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

Mantel's Nuts Beat Nitsche's Second Nuts

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Ariel Mantel
Ariel Mantel

On the four-way turn {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{10-Clubs}, the action was checked to Dominik Nitsche and he bet 2,400 out of the big blind. All opponents called and the {3-Diamonds} fell on the river. Ariel Mantel bet 14,000 and Nitsche was the only caller, the German immediately asked "do you have the nut flush?" and Mantel indeed flashed {A-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}.

Nitsche grinned and mucked the {K-Diamonds} and another diamond for second nut flush ...

Player Chips Progress
Ariel Mantel ar
Ariel Mantel
70,000
20,000
20,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
37,000
37,000
37,000

Tags: Ariel MantelDominik Nitsche

Jaka's Not so Great Start

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Haralabos Voulgaris won a big pot off Faraz Jaka and the latter was then just spotted betting the {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} river once Thomas Muehloecker had checked to him. The Austrian called with {Q-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
80,000
30,000
30,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
54,000
4,000
4,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
28,000
-22,000
-22,000

Tags: Faraz JakaHaralabos VoulgarisThomas Muehloecker

Wang Flushes Greenwood

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Ole Schemion raised to 600 and was called by Yang Wang in the cutoff before Sam Greenwood on the button raised it up to 2,000. Both opponents called and headed to the {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop. The action was checked to Greenwood and he continued for 4,500. Wang then check-raised to 11,000 after Schemion had folded and was called by Greenwood.

On the {Q-Spades} turn, Wang bet 18,000 and received a call before shoving the {2-Spades} river for 25,000. Greenwood called with {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} and Wang flashed {J-Spades}{8-Spades} to leave his opponent short. The same table features Niall Farrell with more than twice the starting stack and Dietrich Fast also enjoys a decent start to the event.

Player Chips Progress
Yang Wang cn
Yang Wang
114,000
64,000
64,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
105,000
55,000
55,000
EPT 1X Winner
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
92,000
40,000
40,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
12,500
-40,500
-40,500

Tags: Dietrich FastNiall FarrellOle SchemionSam Greenwood

Kisacikoglu Gets Caught

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Orpen Kisacikoglu

Joining the action on the four-way turn {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, Timothy Adams and Sam Chartier checked in the blinds and Orpen Kisacikoglu bet 1,500. Only Yuguang Li called to see the {3-Hearts} river and Kisacikoglu fired another bet worth 3,300. Li called and was shown {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a bluff by the Turk, claiming the pot with his {A-Spades}{J-Spades}.

Li is still down in chips though and recovered some of the early losses.

Player Chips Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
54,000
4,000
4,000
Yuguang Li cn
Yuguang Li
36,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: Orpen KisacikogluSam ChartierTimothy AdamsYuguang Li

Break

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

The first break of the players has just started. 106 players registered at the moment.

More Players Enter

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
50,000
EPT 1X Winner
Darie Vlad ro
Darie Vlad
50,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
50,000
EPT 1X Winner
Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
50,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
50,000
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
50,000
GGPoker
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
50,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
50,000
PokerStars
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
50,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
50,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
50,000
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
50,000
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
50,000
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
50,000
Dong Zhao cn
Dong Zhao
50,000
Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
50,000
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
50,000
Max Greenwood ca
Max Greenwood
50,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
50,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
50,000
EPT 2X Winner
Jaroslaw Sikora pl
Jaroslaw Sikora
50,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
50,000
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
50,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
50,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Big Stack Selection

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
128,000
78,000
78,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
105,000
8,550
8,550
Yang Wang cn
Yang Wang
100,000
-14,000
-14,000
Alexander Timokhin ru
Alexander Timokhin
99,000
44,000
44,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
97,000
-8,000
-8,000
EPT 1X Winner
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
85,000
5,000
5,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
85,000
31,000
31,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
84,200
8,700
8,700
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
84,000
-8,000
-8,000
David Dayan br
David Dayan
80,000
80,000
80,000
Ariel Mantel ar
Ariel Mantel
77,000
7,000
7,000
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
75,000
25,000
25,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
70,000
20,000
20,000