2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€961,800
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,325,300
Entries
1,098
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
50,000
Players Left 1 / 1098
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Selbst's Boat Sends Cortellazzi Packing

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Andrea Cortellazzi just raised to 16,000 under the gun and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst called from the cutoff after which both blinds called as well.

The flop brought out {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} and after both blinds checked, Cortellazzi bet 16,000 and only Selbst called.

On the turn the {5-Hearts} hit and Cortellazzi bet 22,000, and Selbst raised it up to 63,000. Cortellazzi tanked for a long time but ultimately he moved all in for 140,000.

Selbst snap-called, and it was all over for the Italian pro.

Cortellazzi: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Selbst: {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

The river was the {9-Spades} and Cortellazzi walked away, while Selbst's up to 710,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
710,000
170,000
170,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Andrea Cortellazzi it
Andrea Cortellazzi
Busted

Tags: Andrea CortellazziVanessa Selbst

Van Zadelhoff Busts; Bensadoun Doubles

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Steven van Zadelhoff
Steven van Zadelhoff

The feature table just showed the double up of [Removed:119] for 75,000 with {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} against the {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} of Adrien Allain.

Thus far, the Frenchman had been sailing through the day with a big stack. But this time, he dropped some change as the board ran out {6-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{A-Spades}.

At the same time and at the very end of the level, Steven van Zadelhoff four-bet jammed with ace-jack into the ace-queen of Aaron Gustavson. There was a jack on the flop and van Zadelhoff used his one time, but a queen appeared right away on the turn to send van Zadelhoff packing.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
793,000
383,000
383,000
Profile photo of [Removed:119] fr
[Removed:119]
174,000
18,500
18,500
Profile photo of Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
Busted

Tags: Aaron GustavsonAdrien AllainSteven van Zadelhoff

Selbst Raises Big

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

In one of the last hands before the break, Vanessa Selbst made it 13,000 from early position. Ihair Soika in the big blind made the call.

Both players checked the flop of {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Spades} before the {4-Hearts} hit the turn. Soika bet 22,000 and Selbst called.

The river {2-Diamonds} completed the board and Soika bet a hefty 63,000 with 310,000 behind. Selbst thought about it for a bit, studied her opponents stack, and then raised to 222,000.

Soika wasn't happy with what had happened, and with a pained face he tanked for about a minute or 5. In the end he folded, and Selbst quietly mucked.

"I think he folded a big hand" said Selbst as she gave us some details for the transcript above.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
790,000
80,000
80,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
310,000
157,000
157,000

Tags: Ihar SoikaVanessa Selbst

Break!

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

With the end of Level 18 upon them, the 93 players remaining are now on a 30-minute break, and will return to play one more level before the day is done.

Updated Chip Counts After Level 18

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Natan Chauskin by
Natan Chauskin
946,000
596,000
596,000
Profile photo of Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
940,000
560,000
560,000
Profile photo of Evangelos Terzoudis gr
Evangelos Terzoudis
916,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
876,000
83,000
83,000
Profile photo of Marcin Chmielewski pl
Marcin Chmielewski
850,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
840,000
50,000
50,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Alexios Zervos gr
Alexios Zervos
800,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Aaron Gustavson us
Aaron Gustavson
739,000
209,000
209,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ariel Celestino br
Ariel Celestino
702,000
525,000
525,000
Profile photo of Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
685,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
680,000
200,000
200,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Fabio Sperling de
Fabio Sperling
640,000
190,000
190,000
Profile photo of Jan Bengelmann de
Jan Bengelmann
632,000
142,000
142,000
Profile photo of Matthew Davenport gb
Matthew Davenport
594,000
194,000
194,000
Grosvenor Poker
Profile photo of Juan Etcheverry ar
Juan Etcheverry
565,000
155,000
155,000
Profile photo of Ivan Soshnikov ru
Ivan Soshnikov
555,000
255,000
255,000
Profile photo of Apostolos Bechrakis gr
Apostolos Bechrakis
540,000
330,000
330,000
Profile photo of Frank Romanello gb
Frank Romanello
525,000
285,000
285,000
Profile photo of Mohamed Aissani fr
Mohamed Aissani
517,000
157,000
157,000
Profile photo of Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
510,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Chris Dowling ie
Chris Dowling
500,000
230,000
230,000
Profile photo of Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
484,000
230,000
230,000
Profile photo of Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
482,000
107,000
107,000
Profile photo of Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
475,000
151,000
151,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Rintaro Kagawa jp
Rintaro Kagawa
455,000
210,000
210,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Nguyen Doubles Through Gustavson

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Thi Xoa Nguyen
Thi Xoa Nguyen

Thi Xoa Nguyen opened to 17,000 from the hijack and Aaron Gustavson then made it 40,000 to go from two seats over. Nguyen flat-called and saw a flop of {7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}. The Frenchwoman checked, Gustavson continued for 30,000 and was called before the {10-Spades} came on the turn.

Nguyen checked, Gustavson fired 55,000 and then called the check-raise all in for 232,000 in total with {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. Nguyen flipped over {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and doubled after a blank {4-Hearts} river.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thi Xoa Nguyen fr
Thi Xoa Nguyen
650,000
328,000
328,000
Profile photo of Aaron Gustavson us
Aaron Gustavson
350,000
389,000
389,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aaron GustavsonThi Xoa Nguyen

Tedeschi's Bluff Fails

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

On the river of a board {Q-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, Ariel Celestino bet 12,000 out of the small blind and Paul-Francois Tedeschi made it 32,000 to go. Celestino called rather quickly and Tedeschi announced a ten before sheepishly showing his {10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. The pot was shipped to Celestino, the dealer had his cards into the muck very quickly but the Brazilian apparently could beat ten-high.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ariel Celestino br
Ariel Celestino
800,000
98,000
98,000
Profile photo of Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
350,000
29,000
29,000

Tags: Ariel CelestinoPaul-Francois Tedeschi