2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€10,600 Main Event
Day: 2
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

Reigning World Series of Poker Main Event Champ Falls

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Martin Jacobson
Martin Jacobson

Martin Jacobson is no stranger to the EPT, but last year he made himself known to the entire poker world by winning the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event for $10 million. Jacobson is still in his reign as champ, and he was in action here on Day 2 hoping to add an EPT title to his résumé. Unfortunately for him, those hopes just came crashing down.

Jacobson had been nursing a short stack most of the afternoon and was recently relocated to Table 18. In what was either his first or second hand, Jacobson open-shoved for 22,000 from the hijack and Nikolay Komcharokov called from the small blind.

Jacobson: {a-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Komcharokov: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

Jacobson got it in good, but he fell behind when the flop came down {10-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{4-Spades}. Neither the {4-Diamonds} turn nor {J-Clubs} river helped the Swede, and just like that the field lost one of its most accomplished players.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolay Komcharokov
Nikolay Komcharokov
100,000 25,200
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
Busted

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Vaillancourt Sends Kamutzki to the Showers

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We missed the preflop action, but we do know a raising war broke out between Noah Vaillancourt and Heinz Kamutzki that resulted in the latter getting his stack of 50,000 or so in the middle.

Vaillancourt: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Kamutzki: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

It was a cooler for Kamutzki, and he received no reprieve as the board ran out a lackluster {5-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{2-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Vaillancourt ca
Noah Vaillancourt
140,000 70,800
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
Busted

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Urbanovich At Risk

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Between this stop and Malta, Poland's Dzmitry Urbanovich has taken the EPT by storm. Just a couple of days ago he finished runner-up to Erik Seidel in the €100,000 Super Hight Roller for a seven-figure score, and if he has his way, he's going to put in another impressive performance here in the Main Event.

In a recent hand, Ramin Hajiyev opened for 3,400 from early position and was met by a three-bet to 10,000 by Urbanovich in the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, and then Hajiyev four-bet jammed. Urbanovich snap-called off for 43,500 total and the cards were turned on their backs.

Hajiyev: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Urbanovich: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The {4-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{j-Clubs} flop was dangerous for Urbanovich as Hajiyev picked up both straight and flush draws, but the running {4-Spades} turn and {4-Diamonds} river proved safe enough to give him the double.

Player Chips Progress
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
EPT 1X Winner
90,000 46,500
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
6,000 -44,000

Tags: Ramin HajiyevDzmitry Urbanovich

Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
251,400 15,100
Dmitry Ivanov ru
Dmitry Ivanov
235,000 147,600
Thomas Popov ca
Thomas Popov
205,000 -15,000
Emin Aghayev mc
Emin Aghayev
195,000 145,000
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
187,800 12,800
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
182,000 62,000
Ariel Celestino br
Ariel Celestino
180,800 90,500
Max Altergott de
Max Altergott
173,000 8,000
Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
139,400 9,400
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
114,000 34,000
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
70,000 -10,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
38,000 4,500

Polish Prodigy Jose Carlos Garcia Rivals Dzmitry Urbanovich

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The name might suggest otherwise, but Jose Carlos Garcia is a proud Pole who's been leaving his mark on the live tournament circuit for a little over a year now. Garcia leads the GPI rankings in Poland, but he's very likely to be overtaken soon by his good friend Dzmitry Urbanovich. We spoke to Garcia about poker in Poland and his battle with Urbanovich.

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