Main Event
Day 4 Started
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Main Event
Day: 4
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
EPT Grand Final: 26 to Our Final Table of Eight
Welcome back to the 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final. At this stage we normally have 24 players remaining but after eight levels of play yesterday we still hadn't reached that magic number. The tournament directors had a look at how tired the players were and sensibly decided to halt play at the end of level 22.
No player was more tired than the end of day chip leader Geert-Jan Potijk (1.32m chips) who had a draining day playing under the lights of the TV set. He struggled to even count his own stack at the end he was that tired. At the other end of the spectrum was Jason Wheeler who looked like he could have played all night, such was his energy and confidence. That confidence is still evident coming into today, highlighted by his FaceBook status this morning that read, "Note to pokerstars....you should probably sign me now...price goes up in two days..."
Both Potijk and Wheeler have to navigate their way to the final table before they can worry about the title, and there are 18 players standing in their way. That's our aim for the day - to make 26 look like eight, final table set, bag and tag, goodnight.
Play is due to start at midday (CET), so please join us back here then then.
Here's How They Line Up Today
| table | seat | name | chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ben Vinson | 1.039.000 |
| 1 | 2 | Jason Wheeler | 903.000 |
| 1 | 3 | Dimitar Danchev | 447.000 |
| 1 | 4 | Amit Makhija | 317.000 |
| 1 | 5 | Vadzim Kursevich | 546.000 |
| 1 | 6 | Geert-Jan Potijk | 1.320.000 |
| 2 | 1 | Pratyush Buddiga | 970.000 |
| 2 | 2 | Rodrigo Dos Santos Caprioli | 525.000 |
| 2 | 3 | Clayton Mozdzen | 571.000 |
| 2 | 4 | Fady Kamar | 849.000 |
| 2 | 5 | Vadzim Markushevski | 922.000 |
| 2 | 6 | Dan Abouaf | 448.000 |
| 2 | 7 | Jesse Martin | 438.000 |
| 3 | 1 | Anatoly Gurtovoy | 945.000 |
| 3 | 2 | Andoni Larrabe | 1.071.000 |
| 3 | 3 | Andrew Pantling | 322.000 |
| 3 | 4 | Lucille Cailly | 999.000 |
| 3 | 5 | Sergio Castelluccio | 944.000 |
| 3 | 6 | Georges Dib | 1.118.000 |
| 4 | 1 | Daniel Gomez | 332.000 |
| 4 | 2 | John Andress | 599.000 |
| 4 | 3 | Tudor Grangure | 828.000 |
| 4 | 4 | Michael Dietrich | 719.000 |
| 4 | 5 | Bernard Guigon | 1.212.000 |
| 4 | 6 | Reza Mostafavi Tabatabaei | 725.000 |
| 4 | 7 | Mohsin Charania | 875.000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Cailly Finds Aces to Bust Pantling
Andrew Pantling has been eliminated in the very first hand of Day 4. He was sitting on 16BB when he moved all-in from the button holding 
and Lucille Cailly once again found 
to make the call from the small blind. If things weren't bad enough for Pantling the flop handed Cailly a set and he was out of the door by the turn.
Board: 
Pantling leaves with €35,000 and Cailly now has 1,360,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,360,000 | 361,000 |
|
Busted |
Tabatabaei Limps Then Walks
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Reza Tabatabaei limps in the first spot and both blinds call and check respectively. The flop is 
and Tabatabaei takes down the pot with a 20,000 flop bet. Then in the aftermath of Pantling's elimination Tabatabaei has been moved to that table and now sits in 7 to the left of Georges Dib
No Plan, Stan?
Sergio Castelluccio has lost nearly half of his stack already today, the last chunk where he four-bet folded.
He opened to 40,000 and was called in two spots before Anatoly Gurtovoy three-bet to 120,000 from the button. The action was back on Castelluccio and he studied his opponent and four-bet to 560,000. The two callers folded but Gurtovoy quickly moved all-in.
He had Castelluccio covered and the Italian reacted, "Fifteen times already I have been in this spot!" as he threw his hands up in the air. He continued to procrastinate and then threw his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | 355,000 |
|
560,000 | -384,000 |
A Few Shoves
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Dan Abouaf opens from the button and Jesse Martin moved all-in from the small blind to end the action.
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Daniel Gomez open shoved and everybody folded.
The Old Limp Re-Raise
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Reza Tabatabaei limped into the pot from early position and Andoni Larrabe Sánchez decided to try to isolate him with a raise to 80,000. Back to Tabatabaei and he had a surprise for Sánchez when he raised to 225,000. The suspicious Sánchez made the fold.
Fady Kamar: Non-Believer
Fady Kamar has shown us, on several times, that the man just does not like to fold. Here is another great example of Kamar's thought process in action.
Vadzim Markushevski raised to 37,000 under the gun and Kamar defended his big blind. The pair checked the flop of 
before we had the 
on fourth street. Kamar checked, Markushevski bet 45,000 and Kamar called. Onto the river and the dealer gave us the , Kamar checked, Markushevski bet 125,000 and Kamar called. When Kamar showed the table 
it was greeted by a lot of head shaking by Markushevski before his hand hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000 | 131,000 |
|
560,000 | -362,000 |