€5,300 Main Event
Day 3 Started
€5,300 Main Event
Day 3 Started
The 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event continues in opulent Monaco today, with Day 3 beginning just after 12 p.m. local time.
France's Pierre Calamusa leads a field of 196 players coming in, with the 160th-place money bubble in clear sight. Poland's Marcin Chmielewski, and former France Player of the Year Erwann Pecheux are closely in tow.
Team PokerStars Pros Online Randy "nanonoko" Lew, Vanessa Selbst, Jake Cody, Team PokerStars SportsStar Fatima Moreira de Melo and the legendary Erik Seidel all have healthy stacks. Plus, previous EPT winners Aaron Gustavson, John Juanda, Mike Watson, Salvatore Bonavena, Dimitar Danchev, Joseph Mouawad and Davidi Kitai also remain in the hunt.
A minimum cash is worth €8,890, but all eyes will surely be on the €961,800 first-place prize, as they go into the money and beyond on yet another perfect day on the French Riviera.
The levels increase to 90 minutes today and they are sure to be filled with tons of poker action. Of course, The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand from the call to shuffle up and deal until the survivors bag and tag, so just sit back and enjoy our coverage of Day 3 of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event.
Day 3 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
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1 | 1 | Usman Siddique | UK | 151800 |
1 | 2 | Jullian Feriolo | France | 96700 |
1 | 3 | Kyosti Isberg | Finland | 70700 |
1 | 4 | Arne Coulier | Belgium | 269900 |
1 | 5 | Michel Dattani | Portugal | 312200 |
1 | 6 | Marcin Chmielewski | Poland | 493500 |
1 | 7 | Stephan Zesiger | Switzerland | 151600 |
1 | 8 | Benjamin Philipps | UK | 150000 |
2 | 1 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 128100 |
2 | 2 | Bruno Lopes | France | 95400 |
2 | 3 | Fabio Sperling | Germany | 300100 |
2 | 4 | Massimiliano Patroncini | Italy | 31800 |
2 | 5 | Frank Werder | Germany | 60200 |
2 | 6 | Alexandre Luneau | France | 177400 |
2 | 7 | Erik Van Hoek | Netherlands | 156700 |
2 | 8 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 55100 |
3 | 1 | Pierre Tilmant | Belgium | 174200 |
3 | 2 | Sam Chartier | Canada | 283300 |
3 | 3 | Laurent Polito | France | 118000 |
3 | 4 | Yannick Del Curto | Switzerland | 157700 |
3 | 5 | Vincent Gueneau | United Arab Emirates | 41500 |
3 | 6 | Matthew Davenport | UK | 349100 |
3 | 7 | Georges Hallak | Canada | 87700 |
3 | 8 | Marko Neumann | Germany | 90100 |
4 | 1 | Mikael Guenni | France | 127400 |
4 | 3 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 375100 |
4 | 4 | Simon Deadman | UK | 135000 |
4 | 5 | Bertrand Guenoun | France | 188400 |
4 | 6 | Kenneth Hicks | USA | 21200 |
4 | 7 | Apostolos Bechrakis | Greece | 136000 |
4 | 8 | Gerard Sanches | France | 156000 |
5 | 1 | Thi Xoa Nguyen | France | 140000 |
5 | 2 | Denys Shafikov | Ukraine | 158600 |
5 | 3 | Philippe Wettstein | Switzerland | 58600 |
5 | 4 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 57000 |
5 | 5 | Marco De Vincenti | Italy | 46500 |
5 | 6 | Jinfeng Huo | China | 201700 |
5 | 7 | Massimo Mauri | Italy | 242800 |
5 | 8 | Fernando Brunca Garcia | Brazil | 258600 |
6 | 1 | Hani Bahna | Canada | 20500 |
6 | 2 | Povilas Zavistanavicius | Lithuania | 113300 |
6 | 3 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 209900 |
6 | 4 | Albert Sebag | France | 260000 |
6 | 5 | Jimmy Guerrero | France | 250000 |
6 | 6 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | 284700 |
