2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€10,600 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
€1,240,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,500,000
Entries
650
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
40,000

Early Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
86,000
56,000
56,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
62,000
4,000
4,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
62,000
32,000
32,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
53,000
23,000
23,000
Jason Duval ca
Jason Duval
40,000
7,000
7,000
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
35,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
33,000
3,000
3,000
EPT 1X Winner
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
32,000
2,000
2,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
31,000
1,000
1,000
EPT 2X Winner
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
PokerStars
Domink Nitsche
Domink Nitsche
29,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
EPT 1X Winner
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
27,000
Tim Reilly us
Tim Reilly
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
25,000
-8,700
-8,700
PokerStars
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
24,500
Peter Gould gb
Peter Gould
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
20,000
6,000
6,000
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
20,000
David Peters us
David Peters
20,000
-10,000
-10,000
Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
17,500
-12,500
-12,500

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Spanish Sighs

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Antonio Esfandiari had just joined the table and was talking about some cool clubs he had been to when a hand broke out around him.

Tudor Purice opened for 500 and called a raise to 1,500 from Raul Mestre from Spain. The blinds folded and the two players saw a flop of {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}.Purice check-called a bet of 2,500 from Mestre and they saw a turn card {7-Diamonds}. Once more Purice check-called, now a bet of 5,500 from Mestre.

They both checked the river card {5-Spades} and when Purice showed {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} Mestre sighed deeply and gave up his hand.

“What? Why are you sighing?” Purice asked, but answer came there none.

Player Chips Progress
Tudor Purice ro
Tudor Purice
39,000
10,900
10,900
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
30,000
30,000
30,000
Raul Mestre es
Raul Mestre
25,000
25,000
25,000

One Chip is a Call

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Talal Shakerchi had opened from the button and his opponent in the small blind, online qualifier Maximilian Mast from Germany, tried to raise but as he had put out one chip in it was deemed a call.

The two players saw a flop of {6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts}.

Mast checked and Shakerchi bet two red T1000 chips. Mast pushed out a blue T5000 chip over the line and said, “Raise.” Once more the dealer explained the “one chip is a call” rule and it was deemed a call of 2,000. Mast took the blue chip back and replaced it with two reds.

The turn card was the {9-Spades} and both players checked, avoiding any unnecessary chip betting problems. When the river fell the {3-Spades} Mast pushed out a single 5,000 chip for a bet.

Shakerchi glared at his opponent for a second before making the fold.

Tags: Talal Shakerchi

More Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
55,000
25,000
25,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
55,000
25,000
25,000
Rhys Jones gb
Rhys Jones
45,000
15,000
15,000
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
38,000
8,000
8,000
Full Tilt
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
34,000
7,000
7,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
34,000
4,000
4,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
31,000
1,000
1,000
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
30,000
Natural8
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
30,000
PokerStars
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
28,500
-1,500
-1,500
Jeffrey Hakim lb
Jeffrey Hakim
28,000
Victoria Coren Mitchell gb
Victoria Coren Mitchell
27,500
-2,500
-2,500
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
PokerStars
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
20,000
-10,000
-10,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
15,000
-15,000
-15,000
Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
14,000
-19,000
-19,000
EPT 1X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
5,500
-24,500
-24,500
Poker Hall of Famer

Alvarado Starting Well

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
JC Alvarado
JC Alvarado

Joining the action on the turn of a {J-Spades}{3-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades} board, Jerry Odman was thinking. He was facing a 4,500 bet from JC Alvarado - the latter having already amassed quite a stack so far in this tournament. Odman elected to make the call to see the {6-Clubs} river.

Odman took a couple of minutes before opting to check and Alvarado flicked in a bet of 14,000. The onus was back on the Swede once again and he made the call. Alvarado turned over {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} and Odman nodded his head before mucking his hand.

Player Chips Progress
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
90,000
28,000
28,000

River Bet?

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Isaac Haxton, PokerStars Team Online, opened on the button for 500 and got called by Dylan Honeyman in the small blind and big blind Marty Mathis.

The three PokerStars players saw a flop of {a-Spades}{3-Spades}{q-Clubs} and all of them checked. A turn card {5-Clubs} saw Honeyman lead out, a call from Mathis and Haxton folded.

The river card was the {2-Diamonds} and both players checked. Honeyman said , “Ace.” and Mathis turned over his {A-}{8-} before quickly turning it back over again when Honeyman showed his {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

Haxton had wandered away from the table when he folded but saw the cards and asked, “Did you bet the river?”

Tags: Isaac HaxtonDylan HoneymanMarty Mathis

Moreira de Melo Mystery

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Frank Op de Woerd chats with Fatima Moreira de Melo
Frank Op de Woerd chats with Fatima Moreira de Melo

The final board read {a-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{6-Spades}{10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo made a bet of 1,800. Vladimir Shabalin from Russia sat thinking about it.

“You think I have an ace?” She asked. He flashed the {a-Hearts} and folded. “Oh you had the ace. I wouldn’t do that with an ace.” The pot was pushed to de Melo and her cards remained a mystery.

Tags: Fatima Moreira De Melo

Cody Wins a Small One

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Jake Cody opened for 500 and got called by Ami Barer on the button who seems to have been in a lot of pots and his stack is dwindling.

The flop was {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Cody bet 700. Barer made the call to see the turn card {2-Spades} which they both checked. The river was the {10-Diamonds} and Cody took his time before betting 1,700.

Barer flicked his cards away with a slight giggle.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
23,000
1,000
1,000
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
18,000
-2,000
-2,000

Tags: Ami BarerJake Cody

Smith Misses his Outs - Busts

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Dan Smith
Dan Smith

Dan Smith had 4,000 behind and was facing off against Shunu Zang over a flop reading {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}. All of Smith’s chips went in and he turned over {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for the up and down straight draw while Zang had the {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} top pair.

The turn {k-Spades} and river {10-Spades} didn’t deliver any of Smith’s outs, and he was out.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
Busted

Tags: Dan Smith