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

04-28-2012 22:58 UTC+2

Guigon Axes Parsons with Aces

donpeters

After Bernard Guigon raised to 26,000 from the hijack seat and Jason Wheeler called from the cutoff, Philip Parsons reraised to 81,000 on the button. The blinds passed and Guigon was back up. He took a minute or two, then stacked up a pile of chips for a reraise to 246,000. Wheeler quickly got out of the way and then Parsons reraised all in for around 440,000. A quick call came from Guigon and he tabled the mother of all hands with the {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} . Parsons held the {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts} .

Parsons was in need of a miracle, but only ended up drawing dead by the turn as the board ran out {10-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {6-Spades} {A-Spades} {5-Spades} to eliminate him. Guigon scooped the big pot and moved to 1.2 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Guigon	1,200,000 265,000	265,000
Philip Parsons	Busted

Tags: Bernard Guigon Philip Parsons Jason Wheeler

04-28-2012 23:03 UTC+2

Aghayev Busts; Dietrich Joins The Millionaires Club

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Michael Dietrich raised to 24,000 on the button and Emin Aghayev moved all-in for 76,000 more. Dietrich asked for a count and when it was confirmed he duly made the call.

Dietrich
Aghayev

Board: {J-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {5-Clubs}

Aghayev leaves the EPT Grand FInal and Dietrich is up to 1,150,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Dietrich	1,150,000 700,000	700,000
Emin Aghayev	Busted

Tags: Michael Dietrich Emin Aghayev

04-28-2012 23:09 UTC+2

Nothing Mock Tudor About Grangure

MarcC

Tudor Grangure just hit a dream flop to double through chip leader Vadzim Markushevski.

The pot was limped pre flop and three players saw a {q-Spades} {6-Spades} {9-Spades} flop appear. Markushevski led for 27,000 from the small blind and was raised to 60,000 by Grangure in the big blind. The third player folded before Markushevski shoved and was immediately called by Grangure for 341,000.

Markushevski: {q-Clubs} {10-Spades} for top pair and flush draw.
Grangure: {j-Spades} {5-Spades} for a made flush.

The board ran out {j-Clubs} {a-Hearts} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadzim Markushevski	921,000 -239,000	-239,000
Tudor Grangure	750,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Tudor Grangure Vadzim Markushevski

04-28-2012 23:16 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Guigon	1,240,000 40,000	40,000
Pratyush Buddiga	1,165,000 -60,000	-60,000
Georges Dib	1,025,000 70,000	70,000
Alex Mostafavi	990,000 90,000	90,000
Michael Dietrich	985,000 -165,000	-165,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy	875,000 -31,000	-31,000
Ben Vinson	875,000 -85,000	-85,000
John Andress	635,000 -55,000	-55,000
Clayton Mozdzen	540,000 -35,000	-35,000
Jason Wheeler	480,000 -340,000	-340,000
Fady Kamar	370,000 -40,000	-40,000
Amit Makhija	255,000 -2,000	-2,000
Vasili Firsau	135,000 -28,000	-28,000

04-28-2012 23:30 UTC+2

Amit Makhija Eliminates Vasili Firsau

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Michael Dietrich raised to 26,000 from under the gun, Ben Vinson three-bet to 64,000 in the next seat, Amit Makhila four-bet jammed for 196,000 in the hijack seat and Vasili Firsau also moved all-in from the cutoff. The action folded around to Vinson and he asked for a count of Makhija's stack as it was the bigger of the two. After a short while Vinson folded and left Makhija and Firsau to their own devices.

Makhija
Firsau

The flop {J-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {2-Spades} changed nothing, but the {K-Diamonds} on the turn certainly did. Makhija took the lead and when the {9-Spades} hit the river his double up was complete. Firsau left the party in 29th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Vinson	880,000 5,000	5,000
Amit Makhija	500,000 245,000	245,000
Vasili Firsau	Busted

Tags: Amit Makhija Ben Vinson Vasili Firsau

04-28-2012 23:40 UTC+2

Bonomo's Double Dream Over

MarcC

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
Geert-Jan Potijk	1,552,000 1,015,000	1,015,000
Andrew Pantling	400,000
Justin Bonomo	Busted

Tags: Andrew Pantling Geert-Jan Potijk Justin Bonomo

04-28-2012 23:42 UTC+2

Break Post

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Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

The players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

04-29-2012 00:00 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts After Level 21 (full)

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Geert-Jan Potijk	1,606,000 54,000	54,000
Bernard Guigon	1,355,000 115,000	115,000
Lucille Cailly	1,200,000 270,000	270,000
Pratyush Buddiga	1,177,000 12,000	12,000
Tudor Grangure	1,008,000 258,000	258,000
Georges Dib	1,000,000 -25,000	-25,000
Mohsin Charania	963,000 92,000	92,000

Michael Dietrich	900,000 -85,000	-85,000
Vadzim Markushevski	874,000 -47,000	-47,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy	826,000 -49,000	-49,000
Ben Vinson	820,000 -60,000	-60,000
Sergio Castelluccio	680,000 -69,000	-69,000
Andoni Larrabe	678,000 85,000	85,000
Fady Kamar	657,000 287,000	287,000
Alex Mostafavi	638,000 -352,000	-352,000
John Andress	625,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jesse Martin	625,000 -178,000	-178,000
Rodrigo Caprioli	605,000 430,000	430,000
Franck Blanc	575,000 300,000	300,000
Amit Makhija	480,000 -20,000	-20,000
Clayton Mozdzen	456,000 -84,000	-84,000
Jason Wheeler	452,000 -28,000	-28,000
Daniel Gomez	446,000 1,000	1,000
Dimitar Danchev	388,000 158,000	158,000

Vadzim Kursevich	371,000 -413,000	-413,000

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04-29-2012 00:35 UTC+2

Franck Blanc Has Been Eliminated

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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
Jason Wheeler	870,000
Clayton Mozdzen	710,000
Franck Blanc	Busted

Tags: Clayton Mozdzen Franck Blanc Jason Wheeler