€50,000 Single-Day Super High Roller Day 1 | 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-01-2016 21:49 UTC+1

Justin Bonomo Eliminates Timofey Kuznetsov

Frank Op de Woerd

Level 16 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Mike Watson raised under the gun for 50,000 and Justin Bonomo flatted from the small blind. Big blind Timofey Kuznutsov squeezed all in for 460,000 or so and Watson folded, Bonomo called instantly.

Kuznutsov had the while Bonomo tabled . The board ran out and Kuznutsov said his goodbyes. Bonomo up to approximately 1.2 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	1,200,000 325,000	325,000

Timofey Kuznetsov	Busted

Tags: Justin Bonomo Mike Watson Timofey Kuznetsov

05-01-2016 21:54 UTC+1

Christoph Vogelsang Eliminated

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 16 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Christoph Vogelsang pushed his last 266,000 in from the button and the small blind tanked for a bit before folding. Fedor Holz in the big blind wasn't overly happy about it, but did call in the end.

Fedor Holz:
Christoph Vogelsang:

The board ran out an uneventful and Vogelsang made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	1,680,000 230,000	230,000

Christoph Vogelsang	Busted

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Fedor Holz

05-01-2016 21:54 UTC+1

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Table	Seat	Player	Country
1	1	Rafael Da Silva Moraes	Brazil	2	1	Michael Bonzon	Switzerland
1	2	Daniel Cates	USA	2	2	Dario Sammartino	Italy
1	3	Max Silver	UK	2	3	Murad Akhundov	Azerbaijan
1	4	Ole Schemion	Germany	2	4	Aidyn Auyezkanov	Kazakhstan
1	5	Fedor Holz	Germany	2	5	Bryn Kenney	USA
1	6	Justin Bonomo	USA	2	6	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland
1	7	Fabian Quoss	Germany	2	7	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus
1	8	Mike Watson	Canada	2	8	David Peters	USA

Bonzon Shoves

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Michael Bonzon defended his big blind against a raise by Aidyn Auyezkanov and then check-called the flop for 30,000. On the turn, Bonzon checked again and then folded to a second barrel.

One hand later, David Peters raised from the button and Bonzon shoved for 435,000 to enforce a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Bonzon	530,000 100,000	100,000
Aidyn Auyezkanov	400,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Aidyn Auyezkanov David Peters Michael Bonzon

Level: 17

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

05-01-2016 22:14 UTC+1

Bonzon and Schemion Almost Synchrone

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer min-raised to 60,000 from early position and Michael Bonzon shoved for the second time in a row at his table.

Over on table one, Daniel Cates raised to 60,000 and Ole Schemion got through with a shove as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	620,000 20,000	20,000
Michael Bonzon	550,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Daniel Cates Michael Bonzon Ole Schemion Steve O'Dwyer

05-01-2016 22:18 UTC+1

Sammartino Departs

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Dario Sammartino moved all in and Murad Akhundov from one seat over on the button asked for a count. It was 370,000 to go and Akhundov started grabbing T-25,000 chips for the call and placed them in front of him. The small blind folded and Bryn Kenney then quickly announced all in himself.

Akhundov was hit, leaned back and put the hands in front of his face. After some consideration, he forfeited almost half his stack and sent the cards into the muck.

Sammartino:
Kenney:

The board ran out provided no help to the Italian and he grabbed his belongings and left the tournament area, Kenney is back atop the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	1,600,000 475,000	475,000
Murad Akhundov	400,000 620,000	620,000
Dario Sammartino	Busted

Tags: Bryn Kenney Dario Sammartino Murad Akhundov

05-01-2016 22:23 UTC+1

Holz Takes a Sizable One

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Rafael Da Silva Moraes made it 60,000 to go from first position and Fedor Holz called from the button. Justin Bonomo over called from the small blind and the three of them took a flop of . Bonomo checked and Moraes bet 113,000. Holz called, Bonomo folded.

Moraes checked when the board paired with the on the turn and Holz bet 140,000. Moraes called and checked again with the on the river. Holz carefully cut out 270,000 and slid the chips forward. Moraes tanked for quite a bit before eventually releasing his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	2,100,000 420,000	420,000

Rafael Da Silva Moraes	560,000 479,000	479,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Rafael Moraes

05-01-2016 22:28 UTC+1

Peters Check-Raises All In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Aidyn Auyezkanov opened to 60,000 and was called by Steve O'Dwyer on the cutoff and David Peters in the small blind. On the three-way flop of , the action was checked to Auyezkanov and he continued with a minbet worth 30,000. O'Dwyer called and Peters took some consideration before check-raising all in.

Neither opponent was interested in calling and Auyezkanov also gave up his big blind soon after to drop down all the way to eight big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	1,140,000 20,000	20,000

David Peters	880,000 135,000	135,000
Aidyn Auyezkanov	240,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Aidyn Auyezkanov David Peters Steve O'Dwyer

05-01-2016 22:36 UTC+1

Action From Table Two

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Murad Akhundov moved all in twice to steal the blinds and antes, Aidyn Auyezkanov did so once and then Akhundov got a walk on his big blind.

Bryn Kenney raised to 60,000 to grab the blinds and antes, the American is the biggest stack by quite some margin but all smaller stacks barely have any chance but to shove or fold.