Martin Jacobson, a man better known for taking runner-up finishes in EPT Main Events, took the trophy in the €2k Hybrid, which mixed standard laddered payments and seats into the EPT Grand Final. Jacobson won €17,590 on top of his €10,600 EPT Grand Final seat. Other players to have booked their place into EPT Monaco are Farid Jattin, Ariel Celestino, Griffin Benger, Valentino Yasenov Konakchiev and Jose Carlos Garcia.
Check out those side event results, including the big €2k final table which Ole Schemion, Walid Bou Habib, Tom Hall, Nick Abou Risk and Ami Bare contested, by clicking through to PokerStars Blog.
Daniel Cates is having his right arm massaged but he is still more than capable of putting chips in with his left hand. On the turn of a board reading he made a bet of 2,100 and got folds from Yann Dion and Davidi Kitai. Fady Kamar however made the call.
The river card was the and Cates bet 3,500. Kamar raised him to 8,100 and Cates rolled his eyes and muttered to himself before making the fold.
There have only been three reentries thus far. Andrey Andreev and Atanas Malinov are two of them, and the other was Max Altergott. Andreev and Malinov are still in action, but Altergott appears to be gone already. That means his second bullet missed, and he is now officially out of the EPT Vienna High Roller as players are only allowed a single reentry.
There was a bet of 2,400 in from of Rasmus Agerskov and Dominik Nitsche had raised from the big blind to 5,500. Agerskov thought for a long time. Too long as it turns out as the clock was called and the countdown began. Thirty seconds in Agerskov made a raise to 12,100 and Nitsche made the call to see the flop.
Nitsche quickly checked and after a short pause Agerskov bet 8,400. Nitsche made the call and they saw turn card . Again Nitsche checked and when Agerskov made a bet of 14,100 he mucked his cards.
There were uniforms and hardware on display around the Hofsburg Palace this morning, with armed men in berets ceremoniously lining the streets that were closed to traffic and blocked by curious tourists eager for peek. Despite rumours to the contrary, it was not for the arrival of British comedian Russell Brand, but a Serbian delegation led by their newly elected prime minister, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
The flop had been dealt and Dmitry Yurasov led out from the big blind for 1,600. Oleh Okhotskyi called on the button and the big blind folded to get the pot heads up.
The turn card was the and Yurasov continued for 3,600. Okhotskyi made the call. The river was the and a final bet of [10,400] was called by Okhotskyi. Yurasov showed and added some more chips to his growing stack.