2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
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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
Players Left 1 / 231
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Mateos in the Greenwood Sandwich

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Joining the action on the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Spades} turn, Sam Greenwood bet 1,500 out of the blinds and his brother Luc folded. Adrian Mateos, sitting in between them, called before giving up the {2-Clubs} river to a another bet by Sam.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Greenwood
53,000
3,000
3,000
Run It Once
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Adrian Mateos
49,000
1,000
1,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
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Luc Greenwood
49,000
49,000
49,000

Tags: Adrian MateosLuc GreenwoodSam Greenwood

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
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Niall Farrell
50,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Stephen Chidwick
50,000
Profile photo of Dominykas Karmazinas lt
Dominykas Karmazinas
50,000
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Anthony Zinno
50,000
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
50,000
Run It Once
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Pratyush Buddiga
50,000
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Faraz Jaka
50,000
Jaka Coaching
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Amit Makhija
50,000
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Dan Smith
50,000
Run It Once
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Charlie Carrel
50,000
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Thomas Muehloecker
50,000

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
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Mike McDonald
55,000
55,000
55,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Leonardo Cucchiarini
53,000
1,000
1,000

Tags: Leonardo CucchiariniMike McDonald

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
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Ole Schemion
57,000
7,000
7,000
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Ibrahim Raouf
31,525
18,475
18,475

Tags: Ole Schemion

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
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Alexander Timokhin
55,000
5,000
5,000
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Kully Sidhu
45,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Kully SidhuAlexander Timokhin

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

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
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[Removed:119]
52,000
2,000
2,000
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Laurynas Levinskas
42,600
7,400
7,400

Tags: Laurynas Levinskas

More Names in the Field

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
50,000
50,000
50,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Mikita Badziakouski
50,000
50,000
50,000
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Byron Kaverman
50,000
50,000
50,000
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Martin Jacobson
50,000
50,000
50,000
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Marko Neumann
50,000
50,000
50,000
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Patrick Bruel
50,000
50,000
50,000
Winamax
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Dmitry Yurasov
50,000
50,000
50,000
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Felipe Ramos
50,000
50,000
50,000
GGPoker
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Paul Hoefer
50,000
50,000
50,000
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John Juanda
50,000
50,000
50,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
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Ognjen Sekularac
50,000
50,000
50,000
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Andrew Chen
50,000
50,000
50,000

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
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Ole Schemion
75,500
18,500
18,500
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Stephen Chidwick
40,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Ole SchemionStephen Chidwick

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
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Julian Stuer
96,450
46,450
46,450
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Mikita Badziakouski
1,000
49,000
49,000

Tags: Julian StuerMikita Badziakouski