6 | 7 | Marco Giulini | Italy | 79400 |
6 | 8 | Markus Durnegger | Austria | 145200 |
7 | 1 | Ilan Boujenah | France | 112000 |
7 | 2 | Mike Barsnick | Germany | 260900 |
7 | 3 | Nicholas Galtos | Australia | 66900 |
7 | 4 | Jason Gray | Australia | 109400 |
7 | 5 | Yusuke Okada | Japan | 72400 |
7 | 6 | David Susigan | France | 351900 |
7 | 7 | Natan Chauskin | Belarus | 271900 |
7 | 8 | Jeremy Palvini | France | 320000 |
8 | 1 | Andreas Vlachos | Greece | 227000 |
8 | 2 | Ruediger Weber | Germany | 139500 |
8 | 3 | [Removed:365] | Israel | 26400 |
8 | 4 | Emin Aghayev | Monaco | 30800 |
8 | 5 | Arnaud Peyroles | France | 105600 |
8 | 6 | Samu Riihela | Finland | 113300 |
8 | 7 | Fabio Cortes Gago | Spain | 51000 |
8 | 8 | Randy Lew | USA | 385800 |
9 | 1 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 223800 |
9 | 3 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 152400 |
9 | 4 | Ivan Soshnikov | Russia | 271400 |
9 | 5 | Mikhail Nikolaev | Latvia | 25000 |
9 | 6 | Jan Bendik | Slovakia | 289300 |
9 | 7 | Alp Tosuncuoglu | Switzerland | 61300 |
9 | 8 | Clemente Malheiro Carreira | Portugal | 125000 |
10 | 1 | David Lascar | France | 140500 |
10 | 2 | Koichi Nozaki | Japan | 154300 |
10 | 3 | Fatima Moreira de Melo | Netherlands | 357200 |
10 | 4 | Herve Boulan | France | 127300 |
10 | 5 | Igor Pihela | Estonia | 256400 |
10 | 6 | Andreas Hoivold | Norway | 186900 |
10 | 7 | Tina Andersen | Denmark | 50000 |
10 | 8 | [Removed:2] | Lebanon | 105800 |
11 | 1 | Jack Salter | UK | 198700 |
11 | 2 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | 333000 |
11 | 3 | Frank Romanello | UK | 237100 |
11 | 4 | Nikolas Menke | Germany | 350300 |
11 | 5 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 224900 |
11 | 6 | Felix Lambertz | Germany | 50700 |
11 | 7 | Enver Abduraimov | Germany | 64800 |
11 | 8 | Oren Rosen | Israel | 213300 |
12 | 1 | Erik Seidel | USA | 368400 |
12 | 2 | Vanessa Selbst | USA | 206700 |
12 | 3 | Oleh Cherepianyi | Ukraine | 116400 |
12 | 4 | Ouri Cohen | France | 37700 |
12 | 5 | Andres Jeckeln | Argentina | 164500 |
12 | 7 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 115200 |
12 | 8 | Asan Umarov | Kazakhstan | 211700 |
13 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 220400 |
13 | 2 | David Peters | USA | 57800 |
13 | 3 | Paolo Compagno | Switzerland | 173600 |
13 | 4 | Andrei Boghean | Romania | 330000 |
13 | 5 | Ben Fitzgerald | UK | 67700 |
13 | 6 | Omar Lakhdari | France | 212000 |
13 | 7 | Kiryl Radzivonau | Belarus | 190700 |
13 | 8 | Loc Tu | Canada | 184400 |
14 | 1 | Paul Hoefer | Germany | 152300 |
14 | 2 | Mael Lepage | Belgium | 179200 |
14 | 4 | Pierre Huter | Switzerland | 200000 |
14 | 5 | Joseph Prichard | UK | 114300 |
14 | 6 | Davide Settecasi | Italy | 202500 |
14 | 7 | Andjelko Andrejevic | USA | 98700 |
14 | 8 | Kamran Aliyev | Azerbaijan | 108600 |
15 | 1 | Alexios Zervos | Greece | 185000 |
15 | 2 | Dirk Gerritse | Netherlands | 276600 |
15 | 3 | Mike Watson | Canada | 76400 |
15 | 4 | Enzo Del Piero | UK | 348000 |
15 | 5 | Juan Etcheverry | Argentina | 196800 |
15 | 6 | Yann Pineau | France | 115800 |
15 | 7 | Thiago Nishijima | Brazil | 251400 |
15 | 8 | Knut Karnapp | Germany | 82500 |
16 | 1 | Ariel Celestino | Brazil | 241200 |
16 | 2 | Iacopo Brandi | Italy | 29500 |
16 | 3 | Mike Andreassen | Denmark | 42700 |
16 | 4 | Aleksei Platonov | Russia | 108600 |
16 | 5 | Alejandro Perez Torres | Spain | 240900 |
16 | 6 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 113000 |
16 | 7 | Freddy Darakjian | France | 183000 |
