2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€10,600 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€1,082,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€5,640,000
Entries
564
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Falco Forces a Fold From Boeree

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

"Seems like everyone had their Wheaties for dinner!" was the remark from Vanessa Selbst, "Every pot now is three times bigger!" On a board of {J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{A-Clubs}, and with only a pot sized bet behind, Falco had moved all-in against British pro Liv Boeree. The pot was roughly 16,000 and Liv thought for a while, attracting inquiring glances from those at the neighbouring 'Win The Button' tournament, before folding.

"King-Jack?" asked Falco, before showing {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}, a hand which was meant by a thumping of the table in approval from Boeree.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
52,000 1,000
Luca Falco it
Luca Falco
32,000

Tags: Liv BoereeVanessa SelbstLuca Falco

More Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Felix Stephensen no
Felix Stephensen
115,000 -5,000
David Peters us
David Peters
100,000 25,700
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
100,000 5,000
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
90,000 45,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
80,000 44,000
Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
75,000 20,000
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
54,000 34,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
51,000 -11,000
Mayu Roca co
Mayu Roca
50,000 4,000
Senh Ung gb
Senh Ung
49,000 10,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Poker Hall of Famer
40,000
[Removed:17] au
[Removed:17]
39,000 15,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
33,000 8,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
30,000 -11,400
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
27,500 500
Nicolau Villa-Lobos br
Nicolau Villa-Lobos
25,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
24,000 -2,700
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
24,000 6,900
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
23,500 1,950
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
21,000 -9,000
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
20,000 9,500
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
20,000 -17,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
18,000 -28,100
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
16,600 -3,250
Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
16,000 6,000

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Seidel Barrels One Out

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Erik Seidel - Super High Roller
Erik Seidel - Super High Roller

Erik Seidel three-bet to 3,900 from the big blind against a button opener, and his opponent called. The flop came {5-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, and Seidel bet 3,500. Again, his opponent called. He fired 8,500 on the {j-Hearts} turn, and that convinced his opponent to wave the white flag.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Poker Hall of Famer
40,000 10,000

Tags: Erik Seidel

Flopped Set for Kasper Beats Sacrispeyre's Aces

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Henri Kasper opened to 1,150 from middle position and got called from Nikolay Komcharokov in the hijack. Patrick Sacrispeyre 3-bet to 3,100 from the button, and both Kasper and Komcharokov called
The flop was {10-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Kasper elected to open-shove. Komcharokov folded and Sacrispeyre instantly called.

Kasper: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Sacrispeyre: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}

Sacrispeyre was way behind to the flopped set of Henri Kasper and he got no help from the {5-Hearts} on the turn, nor the {8-Hearts} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Henri Kasper ee
Henri Kasper
36,000
Patrick Sacrispeyre fr
Patrick Sacrispeyre
11,000 -25,000

Tags: Henri KasperPatrick Sacrispeyre

The Last of the Pre-Dinner Bustouts

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dimitrios Avdoulos gr
Dimitrios Avdoulos
Busted
Laurent Polito fr
Laurent Polito
Busted
Leonardo Cucchiarini it
Leonardo Cucchiarini
Busted
Ekrem Sanioglu fr
Ekrem Sanioglu
Busted
Sergey Tikhonov ru
Sergey Tikhonov
Busted
Adrian Veghinas ro
Adrian Veghinas
Busted
Zoltan Szabo hu
Zoltan Szabo
Busted
Pasquale Grimaldi it
Pasquale Grimaldi
Busted
Nikita Lebedev ru
Nikita Lebedev
Busted
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
Busted
Hugo Pingray fr
Hugo Pingray
Busted
Juri Mereu it
Juri Mereu
Busted
Andrey Shatilov ru
Andrey Shatilov
Busted
Vlado Banicevic me
Vlado Banicevic
Busted
Daniel Fuchs fr
Daniel Fuchs
Busted
Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
Busted
Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
Busted
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
Busted
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Alexey Andreev ru
Alexey Andreev
Busted
Sebastian Ruiz Figueroa cl
Sebastian Ruiz Figueroa
Busted
Hot Besim ch
Hot Besim
Busted
Akin Tuna tr
Akin Tuna
Busted
Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Let's Have Ourselves a Dinner Break

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The remaining players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. When they return they'll play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night. While you wait we have two more great videos from today. First, we caught up with WSOP Main Event runner up Felix Stephensen, and in the second video you can listen to former Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin talk about his experience on Shark Cage.

Sammartino Still with Chips as we Approach the Dinner Break

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Alexey Pak opened from the cutoff and Dario Sammartino defended his big blind. The flop was {5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{J-Spades} and Sammartino check-called Pak's bet of 925. On the {6-Clubs} turn, Sammartino this time check-raised Pak's bet of 2400 to 5750. Pak thought for a while, and with only 10,000 or so chips behind he moved all-in. "Nice move," said Dario, as he threw his hand into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
80,000 21,000
Alexey Pak ru
Alexey Pak
15,000 -15,500

Tags: Alexey PakDario Sammartino