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

Stars Line Up for the Shark Cage at EPT Grand Final

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Sarah Grant in the Shark Cage!
Sarah Grant in the Shark Cage!

According to PokerStars, Heats 3 and 4 of the great new PokerStars TV show “Shark Cage” are going to be filmed at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final today. Shark Cage features qualifiers and poker legends from around the world competing in televised heats for a shot at a $1 million winner-takes-all prize. The first two heats were filmed at the PCA in January and rounds 3 and 4 are being shot today and rounds 5 and 6 at EPT Barcelona in August and the final at EPT London.

Each heat features one qualifier and five invited stars including celebrities and members of Team PokerStars Pro. Among those taking part in the Monaco heats are Victoria Coren Mitchell (who just became the first player in history to win two EPT titles when she won EPT Sanremo last week), fellow Team Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, PokerStars Team Online’s Ike Haxton and Full Tilt Poker Professional Gus Hansen. The two qualifiers were selected after making the final 50 in online tourneys, and then “auditioning” for the show via a two-minute YouTube video. Nearly 60,000 players took part in the online qualifier tourneys and the two winners - Fredrik “FiSHeYe1984“ Keitel from Germany and Canadian Matthew “squirthew“ Herminiano - have now won a fabulous trip to Monaco to take part.

Stars who competed at the PCA included Friend of PokerStars Jason Alexander and actress Jennifer Tilly as well as a roster of Team PokerStars Pros and other well-known players.

Tags: Sarah Grant

Thorel Back From the Dead

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel had lost a lot of chips in the first few levels but in the last ten minutes he has gone a long way to repairing the damage done; his special tactic? Hitting sets.

We saw Thorel move in for 7,050 on the river of a board reading {4-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}. Marco Bognanni was his opponent and didn’t really seem to know where he was in the hand and made the call with {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}. Thorel’s {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} certainly beat that.

While we watched another table he had apparently hit another set and been paid and as we returned we saw Thorel scoop another big pot with a set of eights. The other players at the table were shaking their heads at the run of luck that had seen Thorel go from risk of ruin to above starting stack.

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelMarco Bognanni

Check Fold On the River

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Johannes Strassmann opened for 525 and got called by Osman Mustanoglu on the button and Benoit Galland in the big blind. They saw a flop of {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}.

Galland checked and Strassmann continued for 1,000. Mustanoglu was the only caller and they went to the turn card {a-Diamonds}. 1,225 was the bet from Strassmann and again Mustanoglu called.

The river was the {10-Clubs} and a check from Strassmann saw him fold to a 2,525 bet.

Tags: Benoit GallandJohannes StrassmannOsman Mustanoglu

Boeree the Boss

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Liv Boeree opened for 500 and was called in the big blind by Bernardo Dias. The two players saw a flop of {k-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and checked.

The turn card was the {q-Diamonds} and Dias led out for 700. Boeree gave him a stare and called. The river card was the {5-Clubs} and Dias went for a bet of 1,750. Boeree didn’t take but a moment to raise him to 4,000.

It looked like Dias wasn’t expecting that development and he stared at the board, asked Boeree if she had the ace jack, and finally asked if she would show if he folded. Boeree just sat still and stared him down. Dias let it go and Boeree passed her cards wordlessly to the dealer as the pot was pushed her way.

Tags: Andre DiasLiv Boeree

Some Updated Chip Counts

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
78,000
48,000
48,000
EPT 1X Winner
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
63,000
63,000
63,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
63,000
33,000
33,000
EPT 1X Winner
Juan Manuel Pastor es
Juan Manuel Pastor
45,000
15,000
15,000
PokerStars
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
41,000
11,000
11,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
40,000
10,000
10,000
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
39,000
2,000
2,000
PokerStars
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
38,500
8,500
8,500
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
38,000
5,000
5,000
PokerStars
Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
37,000
37,000
37,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
35,000
5,000
5,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
33,500
3,500
3,500
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
32,500
2,500
2,500
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
32,000
2,000
2,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
29,600
29,600
29,600
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
28,500
-1,500
-1,500
EPT 1X Winner
Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Mikalai Pobal by
Mikalai Pobal
26,000
26,000
26,000
EPT 2X Winner
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
25,400
25,400
25,400
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
EPT 1X Winner
John Juanda id
John Juanda
24,800
-5,200
-5,200
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
24,500
24,500
24,500
Madis Muur ee
Madis Muur
22,000
22,000
22,000
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
19,300
19,300
19,300
PokerStars

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