Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€10,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,500,000
Entries
650
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
40,000
No Points for Griffin. Door.
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Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Griffin Benger is out, he called all in with 
against Hendrik Latz' 
but couldn't hit enough on a 
board. Afterwards Benger was lamenting that he hadn't found a fold since apparently someone else had exposed an ace before he called all in.
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Busted |
The Eliminations Keep Coming
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
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Bruel Busts
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Patrick Bruel has been eliminated, he lost with 
to Myro Garcia's 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Geilich Primed to Continue His Stellar Year
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
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 
. All four checked, and then they did the same on the 
turn. When the 
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 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 |
|---|---|---|
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200,000 | 15,000 |
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15,500 | -4,500 |
Value Turn Raise by Lewis
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Alexey Prager bet 1,200 on a flop of 
and Toby Lewis raised him to 3,500.
Prager made the call and they saw a river card .
They both checked and Lewis wanted Prager to show first. He turned over 
and Lewis won with 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | 6,500 |
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20,000 | 20,000 |
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 |
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13,000 | 2,000 |
Obrestad Out Kicks Boeken
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
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 
and when Boeken checked Obrestad bet 1,600. Fold from Heinze but Boeken made the call.
The turn card was the which they checked and checked again on the river . It was Boeken to show first. “Just a jack.” he said. Obrestad waited for him to show the 
and laughed as she showed .
"Mad Marvin" Mauled by Marsili
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
We saw a bunch of people standing around a table at the far side of the room, so we made our way over to find out what all the commotion was about.
The action escaped us, but we do know that it was an all-in three-way hand between Marvin Rettenmaier, Poland's Tomasz Chmiel, and France's Antoine Marsili.
Rettenmaier: 
Chmiel:
Marsili:
It was a bad spot for both Rettenmaier and Marsili, but the latter managed to get lucky on the 
flop. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing, and Marsili won the pot while simultaneously crippling Chmiel and eliminating Rettenmaier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Step One Completed
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
When we arrived at Farrell's table we were just in time to catch the cards and board, while [Removed:17] was counting out chips to hand them to his Scottish opponent.
Farrell later told us that he had shoved allin before the flop with from late position. Yan in the small blind made the call, while the big blind was sitting out. Yan had 
and had made the call. The board had ran out 
and Farrell doubled.
"Step One completed of my master plan" he said. "Of your master plan for world domination?" we asked. "For my master plan to take over the world" he added. Farrell, who won the FTOPS Main Event for $236,232 just a week ago, is still short, but on his way back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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14,000 | -18,500 |
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13,200 | -49,800 |