2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
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

Break!

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

With Level 21 behind them, the 49 players remaining are off on a 20-minute break.

Zervos Busts to Selbst

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Alexios Zervos
Alexios Zervos

Alexios Zervos just raised to 28,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst three-bet from his direct left to 62,000. The action folded back to Zervos and he moved all in for about 360,000.

Selbst called right away.

Zervos: {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}
Selbst: {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{K-Spades}{2-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Selbst raked in a big pot that sent the Greek pro to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
1,000,000 425,000
Alexios Zervos gr
Alexios Zervos
Busted

Tags: Alexios ZervosVanessa Selbst

Kagawa Can't Hold

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Rintaro Kagawa
Rintaro Kagawa

Rintaro Kagawa made it 33,000 and Kiryl Radzivonau pushed all in, having Kagawa's 200,000 behind well covered.

Kagawa agonized over the call, but eventually made it with the {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, and was ahead of Radzivonau's {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

The {q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} even gave Kagawa a flush draw, but he missed on the {5-Clubs} turn, and when Radzivonau hit the {k-Hearts} river, Kagawa's 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event run was over.

Player Chips Progress
Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
1,375,000 571,000
Rintaro Kagawa jp
Rintaro Kagawa
Busted

Tags: Kiryl RadzivonauRintaro Kagawa

Unlikely Triple Up For Soika

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Loc Tu just raised to 31,000 from middle position and Ihar Soika moved all in from his direct left. Soika's shove was for 185,000 and from his direct left Koichi Nozaki made the call.

The action folded back to Tu, and he tanked for a bit before moving all in for 215,000. Nozaki called, and the showdown went as follows.

Tu: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Soika: {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Nozaki: {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}

The flop brought out {K-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and Tu celebrated after hitting a set.

"Don't celebrate too quickly," a player said, and the turn was the {5-Diamonds}.

On the river the {A-Spades} hit, and Soika smirked as he had hit a straight to triple up. Tu was left with very little, while Nozaki still has a comfortable stack.

Player Chips Progress
Koichi Nozaki jp
Koichi Nozaki
780,000 -155,000
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
570,000 379,000
Loc Tu ca
Loc Tu
100,000 -154,000

Tags: Ihar SoikaKoichi NozakiLoc Tu

Selbst Lays it Down Against Boghean

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

We just caught the end of a big pot between Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and Andrei Boghean, and it was the former who took quite a hit.

The board showed {A-Hearts}{9-Spades}{Q-Spades}{3-Hearts} when Selbst check-called 118,000 and the river was the {7-Diamonds}. Selbst checked again - from the big blind - and Boghean bet 320,000 from the under-the-gun position.

Selbst thought for a long time before folding, and left herself with 575,000.

Player Chips Progress
Andrei Boghean ro
Andrei Boghean
1,150,000 250,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
575,000 -234,000

Tags: Andrei BogheanVanessa Selbst