We joined the action at the turn and the board was showing {Q-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {5-Spades}. The players in the hand were Day 1a chip leader Martin Kabrhel, in the hijack seat, and Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth, in the cutoff. Kabrhel checked, Toth bet 11,500 and Kabrhel made the call. The final card was the {7-Hearts} and Toth moved all-in when checked to. Kabrhel, who hadn't stopped staring at Toth throughout the whole hand, had a little bit of think time before mucking his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
149,000 -18,800
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
90,000 37,100

Tags: Martin KabrhelRichard Toth

Marchese Doubles Up Isabelle Mercier

Tom Marchese has lost half of his stack in the first level and the majority of it has headed the way of Isabelle Mercier. The pair just clashed, in your classic all-in pre flop coin flip situation, and Mercier came out on top.

Isabelle Mercier{A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Tom Marchese{Q-} {Q-}

Board: {8-Spades} {4-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}

"I folded pocket fours," cried Olivier Douce.

We don't think Mercier or Marchese cared.

Player Chips Progress
Isabelle Mercier ca
Isabelle Mercier
70,000 46,100
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
60,000 -52,000

Tags: Isabelle MercierTom Marchese

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100