Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
665
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Artinano Now Has Twice as Many Chips
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Another pre flop all-in and another double up.
| Andres Artinano |   |
| Adrian Schaap |   |
Board: 
Artinano moved up to 150,000 and Schaap was down to 118,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
118,000
-134,000
|
-134,000 |
Finger Bursts The Bubble, Pulls Out Of POY Race
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
"The knockout of EPT Prague winner Martin Finger has burst the bubble here in a double elimination. Finger had opened from the hijack to 10,000 and Jesse Martin three-bet to 29,500 out of the small blind. Finger responded by moving his stack, all 189,500 of it, across the line to pile the pressure back onto Martin..."
Read more at the PokerStars Blog.
Giuseppe Pantaleo Has Been Eliminated
We joined the table with Giuseppe Pantaleo and Jesse Martin all-in and it was a huge pot.
| Martin | |
| Pantaleo |   |
Board: 
What a flop for Martin! Pantaleo has been like a rollercoaster during this tournament, but the wheels have finally come off sending him crashing out of the tournament. Martin is one of our top dogs with 670,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
Busted |
Chouity Eliminated
Nicolas Chouity was all in preflop with the 
against the 
for Vadzim Kursevich. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Kursevich won the pot.
Chouity won this event back in 2010, but will have to settle for a €15,000 cash this time around.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
390,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Karmazinas Busts Boujenah
Dominykas Karmazinas just busted Ilan Boujenah in unknown action and now has 750,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
Busted |
Castelluccio Rivers Set Against Seidel
Action folded to Sergio Castelluccio on the button and he raised with Erik Seidel calling from the big blind. The flop went check, check after the 
fell and then Seidel fired 16,000 on the 
turn. Castelluccio called.
The river was the and Seidel bet 33,000. Castelluccio thought for a little bit, then put in a raise to 91,000. It was Seidel's turn to tank. He thought for a couple minutes mulling things over and then called.
Castelluccio turned over the 
and Seidel mucked his hand, dropping back below 100,000 in chips. Castelluccio moved up to 850,000 and is still in the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
92,000
-328,000
|
-328,000 |
|
||
Grangure Eliminates Baburin
We joined the action on a flop of 
and the two players involved in the pot were Sergey Baburin and Tudor Grangure, and they were both all-in.
| Grangure |   |
| Baburin |  |
So Grangure had flopped trips and that soon became a full house with consecutive treys on the turn 
and river eliminating Baburin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
Busted |
Pierre Neuville Has Been Eliminated
Team PokerStars Pro Pierre Neuville raised to 15,000 in early position and Vadzim Markushevski three-bet on the button. Neuville moved all-in, Markushevski called and we had a showdown.
| Markushevski | |
| Neuville | |
Board: 
So Neuville was out, but would he hand his board game to Markushevski in true Barry Greenstein style (Neuville has created his own poker board game). In the end Neuville decided to keep hold of his game and Markushevski will have to settle for the real thing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
Busted |
Huge Double Up For Vinson
Ben Vinson made up the small change in the small blind, but Geert-Jan Potijk raised to 16,000 in the big blind. Vinson decided to call and the pair shared a flop.
Flop: 
Vinson check-called a 36,000 Potjik bet.
Turn:
We didn't see the action on the turn but, "there were fireworks," said Jason Wheeler. When the fireworks ended all of the chips were in the middle and the dealer was asking them both to reveal their hands.
| Vinson |  |
| Potijk |  |
So two pair versus two pair and after the 
on the river Vinson doubled up.
(Thanks to Jason Wheeler for the detail up to the turn)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
361,000
|
361,000 |
|
355,000
-313,000
|
-313,000 |