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

Buonanno Busts; Charania Too Late

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Mohsin Charania had increased his stack to six digits before the break and then came back too late to bust Antonio Buonanno. The Italian had jammed his short stack with ace-four, Stephen Chidwick got it in with ace-jack and Quan Zhou with ace-king.

The three-way all in went to Chidwick after the Brit spiked a jack to stay in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
EPT 1X Winner
110,000 78,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
60,000 -60,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
54,000 27,000
Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Antonio BuonannoMohsin CharaniaQuan ZhouStephen Chidwick

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Pateychuk vs Peters

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Joining the action on the {6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop, David Peters and Andrey Pateychuk both invested 8,100 chips and headed to the {5-Spades} turn. Pateychuk checked, Peters made it 17,500 and the Russian called. The {A-Diamonds} river then slowed things down and Peters checked behind to muck once Pateychuk flipped over {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} for a set of fives.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
EPT 1X Winner
145,000 95,000
David Peters us
David Peters
70,000 70,000

Tags: Andrey PateychukDavid Peters

Big Stacks Before Dinner

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
EPT 1X Winner
150,000 1,000
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
148,000 73,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
141,000 -9,000
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
130,000 20,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
130,000 66,000
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
128,000 67,000
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
128,000 13,000
David Dayan br
David Dayan
124,000 44,000
Dong Zhao cn
Dong Zhao
123,500 13,500
Yang Wang cn
Yang Wang
122,000 -53,000
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
120,000 35,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
117,000 52,000
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
115,000 46,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Poker Hall of Famer
110,000 60,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
104,000 54,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
94,000 38,000

Seat Open; Reentries; Barer Enters

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Ami Barer is a new entry while Kully Sidhu and Justin Bonomo took the reentry, all other players below busted and some of them may come back after the upcoming dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
50,000 50,000
Kully Sidhu gb
Kully Sidhu
50,000 50,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
50,000 33,700
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
Busted
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
Busted
Leonardo Cucchiarini it
Leonardo Cucchiarini
Busted
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
Busted
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
Busted

Carrel's Set No Good

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

We caught the all in action of a hand between Charlie Carrel and Marko Neumann. We were just in time to witness Carrel pushing all in on a flop of {10-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} from the big blind. Button Marko Neumann had an easy decision as he had flopped the nuts with {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and called. Carrel tabled his {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and needed the board to pair to stay alive. The {6-Diamonds} on the turn and {3-Clubs} on the river were both blanks and Carrel made his exit for the second time today.

Player Chips Progress
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
110,000 60,000
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
Busted

Tags: Marko NeumannCharlie Carrel

Winter Is Not Coming Anymore

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Yang Wang, who won the €4,300 Turbo 8-Handed Super Knockout event for €58,650 here earlier this festival, just three-bet Sean Winter's 1,400 open to 3,500 from the button. Both blinds folded and Winter put in a four-bet to 9,000 with 45,000 behind. Wang announced all in and Winter called.

Sean Winter: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}
Yang Wang: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Winter made his exit. He busted his first bullet earlier today, so he's one of the players out now who are unable to register anymore since it's a single reentry event.

Player Chips Progress
Yang Wang cn
Yang Wang
175,000 40,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
Busted

Tags: Sean WinterYang Wang