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

Mercier Eliminates Sfez to Burst Bubble

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Eric Sfez bubbles the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event 2015
Eric Sfez bubbles the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event 2015

Eric Sfez got his last 15,000 in preflop and was at risk against Jason Mercier with the possibility of elimination on the bubble.

Mercier: {2-Hearts}{2-Spades}
Sfez: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

Mercier improved from two outs to six on the {5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{a-Clubs} flop as he picked up a straight draw. The {2-Diamonds} turn gave him a set and the lead, and the {6-Spades} river meant remaining players have locked up €19,175.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
590,000 160,000
Eric Sfez fr
Eric Sfez
Busted

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Charalampakis Busts Main Event

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

"All-in and call" was the shout, and the cameras and media rushed over to the table. Vasileios Charalampakis was the player at risk but was ahead as he tabled {K-Hearts}{10-Clubs} versus Emin Aghayev's {5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

The board ran out {7-Spades}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} however, meaning Charalampakis was eliminated and the tournament was now on the bubble and playing hand for hand.

Player Chips Progress
Emin Aghayev mc
Emin Aghayev
250,000 62,100
Vasileios Charalampakis gr
Vasileios Charalampakis
Busted

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Clements Doubles Through Charalampakis

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Scott Clements
Scott Clements

Scott Clements bet 43,000 from the small blind on a board of {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{a-Spades}{10-Hearts}, and opponent Vasileios Charalampakis raised to 100,000 from early position. Clements responded with an all-in shove for 200,000, and Charalampakis called with {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}. He was drawing dead against Clements, who had flopped top boat with {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}. He hit the {a-Hearts} on the river for good measure.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
500,000 280,000
Vasileios Charalampakis gr
Vasileios Charalampakis
50,000 -5,400

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Turbo Talk with Dominik Nitsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

German pro Dominik Nitsche finished second in the €5,000 Turbo tournament at the EPT 11 Grand Final, and we caught up with him to talk a bit of turbo action. Nitsche also gives his take on whether or not turbo events are good for the poker economy.

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What's Going On in the EPT Grand Final Side Events?

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Scott Seiver having a great series so far
Scott Seiver having a great series so far

This year, there were 78 events scheduled at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final. Of the non-satellite events, nearly 30 have been completed, and there have been some big winners.

The fourth event of the series was the France Poker Series Monaco €1,100 Main Event. After attracting a large field of 993 entries, the top 143 players cashed with a top prize set at €177,000. Germany's Sebastian Supper finished as the last man standing, scoring by far the largest live tournament result of his poker career. Supper defeated Manuel Solsona (€107,500) in heads-up play at a final table that included Pablo Gordillo Caballero (€56,600), Joseph Mouawad (€43,800), and Luca Moschitta (€32,700).

Other notables who cashed in the FPS Monaco Main Event were Sergio Castelluccio (18th - €6,880), Rumen Nanev (41st - €3,110), Arnaud Mattern (48th - €3,110), Simon Deadman (59th - €2,670), Andre Akkari (69th - €2,670), Alexander Kuzmin (74th - €2,250), John Andress (83rd - €2,250), Timo Pfutzenreuter (94th - €2,250), Dimitar Danchev (105th - €2,010), Amos Ben Haim (117th - €2,010), Heinz Kamutzki (132nd - €1,790), and Jack Salter (142nd - €1,790).

In the FPS Monaco €2,200 High Roller, a field of 383 entries saw the top 55 reach the money. David Susigan, a 30-year-old former rugby player, earned the victory and a career best tournament score of €126,155 after a heads-up chop. Susigan defeated Yury Gulyy in second place (€109,345). Bryan Paris also reached the final table, but ultimately finished in fifth place (€42,300).

Other notables to cash in the FPS Monaco High Roller were Carlos Chadha (10th - €11,740), David Peters (13th - €10,180), Michael Tureniec (18th - €7,350), Nicolau Villa-Lobos (19th - €7,350), Joao Vieira (21st - €6,610), Ihar Soika (23rd - €6,610), Dermot Blain (26th - €5,870), Mohsin Charania (27th - €5,870), and Rhys Jones (39th - €4,390).

In another side event, the €5,200 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed, Brazil's David Dayan scored a six-figure prize of €104,000 when he topped a field of 78 entries. The top 11 finishers reached the money in this event, and Dayan had to contest with Dominik Nitsche (2nd - €74,000), Dan Heimiller (3rd - €48,400), and Tom Hall (6th - €23,100) at the final table.

In the €220 Women's Event, Isabel Baltazar scored top honors and €3,690 in prize money after she defeated a field of 65 entries. Elsewhere, Scott Seiver and Bryn Kenney also earned victories.

Seiver took down the €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed event for €75,900. He topped a field of 46 entries, and that is now three final tables for Seiver from the 2015 EPT Grand Final. This most recent result follows up his eighth-place finish in the €100,000 Super High Roller for €261,800 and his ninth-place finish in the €50,000 Super High Roller for €92,860. All told, Seiver has now earned €430,560 from this festival and there are still plenty more events to go.

Kenney won the €1,100 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em Bounty event for €20,000. There were 192 entries in the field, including Joao Brito (6th - €4,650), Jannick Wrang (11th - €1,710), and Andrey Konopelko (19th - €1,070).

