Main Event Day 3 | The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

04-28-2012 17:01 UTC+1

Chips From the Break

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadzim Markushevski	1,088,000 2,000	2,000
Mohsin Charania	935,000 515,000	515,000

Sergio Castelluccio	850,000 50,000	50,000
Dominykas Karmazinas	704,000 9,000	9,000
Ben Vinson	597,000 37,000	37,000
Andoni Larrabe	575,000 215,000	215,000
Lawrie Inman	515,000 122,000	122,000
Rodrigo Caprioli	514,000 269,000	269,000
Justin Bonomo	490,000 10,000	10,000

Stephen Chidwick	459,000 189,000	189,000
Franck Blanc	450,000 105,000	105,000
Clayton Mozdzen	437,000 136,000	136,000
Malte Moennig	399,000 137,000	137,000
Jason Wheeler	366,000 54,000	54,000
Mikhail Korotkikh	360,000 260,000	260,000
Faraz Jaka	360,000 360,000	360,000
Tudor Grangure	357,000 233,000	233,000
Dan Abouaf	354,000 145,000	145,000
Emin Aghayev	310,000 28,000	28,000
Michael Dietrich	309,000 16,000	16,000
Alex Mostafavi	308,000 33,000	33,000
Amit Makhija	305,000 93,000	93,000
Lucille Cailly	304,000 125,000	125,000
Geert-Jan Potijk	300,000 55,000	55,000
Vadzim Kursevich	285,000 105,000	105,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

04-28-2012 17:23 UTC+1

Barbero vs Margets

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

A sweet case of male vs female, Latin vs European. Although the most important difference this minute, is that one is bust and the other is still in.

Tags: Nacho Barbero Leo Margets

04-28-2012 17:24 UTC+1

Charania Smashes a Huge Double to Over 900K

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Donnie Peters

Mohsin Charania won a massive pot just before the last break and he described the action to us as follows.

Charania opened with a raise and Andrew Pantling made the call from the big blind. The flop came down {10-} {9-} {9-} and Pantling check-raised Charania's 17,000-chip bet to 42,000. Charania called.

The turn was a {5-} and Pantling led for 125,000. Charania made the call again.

The river was a {J-} and Pantling put Charania all in for his last 279,000. Charania quickly called having rivered a full house with {J-} {9-} . Pantling held {K-} {9-} and was ahead until fifth street.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohsin Charania	915,000 495,000	495,000

Andrew Pantling	281,000 349,000	349,000

Tags: Mohsin Charania Andrew Pantling

04-28-2012 17:34 UTC+1

Koopmann Disposes of Guillen

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Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen has just been eliminated at the hands of Frank Koopmann. It was your standard all-in pre flop encounter and here are the hands.

Koopmann
Guillen

Board: {7-Hearts} {5-Spades} {3-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}

So no magical jack on the board for this Angel and the Team PokerStars Pro was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Koopmann	490,000 30,000	30,000
Angel Guillen	Busted

Tags: Angel Guillen Frank Koopmann

04-28-2012 17:38 UTC+1

Sands Doubles Up Launais

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David "Doc" Sands raised to 16,000 in the cutoff before Bruno Launais moved all-in from the button for 46,000. Sands made the call and a flurry of cameramen later we had a showdown.

Launais
Sands

Board: {A-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {7-Diamonds}

Neither player hit anything on the board, meaning Launais survived thanks to his king high.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Sands	155,000 75,000	75,000
Bruno Launais	110,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: David Sands Bruno Launais

04-28-2012 17:42 UTC+1

Another Hamad Almannai Double-Up

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Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth has just run into Hamad Almannai and the results were not good. Both players moved all-in pre flop and it was Almannai at risk of elimination.

Almannai
Toth

Board: {J-Hearts} {7-Spades} {3-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {3-Spades}

"Remind me never to get into showdown with you," Said Sergio Castellucci.

Almannai doubled up but Toth still had 230,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Toth	230,000 144,000	144,000

Hamad Almannai	140,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Hamad Almannai Richard Toth

04-28-2012 17:52 UTC+1

Mozdzen Chips Up Through Karmazinas

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Donnie Peters

Dominykas Karmazinas opened with a raise from under the gun to 16,000. Clayton Mozdzen made the call on the button and everyone else folded. The dealer ran out the {A-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {3-Clubs} flop and Karmazinas continued with a bet of 19,000. Mozdzen made the call.

The {J-Spades} was placed on the turn and Karmazinas stayed on the gas, betting 39,000. Mozdzen called once again.

A fourth club came on the river as the {Q-Clubs} landed and Karmazinas checked. Mozdzen bet 78,000 with 340,000 behind. Karmazinas folded and Mozdzen showed the {10-Diamonds} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominykas Karmazinas	625,000 79,000	79,000
Clayton Mozdzen	586,000 149,000	149,000

Tags: Clayton Mozdzen Dominykas Karmazinas

04-28-2012 17:53 UTC+1

Benelli Doubles Through Karmazinas

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Donnie Peters

Tudor Grangure started things off with a raise to 16,000 from middle position. From the next seat in the hijack, Andrea Benelli reraised to 41,000 with 103,000 back. Action then folded to Dominykas Karmazinas in the big blind and he four-bet to 85,000. After Grangure folded, Benelli moved all in for 144,000 total. Karmazinas called.

Benelli: {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Karmazinas: {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts}

The flop, turn and river ran out {A-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {8-Spades} {8-Clubs} and Benelli's kings held up to give him the double. Karmazinas was kicked back to under 500,000 in chips.