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

O'Dwyer Doesn't Believe

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 7,200 in the hijack, and Joao Barbosa made it 23,000 to go in the small blind. O'Dwyer called, and Barbosa checked the {5-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs} that flopped. O'Dwyer bet 15,000, and Barbosa immediately pushed everything in. O'Dwyer asked for a count, and it was 117,400. He tanked for a few minutes.

"I don't really believe you," he said with a smile. Ultimately, he did fold.

Player Chips Progress
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Joao Barbosa
186,300
9,800
9,800
EPT 1X Winner
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Steve O'Dwyer
120,000
600
600
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Joao BarbosaSteve O'Dwyer

Break

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The first 20-minute of the day has commenced. The 100 chips are raced of, in twenty minutes the 500 chips will be the lowest denomination in play.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Schemion Extends his Chip Lead

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Up on the feature table, Ludovic Geilich was betting a flop of {A-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Spades} and got called by chip leader Ole Schemion and Jose Carlos Garcia. On the {6-Spades} turn card, Schemion chose to bet out, placing 25,500 into the pot. Geilich folded and Garcia made the call.

On the river card, the {7-Clubs}, Schemion bet 69000 into a pot of around 118,000 and got called by Garcia. Schemion showed {8-Spades}{9-Spades} for a turned flush to add more chips to his already huge chipstack.

Player Chips Progress
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Ole Schemion
659,000
143,000
143,000
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Jose Carlos Garcia
305,000
-129,200
-129,200

Tags: Jose Carlos GarciaOle Schemion

Giuliano Bendinelli Eliminated

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Giuliano Bendinelli
Giuliano Bendinelli

In one of the first hands after the break, Italian prodigy Giuliano Bendinelli met his Waterloo. Bendinelli, who won the Monaco Cup for €100,000 here two years ago, open shoved his last 16 big blinds to the middle with {A-}{Q-Clubs} off suit from the hijack.

The player in the small blind had just three big blinds or so more, and moved in over the top with kings. The board came no higher than a {10-} and Bendinelli was headed for the exit.

Giuliano Bendinelli wasn't the only player getting knocked out, the following players have also been eliminated. Just 97 players remain, 18 to the money.

Player Chips Progress
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Andreas Eiler
Busted
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Bryan Paris
Busted
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Roman Szymonowicz
Busted
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Alexander Timokhin
Busted
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Scott Davies
Busted
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Julian Thomas
Busted
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Giuliano Bendinelli
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Giuliano Bendinelli

Chulak Busts Short of the Money

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Yevgeniy Chulak three-bet and got four-bet by Jose Carlos Garcia. The bet was to 100,000, which covered Chulak's stack of just shy of 70,000.

Chulak: {J-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Garcia: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

Chulak had two live cards, and after the flop of {2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, he had 14 outs to double up and stay alive. But he bricked both the turn {4-Hearts} and the river {10-Hearts} and busted 13 short of the money here on Day 3.

Player Chips Progress
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Jose Carlos Garcia
375,000
70,000
70,000
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Evgeny Chulak
Busted

Tags: Jose Carlos GarciaYevgeniy Chulak