€100,000 Super High Roller Day 1 | The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

04-23-2012 20:50 UTC+2

Big Preflop Raise from Seiver

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Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Action folded to Scott Seiver in the small blind and he raised to 17,000. The entire table was drawn to attention when they saw how large Seiver had raised, especially Vanessa Selbst in the big blind. After some thought, Selbst called.

The two players then checked the action on each street as the board ran out {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {A-Clubs} and went to a showdown. Seiver showed the {8-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} for a pair of eights, but lost to the {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for Selbst as she hit a pair of aces.

Tags: Scott Seiver Vanessa Selbst

04-23-2012 20:48 UTC+2

Kagawa Doubles

donpeters

We missed the hand, but Masa Kagawa doubled up with pocket aces through Dan Smith. Smith was crushed in the pot and knocked all the way down to just 20,000 in chips. Kagawa doubled to 455,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masa Kagawa	455,000	160,000
Dan Smith	20,000	-280,000

Tags: Masa Kagawa Dan Smith

04-23-2012 20:45 UTC+2

Gurtovoy Picks One Up

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From under the gun, Govert Metaal raised to 7,000. Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the cutoff seat, Mike "Timex" McDonald called from the button, Tobias Reinkemeier called from the small blind and Dan Shak called from the big blind.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {2-Spades} and action checked to Gurtovoy. He bet 20,000 and only Reinkemeier called.

The turn was the {A-Diamonds} and Reinkemeier checked. Gurtovoy bet 30,000 and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Reinkemeier	428,000	-2,000
Dan Shak	375,000	-45,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy	290,000	40,000
Mike McDonald	258,000	28,000
Govert Metaal	166,000	-49,000

Tags: Tobias Reinkemeier Govert Metaal Dan Shak Anatoly Gurtovoy Mike McDonald

04-23-2012 20:35 UTC+2

Hansen Eliminated and Table 5 Chip Counts

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Gus Hansen has been eliminated. He moved the last of his money in with {J-} {10-} , but couldn't beat the {Q-} {Q-} for Patrik Antonius.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Trickett	430,000	48,000
Sam Chartier	410,000	20,000
Patrik Antonius	300,000	-12,000
Erik Seidel	250,000	-15,000
Phil Ivey	190,000	-53,000
Bertrand Grospellier	70,000	-85,000
Gus Hansen	Busted

04-23-2012 20:34 UTC+2

Table 4 Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	420,000	-50,000
Viktor Blom	370,000	-40,000
Martin Kabrhel	310,000	156,000
Isaac Haxton	290,000	70,000
Justin Bonomo	170,000	10,000
Artem Litvinov	110,000	-165,000
Will Molson	84,000	-181,000

04-23-2012 20:33 UTC+2

Table 3 Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	620,000	20,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	430,000	65,000
Dan Shak	420,000	-27,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy	250,000	-20,000
Mike McDonald	230,000
Govert Metaal	215,000	-53,000

04-23-2012 20:32 UTC+2

Table 2 Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	420,000	140,000
Eugene Katchalov	330,000	-20,000
Dan Smith	300,000	-20,000
Masa Kagawa	295,000	-25,000
Sorel Mizzi	290,000	-50,000
Daniel Negreanu	270,000	-110,000
Vanessa Selbst	160,000	-45,000

04-23-2012 20:30 UTC+2

Table 1 Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Tony G	520,000	10,000
Bryn Kenney	340,000	55,000
Philipp Gruissem	320,000
Tom Marchese	240,000	-51,000
David Sands	225,000	82,000
Leon Tsoukernik	200,000	-110,000
Anton Allemann	144,000	-61,000

04-23-2012 20:04 UTC+2

High Roller in Color

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04-23-2012 19:56 UTC+2

Perkins Going for Second Bullet

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Bill Perkins has been eliminated. When we caught up with the action, there was a massive pot in the middle of the table between Perkins and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel. The board read {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {7-Spades} {4-Hearts} and Perkins check-called all in. Duhamel tabled the {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} for trip kings and Perkins mucked his hand.