16 | 8 | Steven van Zadelhoff | Netherlands | 210000 |
17 | 1 | Tomas Chudomsky | Czech Republic | 79500 |
17 | 2 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 37200 |
17 | 3 | Andrea Rocci | Italy | 339500 |
17 | 4 | Ophir Nadav | Israel | 99900 |
17 | 5 | Antonio Rutigliano | Italy | 170000 |
17 | 6 | Peter Akery | UK | 276800 |
17 | 7 | Adrien Allain | France | 347000 |
17 | 8 | Willliam Arruda | Brazil | 109200 |
18 | 1 | Neil Strike | UK | 160100 |
18 | 2 | Jeremy Routier | France | 144100 |
18 | 3 | Nikita Nikolaev | Russia | 188800 |
18 | 4 | Arno del Curto | Switzerland | 37300 |
18 | 5 | John Gale | UK | 267500 |
18 | 6 | Yucel Eminoglu | Turkey | 137500 |
18 | 7 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 36700 |
18 | 8 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 580200 |
19 | 1 | Miguel Silva | Portugal | 304100 |
19 | 2 | Zoltan Szabo | Hungary | 196600 |
19 | 3 | Max Silver | UK | 56200 |
19 | 4 | Joseph Mouawad | USA | 127600 |
19 | 5 | Jan Bengelmann | Germany | 243700 |
19 | 6 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 153400 |
19 | 7 | Diego Ventura | Peru | 141900 |
19 | 8 | Pascal Faivre | Canada | 55700 |
20 | 1 | Dermot Blain | Ireland | 64000 |
20 | 2 | Evangelos Terzoudis | Greece | 227800 |
20 | 3 | Ramzey Idriss | Lebanon | 69600 |
20 | 4 | Sebastien Lebaron | France | 211900 |
20 | 5 | Roman Verenko | Ukraine | 326800 |
20 | 6 | Nicolas Le Floch | France | 78000 |
20 | 7 | Bao Phu | Canada | 43100 |
20 | 8 | Ranno Sootla | Estonia | 192000 |
21 | 1 | Anders Tangen | Sweden | 169100 |
21 | 2 | Youssef Finianos | Lebanon | 57500 |
21 | 3 | Antoine Saout | France | 109300 |
21 | 4 | Salvatore Bonavena | Italy | 100000 |
21 | 5 | Paul-Francois Tedeschi | France | 194900 |
21 | 6 | Ivan Deyra | France | 193300 |
21 | 7 | Chris Dowling | Ireland | 171000 |
21 | 8 | Laurent Ciup | France | 161100 |
22 | 1 | Rintaro Kagawa | Japan | 224700 |
22 | 2 | Jean Koja | France | 125500 |
22 | 3 | Franck Kalfon | France | 30700 |
22 | 4 | Patricio Rojas Parra | Chile | 173300 |
22 | 5 | Rene Schneider | Switzerland | 70500 |
22 | 6 | Ariel Mantel | Argentina | 209800 |
22 | 7 | [Removed:119] | France | 88700 |
22 | 8 | Michel Abecassis | France | 151100 |
23 | 1 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 346600 |
23 | 2 | Tobias Reinkemeier | Germany | 146200 |
23 | 3 | Diego Zeiter | Switzerland | 136700 |
23 | 4 | Erwann Pecheux | France | 413800 |
23 | 5 | [Removed:37] | France | 38000 |
23 | 6 | Isabel Baltazar | France | 87600 |
23 | 7 | Maksim Kolosov | Russia | 240000 |
23 | 8 | Nariman Yaghmai | United Arab Emirates | 335500 |
24 | 1 | Mahomed Aissani | France | 152900 |
24 | 2 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 210000 |
24 | 3 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 101300 |
24 | 4 | Aaron Gustavson | USA | 374400 |
24 | 5 | Luigi Grisa | Switzerland | 204300 |
24 | 6 | Andrew Abernethy | UK | 149100 |
24 | 7 | Thomas Popov | Canada | 65500 |
24 | 8 | Gun Taljo | Sweden | 146900 |
25 | 1 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 107000 |
25 | 2 | Nicolino Di Carlo | Italy | 105800 |
25 | 3 | Jake Cody | UK | 150100 |
25 | 4 | Kyle Frey | USA | 218700 |
25 | 5 | Faraz Jaka | USA | 66600 |
25 | 6 | Ami Barer | Canada | 160200 |
25 | 7 | Nicolas Cardyn | France | 87800 |
25 | 8 | Andrea Cortellazzi | Italy | 141000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Emin Aghayev just moved all in for his last 29,600 and Fabio Cortes Gago made the call to create the following showdown.
