The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€1,640,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€98,500
Prize Pool
€4,432,500
Entries
45
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Musical Chairs

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Daniel Negreanu, Martin Kabrhel and Bill Perkins have taken their seats. Here's how things look now.

TableSeatPlayerCountry
11Tony GAustralia
12Tom MarcheseUSA
13David "Doc" SandsUSA
14Leon TsoukernikCzech Republic
15--empty----
16Anton AllemannSwitzerland
17Philipp GruissemGermany
18Bryn KenneyUSA
    
21Eugene KatchalovUSA
22Masa KagawaJapan
23Daniel NegreanuCanada
24--empty----
25Jason MercierUSA
26Vanessa SelbstUSA
27Dan SmithUSA
28Sorel MizziCanada
    
31Govert MetaalNetherlands
32Bill PerkinsUSA
33Jonathan DuhamelCanada
34Anatoly GurtovyRussia
35--empty----
36Mike "Timex" McDonaldCanada
37Tobias ReinkemeierGermany
38Dan ShakUSA
    
41Martin KabrhelCzech Republic
42Viktor BlomSweden
43Artem LitvinovRussia
44Talal ShakerchiUK
45Justin BonomoUSA
46Will MolsonCanada
47Scott SeiverUSA
48Isaac HaxtonUSA
    
51Patrik AntoniusFinland
52Phil IveyUSA
53Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierFrance
54Erik SeidelUSA
55Gus HansenDenmark
56--empty----
57Sam TrickettUK
58Sam ChartierCanada

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
470,000 147,500
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
410,000 -17,200
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
408,000 -12,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
396,000 1,000
Tony G lt
Tony G
390,000 -40,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
382,000 -28,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
370,000 -20,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
340,000 80,000
Masa Kagawa
Masa Kagawa
320,000 121,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Poker Hall of Famer
314,000 64,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
EPT 1X Winner
312,000 62,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
300,000 -21,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
291,000 -29,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
285,000 25,000
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
275,000 -15,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
270,000 10,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
270,000 20,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
270,000 -50,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
268,000 -22,000
Will Molson ca
Will Molson
265,000 64,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
260,000 -10,000
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
250,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
248,000 -27,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Poker Hall of Famer
243,000 3,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
220,000 -30,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Sam Trickett Busts The Jungleman

Cates is Out
Cates is Out

Sam Trickett has just busted Daniel "Jungleman" Cates. We didn't see the hand but know it was an all-in pre flop confrontation. Cates had {A-} {K-} and 120,000 and Trickett had {10-} {10-}. The pocket tens held up and Cates is running around trying to find an opponent to play Chinese Poker. Trickett meanwhile has 410,000.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
410,000 168,000
Daniel Cates us
Daniel Cates
Busted

Tags: Daniel CatesSam Trickett

Haxton Re-Enters

Isaac Haxton just re-entered the event after his elimination. He's on his second bullet and with another 250,000 in chips. We'll have an updated seat draw coming shortly.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
250,000 250,000

Goodbye, Haxton

Tony G wasted little time in getting to work. He just sent Isaac Haxton to the rail after the two got all of the money in on a {9-}{9-}{8-}{6-} board with Tony G holding {9-}{8-} for a flopped full house against Haxton's {10-}{7-} for a turned straight. The river blanked and Haxton was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Tony G lt
Tony G
430,000 195,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
Busted

Tags: Tony GIsaac Haxton

Chartier Gives It Up On Turn

From the button, Scott Seiver raised to 5,000. Sam Chartier reraised from the small blind to 15,400 and Seiver called.

After the {K-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} flop, Chartier bet 18,000 and Seiver called. That brought the two players to the {10-Diamonds} turn and Chartier checked. Seiver fired 28,000 and Chartier mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
262,000 -22,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
200,000 38,000

Tags: Sam ChartierScott Seiver

Blom Takes the Lead

Sam Chartier raised to 4,000 from under the gun and Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom reraised to 13,500 from the next seat. Talal Shakerchi four-bet to 26,000 from the cutoff and action folded back to Blom. He five-bet to 65,000 and Shakerchi called.

The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Spades} and Blom bet 70,000. Shakerchi made the call.

The turn was the {J-Spades} and Blom fired all in for 148,100. Shakerchi folded anc Blom won the pot to move to over 400K and into the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
427,200 147,200
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
322,500 -27,500

Tags: Viktor BlomTalal ShakerchiSam Chartier