Level: 5
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€50,000 Single-Day Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€49,000
Prize Pool
€3,395,700
Entries
70
Level
28
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 70
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Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Jason Mercier showed up just when the players were sent on their first 20-minute break and will be entering the competition at the start of level five.
Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Aidyn Auyezkanov opened to 3,200 and Erik Seidel called from the small blind before Timofey Kuznetsov made it 15,000 to go out of the big blind. Auyezkanov called and Seidel quickly slid his cards into the middle of the table.
On the 
flop, Kuznetsov immediately fired a bet of 20,000 and that won the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
345,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
50,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Christoph Vogelsang opened from early position to 4,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel then three-bet to 16,000 out of the big blind. Vogelsang clicked it up to 36,000 and quickly pushed forward a stack of T-25,000 chips when Thorel shoved for around 70,000.
Thorel: 
Vogelsang: 
After a dry board of 
, Thorel was sent to the rail but he may still reenter before the registration closes at the end of level eight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
On the river of a board 
, Erik Seidel checked and then folded to a bet worth 25,000 by table neighbor Timofey Kuznetsov.
Soon after, Seidel was involved in a three-way hand with Isaac Haxton in the big blind and Patrik Antonius in early position. Haxton bet the 
turn for 11,000 and Antonius called, Seidel folded. The turn saw a bet worth 35,000 by Haxton and Antonius called to then muck to Haxton's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
65,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
||
Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
As we arrived over on the first table, action was checked around on 
. The hit the turn and small blind Aidyn Auyezkanov lead out for 15,000. Hijack Isaac Haxton folded, but cutoff Andrew Pantling had bigger plans and raised to 45,000. Patrik Antonius folded his button, Auyezkanov made the call.
The completed the board and Auyezkanov checked. Pantling shoved forward a large stack of blue 5,000-chips and green 25,000-chips, and Auyezkanov instantly called all in for his 128,700 stack. Pantling showed 
and had to let the pot to Auyezkanov as he showed for the winning set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
100,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
While Mark Teltscher just showed up to wait for his seat assignment, EPT11 Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller champion Erik Seidel took a big hit to his stack. Andrew Pantling had made a full house fives over nines against him and the American dropped to less than half the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
200,000 | |
|
||
|
|
82,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The Single-Day Super High Roller field has increased to 46 entries with the addition of Bryn Kenney, Byron Kaverman and Salman Behbehani. The latter joked to Kaverman "come on buddy, let's go together" after a new table just opened up and they waited to receive their seat assignments.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | |
|
200,000 | |
|
200,000 |
Level 4
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
It is definitely not unusual to see Germans in High Roller fields, they even taken them down quite regularly. Max Silver faces three of them on his table right now and played another bigger pot against table neighbor Fedor Holz. With around 60,000 chips in the middle and the board reading 
.
Holz grabbed one green T-25,000 chip and two blue T-5,000 chips, announcing a bet of 33,000. Silver glanced at the board and then let go to remain at half the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
100,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