Aghayev:
Gago:
The board ran out and Aghayev was stunned that he managed to pull off a double up after seeing the hand of his opponent. Gago was left in agony as he's now one of the shortest stacks in the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Emin Aghayev | 60,000 | 29,200 |
Fabio Cortes Gago
|
18,000 | -33,000 |
Hani Bahna open-shoved for 20,100 and Dominykas Karmazinas asked for a count before making the call on the button, the blinds folded.
Bahna:
Karmazinas:
The board ran out and Bahna doubled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dominykas Karmazinas | 264,000 | -20,700 |
Hani Bahna | 45,000 | 24,500 |
Fabio Cortes Gago got his stack in with ace-nine and was called by Arnaud Peyroles with the superior ace-king according to Randy Lew, who was still stacking the chips after arriving a few minutes late. The board provided no surprise and Gago was gone.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arnaud Peyroles | 140,000 | 34,400 |
Fabio Cortes Gago
|
Busted |
Albert Daher made it 6,500 and got one caller before the player second from the bottom of the chip counts coming in, one Kenneth Hicks, shipped it in for his last 20,000.
Daher called, but the flat caller folded. Daher had the versus Hicks' and the sixes held on a run out to give Hicks the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Albert Daher | 355,000 | -20,100 |
Kenneth Hicks | 47,000 | 25,800 |
Alexandre Luneau opened to 7,000 and then got out of the way when Kristen Bicknell shoved from two seats over. Soon after, Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes raised to 7,000 from the button and the next short stack on the table shoved. It was Massimiliano Patroncini and Lopes checked his own stack again carefully before letting go.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kristen Bicknell | 62,000 | 6,900 |
Massimiliano Patroncini | 40,000 | 8,200 |
It didn't take long for two of the top players in the field to clash. UK standout Stephen Chidwick and Poker Hall of Fame member John Juanda are seated next to each other, and the personal battle heated up in just the first minute of play.
The hand started with a Juanda under the gun raise that Chidwick defended in the big blind. Chidwick checked the flop, calling when Juanda continued for 8,000. Chidwick checked again on the turn, but pulled out the old check-raise when Juanda fired 24,500 at the pot.
Chidwick made it a healthy 65,000, and after counting out his remaining chips, Juanda folded, handing the first battle in this war to Chidwick.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick | 265,000 | 41,200 |
John Juanda
|
115,000 | -37,400 |
Jake Cody was the one to open the action with a raise to 7,500 from early position. The PokerStars Team Pro received two calls: Faraz Jaka in the cutoff and Nacho Barbero in the big blind.
The flop came and both Barbero and Cody checked. Jaka took the betting lead by making it 10,000 to go. Barbero folded, Cody called.
Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Cody checked and Jaka bet 22,000. Cody tanked for a long time and eventually called, only to muck upon seeing Jaka's .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Faraz Jaka | 113,600 | 47,000 |
Jake Cody | 110,600 | -39,500 |