€5,300 Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,325,300
Entries
1,098
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
50,000
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
French pro Adrien Allain finished with the lead over the final 28 players of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event with 3.9 million in chips. PokerStars team pro Vanessa Selbst remained still in the hunt for her first EPT title, but with 389,000 in chips she's one of the short stacks after Day 4.
Day 4 started with 74 players, all of whom were already in the money, and it was Fatima Moreira de Melo as the headliner, along with Thiago Nishijama, Randy Lew, Antoine Saout, and the aforementioned Selbst.
Allain has a strong track record with $1.6 million in career live tournament earnings and an APT Macau victory for $391,580, according to Hendon Mob, but he'll be trailed by some tough competition, such as Portuguese pro Joao Vieira. Vieira finished in second place with 2.7 million in chips and was followed by former EPT Player of the Year Jan Bendik with 2.4 million.
Three €10 Spin & Go qualifiers managed to make Day 5: Jan Bengelmann from Germany with 774,000, Luc Tu from Canada with 796,000, and Asan Umraov from Kazakhstan with 744,000.
The most fascinating storyline of Day 5 will be that of Thi Xoa Nguyen and Jimmy Guerrero, a loving couple from Paris. Nguyen had a top stack for most of the day and closed with 2.1 million, while her boyfriend ended the day with 1.2 million, which was also above the average. The couple's trip has already amounted to a guaranteed payday of nearly €50,000, but they have a chance at so much more and this is a story you'll want to keep your eyes on.
Other notables still in the hunt include Benjamin Pollak (1.118 million), Ariel Celestino (1.02 million), Roman Korenev (775,000), Dario Sammartino (581,000), Erwann Pecheux (553,000), and Paul-Francois Tedeschi (490,000).
Marcin Chmielewski started the day with the chip lead and 1.3 million, but things didn't turn out good for him. Chmielewski battled for most of the day, but got knocked out in the last level, collecting €19,760 for finishing in 32nd place.
Two former EPT champions, Joseph Mouawad and Aaron Gustavson, were eliminated in 68th and 35th places, respectively. Joining them were Nacho Barbero (65th - €14,11), Nicolas Cardyn (63rd - €14,110), Michel Abecassis (57th - €14,110), Nishijima (€16,830), Jason Gray (€16,830), Ivan Soshnikov (€16,830), Govert Metaal (46th - €16,830), Moreira de Melo (44th - €16,830, Ihar Soika (€19,760), and Lew (30th - €22,740).
Make sure to tune back in on Thursday for the penultimate day of the EPT Season 12 Grand Final, as PokerNews.com will bring you all the live updates in sync with the broadcast of the live stream.
While you wait for Day 5 to come around, check out the following video with Vieira talking about storming back to a big stack after nearly being eliminated.
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,900,000 | |
|
2,710,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
||
|
2,447,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
||
|
2,147,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
2,130,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
2,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,750,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
1,622,000
422,000
|
422,000 |
|
1,200,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
1,118,000
-332,000
|
-332,000 |
|
1,020,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
1,017,000
-403,000
|
-403,000 |
|
860,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
796,000
304,000
|
304,000 |
|
775,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
774,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
744,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
731,000
-169,000
|
-169,000 |
|
681,000
-159,000
|
-159,000 |
|
626,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
581,000
-369,000
|
-369,000 |
|
553,000
-257,000
|
-257,000 |
|
550,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
490,000
-386,000
|
-386,000 |
|
396,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
The clock was stopped and a draw was conducted to determine the number of hands left to play. They drew a three.
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Natan Chauskin open-shoved for 307,000 and Jan Bengelmann shoved behind for less.
Enver Abduraimov made the call with the 
to make it a three-way all in with Chauskin on the 
and Bengelmann holding the 
.
Kings held on a scary 
run out, and while Bengelmann tripled, Chauskin was left super short.
Chauskin doubled up once with the 
versus Dario Sammartino's 
on a 
board, then twice, making a straight with the 
on a 
board versus Mohamed Aissani's 
, and he's still in it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
525,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
|
360,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
A bit of a cooler has sent Andrea Rocci to the rail and allowed Adrien Allain to extend his chip lead.
Rocci got the last of his chips in the middle after turning two pair with the 
on a board. Unfortunately for him, Allain had flopped two pair with the 
.
The river was a brick and Rocci said goodbye.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,900,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Fabio Sperling got it all in preflop with the 
versus Kyle Frey and his 
.
The classic race went to the pair on a 
board, and while Sperling doubled, Frey was left short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
141,000
-321,000
|
-321,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
PokerStars Team Online member Randy Lew has just been knocked out, and Chris Dowling fell on the same hand to former EPT Player of the Year Jan Bendik.
Lew told us how Bendik raised after which he moved all in for 500,000 with 
and Dowling called all in for 400,000 with 
. Bendik called with aces, and the board brought mere blanks to send two players to the rail on the last level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,350,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Adrien Allain just raised to 52,000 and three players called, including Andrea Rocci in the cutoff and Oren Rosen on the button.
The flop brought out and the action was checked to Rocci who bet 100,000 and only Rosen called.
On the turn the hit and Rocci checked to Rosen who bet 135,000. Rocci called, and the river was the 
.
Rocci checked again, and now Rosen fired out 330,000.
Rocci went into the tank for several minutes, and eventually he folded the face up. Rosen immediately tabled 
for a mere pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,420,000
239,000
|
239,000 |
|
|
510,000
-269,000
|
-269,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Ihar Soika just moved all in from the cutoff and Joao Vieira three-bet all in from the small blind, and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst gave up her big blind. Soika's shove was for 250,000 and the showdown went as follows.
Soika:
Selbst:
The board ran out 
and Soika was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,450,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |