2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€10,600 Main Event
Day: 3
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

Boeken Doubles Up

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Grzegorz Wyraz opened the betting and then called a shove for 100,000 from Noah Boeken.

Boeken had the {a-Hearts}{10-Spades} against the baby pair {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs} of Wyraz.

It would end in overkill for Boeken as the cards fell {10-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Spades} and his full house crushed the threes to double him up.

Player Chips Progress
Grzegorz Wyraz pl
Grzegorz Wyraz
310,000 -128,000
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
EPT 1X Winner
210,000 90,000

"Ahhhhhh!"

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Mihails Morozovs from Latvia shoved all in under the gun for his remaining 123,000. His neighbor Malte Monnig from Germany was still busy counting and stacking his chips from a hand he won right before. When he was done, he took a peek at his cards, and announced his call. All other players quickly released their two cards and it was time for a showdown.

Mihails Morozovs: {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}
Malte Monnig: {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}

Both players hit an ace on the {A-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop. Thing got interesting on the turn though and you could see Morozovs face change as he hit the jack; {J-Diamonds}.

The river was the {Q-Diamonds} though, setting things back to like how they were pre flop. Morozovs shouted through the room in despair, got up from the table and walked away for a little bit. He regained his composure after a few seconds and got back to the table. He exchanged some friendly words with his former table mates, and left for the pay out desk.

Player Chips Progress
Malte Moennig de
Malte Moennig
930,000 60,000
Mihails Morozovs lv
Mihails Morozovs
Busted

Tags: Mihails MorozovsMalte Monnig

Strassmann Knocked Out

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Johannes Strassmann
Johannes Strassmann

Three players were all in before the flop. Ivan Soshnikov had both players covered and showed the {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}. Patrick Caveriviere had {a-Spades}{10-Spades} and Johannes Strassmann had {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}.

No aces appeared but a run out of {3-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} saw Strassmann eliminated as the ace gave the other players a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Johannes Strassmann de
Johannes Strassmann
Busted

Tags: Johannes StrassmannIvan SoshnikovPatrick Caveriviere

Two Sides To Every Story, Just Ask Merhej And Reardon

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

It’s sometimes easy to pick sides when watching a hand play out, particularly an all-in. If I’m honest, from the point of view of someone in the press it’s usually in support of the bigger stack, reducing the field by one. Other times though it’s for the simple reason that you know or have written about one of the players involved.
Whilst it’s not our plan on the PokerStars Blog to bok players we interview, I’m afraid this was the case for American Terence Reardon just now, who endured a brutal end. But watching it made it all too obvious that there are always two sides to a story, as the PokerStars Blog reports.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

Salter Short

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jack Salter opened and was three-bet by Heinz Kamutzki on the button to 44,000. The blinds folded and Salter four-bet to 74,000. Kamutzki responded with a five-bet jam for 202,000.

Salter went in the tank for a good long while. He eventually folded but later he explained that he had folded {a-}{4-} and was concerned he was getting the right price to call. That fold left him with 180,000.

Not soon after he got it all in preflop but just covered Yulius Sepman who had {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} against the {a-Spades}{k-Spades}. Salter said he really felt the spades but a run out if {8-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{j-Spades} left him on fumes just as his table broke.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
60,000 -320,000

Tags: Jack SalterHeinz KamutzkiYulius Sepman

Kolonias Culled

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Chady Merhej opened for 17,000 and then called when Alexandros Kolonias three-bet all in for 50,000 from the button.

Merhej: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Kolonias: {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

It was a flip, but one that would not come down in Kolonias' favor as the board ran out {2-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}.

As Dmitri Nobles would say, "Send him out on a stretcher."

Player Chips Progress
Chady Merhej lb
Chady Merhej
355,000 55,000
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
Busted

Tags: Alexandros KoloniasChady Merhej

Former Champion Down

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Mohsin Charania
Mohsin Charania

Mohsin Charania was all in for his last 83,000 from the cutoff and got called by Martins Seilis from the big blind.

Charania: {J-Spades}{8-Spades}
Seilis: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}

The flop came {A-Spades}{9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, Seilis made two pair but Charania flopped a flush draw. The {10-Hearts} on the turn gave the former EPT Grand Final winner even more outs but the {3-Clubs} was a brick and it was off to the rail for Charania.

Player Chips Progress
Martins Seilis lv
Martins Seilis
560,000 60,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Martins SeilisMohsin Charania

Fish Hooks No Good For Ghamrawi

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Patryk Slusarek was all in preflop for his last 120,000 or so, and Anthony Ghamrawi, who barely had him covered, had him at risk.

Slusarek: {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Ghamrawi: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

Ghamrawi was ahead, but not after the flop came down {3-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Slusarek paired his queen and became a huge favorite in the hand. The {A-Clubs} turn and {A-Hearts} river actually improved him to a full house, and Ghamrawi was left with just 6,000 after the hand.

He managed to tripled in the next hand, but a few minutes later his pocket kings would get cracked by Steven Silverman's flush to send him to door.

Player Chips Progress
Patryk Slusarek pl
Patryk Slusarek
250,000 250,000
Anthony Ghamrawi de
Anthony Ghamrawi
Busted

Tags: Anthony GhamrawiPatryk Slusarek

Latz Eliminates Kurganov

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Igor Kurganov
Igor Kurganov

Igor Kurganov has just been eliminated from the tournament at the hands of Day 1B chip leader Hendrik Latz.

Kurganov, who cashed in the €100,000 Super High Roller earlier this festival (3rd for €1,128,300), got it in from the small blind with {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs} on a {K-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts} board. Latz, seated under the gun, instantly called as soon as Kurganov pushed his stack to the middle. With {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}, he didn't think the decision was all that hard.

Kurganov needed a king or queen to stay alive, but wouldn't get it; {3-Spades} on the river.

This festival might not be over for Kurganov yet, there's still a €25,000 High Roller to be played and we might just see him enter it tomorrow. For the Main Event Kurganov has to settle for €24,400, just a couple of euros shy of tomorrow's buy in.

Player Chips Progress
Hendrik Latz de
Hendrik Latz
600,000 130,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
Busted

Tags: Hendrik LatzIgor Kurganov