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 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

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 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

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Carrel Gets Short

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Charlie Carrel frised from early position and found a caller in Erik Seidel to see a flop of {4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}. Seidel check-called a bet worth 20,000 and they checked the {4-Hearts} turn. Seidel's bet worth 31,000 on the {6-Diamonds} river found no call.

Carrel remained active and got into a big pot with Ivan Luca not much later though. The Brit bet the {K-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} river for 135,000 into a pot of what looked like 250,000 and then folded to the shove of Luca with the Argentinian boosting his stack above one million.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
1,170,000
205,000
205,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
525,000
80,000
80,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
230,000
-57,000
-57,000

Tags: Charlie CarrelErik SeidelIvan Luca

Smith Remains Active

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Towards the end of the previous level, Dan Smith called a bet worth 60,000 by Stanley Choi on the button after a {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} turn and then checked behind from under the gun once the {K-Spades} river completed the board. Smith's king-jack for a busted draw was no good, as Choi had {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for a full house.

The American did get the chips back though by pushing out Sergey Lebedev with a bet of 100,000 out of the small blind on the {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} river. Lebedev tanked for some time and Igor Kurganov called the clock on him to see his fellow countryman let go soon after.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
625,000
63,000
63,000

Tags: Dan SmithIgor KurganovSergey LebedevStanley Choi

Can Do, Can Do, Kanit Says The Horse Can Do

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit
Mustapha Kanit

Mustapha Kanit just extended his lead on the field, taking a big chunk from overnight leader Mikita Badziakouski.

After both players checked the turn with some 120,000 in the middle, Badziakouski led the river for 90,000 on a {5-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} board.

Kanit fired back with a raise to 340,000, perplexing Badziakouski, who tanked it out for four full minutes.

"I play good, huh," said Kanit, smiling.

"You're killing me," Badziakouski answered.

"I know, story of my life bro," added Kanit.

Eventually, Badziakouski made the crying call, mucking when Kanit turned over the {3-Hearts}{3-Spades} full house.

"Watching you play poker is like watching Picasso paint," John Juanda added, as Kanit raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
1,580,000
330,000
330,000
Winamax
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
340,000
-510,000
-510,000

Tags: John JuandaMikita BadziakouskiMustapha Kanit

Daniel Dvoress Dominated, Done

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress moved in for his last 128,000 and two positions over it was Christoph Vogelsang on the button shoving over the top all in. Jason Mercier in the small blind faked a small heart attack with all that action, but folded. Ole Schemion folded his big blind.

Daniel Dvoress: {J-Spades}{10-Spades}
Christoph Vogelsang: {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Dvoress made his exit in 27th place.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
Busted

Tags: Christoph VogelsangDaniel Dvoress

Kanit Doubles Juanda

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Under the gun, Mustapha Kanit made it 28,000 to go. His neighbor John Juanda, who had been praising Kanit, moved in for 234,000. Action folded back around to Kanit and he confidently called.

Juanda was even more sure of his move. Rightfully so, as the EPT Barcelona champion turned over {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. Kanit tabled {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}. Kanit came up short, despite asking for the {A-Diamonds} multiple times. The board ran out {9-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Juanda doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
1,350,000
-230,000
-230,000
Winamax
John Juanda id
John Juanda
490,000
240,000
240,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mustapha KanitJohn Juanda

Sammartino Sends Stack to Timex

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Dario Sammartino
Dario Sammartino

The cards of Dario Sammartino were already in the muck and the Italian shipped his stack to table neighbor Mike "Timex" McDonald. The Canadian had raised from under the gun and Sammartino defended his big blind to then check-raise all in for less than 160,000 with king-queen on a flop of {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts}.

McDonald snap-called with {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for top two pair and even got a full house thanks to the {8-Hearts} turn and {9-Diamonds} river, sending his opponent to the rail and the own stack above one million.

There are now 25 players remaining and after the next elimination, a redraw for the last three tables takes place.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
1,125,000
407,000
407,000
EPT 1X Winner
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
Busted

Tags: Dario SammartinoMike McDonald