Break
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
With 21 players remaining, the tournament is on halt for 15 minutes.
2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€98,000
Prize Pool
€6,015,240
Entries
62
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Gruissem Doubles vs Ivey
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Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Phil Ivey and Isaac Hakton have a bet on the number of players who make it to the break which is in less than 10 minutes. There are currently 21 left which Haxton has and Ivey has 20. “Everything else is a push.” Haxton explained.
Phil Ivey opened with a large bet of 125,000 from early position and sat to his left with not much more was Philipp Gruissem who saw the funny side after looking at his cards and moved all in.
It folded round to Ivey who put in the extra and they turned over their cards.
Ivey had 
against the 
of Gruissem. The flop was 
. “Free roll.” said Gruissem, and when the turn 
hit, “Come on.” The river duly delivered the 
flush for Gruissem who doubled up and may have cost Ivey his bet with Haxton.
“Unbelievable.” said Ivey. “That’s what that hand was all about.” he remarked about his bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
376,000 | 206,000 |
|
287,000 | -188,000 |
Gruissem Crippled; Doubles
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
With around 200,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Philipp Gruissem checked and Lo Shing Fung bet 130,000. Gruissem made the call and then checked once again when the 
double paired the board. Fung lowered his bet to 103,000, and it enticed Gruissem to call, which left him just 82,000 back. Fung tabled the 
for a full house, and it was good as Gruissem mucked.
In the very next hand, John Juanda opened for 27,000 and Gruissem moved all in from the button for 80,000 total. The blinds folded and Juanda called.
Gruissem: 
Juanda: 
"Sorry Phil," Juanda warned. Fortunately for Gruissem, there was no need to apologize as the board ran out a safe 
to give the German the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000 | 175,000 |
|
353,000 | -97,000 |
|
|
170,000 | -330,000 |
Get Tips from Daniel Negreanu at Learn.PokerNews
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu is currently sitting with a top five stack at the feature table with 21 left at the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller.
Negreanu is one of a number of pros who have sat down for Michelle Orpe's "Top Ten" list of questions over at Learn.PokerNews, a site dedicated to providing strategy advice and other useful information for beginning players. Read how Negreanu answered Michelle's questions regarding how he got started in poker as well as his tips for new players looking to improve their games.
Slowing Down
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
It's gotten much tighter over the last ten minutes or so. There's been very little action on either of the outer tables. The biggest seen was when Phil Ivey fired a 175,000 turn bet on a board reading 
. His opponent in the hand was Dan Cates but the latter folded after thinking for about two minutes.
EPT10 Grand Final: Daniel Negreanu 'Doin' His Thang'
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Jennifer Robles found a cheerful PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu at the start of the second break. He provides valuable tips on how to play poker, along with his take on not just the record-breaking turnout, but the young players who have decided to shell out 100,000 Euros.
Busquet Gets Lucky
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Team PokerStars Online player Isaac Haxton opened from early position for 36,000, a slightly larger bet sizing than the standard table open in recent hands.
It folded round to Olivier Busquet who moved all in and was instantly called by Haxton. Busquet had found 
in his blind but had run into the of Haxton.
The cards ran out 
. Busquets spiked his jack right off the bat and remained ahead to double up and stay in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
660,000 | 330,000 |
|
260,000 | -295,000 |
Bonomo Eliminated by Lei Zhou
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Justin Bonomo shoved allin under the gun for 119,000. Directly next to him it was Chun Lei Zhou who made the call. All other players quickly folded, and Bonomo got the bad news.
Chun Lei Zhou:
Justin Bonomo:
The 
-flop made for some "chopportunities", and the 
on the turn gave Bonomo even more outs. The 
on the river wasn't one of them though, and the former champion exited the stage.
To balance the tables, none other than Daniel Negreanu made his way to the centre stage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
845,000 | 118,000 |
|
Busted |
The Daily EPT10 Player of the Year Update for 4-25-14
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is nearing an end, and as you know players have been accumulating points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop have been eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard. As you can see, Ole Schemion is running away with it and is a near lock to lay claim to the title.
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Schemion | 1,086.33 pts |
| 2 | Thomas Muhloecker | 822.45 pts |
| 3 | Vanessa Selbst | 803.87 pts |
| 4 | Alex Bilokur | 794.40 pts |
| 5 | Adrian Mateos | 644.24 pts |
| 6 | Dominik Panka | 608.60 pts |
| 7 | Jeff Rossiter | 590.27 pts |
| 8 | Andrew Chen | 589.60 pts |
| 9 | David Vamplew | 578.07 pts |
| 10 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | 577.93 pts |
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Yong Doubles Through Phua
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Team PokerStars Online's Ike Haxton raised to 24,000 preflop before Antonio Esfandiari three-bet to 60,000 in the seat next to him. Paul Phua flat-called but then Richard Yong moved all in from the blinds for 311,000.
Haxton and Esfandiari both quickly folded but Phua couldn't bring himself to give up his hand and made the call.
Phua: 
Yong: 
The board came 
and Yong doubled up to nearly 700,000.
"Nice hand Richard," said someone at the table.
Yong laughed, "Everybody knows how to play kings!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000 | 269,000 |
|
350,000 | -296,000 |