Side Event Results

No.EventEntriesPrize PoolWinnerCountryFirst Prize
4€1,100 FPS Monaco Main Event993€963,210Sebastian SupperGermany€177,000
6€330 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed63€18,333Najib HassaniCanada€4,020
7€550 Limit Hold'em 8 Handed11€5,335Ismail ErkenovRussia€2,670
10€330 FPS Monaco Cup747€217,377Remy BonnetFrance€25,220
12€220 Turbo Pot-Limit Courcheval Hi-Lo37€7,178[Removed:59]Germany€1,530
14€100,000 Super High Roller71€6,888,420Erik SeidelUSA€2,015,000
15€550 Limit Seven-Card Stud21€10,185Sergio BragaBrazil€4,280
19€2,200 FPS High Roller383€743,020David SusiganFrance€126,155
20€550 Limit Razz21€10,185Nikolaos PanopoulosGreece€4,280
21€110 Double-Elimination Flipout33€3,201Kasra Pour KhomamyGermany€1,090
22€110 Double-Elimination Flipout22€2,134Victor IlyukhinUK€900
23€110 Double-Elimination Flipout23€2,231Felix StephensenNorway€940
25€1,100 Hyper-Turbo No-Limit Hold'em129€125,130Erich FriedlAustria€26,370
28€220 Women's Event65€12,610Isabel BaltazarFrance€3,690
31€330 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em327€95,157Hani BahnaCanada€17,330
34€50,000 Super High Roller66€3,201,660Mustapha KanitItaly€936,500
35€220 Senior's Event89€17,266Paul Didier ObigandFrance€3,996
36€220 Junior's Event8€1,552Mikhail BernovskiiRussia€775
37€550 Limit Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo22€10,670Paolo CompagnoSwitzerland€4,480
38€5,200 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed78€378,300David DayanBrazil€104,000
40€2,150 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em Bounty152€142,880Nikita LebedevRussia€34,300
41€330 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em "Win the Button!"152€44,232Abraham SerranoSpain€10,600
43€5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha46€223,100Scott SeiverUSA€75,900
44€550 NL Turbo79€38,315Elia HannaLebanon10530
45€550 Limit Omaha High/Low32€15,520Harrazi SaberFrance€3,840
47€1,100 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em Bounty192€90,240Bryn KenneyUSA€20,000
48€120 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em "Deuces Wild" with Rebuys77€11,301Frederic BerengerFrance€3,110
49€550 Hyper-Turbo No-Limit Hold'em130€63,050Yucel EminogluTurkey€11,050

For more information on the results from the side events, please click here.

Tags: Alexander KuzminAndre AkkariArnaud MatternBryan ParisBryn KenneyDan HeimillerDavid PetersDermot BlainDimitar DanchevDominik NitscheEPTEuropean Poker TourHeinz KamutzkiIhar SoikaJack SalterJannick WrangJoao VieiraJohn AndressJoseph MouawadLuca MoschittaMichael TureniecMohsin CharaniaRhys JonesRumn NanevScott SeiverSergio CastelluccioSimon DeadmanTom HallYuri Gulyy

Lodden Wins Huge Pot Against Pastor

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Johnny Lodden
Johnny Lodden

Johnny Lodden opened to 11,500 and saw PCA final table participant Juan Martin Pastor make it 30,000 to go in the blinds. Lodden continued, and {7-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flopped. Pastor bet 20,000, and Lodden made it 56,000. The Argentinian called, and he check-called 50,000 more on the {k-Spades} turn. He checked the {6-Hearts} river and saw the PokerStars Team Pro shove for 78,500.

Pastor called with {k-}{j-}, but he never really had much of a prayer against {7-}{7-} after the flop.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
430,000 265,000
Juan Martin Pastor ar
Juan Martin Pastor
220,000 -250,000

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Ruzzi Loses with Eights, Wins with Nines

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

In the first hand it was all-in preflop. Ruzzi held {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} whilst his opponent Adrian Mateos's cards were {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}.

The flop was {K-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}, and Mateos took the lead with two pair. The turn brought the {8-Hearts}, giving Ruzzi a set, but the river was a cooler as the {Q-Diamonds} was dealt, giving Mateos a full-house.

A few hands later, there was another all-in and call at the table, this time involving Ruzzi and Malnik.

Ruzzi: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Malnik: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The board was dealt {J-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}, and Malnik was eliminated two people short of the money

Player Chips Progress
Matias Ruzzi ar
Matias Ruzzi
210,000 80,000
Ariel Malnik lt
Ariel Malnik
Busted

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Pocket Rockets Propel Basha to a Double

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

After a player had opened for 10,000, Quan Zhou raised to 26,000 from the button and the UK's Lyndon Basha four-bet jammed for 119,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded, and Zhou made the call.

Zhou: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Basha: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

Basha then said he and Fabrice Soulier joked that they would fold aces preflop so close to the bubble, but obviously he couldn't do it. Good thing too as he reaped the reward with a full double after the board ran out a clean {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
315,000 -120,000
Lyndon Basha gb
Lyndon Basha
240,000 152,000

Tags: Quan ZhouLyndon Basha