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

Main Event
Day: 3
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 3 Completed

That's the End of Day 3; 26 Remain, Potijk Leads

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Geert-Jan Potijk leading the way
Geert-Jan Potijk leading the way

The PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event stormed through Day 3 and the final 26 players remain. It was a spectacular day on the felt and one that saw the bubble burst, the €100,000 Super High Roller winner make an extremely impressive deep run and Geert-Jan Potijk claim the chip lead with 1.32 million in chips.

When the day began, 130 players remained and the money line was set at 96. Due to a double elimination with one player falling at two separate tables during hand-for-hand play, Adam Levy was the bubble boy in 98th place. Andrew Badecker and Martin Finger were the two players eliminated during the same hand of hand-for-hand action and chopped up the €15,000 awarded to the first payout spot.

Six Team PokerStars Pros made the money today, but none of them made it to Day 4. Nacho Barbero, Angel Guillen, Sandra Naujoks, Max Martinez, Richard Toth and Matthias De Meulder all finished with a cash, but the dream of becoming EPT Grand Final champion is dead for this year.

Other notables eliminated on the day, but in the money, included Bryan Piccioli, Guillaume Darcourt, Erik Seidel and Griffin Benger.

Day 4 will commence at 12:00 PM local time here in Monaco. The plan is to whittle the field down to the final table of eight, so however long that takes, PokerNews will be here. Be sure to stay tuned to the action and we'll see you tomorrow.

Tags: Geert-Jan Potijk

End of Day 3 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Geert-Jan Potijk nl
Geert-Jan Potijk
1,320,000
286,000
286,000
Profile photo of Bernard Guigon fr
Bernard Guigon
1,212,000
143,000
143,000
Profile photo of Georges Dib
Georges Dib
1,118,000
118,000
118,000
Profile photo of Andoni Larrabe
Andoni Larrabe
1,071,000
393,000
393,000
Profile photo of Ben Vinson gb
Ben Vinson
1,039,000
219,000
219,000
Profile photo of Lucille Cailly fr
Lucille Cailly
999,000
201,000
201,000
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
970,000
207,000
207,000
Profile photo of Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
945,000
119,000
119,000
Profile photo of Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
944,000
264,000
264,000
Profile photo of Vadzim Markushevski
Vadzim Markushevski
922,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
903,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
875,000
88,000
88,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Fady Kamar lb
Fady Kamar
849,000
192,000
192,000
Profile photo of Tudor Grangure
Tudor Grangure
828,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Alex Mostafavi
Alex Mostafavi
725,000
87,000
87,000
Profile photo of Michael Dietrich ca
Michael Dietrich
719,000
181,000
181,000
Profile photo of John Andress us
John Andress
599,000
26,000
26,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Clayton Mozdzen ca
Clayton Mozdzen
571,000
139,000
139,000
Profile photo of Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
546,000
175,000
175,000
Profile photo of Rodrigo Caprioli br
Rodrigo Caprioli
525,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Dan Abouaf fr
Dan Abouaf
448,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
447,000
59,000
59,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
438,000
187,000
187,000
Profile photo of Daniel Gomez
Daniel Gomez
332,000
114,000
114,000
Profile photo of Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
322,000
78,000
78,000

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Play to Conclude at the End of This Level

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The tournament directors have shown some discretion to all involved and have said that play will conclude at the end of this level (roughly 15 minutes) even if we don't lose two more players.

This is just as well as the action is so dry, and understandably so as everyone is very tired.

A Quick Collection of Hands

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Sergio Castelluccio raised to 36,000 in the small blind and Ben Vinson called in the big blind. The flop was {Q-Clubs} {9-Spades} {5-Hearts} and Vinson took the pot with an uncontested 42,000 bet.

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Sergio Castelluccio raised to 32,000 in the cutoff, Georges Dib called in the small blind as did Amit Makhija in the big blind. The flop was {9-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} and the action checked to Castelluccio who bet 35,000. Back to Dib and he check-raised to a clean 100,000. Makhija was in one hell of a funk as he tanked for a long while before eventually making the call. Castelluccio folded and that was the end of the action. Both the {K-Hearts} and {10-Diamonds} was checked through and both players split the pot holding ace-nine.

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Vadzim Markushevski raised to 32,000 in the cutoff, Tudor Grangure three-bet to 88,000 on the button and Markushevski four-bet to 180,000 to put an end to the action.

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Fady Kamar raised to 36,000 in early position and Bernard Guigon defended his big blind. The action checked through to the river on a board of {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} {6-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} and Kamar took the pot with {K-Hearts} {J-Spades}; Guigon tabled {K-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}.

Franck Blanc Has Been Eliminated

Jason Wheeler is a dream stealer today. His latest victim is Franck Blanc and this is how the end came for the larger than life Frenchman.

We joined the action on a flop of {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} between Franck Blanc and Clayton Mozdzen. Mozdzen held {10-Spades} {10-Hearts} and Blanc was chasing the flush draw holding {K-Hearts} {4-Hearts}. The heart never materialised and as Mozdzen moved up to 710,000, Blanc moved down to 235,000.

Then a few hands later Jason Wheeler opened up in 2nd position with {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} and Blanc moved all-in from the button with {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}. The board ran out {7-Hearts} {7-Spades} {4-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {A-Spades} and Blanc was out. Wheeler glides up to 870,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
870,000
Profile photo of Clayton Mozdzen ca
Clayton Mozdzen
710,000
Profile photo of Franck Blanc
Franck Blanc
Busted

Tags: Clayton MozdzenFranck BlancJason Wheeler

Updated Chip Counts After Level 21 (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Geert-Jan Potijk nl
Geert-Jan Potijk
1,606,000
54,000
54,000
Profile photo of Bernard Guigon fr
Bernard Guigon
1,355,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Lucille Cailly fr
Lucille Cailly
1,200,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
1,177,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Tudor Grangure
Tudor Grangure
1,008,000
258,000
258,000
Profile photo of Georges Dib
Georges Dib
1,000,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
963,000
92,000
92,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Dietrich ca
Michael Dietrich
900,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Vadzim Markushevski
Vadzim Markushevski
874,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
826,000
49,000
49,000
Profile photo of Ben Vinson gb
Ben Vinson
820,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
680,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Andoni Larrabe
Andoni Larrabe
678,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Fady Kamar lb
Fady Kamar
657,000
287,000
287,000
Profile photo of Alex Mostafavi
Alex Mostafavi
638,000
352,000
352,000
Profile photo of John Andress us
John Andress
625,000
10,000
10,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
625,000
178,000
178,000
Profile photo of Rodrigo Caprioli br
Rodrigo Caprioli
605,000
430,000
430,000
Profile photo of Franck Blanc
Franck Blanc
575,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
480,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Clayton Mozdzen ca
Clayton Mozdzen
456,000
84,000
84,000
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
452,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Daniel Gomez
Daniel Gomez
446,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
388,000
158,000
158,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
371,000
413,000
413,000

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Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Bonomo's Double Dream Over

Justin Bonomo started the level as the short stack with 125,000 and got his way all the way up to 418,000 and then it all went very wrong.

This happened on the TV table so the details are vague. What we do know is that Bonomo shoved for 554,000 before Geert-Jan Potijk and Andrew Pantling shoved behind.

Bonomo: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Potijk: {q-}{q-}
Pantling: {a-}{k-}

We didn't catch the board but it seemed to run blank.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Geert-Jan Potijk nl
Geert-Jan Potijk
1,552,000
1,015,000
1,015,000
Profile photo of Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
400,000
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
Busted
Run It Once

Tags: Andrew PantlingGeert-Jan PotijkJustin Bonomo

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