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
Players Left 1 / 564
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"0Human0" Getting Short

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Liviu "0Human0" Ignat opened for 1,000 from early position and Benny Spindler called from middle position. Lebanon's Hady El Asmar then three-bet to 2,900 from the hijack, Liviu four-bet to 6,700, and Spindler got out of the way. El Asmar made the call and then moved all in after Liviu led out for 2,500 on the {a-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{a-Hearts} flop.

That sent the online player into the tank, and eventually someone at the table called for a clock. The floor counted off 52 seconds before Ignat released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
10,500
15,500
15,500

Tags: Benny SpindlerHady El AsmarLiviu Ignat

Jaka Continues to Build

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Earlier today Faraz Jaka was playing in PokerStars Shark Cage, which was filmed for broadcast later in the year. After that, and an afternoon nap, he jumped into the Main Event. It proved a wise decision as he's done nothing but build since then,

We asked Jaka, who is seated at the same table as big stack Felix Stephensen, how he acquired his chips. Jaka singled out one hand that had taken place not long ago.

According to him, a player raised to 1,500 from early position and Jaka called from the big blind with the {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. The {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Spades} flop was huge for Jaka, but the question was whether or not he'd get paid. At first it didn't appear so as it went check-check, but Jaka got a little when he bet 3,200 on the {8-} turn and got called.

When the {8-Clubs} completed the board on the river, Jaka fired out 8,200 and snap-called off his remaining 30,000 or so when he opponent moved all in with just {a-Clubs}{j-} for a bluff.

"Definitely an interesting hand," said Jaka.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
95,000
20,000
20,000
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Faraz Jaka

Updated Chip Counts Before Break

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Patrick Sacrispeyre fr
Patrick Sacrispeyre
115,000
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
62,000
38,500
38,500
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
55,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
41,400
25,400
25,400
pokerstars
Profile photo of Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
26,000
3,000
3,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
21,550
9,450
9,450
Profile photo of Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
19,850
22,150
22,150
Profile photo of Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
19,175
19,175
19,175
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Amos Ben Haim il
Amos Ben Haim
16,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
11,700
12,000
12,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
11,400
15,600
15,600
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
11,100
18,900
18,900
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
10,000
4,400
4,400
Profile photo of Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
Busted

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
Profile photo of Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
80,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Alexey Pak ru
Alexey Pak
15,000
15,500
15,500

Tags: Alexey PakDario Sammartino

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.

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

The Last of the Pre-Dinner Bustouts

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

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
Profile photo of Henri Kasper ee
Henri Kasper
36,000
Profile photo of Patrick Sacrispeyre fr
Patrick Sacrispeyre
11,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Henri KasperPatrick Sacrispeyre