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

04-28-2012 13:21 UTC+2

Elder Busts

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Mohsin Charania was the man who we thought was going to be our chip leader yesterday, until Team PokerStars Pro Max Martinez caught him at the death. Still, the former Sunday Million winner bagged up 413,500 chips to give him a 2nd place finish. His stack is now 460,000 and this is partly because he has just eliminated Rupert Elder. The pair clashed pre flop and Charania had the former EPT Champion dominated.

Charania
Elder

Board: {A-Spades} {10-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}

So Rupert Elder will not be our first ever double EPT Champion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohsin Charania	460,000	46,500
Rupert Elder	Busted

Tags: Mohsin Charania Rupert Elder

04-28-2012 13:22 UTC+2

Notable Busts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliot Smith	Busted
Jonathan Karamalikis	Busted
Faraz Jaka	Busted

04-28-2012 13:22 UTC+2

Break Time

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The players have just reached the end of Level 1 and are having a 20-minute break. Tudor Grangure now has the chip lead with 530,000 chips.

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04-28-2012 13:25 UTC+2

Karmakinas On The Rise Once More

MarcC

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Dominykas Karmazinas finished third at the Grand Final here in 2010 and he's setting himself up for another deep run at the expense of aggro German Guiseppe Pantaleo.

Click through to the PokerStars Blog to read more.

04-28-2012 13:39 UTC+2

So Close But No Cigar For.....

MarcC

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Gurtovoy	Busted
Maksim Kolosov	Busted
Clyde Tjauw Foe	Busted
Philippe Narboni	Busted
Elliot Smith	Busted
[Removed:119]	Busted
Oleh Okhotskyi	Busted
Maroun Jazzar	Busted
Christopher Hunichen	Busted
Leon Viellevoije	Busted

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

04-28-2012 13:42 UTC+2

Erik Seidel Loses a 190k Pot

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

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Erik Seidel Lost AK vs all in AT for 190k pot, but still have 355k. 108 left, avg is 185k. 96 get paid #EPTgrandfinal
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04-28-2012 13:43 UTC+2

Chips From the Break (full)

MarcC

Player	Chips	Progress
Tudor Grangure	497,000	-33,000
Geert-Jan Potijk	487,000	162,400
Dominykas Karmazinas	455,000	35,000
Max Martinez	426,000	-59,000
Sergio Castelluccio	423,000	211,400
Vadzim Markushevski	420,000	170,200
Mohsin Charania	420,000	-40,000
Frank Koopmann	420,000	143,600
Justin Bonomo	362,000	140,100
Erik Seidel	354,000	-1,000
David Sands	345,000
Daniel Gomez	335,000	43,200
Vadzim Kursevich	320,000	2,200
Andrew Pantling	320,000	126,800
Lawrie Inman	304,000	500
Andoni Larrabe	298,000
Alex Mostafavi	290,000	180,000
Dimitar Danchev	282,000	42,000
Amit Makhija	273,000	-22,000
Mikhail Korotkikh	270,000	8,700
Santiago Nadal	255,000	-37,000
Rasmus Vogt	250,000	147,800
Griffin Benger	250,000	-34,100
Bruno Fitoussi	246,000	500
Mikhail Petrov	242,000	98,000

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04-28-2012 13:56 UTC+2

Boujenah Wins One and Loses One

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On the {J-Spades} {5-Hearts} {2-Spades} flop, Dan Abouaf checked before Ilan Boujenah fired 11,000. Guillaume Darcourt called behind and then Abouaf also called.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} and all three players checked to see the {6-Hearts} land on the river. Abouaf pounced with a bet of 21,000 and Boujenah called. Darcourt folded.

Boujenah showed the {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} to beat Abouaf's {A-Spades} {3-Spades} and win the pot.

On the next hand, Boujenah raised to 8,000 and Andres Artinano called in position to take the {K-Spades} {J-Spades} {8-Clubs} flop. Boujenah bet 10,000 and Artinano called.

The turn was the {J-Clubs} and both players checked. They also checked the {9-Spades} river card.

Artinano showed a winning {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} and Boujenah mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Artinano	245,000	95,900
Ilan Boujenah	225,000	40,000
Dan Abouaf	190,000	-44,500
Guillaume Darcourt	170,000	-104,800

Tags: Andres Artinano Guillaume Darcourt Ilan Boujenah Dan Abouaf

04-28-2012 13:59 UTC+2

Renkers Ropes In a Double

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From the hijack seat, Andoni Larrabe Sánchez opened with a raise to 8,000. Patrick Renkers jammed all in from the cutoff seat for 43,000 and everyone folded back to Sánchez. He made the call holding the {Q-Hearts} {9-Spades} . Renkers held the {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds} .

The flop gave Sánchez the lead with the {9-Hearts} {8-Spades} {6-Spades} coming turn. He stayed in front after the {2-Clubs} turn card, but the {A-Diamonds} on the river doubled Renkers up and moved him back near 100,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andoni Larrabe	245,000	97,300
Patrick Renkers	96,000	3,300

Tags: Patrick Renkers Andoni Larrabe Sánchez