2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€10,600 Main Event
Day: 3
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

What Does Ilyukhin Think?

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Up at the feature table, Victor Ilyukhin got his short stack of 67,000 all in preflop and was up against Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden.

Lodden: {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Ilyukhin: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Ilyukhin was in need of some help, but it wasn't in the cards as the board ran out a lackluster {9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs}. Lodden's ace was good, and Ilyukhin saw his EPT11 Grand Final Main Event come to an end.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
575,000 77,000
Victor Ilyukhin gb
Victor Ilyukhin
Busted

Tags: Victor IlyukhinJohnny Lodden

Double for the EPT Malta Champ

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jean Montury, who is the reigning EPT Malta champ, moved all in for his last 44,000 from early position and Mustapha Kanit called from the small blind.

Montury: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Kanit: {a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

Montury had the better kicker, and it made the difference after the board ran out {k-Hearts}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
361,000 -49,000
Jean Montury fr
Jean Montury
EPT 1X Winner
104,000 56,000

Tags: Jean MonturyMustapha Kanit

Drinan Folds Trips Correctly

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Big blind Connor Drinan bet 40,000 into a 76,000 pot against Hady El Asmar, who raised from the button to 90,000. Drinan tanked for about four minutes and folded {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} face-up on the {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{4-Spades}{7-Hearts}{9-Spades} board.

"I will show you because you're a good player," El Asmar said, turning over {a-Spades}{2-Spades} for a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
838,000 -33,000
Hady El Asmar lb
Hady El Asmar
616,000 175,000

Tags: Connor DrinanHady El Asmar

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Chip Counts in the Break

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jose Carlos Garcia pl
Jose Carlos Garcia
880,000 119,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
871,000 -24,000
Joao Simao br
Joao Simao
830,000 -40,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
737,000 222,000
Anatoly Chen ru
Anatoly Chen
678,000 -2,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
665,000 5,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
651,000 61,000
Ryan McEathron ca
Ryan McEathron
614,000 614,000
Josh Prager us
Josh Prager
601,000
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
531,000 380,000
Markus Ross de
Markus Ross
524,000 309,000
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
498,000 57,000
Koichi Nozaki jp
Koichi Nozaki
463,000 35,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
442,000 -10,000
Hady El Asmar lb
Hady El Asmar
441,000 31,500
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
438,000 128,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
433,000 -67,000
Matias Ruzzi ar
Matias Ruzzi
417,000 207,000
Anton Astapau by
Anton Astapau
400,000 -31,000
Tomas Hall
Tomas Hall
389,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
352,000 52,000
Dmitry Ivanov ru
Dmitry Ivanov
335,000 97,400
Filippo Gandini it
Filippo Gandini
315,000 122,000
Romain Paon fr
Romain Paon
307,000 -328,000
Felix Stephensen no
Felix Stephensen
275,000 -30,000

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Gulyy Takes a Bite Out of Akkari's Stack

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari opened with a raise from middle position, Yury Gulyy three-bet all in for roughly 80,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, Akkari called, and the cards were turned up.

Gulyy: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Akkari: {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The {7-Spades}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop made things interesting as Akkari flopped an open-ended straight draw, but the running {Q-Clubs} turn and {Q-Diamonds} river proved safe for Gulyy to give him the double.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
500,000 -170,000
Yury Gulyy ru
Yury Gulyy
165,000 70,000

Tags: Andre AkkariYury Gulyy