Level: 19
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€49,000
Prize Pool
€3,201,660
Entries
66
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Lo Eliminated in 11th Place; Bubble Time
Level 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Rono Lo moved all in from the button for just the 60,000 or so he had left. Small blind Martin Finger moved all in over the top, Fabian Quoss in the big blind wasn't interested and folded.
Rono Lo: 
Martin Finger: 
The board ran out 
and Rono Lo was heading for the exit.
With just 10 players left, the tournament is on the bubble and play is now hand for hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000 | 85,000 |
|
Busted |
Streltsou Doubles Through Luca
Level 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
From the cutoff seat, Ivan Luca raised all in to put everyone behind him at risk. Andrei Streltsou made the call from the big blind for 765,000 with the 
, and he was up against the 
. Thanks to the 
board, Streltsou doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,585,000 | 765,000 |
|
1,355,000 | -845,000 |
Astapau Sent Packing
Level 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
On the button, Anton Astapau raised all in for 775,000.
"About 800?" asked Fedor Holz from the big blind.
"Ehh, 775," respond Astapau.
"I call," answered Holz, tabling the .
Astapau had the dominated 
.
The board ran out 
, and Astapau was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000 | 1,550,000 |
|
Busted |
Igor Kurganov Eliminated
Level 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Igor Kurganov open shoved his last 450,000 in from the hijack. Mustapha Kanit on the button showed interest, glanced at his stack, and called. Both blinds quickly folded.
Kurganov had a lot of catching up to do with as Kanit showed .
The board ran out 
and by the time the turn was out, Kurganov had already gotten up to leave. Down to 12, 3 to the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000 | 450,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Chip Counts at the Break
Level 17
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | 164,000 |
|
|
1,450,000 | -150,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -95,000 |
|
900,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
840,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
820,000 | -372,000 |
|
800,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
750,000 | -525,000 |
|
720,000 | 131,000 |
|
600,000 | -225,000 |
|
|
500,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
475,000 | 15,000 |
Fifteen-Minute Break
Level 17
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Another break for the players, another chip race. The 1,000 leave the tournament, 5,000 will be the lowest denomination left when the players return for level 25,000/50,000 with 5,000 ante.
Teltscher's Creative Pay Pays Off
Level 17
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Mark Teltscher opened from the hijack to 195,000 with 72,000 behind. Action folded to Scott Seiver in the big blind. He asked how much Teltscher had behind ("Just checking if there's no secret red chips behind or anything"), and announced all in. "Yeah I have nothing, good call" said Teltscher who was committed and called instantly.
Mark Teltscher: 
Scott Seiver: 
The window card however, was the 
and no ace would follow. The entire board ran out 
and Seiver parted ways with 267,000 total.
"I was just annoyed with playing the short stack." Teltscher said. "Great call" he complimented Seiver once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
920,000 | -280,000 |
|
|
589,000 | 289,000 |
Kanit Spikes a Double
Level 17
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
From under the gun, Mustapha Kanit raised to 80,000. Mike Watson reraised to 200,000 from the hijack seat, and then play folded back to Kanit. He got an approximate count on Watson's stack, then jammed all in for 736,000. Watson quickly called.
Watson had the , which was one better than Kanit's . Unfortunately for Watson, the 
flop gave Kanit a leading set of tens. The turn was the , and the river was the . Kanit made a full house and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,536,000 | 1,006,000 |
|
|
1,495,000 | -835,000 |