€100,000 Super High Roller Day 1 | 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

04-24-2014 19:22 UTC+2

Watson Downed by Torelli

[user76023]

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

Justin Bonomo opened to 10,000 from the cutoff before Mike Watson moved all in for 72,500 in the small blind. Alec Torelli got a count in the big blind before making the call and Bonomo quickly got out of the way.

Watson:
Torelli:

The board came as Torelli rivered a pair of queens to send Watson out of the tournament.

"Just the one for me this time," said Watson, indicating he was unlikely to re-entering this tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alec Torelli	330,000	130,000
Mike Watson	Busted

04-24-2014 19:20 UTC+2

Shakerchi Still Short

[user252447]

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

We arrived at the table as Talal Shakerchi was facing off against Mike Watson. Shakerchi really didn’t have much behind but there was a bet of 11,000 in front of him and the flop was .

Watson put him to the test for the rest of his chips and Shakerchi made the call with his flopped pair and a gutshot. Watson tabled .

The turn and river saw Shakerchi survive and double up his short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	38,000	-122,000

Tags: Mike Watson Talal Shakerchi

04-24-2014 19:19 UTC+2

Chip Counts & Table Draw (full)

Webjoker

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

At the beginning of this level, the situation was as followed. There might be some small mistakes in the following data, as we depend upon visual counts by the dealers in most cases:

Seat	Player	Chips
	Table 1
1	Daniel Negreanu	500,000
2	Ping San Chan	680,000
3	Paul Phua	278,000
4	Patrik Antonius	436,000
5	Dan Smith	268,500
6	Fabian Quoss	385,000
7	Dario Sammartino	86,000

	Table 2
1	Alec Torelli	240,000
2	Talal Shakerchi	90,000
3	Jason Mercier	550,000
4	Daniel Cates	317,000
5	Justin Bonomo	270,000
6	Mohsin Charania	325,000
7	Martin Finger	300,000

	Table 3
1	Olivier Busquet	350,000
2	Johannes Strassmann	350,000
3	Lo Shing Fung	275,000
4	Paul Newey	210,000
5	Christoph Vogelsang	290,000
6	Phil Ivey	180,000
7	John Juanda	510,000

	Table 4
1	Haralabos Voulgaris	146,000
2	Chun Lei Zhou	228,000
3	Philipp Gruissem	585,000
4	Daniel Colman	95,000
5	Mikhail Smirnov	355,000
6	Richard Yong	280,000
7	Mike McDonald	525,000

	Table 5
1	Max Altergott	320,000
2	Vladimir Troyanovskiy	75,000
3	Vanessa Selbst	420,000
4	Igor Kurganov	250,000
5	Antonio Esfandiari	250,000
6	Adrian Mateos Diaz	335,000
7	Erik Seidel	90,000

	TV Table
1	Isaac Haxton	643,500
2	Ole Schemion	613,500
3	Steve O'Dwyer	159,000
4	Sorel Mizzi	131,000
5	Tobias Reinkemeier	230,000
6	Senh Man Ung	219,500
7	Timothy Adams	348,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Ping San Chan	680,000	280,000
Isaac Haxton	643,500	14,800
Ole Schemion	613,500	-1,600
Philipp Gruissem	585,000	85,000
Jason Mercier	550,000	-30,000
Mike McDonald	525,000	-5,000
John Juanda	510,000	260,000
Daniel Negreanu	500,000	-10,000
Patrik Antonius	436,000	-24,000
Vanessa Selbst	420,000	135,000
Fabian Quoss	385,000	-225,000
Mikhail Smirnov	355,000	105,000
Olivier Busquet	350,000	30,000
Johannes Strassmann	350,000	30,000
Timothy Adams	348,000	-10,000
Adrian Mateos	335,000	131,000
Mohsin Charania	325,000	75,000
Max Altergott	320,000	155,000
Dan Cates	317,000	-108,000
Martin Finger	300,000	-40,000
Christoph Vogelsang	290,000	-20,000
Richard Yong	280,000	-40,000
Paul Phua	278,000	28,000
Rono Lo	275,000	85,000
Justin Bonomo	270,000	-15,000

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04-24-2014 19:13 UTC+2

PokerNews Impromptu: Daniel Negreanu on early double, Vanessa Selbst, & Calling the Clock

Chad Holloway

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

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu talked to us about his early double through Vanessa Sebst, late registering, and calling the clock.

Tags: PokerNews Impromptu Daniel Negreanu audio

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

04-24-2014 18:54 UTC+2

Feature Table Counts at the Break

[user252447]

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	628,700	62,000
Ole Schemion	615,100	-15,900
Timothy Adams	358,000	-26,900
Tobias Reinkemeier	230,200	22,400
Senh Ung	219,200	-4,800
Steve O'Dwyer	158,200	-1,600
Sorel Mizzi	129,300	-44,400

04-24-2014 18:50 UTC+2

Break Time

[user252447]

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

The players are now on their last twenty minute break of the day. There will be two more 1 hour levels when play resumes.

04-24-2014 18:50 UTC+2

Altergott's Check-Raise Fails

[user76023]

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

Max Altergott was the single caller to Igor Kurganov's three-bet of 25,500 after the latter had squeezed from the button. The flop came , Altergott checked and Kurganov wanted to know how much his opponent had left.

Altergott moved back his arms and Kurganov, seemingly satisfied, bet 27,500. Altergott check-raised to 55,000 but Kurganov made the call to see the on the turn. Altergott checked a second time and Kurganov responded by betting 65,000 this time but the winner of this event last year quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	475,000	225,000
Max Altergott	165,000	-85,000

Tags: Igor Kurganov Max Altergott

04-24-2014 18:49 UTC+2

Altergott Doubles Through Seidel

[user76023]

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

According to Pokernews' own hostess Sarah Grant, just before the break Max Altergott doubled through Erik Seidel with against after all the money went in preflop and Altergott rivered an ace on a board. Seidel was crippled as a result

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Altergott	340,000	90,000
Erik Seidel	50,000	-200,000

04-24-2014 18:47 UTC+2

Haxton Bets Big

[user252447]

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

Timothy Adams bet 8,000 when it folded to him on the button. Isaac Haxton raised to 30,000 from the small blind and when Adams called the two players went to the flop:

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