2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€10,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Obrestad Out Kicks Boeken

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad

Annette Obrestad opened for 1,000 from the cutoff and got called by Olvedo Heinze on the button and big blind Noah Boeken. They saw a flop of {j-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and when Boeken checked Obrestad bet 1,600. Fold from Heinze but Boeken made the call.

The turn card was the {3-Hearts} which they checked and checked again on the river {k-Hearts}. It was Boeken to show first. “Just a jack.” he said. Obrestad waited for him to show the {j-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and laughed as she showed {j-Spades}{8-Clubs}.

Tags: Annette ObrestadNoah BoekenOlvedo Heinze

Benger Doesn’t Like 10 Handed Play

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Griffin Benger is not particularly happy that the tournament today has been ten handed due the large number of entrants and he’s letting the table, the dealer, the floor and PokerNews know about it. It was unclear if his unhappiness was correlated to the size of his stack.

Toby Lewis to his right then started reminiscing about the time EPTs and WSOPs were occasionally 11 handed. Good times.

Player Chips Progress
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
13,000
2,000
2,000

Value Turn Raise by Lewis

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Alexey Prager bet 1,200 on a flop of {2-Hearts}{K-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Toby Lewis raised him to 3,500.

Prager made the call and they saw a river card {Q-Hearts}.

They both checked and Lewis wanted Prager to show first. He turned over {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and Lewis won with {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
30,000
6,500
6,500
EPT 1X Winner
Alexey Prager
Alexey Prager
20,000
20,000
20,000

Tags: Toby Lewis

Geilich Primed to Continue His Stellar Year

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Ludovic Geilich
Ludovic Geilich

Some big stacks are beginning to emerge here in the penultimate level of the night, and Ludovic Geilich is one of them. Earlier this month, Geilich, who plays online under "ludovi333," notched a Super Tuesday win for $101,325.13 following a four-handed deal at the final table. That online score came less than a year after Geilich won the PokerStars UKIPT Marbella Main Event for €130,000.

In a recent hand, four players each put in 1,100 preflop to see a flop of {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{2-Clubs}. All four checked, and then they did the same on the {9-Clubs} turn. When the {6-Spades} completed the board on the river, Kirill Shugai checked from the small blind and Geilich bet 5,500 from the big. Team PokerStars Pro Christophe de Meulder called from the hijack, and then Hao Tian folded from the button followed by Shugai.

Geilich rolled over the {6-Spades}{9-Spades} for a rivered two pair, and it was good as de Meulder simply shook his head and then sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
200,000
15,000
15,000
Christophe de Meulder be
Christophe de Meulder
15,500
-4,500
-4,500

Tags: Ludovic Geilich

The Eliminations Keep Coming

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kostyantyn Shulga
Kostyantyn Shulga
Busted
Maxime Marcouiller
Maxime Marcouiller
Busted
Yue Sue
Yue Sue
Busted
Kresten Nielsen
Kresten Nielsen
Busted
Santiago Nadal us
Santiago Nadal
Busted
Filippo Lazzaretto it
Filippo Lazzaretto
Busted
Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
Busted
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
Busted
Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
Busted
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
Busted
Jarrod Rex
Jarrod Rex
Busted
Max Greenwood ca
Max Greenwood
Busted
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
Busted
Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
Busted
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
Busted
Andrey Lobzhanidze ru
Andrey Lobzhanidze
Busted
Arno del Curto
Arno del Curto
Busted
Zhapar Sultanov
Zhapar Sultanov
Busted
Julia Derkach
Julia Derkach
Busted
Leo McClean gb
Leo McClean
Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
150,000
87,000
87,000
Nikolay Baranov
Nikolay Baranov
150,000
86,000
86,000
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
109,000
43,000
43,000
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
100,000
30,000
30,000
Vasili Firsau by
Vasili Firsau
90,000
90,000
90,000
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
83,500
62,500
62,500
Steven Silverman us
Steven Silverman
82,000
82,000
82,000
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
73,000
10,000
10,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
71,000
36,000
36,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
71,000
3,500
3,500
Poker Hall of Famer
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
70,000
33,000
33,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
65,000
33,000
33,000
Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
55,000
15,000
15,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
50,000
-3,050
-3,050
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
50,000
-20,000
-20,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
50,000
22,000
22,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
45,000
-20,000
-20,000
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
43,500
18,500
18,500
EPT 1X Winner
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
42,000
42,000
42,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
40,000
14,300
14,300
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
David Williams us
David Williams
40,000
-29,000
-29,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
37,000
2,000
2,000
Full Tilt
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
32,200
-5,800
-5,800
Full Tilt
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
31,000
-14,000
-14,000
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
30,000
14,000
14,000

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Habernig Runs Into a Brickwell

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Matthias Habering
Matthias Habering

Earlier in the day we told you about Matthis Habernig.

Back in 2010, the then 19-year-old Habernig from Klagenfurt, Austria made poker headlines when he topped a field of 364 players to win the Latin American Poker Tour Season III Florianopolis Main Event for $247,491. As if things couldn’t get any better, Habernig was back at a LAPT final table a month later. That’s when he navigated a field of 258 players to make the final table of the LAPT Season 3 Grand Finale in Rosario, Argentina. He ultimately took sixth place for $49,400.

Habernig has flown under the poker spotlight since as he finishes his university studies, but he decided to play a little poker in Monaco. Unfortunately, his time in the Grand Final came to an end in the penultimate level of Day 1b.

We missed his final hand, but Dermot Blain was kind enough to fill us in on the details. According to him, an under-the-gun player opened for 1,100 and Habernig called. Germany's Daniel Brickwell then three-bet to 3,500, the original raiser folded, and Habernig four-bet it to 9,000. Brickwell moved all in and Habernig called off for 22,000 total.

Habernig: {q-}{q-}
Brickwell: {k-}{k-}

Habernig was in dire straits, but he got lucky when the {q-}{10-}{10-} flop gave him a full house. A third {10-} on the turn meant Brickwell could catch either the case ten or one of the two remaining kings to win, and unfortunately for the young Austrian, a {K-} spiked on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Habernig at
Matthias Habernig
Busted

Tags: Daniel BrickwellMatthias Habernig