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

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