The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
€1,746,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€98,000
Prize Pool
€4,851,000
Entries
50
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Aces Good For Blom

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Viktor Blom has won an early pot with pocket aces.

He bet on a {6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{6-Spades} board and called when Mikhail Smirov check-raised to 35,600 from the small blind. The river came as the {9-Spades} and both players checked.

Smirov, who famously folded quads in the One Drop Million Dollar buy-in last summer, opened {7-Spades}{3-Spades} and lost out to Blom's {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Full Tilt
300,000 200,000
Mikhail Smirov ru
Mikhail Smirov
200,000 100,000

Tags: Viktor BlomMikhail Smirov

The Early Birds

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Registration for this tournament is open until the start of Day 2 but these players already made it to the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Poker Hall of Famer
250,000 250,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
250,000 250,000
Mikhail Smirov ru
Mikhail Smirov
250,000 250,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
250,000 250,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
EPT 2X Winner
250,000 250,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
250,000 250,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
250,000 250,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
250,000 250,000
Steven Silverman us
Steven Silverman
250,000 250,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
250,000 250,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
250,000 250,000
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
250,000 250,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Full Tilt
250,000 250,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
250,000 250,000
Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
250,000 250,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
250,000 250,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

EPT9 Grand Final: Welcome to the €100,000 Super High Roller Event

Gorgeous Monaco
Gorgeous Monaco

The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final will finish this spectacular 10-day festival in style over the next three days with the highly-anticipated €100,000 Super High Roller.

The smaller sibling of this event, the €25,000 High Roller, was a single re-entry tournament, but the shackles have been taken off for this one. Registration is open until the beginning of Day 2, and the players can re-enter as many times as they want up until that point. Yes, you heard that right: the very deep-pocketed players can fire as any €100,000 bullets as they wish.

Last season's Grand Final Super High Roller took place at the beginning of the festival and drew 45 entries. Justin Bonomo was the last player standing, and he took home the €1.64 million first-place prize after he defeated Tobias Reinkemeier heads-up.

Both these players are planned to be back and will be joined by a star-studded cast that to include Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Antonio Esfandiari, Sam Trickett, Gus Hansen, Isaac Haxton, Scott Seiver, Talal Shakerchi, Dan Smith and Philipp Gruissem.

Steven Silverman won the €25,000 High Roller last night after winning his way in through a €3,000 satellite. He won €775,400 for that victory, and he's playing today to see how far he can "run the gauntlet" as they say. Also playing are Tony Gregg — second place to Silverman — and Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier, who both came very close to winning the €10,000 Main Event after making the final table yesterday.

Each player that enters will begin with 250,000 in tournament chips, and the levels will last 60 minutes. Cards are due in the air at 12 p.m. CET, so be sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team back here then for the start of play. This is one you surely do not want to miss!

Tags: Anthony GreggAntonio EsfandiariDan SmithDaniel NegreanuGus HansenIsaac HaxtonJason MercierJustin BonomoPatrik AntoniusPhil IveyPhilipp GruissemSam TrickettScott SeiverSteven SilvermanTalal ShakerchiTobias Reinkemeier

€100,000 Super High Roller

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