2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
€1,197,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€5,659,500
Entries
231
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
25,000

Zinno Raises the River

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Anthony Zinno opened for 400 from early position, and Yuguang Li made the call. In the big blind Timothy Adams over called to make it three-way to the flop.

All three of them checked on {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} and the {4-Clubs} popped up on the turn. Adams bet out 1,000, just Zinno called.

The {7-Clubs} fell on the river and Adams bet 2,300. Zinno raised to 6,000 and Adams folded.

Tags: Anthony ZinnoTimothy AdamsYuguang Li

Triple Barrel Goes Wrong for Badziakouski

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

From early position, Julian Stuer made it 600 to go. He was called by hijack [Removed:119] before Mikita Badziakouski squeezed to 3,000 from the small blind. Stuer made the call, Bensadoun folded.

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and Badziakouski bet 4,000. Stuer made the call, and called the 11,000 Badziakouski bet on the {5-Hearts} turn as well.

The {K-Hearts} completed the board and Badziakouski shoved all in. Stuer called and Badziakouski turned over {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}. Stuer showed {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} and got his 29,625 back times two, plus the rest of the pot. Badziakouski was left with just 1,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
96,450 46,450
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
1,000 -49,000

Tags: Julian StuerMikita Badziakouski

Aces for Schemion

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

As if Ole Schemion had not been running quite yet in this festival, he just picked up a premium hand and got paid off by Stephen Chidwick. One hand prior, they checked down a king-high board and Chidwick won the pot with {Q-Spades}{8-Spades} after turning an eight.

Now, Schemion raised and then four-bet to hefty 8,625 to see Chidwick call out of the blinds. On the {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop, Chidwick checked and Schemion's continuation bet worth 6,000 was called. On the {K-Spades} turn and {6-Diamonds} river both players checked and Schemion's {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} won the decent pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
75,500 18,500
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
40,000 -10,000

Tags: Ole SchemionStephen Chidwick

More Names in the Field

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
EPT 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
50,000 50,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
50,000 50,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
50,000 50,000
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
50,000 50,000
Patrick Bruel fr
Patrick Bruel
50,000 50,000
Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
50,000 50,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
50,000 50,000
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
50,000 50,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
50,000 50,000
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
50,000 50,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
50,000 50,000

Slow Start for Levinskas

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Laurynas Levinskas won his ticket for the High Roller in yesterday evening's Satellite after surviving the bubble with only 1.5 big blinds. The Lithuanian just got involved in a hand with [Removed:119] on a flop of {8-Hearts}{5-Spades}{4-Spades} and saw the action checked to him. Levinskas bet 1,000 into a pot of 1,500 and Bensadoun check-raised to 2,500.

Levinskas called before both checked the {6-Diamonds} turn. On the {5-Hearts} river, Bensadoun bet 3,300 and that got the Lithuanian out of the way.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:119] fr
[Removed:119]
52,000 2,000
Laurynas Levinskas lt
Laurynas Levinskas
42,600 -7,400

Tags: Laurynas Levinskas

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Not a Nice Welcome for Sidhu

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Alexander Timokhin and Kully Sidhu got into a raising war to see the former eventually toss in a raise to 5,200 from the cutoff. Sidhu called out of the blinds and checked the {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop, Timokhin made quite a big continuation bet for 15,000. Sidhu peeked at his cards again and let go.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Timokhin ru
Alexander Timokhin
55,000 5,000
Kully Sidhu gb
Kully Sidhu
45,000 -5,000

Tags: Kully SidhuAlexander Timokhin

Kicker Trouble

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Ibrahim Raouf limped in from the cutoff, followed by Ole Schemion raising to 1,100 from the button. Raouf called, and checked on {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}. Schemion followed his pre flop aggression up with a bet of 1,000 and Raouf was quick to call.

The {A-Diamonds} hit the turn and this time around, Raouf check called a bet of 3,000.

With the {J-Hearts} completing the board, Raouf quickly glanced at his stack before betting 6,000. Schemion asked his neighbor if he had made a straight, and called when Raouf smiled.

Raouf showed {A-Hearts}{5-Spades} but proofed out kicked by Schemion who tabled {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
57,000 7,000
Ibrahim Raouf se
Ibrahim Raouf
31,525 -18,475

Tags: Ole Schemion

McDonald Takes from Cucchiarini

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante
Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald

The board was already completed with {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Mike McDonald checked out of the small blind. On the button, Leonardo Cucchiarini bet 1,925 for about half the pot and was given the usual stare down by "Timex" with the latter eventually making the call. McDonald's {8-Spades}{8-Hearts} were good and the pot was shipped to him.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
55,000 55,000
Leonardo Cucchiarini it
Leonardo Cucchiarini
53,000 1,000

Tags: Leonardo CucchiariniMike McDonald

More Notables Rolling In

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

The field size now shows 66 entrants and that number is sure to be growing significantly over the next few hours. Below is a list of the most recent notables that took their seats.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
EPT 1X Winner
50,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
50,000
Dominykas Karmazinas lt
Dominykas Karmazinas
50,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
50,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
50,000
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
50,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
50,000
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
50,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
50,000
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
50,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
50,000