2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€712,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,768,450
Entries
777
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Left 1 / 777
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Larquemin Cracks Aces to Double

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

In a three-way three-bet pot, Christophe Larquemin flopped top set and got his stack in after the {K-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{8-Spades} turn. John Mooney looked him up with the {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} only to get shown {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}, and the {10-Diamonds} river was a blank to let Larquemin double.

Below are further assorted counts.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Mooney gb
John Mooney
75,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Tibor Nagygyorgy hu
Tibor Nagygyorgy
75,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Tomas Jozonis lt
Tomas Jozonis
62,000
62,000
62,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
48,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Upeshka De Silva us
Upeshka De Silva
39,000
39,000
39,000
Profile photo of Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
35,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
32,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
25,000
13,000
13,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
23,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
22,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Christophe LarqueminJohn Mooney

Fernandez Doubles; Dayan Doesn't

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

On the heads-up turn of {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, Saar Wilf checked and Javier Fernandez Alonso moved all in for 15,500. The pot was around 17,000 and Wilf was sent into the think tank, the clock was eventually called on him and Wilf called within the one minute of consideration.

Javier Fernandez Alonso: {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Saar Wilf: {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

Upon seeing the cards of his opponent, Wilf let out one single word: "Shit." The {9-Spades} river was a blank and Wilf dropped back down well below the starting stack.

One table over, Carl-Fredrik Tingvall raised to 1,300 from under the gun and snap-called the shove of David Dayan in the big blind.

David Dayan: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Carl-Fredrik Tingvall: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

The board came {8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Dayan headed to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Carl-Fredrik Tingvall se
Carl-Fredrik Tingvall
90,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Javier Fernandez es
Javier Fernandez
41,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
17,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of David Dayan br
David Dayan
Busted

Tags: Carl-Fredrik TingvallDavid DayanJavier Fernandez AlonsoSaar Wilf

Demirdjian Busts Chidwick

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante
Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

The colleagues of the PokerStars blog team caught the elimination of Stephen Chidwick, which vaulted Mark Demirdjian into a big stack. Chidwick had flopped a set with {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds} only for Demirdjian with {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} to get there with a runner runner straight on the board of {J-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{K-Clubs}.

Demirdjian had previously also sent Victoria Coren-Mitchell to the rail when his aces held up against the pocket jacks of the only two-time EPT Main Event champion thus far.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mark Demirdjian lb
Mark Demirdjian
130,000
130,000
130,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
Busted
Profile photo of Victoria Coren Mitchell gb
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Busted
EPT 2X Winner

Tags: Mark DemirdjianStephen Chidwick

Setback for Boeree

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

On the heads-up turn of {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{9-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, John Mooney bet 5,000 from late position and Liv Boeree called from two seats over in the cutoff. The {4-Spades} fell on the river and Mooney carefully cut out a bet worth 8,000. Boeree called and was shown {A-Spades}{7-Spades} for the nut flush by the fellow Brit, mucking an inferior flush and dropping to just over one third of the starting stack as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Mooney gb
John Mooney
90,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
11,500
13,500
13,500
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars

Tags: John MooneyLiv Boeree

Badziakouski Wins High Roller Flip

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

After a raise to 1,200 and three callers, Mikita Badziakouski moved all in for 19,300 from the small blind. Orpen Kisacikoglu, who had been the first player to call the raise, moved all in over the top from late position and isolated successfully.

Mikita Badziakouski: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Orpen Kisacikoglu: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

"Maybe I don't have to go for the dinner break," Badziakouski joked before the showdown and the board ran out {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Clubs} to award the double up to the Belorussian in a battle of High Roller regulars.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
44,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
14,000
21,000
21,000

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiOrpen Kisacikoglu

Haxton Doubles Up

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

On a {5-Spades}{10-Spades}{k-Spades}{j-Clubs} board Ike Haxton got his last 19,600 into the middle and was called. Haxton showed {q-Spades}{4-Spades} for a flush while his opponent had {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. The river was the {3-Spades} and Haxton doubled up to around 40,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ike Haxton us
Ike Haxton
40,000
18,000
18,000

Tags: Ike Haxton

Psychic Simunic Doubles Up

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

It was all in preflop between Christopher Frank and Josip Simunic, who was looking for a small double up through the big stacked German. However, it was looking good for Simunic who held {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} against the German's {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}.

The flop came {9-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Hearts} giving Frank a pair of jacks. The turn was the {10-Spades} giving Simunic a straight draw.

"The Queen of Hearts, please," said Simunic, and the river came the {q-Hearts} completing Simunic's straight. "Thank you," he said to the board and/or dealer, and he doubled up.

Frank is sitting on over 120,000 chips and looks to be the chip leader as we approach the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
126,000
76,000
76,000
Profile photo of Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
21,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Christopher FrankJosip Simunic

Assorted Post Dinner Counts and Bustouts

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Hady El Asmar was up to almost three times the starting stack not long ago, but has since been eliminated when flopping top two pair with {5-}{4-}. Julian Stuer had looked him up with {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for the flush draw and immediately got there with the {7-Clubs} turn, the river was a blank.

Stuer also put plenty of pressure on Josip Simunic minutes before everyone headed into the dinner break. Preflop Stuer and Simunic had invested 4,000 each. The {Q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop and {2-Spades} turn were checked, then Stuer led for 40,000 out of the small blind on the {2-Diamonds} river and Simunic folded.

Below are further casualties and big stacks at the end of level six.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mark Demirdjian lb
Mark Demirdjian
160,000
30,000
30,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Jose Gonzales ar
Jose Gonzales
135,000
135,000
135,000
Profile photo of Carl-Fredrik Tingvall se
Carl-Fredrik Tingvall
108,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Tibor Nagygyorgy hu
Tibor Nagygyorgy
105,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Andres Korn ar
Andres Korn
105,000
105,000
105,000
Profile photo of Thomas Lilamand fr
Thomas Lilamand
100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of John Mooney gb
John Mooney
100,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
100,000
71,000
71,000
Profile photo of Pete Chen tw
Pete Chen
96,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
77,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Ike Haxton us
Ike Haxton
60,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Hiroyuki Noda jp
Hiroyuki Noda
58,000
58,000
58,000
Profile photo of Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
55,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Andre Haneberg de
Andre Haneberg
52,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
50,000
50,000
50,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
47,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
46,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
18,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
14,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Hady El Asmar lb
Hady El Asmar
Busted
Profile photo of Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
Busted
pokerstars
Profile photo of Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
Busted
Profile photo of Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
Busted
Profile photo of Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
Busted
Profile photo of Ahmed Fatah eg
Ahmed Fatah
Busted

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Tags: Hady El AsmarJosip SimunicJulian Stuer

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