2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€1,597,800
Event Info
Buy-in
€98,000
Prize Pool
€5,918,220
Entries
61
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Kanit Fires Big

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

From middle position, Mikita Badziakouski made it 25,000 to go. Mustapha Kanit right next to him was the only caller.

Post flop it would be all Kanit though. Badziakouski checked on {7-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, and called the 28,000 bet that followed from his Italian neighbor. Badziakouski checked again on the {3-Hearts} turn, and called the 78,000 bet Kanit made.

The {10-Hearts} completed the board and Badziakouski checked for the third consecutive time. Kanit glanced at his own stack, cut out the green 25,000-chips, and eventually moved forward a whopping 435,000.

Badziakouski let out a wry smile, thought about it for a minute or two, and eventually folded.

Kanit let Juanda pick a card, but he let Badziakouski do the honors. Badziakouski turned over the {J-Clubs} and Kanit raked in the pot with a big mysterious smile on his face.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
1,250,000
170,000
170,000
Winamax
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
850,000
-100,000
-100,000

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiMustapha Kanit

A Whole Lot of Shoves

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Not much has been happening at the tables apart from some small pots and some all in shoves that didn't result in any showdown.

Dario Sammartino shoved into the big blind of John Juanda and the latter folded with 25 big blinds behind. Sammartino himself faced the shove of Max Silver on his big blind and the Brit on the small blind to give up the pot.

Sean Winter raised to 23,000, Ivan Luca three-bet to 60,000 from the button and then snap-folded to the four-bet shove of Winter.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
965,000
165,000
165,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
400,000
85,000
85,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
250,000
-15,000
-15,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
190,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Dario SammartinoIvan LucaJohn JuandaMax SilverSean Winter

Kanit Can Call With Queen High

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

A battle of the blinds saw a small pot emerge with a board reading {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Spades}{5-Hearts}. Mikita Badziakouski bet 32,000 from the small blind and Mustapha Kanit thought a bit before making the call. Badziakouski showed {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for a bluff and Kanit scooped the pot with {Q-Spades}{7-Hearts} for queen high!

The Italian is above one million while the table features two other players just below that.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
1,080,000
150,000
150,000
Winamax
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
980,000
-27,000
-27,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
950,000
45,000
45,000

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiMustapha Kanit

Winter Pays Off Seidel

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Sean Winter defended his big blind to a raise of Erik Seidel. Picking up the action on the {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Spades} turn, Winter checked and Seidel bet 40,000. After some consideration and a raised eyebrow, Winter called and checked again the {2-Hearts} river. Seidel now made it 62,000 to go and was eventually paid off to reveal {Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs} for trips queens to claim the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
445,000
155,000
155,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
315,000
-112,000
-112,000

Tags: Erik SeidelSean Winter

Sammartino and Adams Push

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

John Juanda raised to 22,000 from the cutoff and Dario Sammartino shoved for 197,000 to claim the pot without showdown.

Timothy Adams did the very same on another table shortly after and it was Sergey Lebedev who forfeited his initial raise of 22,000 chips.

On the heads-up flop of {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}, Christoph Vogelsang checked in the big blind and Daniel Dvoress bet 22,000 from the button. The German called and both players then proceeded to check down the {6-Hearts} turn and {2-Diamonds} river. Vogelsang flipped over {A-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
770,000
40,000
40,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
230,000
62,000
62,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
220,000
-80,000
-80,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
200,000
21,000
21,000

Tags: Christoph VogelsangDaniel DvoressDario SammartinoJohn JuandaSergey LebedevTimothy Adams

Fedor Finished

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz

Fedor Holz, who satellited in this event last night after making fourth in the €10,000 high roller, has now gone broke.

He opened big slick, Christoph Vogelsang three-bet aces and Holz four-bet stuffed. Vogelsang made the easy call and held on a board of bricks to send the German wunderkind back to the drawing board.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
730,000
260,000
260,000
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
Busted
GGPoker

Newey Doubles

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

From middle position, Paul Newey raised to 21,000. Action folded to Max Silver in the small blind and the chipleader three bet to 58,000. Sammartino released from the big blind but Newey shoved all in for 273,000. Silver was quick to call.

Paul Newey: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Max Silver: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The flop came {2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. The {Q-Diamonds} on the turn had Newey already getting ready to make his exit, but he abandoned plans of getting up when he realized he still had some outs.

Wouldn't you know it; {3-Clubs} on the river! Straight for Newey, small hit to his stack for Silver.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
1,007,000
-273,000
-273,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
569,000
297,000
297,000

Tags: Max SilverPaul Newey

Level: 11

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
1,280,000
-147,000
-147,000
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
930,000
70,000
70,000
Winamax
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
905,000
-16,000
-16,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
868,000
-142,000
-142,000
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
800,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
779,000
151,000
151,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
720,000
-15,000
-15,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
718,000
118,000
118,000
EPT 1X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
670,000
-110,000
-110,000
Stanley Choi hk
Stanley Choi
629,000
54,000
54,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
600,000
-80,000
-80,000
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
600,000
110,000
110,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
562,000
-218,000
-218,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
470,000
255,000
255,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
430,000
35,000
35,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
427,000
25,000
25,000
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
421,000
231,000
231,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
377,000
-23,000
-23,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
300,000
-120,000
-120,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
290,000
60,000
60,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
287,000
-49,000
-49,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
272,000
-80,000
-80,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
265,000
-55,000
-55,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
244,000
26,000
26,000
EPT 2X Winner
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
240,000
-40,000
-40,000
GGPoker

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Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

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