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

Hansen Eliminated and Table 5 Chip Counts

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 gb
Sam Trickett
430,000
48,000
48,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
410,000
20,000
20,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
300,000
-12,000
-12,000
EPT 1X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
250,000
-15,000
-15,000
$25K Fantasy
Poker Hall of Famer
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
190,000
-53,000
-53,000
$25K Fantasy
Poker Hall of Famer
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
70,000
-85,000
-85,000
Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
Busted
Winamax

Gurtovoy Picks One Up

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 de
Tobias Reinkemeier
428,000
-2,000
-2,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
375,000
-45,000
-45,000
$25K Fantasy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
290,000
40,000
40,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
258,000
28,000
28,000
EPT 1X Winner
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
166,000
-49,000
-49,000

Tags: Tobias ReinkemeierGovert MetaalDan ShakAnatoly GurtovoyMike McDonald

Big Preflop Raise from Seiver

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 SeiverVanessa Selbst

Schedule Change

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

The tournament staff has just announced to the players that tomorrow's Day 2 will begin at 1:00 PM local time (CEST) instead of 12:00 PM. That means players will have to option of re-entering up until the start of Day 2 an hour later than originally planned.

Dinner Break

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

The players are now on a 90-minute dinner break. When the players return, they will play two more levels and then bag up their chips for the night.

Full Chip Counts (Dinner Break)

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
580,000
-40,000
-40,000
Tony G lt
Tony G
540,000
20,000
20,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
530,000
110,000
110,000
$25K Fantasy
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
470,000
42,000
42,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
455,000
35,000
35,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
430,000
90,000
90,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
430,000
110,000
110,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
416,000
6,000
6,000
Masa Kagawa
Masa Kagawa
410,000
-45,000
-45,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
380,000
-50,000
-50,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
370,000
70,000
70,000
EPT 1X Winner
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
360,000
-10,000
-10,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
360,000
-15,000
-15,000
$25K Fantasy
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
340,000
180,000
180,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
330,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
290,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
290,000
$25K Fantasy
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
290,000
40,000
40,000
$25K Fantasy
Poker Hall of Famer
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
285,000
27,000
27,000
EPT 1X Winner
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
270,000
-40,000
-40,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
260,000
-10,000
-10,000
Anton Allemann
Anton Allemann
240,000
96,000
96,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy
Anatoly Gurtovoy
221,000
-69,000
-69,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
210,000
-30,000
-30,000
David Sands us
David Sands
210,000
-15,000
-15,000

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Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Back At It

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The players have returned from dinner and the cards are back in the air. Two more levels to go before the remaining bunch bags and tags for the night.