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

Greenwood Doubles

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Luc Greenwood
Luc Greenwood

All three Greenwood brothers are in the tournament, though Sam had to purchase a reentry. Luc avoided that for now after doubling up through Ariel Mantel. Mantel had opened from under the gun, Greenwood made it 4,000 to go from the button and was then facing a four-bet to 11,400.

Greenwood shoved and the count was demanded by Mantel. The dealer did her duty and it was 40,750 to go, though Greenwood was hiding the two T-25 chips behind, and Mantel called.

Greenwood: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Mantel: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} and the Canadian doubled. While the dealer shipped the pot to Greenwood, Chance Kornuth in the eight seat grabbed the all in triangle and said "I save this, I will need it," referring to his short stack. Big stack at the table is Marko Neumann.

Player Chips Progress
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
130,000
80,000
80,000
Ariel Mantel ar
Ariel Mantel
95,000
23,000
23,000
Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
82,000
33,000
33,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
20,000
-23,000
-23,000
$25K Fantasy
Chip Leader Coaching

Tags: Ariel MantelChance KornuthLuc GreenwoodMarko Neumann

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
40,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Sean WinterYang Wang

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
60,000
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
Busted

Tags: Marko NeumannCharlie Carrel

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
50,000
Kully Sidhu gb
Kully Sidhu
50,000
50,000
50,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
50,000
33,700
33,700
Run It Once
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
$25K Fantasy
Run It Once

Big Stacks Before Dinner

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
150,000
1,000
1,000
EPT 1X Winner
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
148,000
73,000
73,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
141,000
-9,000
-9,000
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
130,000
20,000
20,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
130,000
66,000
66,000
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
128,000
67,000
67,000
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
128,000
13,000
13,000
David Dayan br
David Dayan
124,000
44,000
44,000
Dong Zhao cn
Dong Zhao
123,500
13,500
13,500
Yang Wang cn
Yang Wang
122,000
-53,000
-53,000
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
120,000
35,000
35,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
117,000
52,000
52,000
EPT 1X Winner
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
115,000
46,000
46,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
110,000
60,000
60,000
$25K Fantasy
Poker Hall of Famer
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
104,000
54,000
54,000
$25K Fantasy
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
94,000
38,000
38,000
$25K Fantasy

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
145,000
95,000
95,000
EPT 1X Winner
David Peters us
David Peters
70,000
70,000
70,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Andrey PateychukDavid Peters

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100