Mohsin Charania raised to 160,000 in early position, Daniel Gomez three-bet to 360,000 one seat to his left and Charania flung his cards high in the air and we moved onto the next hand.
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Sergio Castelluccio open shoved from the cutoff and nobody took up the challenge.
It appears that the motivation of being on the biggest stage in Europe is having an adverse effect on the quality of the action. If you are wondering where all of the scintillating updates are, then there aren't none. If you are wondering where all of the post flop action is, there isn't any. If you are wondering where all of the three and four betting pre flop action is, well there is none of that either.
Since we went to the final table of nine, all we have had you have seen, and there has not been much of that. Let's hope things pick up - and soon - as I am pretty sure Sergio Castelluccio keeps falling to sleep behind those sunglasses of his.
- Michael Dietrich opened from second position and was only called by Alex Mostafavi. The flop came down king-high and Dietrich made a continuation bet of 120,000. Mostafavi was very predictable as he thought for a while, counted out calling chips, then raising chips before putting them back in his pile. He tapped the table and open folded pocket threes.
- The next hand Clayton Mozdzen opened to 120,000 from the cut-off before Rodrigo Caprioli three-bet to 380,000 from the small blind. It was a chunky three-bet and was ending a message to the Canadian. Mozdzen read the message loud and clear as he folded.
No one is going to give anything away here.

Sergio Castelluccio raised to 160,000 in early position, Alex Mostafavi called in late position and the short stack Clayton Mozdzen moved all-in from the button for 730,000. Castelluccio has been quiet (physically) during this last few levels, but he sprung to life and also moved all in. Mostafavi now had the dwell time and eventually folded
face-up and boy did Mozdzen not like the sight of that!
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Castelluccio | ![]() ![]() |
So two of Mozdzen's out's were lying in the muck. The Canadian came over to the rail and clutched his girlfriends hand, tightly, as the dealer dealt the flop.
Flop:
Mozdzen wasn't even looking. Eventually he released his girlfriends hand and went to look at the flop, "It's a queen, it's a queen," he said quietly to his girlfriend. The turn & river
maintained Mozdzen's lead and he doubled up. He gave his girlfriend a quick kiss and headed back to sort out his new stack of around 1,500,000.
"How do you like me now?" Said a happy Mozdzen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,500,000
760,000
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760,000 |
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1,400,000
765,000
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765,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,035,000
1,920,000
|
1,920,000 |
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2,890,000
605,000
|
605,000 |
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2,195,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
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2,165,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
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2,116,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
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2,040,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
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1,960,000
775,000
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775,000 |
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1,685,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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740,000
1,190,000
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1,190,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
The players are on a 15-minute break.
The last hand before the break saw Bernard Guigon, Clayton Mozdzen and Lucille Cailly all see a flop containing a seven. The action checked to Mozdzen who bet 85,000 from the cut-off. Cailly folded but Guigon check-called. Both players checked the turn before Guigon led for 325,000 on the
river.
Mozdzen thought for a minute and called to be shown for rivered trips. Mozdzen smiled and shook his head as he paid off his opponent.
Apologies for the lack of details, we spoke to the dealer about this hand and that's all he could recall. Full chips counts coming up.
Bernard Guigon raised to 120,000 on the button and Sergio Castelluccio defended his big blind. The flop was
and a 250,000 Castelluccio check-raise won the pot after Guigon had bet 100,000.