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

Pantling Done For

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Andrew Pantling
Andrew Pantling

Andrew Pantling, who finished runner up to Steve O'Dwyer here last year for €842,000, has been eliminated from the tournament. We saw him sitting on an outer table talking to Roberto Romanello who was also recently eliminated from that same table.

Former table mate Olvedo Heinze told us that Pantling had lost a big pot to Georgy Filippovich a bit earlier. Not much later he lost his remaining chips to Filippovich as well. Pantling shoved allin holding {A-}{9-} but couldn't out flop, out turn or out river Filippovich with ace-ten.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
Busted

Tags: Andrew Pantling

Wahlroos Losing Tusks

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Thomas Wahlroos
Thomas Wahlroos

On a {10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} flop, Henrik Lyngmark fired 2,600 and Thomas Wahlroos was the only caller in the big blind. The turn was the {7-Spades} and Wahlroos checked again, Lyngmark fired 5,000 this time but again Wahlroos made the call.

The {5-Hearts} came on the river and Wahlroos checked a final time, Lyngmark bet 7,500 and Wahlroos tanked for a minute before finally opting to fold his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Wahlroos fi
Thomas Wahlroos
20,000 -11,500

Tags: Thomas WahlroosHenrik Lyngmark

Viktor’s House

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Three players were fighting over a 10k pot. They had got to the turn of a board reading {4-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Viktor Blom was in the big blind and he checked it to Mikal Blomlie who bet 2,300. Adam Joseph Reynolds folded but Blom made the call.

The river was the {5-Diamonds} and when both players checked the dealer instructed, “Showdown.”

Blom turned over {j-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and whatever Blomlie had he couldn’t beat that and an important pot was pushed to the Full Tilt Professional.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Full Tilt
35,000 22,000
Mikal Blomlie no
Mikal Blomlie
9,000

Tags: Viktor Blom

Ausmus Ousted

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jeremy Ausmus
Jeremy Ausmus

We saw World Series of Poker bracelet winner and former October Niner Jeremy Ausmus walking out of the tournament room with his backpack in tow, but before he left he was kind enough to inform us of some specifics.

According to him, an aggressive player opened for 1,000 under the gun and another player called. A third player then three-bet to 2,900, Ausmus four-bet to 5,000 with {j-}{j-}, and only the three-bettor called to see a flop of {a-}{10-}{5-} with two clubs. Both players checked and the dealer burned and turned the {A-Diamonds}.

Ausmus' opponent moved all in, and Ausmus called off his last 10,000. Unfortunately for him, his opponent was head with {a-}{q-} and the river failed to produce another jack.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
Busted

Tags: Jeremy Ausmus

Kuo Can't Be Scared

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Kitty Kuo opened under the gun for 1,100 and a player two positions down made it 2,700. All other players quickly folded but Kuo couldn't be scared away just that easily. She made the call and saw a flop heads up.

{2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} on the flop and Kuo check-called a 3,000 continuation bet. Her opponent checked behind both the turn ({4-Spades}) and river ({9-Spades}) and Kuo showed her {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Those eights were a winner, small pot to the twitter sensation.

Player Chips Progress
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
55,000 7,000

Tags: Kitty Kuo

Defending Champ Loses a Little

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a player in early position opened for 800, Charlie Combes shoved all in for 8,025 from the button. Defending champ Steve O'Dwyer asked for a count before making the call from the big blind, and the original raiser folded.

O'Dwyer: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
Combes: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Combes was well out in front, but O'Dwyer has been known to run hot in this tournament. The {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop made it seem like he might do so again as he picked up an open-ended straight draw, but then the {4-Diamonds} and {6-Diamonds} blanked on the turn and river respectively. Ship the doubles to Combes.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
40,000 -10,000

Tags: Steve O'DwyerCharlie Combes

They Failed to Make the Dinner Break

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
Busted
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Georgios Karakousis gr
Georgios Karakousis
Busted
Sergii Baranov ua
Sergii Baranov
Busted
Rob Akery gb
Rob Akery
Busted
Mikalai Pobal by
Mikalai Pobal
EPT 2X Winner
Busted
Joe Mouawad lb
Joe Mouawad
Busted
Jae Kyung Sim kr
Jae Kyung Sim
Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
Busted
Charles Kassin us
Charles Kassin
Busted
Chaofei Wang cn
Chaofei Wang
Busted
Nuri Hakan Demircioglu
Nuri Hakan Demircioglu
Busted
Alexander Reard
Alexander Reard
Busted
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
Busted
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
Busted
Maurizio Saieva it
Maurizio Saieva
Busted
Anton Kraus bg
Anton Kraus
Busted
Fabrizio Cocco
Fabrizio Cocco
Busted
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
Busted
Uladzimir Zaharau
Uladzimir Zaharau
Busted
Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
Busted
Charles Davies
Charles Davies
Busted
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
Busted
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
Busted
Andre Andrade
Andre Andrade
Busted

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Endangered Sharks

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes

It looks like it’s been a tough day for the entertaining Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes from Costa Rica. He has his lucky sharks with him and entered the tournament carrying two larger sharks, but they seem to have stayed in their cage so far as his stack has dwindled.

We saw him win a small pot by betting a flop of {10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades} but his opponent had a look at his stack and threw his cards in.

Player Chips Progress
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
16,000 -1,200

Tags: Humberto Brenes

Up To 415

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Laste year 531 players entered and Steve O'Dwyer beat everyone there was to beat to take down the €1,224,000 first place prize. This year there will be more entrants than last year, as the total number for today is up to 415. Add the 214 we had yesterday on Day 1a and that makes 629, already 98 players more than last year. Registration is still open and will remain open till the start of play tomorrow, so anticipate the participants number to grow even more.

Players left340
Entries415
Average chip stack36,618
Total chips in play12,450,000