The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,495,000
1,047,000
|
1,047,000 |
|
|
2,765,000
1,123,000
|
1,123,000 |
|
|
2,240,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
2,115,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
2,000,000
1,095,000
|
1,095,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,985,000
815,000
|
815,000 |
|
|
1,930,000
1,130,000
|
1,130,000 |
|
|
1,185,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
865,000
1,121,000
|
1,121,000 |
|
|
740,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
625,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
Clayton Mozdzen raised to 105,000 on the button and Alex Mostafavi called in the big blind. Both players checked through the
flop and the dealer handed the pair the
on the turn. Mostafavi had already checked in the dark and Mozdzen bet 60,000; a bet that Mostafavi called. The river card was the
and when both players checked, and turned their cards over, the spoils were shared.
| Mostafavi | ![]() |
| Mozdzen | ![]() |
Then in the following hand, Mostafavi limped from the button, and picked the blinds and antes up after himself and Lucille Cailly checked down to the river on a
board. Mostafavi showed
.
When you consider that you are 11 places away from being crowned the EPT Grand Final Champion and collecting €1,600,000 in prize money, you wouldn't think you would see this.
Alex Mostafavi raised from under the gun when he made it a whopping 185,000 to play. The action folded around to Lucille Cailly on the button and she was completely flummoxed. After a long hard think she decided to make the call and the pair shared a flop.
Flop:

"I am all-in," said Mostofavi before the last card had even settled.
Cailly's head dropped into her arms and she looked distraught. Meanwhile Mostofavi just started reading his book; the calmest man in the building. After a while Mostofavi turned around to Cailly and said, "You are a great player and I would dearly love to see you with me on the final table."
With that Cailly folded and Mostafavi showed her pocket Kings, which produced a sigh of relief because Cailly had folded pocket jacks.
The TV table claims another victim, and this time it was Andoni Larrabe.
He open shoved with 
and was called by Sergio Castelluccio with 
. A six appeared on the flop and that was that for Larrabe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Vadzim Markushevski busted in very similar way to Andoni Larrabe, but because his exit was 30 seconds after Larrabe's, he made an extra €15,000.
Rodrigo Caprioli opened to 110,000 from under the gun and tank-called after Markushevski shoved for 850,000 from the small blind.
Markushevski: 

Caprioli: 

The board ran 



to make Caprioli two-pair.
We're down to nine players who will all reconvene on the TV table until we lose one more player. The new draw and chip counts will be coming up after a short break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,750,000
1,010,000
|
1,010,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Seat | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodrigo Caprioli | 1,745,000 |
| 2 | Bernard Guigon | 2,090,000 |
| 3 | Michael Dietrich | 1,950,000 |
| 4 | Sergio Castelluccio | 2,700,000 |
| 5 | Mohsin Charania | 2,905,000 |
| 6 | Daniel Gomez | 2,510,000 |
| 7 | Alex Mostafavi | 2,060,000 |
| 8 | Clayton Mozdzen | 2,390,000 |
| 9 | Lucille Cailly | 1,565,000 |
Rodrigo Caprioli raised to 105,000 under the gun and both blinds called. The flop was
and all three players checked. The turn was the
and Daniel Gomez bet 175,00, Alex Mostafavi folded and Caprioli called. The river was the
, both players checked and Caprioli won the pot with
; Mostafavi tabled
.
Sergio Castelluccio raised to 100,000, Lucille Cailly three-bet to 230,000 (off a stack of 1,500,000) and Castelluccio made the call.
Flop:

Castelluccio check-called a 260,000 Cailly bet.
Turn: 
Castelluccio checked for a second time and Cailly moved all-in. Castelluccio made the most of his dwell time, but always looked like folding, which is exactly what he did. The pot was handed to Cailly and her rail gave her a rapturous round of applause.
The players are on a 60-minute dinner break.
