€25,000 High Roller | The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-12-2013 12:39 UTC+2

Sorel Mizzi Eliminated in 10th Place (€85,000)

donpeters

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The unofficial final table of nine has been set after Toby Lewis eliminated Sorel Mizzi in a battle of the blinds.

The action folded to Lewis in the small blind, and he raised. Mizzi moved all in for about 250,000 from the big blind, and Lewis called.

Lewis:
Mizzi:

The board ran out to have Mizzi dead by the turn. He was eliminated in 10th place and earned €85,000. Lewis moved up to about 1.2 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Lewis	1,200,000 247,000	247,000

Sorel Mizzi	Busted

Tags: Sorel Mizzi Toby Lewis

05-12-2013 12:52 UTC+2

Seat	Player	Country
1	Vanessa Selbst	USA
2	Igor Kurganov	Germany
3	Steve Silverman	USA
4	Victor Sbrissa	USA
5	Chris Moore	USA
6	Fady Kamar	USA
7	Tony Gregg	USA
8	Toby Lewis	UK
9	Kyle Cheong	Australia

Sbrissa Back Down

MarcC

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Victor Sbrissa has lost some chips after apparently Fady Kamar flopped the nut flush that was still good as the board paired.

The latter raised to 40,000 from under the gun and the former called from the small blind. Both players checked the flop before Sbrissa led for 45,000 on the turn. Kamar raised to 93,000 and was called.

On the river Sbrissa checked and snap-called when Kamer bet 154,000. Kamer opened and Sbrissa folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fady Kamar	1,100,000 220,000	220,000
Victor Sbrissa	510,000 -375,000	-375,000

Tags: Fady Kamar Victor Sbrissa

05-12-2013 13:16 UTC+2

Moore Cracks Cheong's Kings

donpeters

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

From middle position, Kyle Cheong opened with a raise to 45,000. Action folded to Chris Moore in the big blind, and he reraised all in for 260,000. Cheong quickly called and rolled over the . Moore was behind with the .

The flop gave Moore the lead with a set of sevens. The on the turn left Cheong needed a king on the river to win the hand or a four to chop. The river was the , though, and Moore improved to a full house.
More importantly, he maintained his lead gained on the flop and doubled up. Cheong was left with 229,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moore	557,000 233,000	233,000
Kyle Cheong	229,000 -361,000	-361,000

Tags: Chris Moore Kyle Cheong

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

05-12-2013 13:17 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	1,700,000 240,000	240,000

Fady Kamar	1,160,000 60,000	60,000
Tony Gregg	1,135,000 85,000	85,000
Toby Lewis	1,100,000 -100,000	-100,000

Igor Kurganov	930,000 -20,000	-20,000
Victor Sbrissa	570,000 60,000	60,000
Chris Moore	550,000 -7,000	-7,000
Steven Silverman	550,000 -202,000	-202,000
Kyle Cheong	226,000 -3,000	-3,000

05-12-2013 13:35 UTC+2

Lewis Slow Plays Aces to His Cost

MarcC

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Toby Lewis' stack has taken a severe dent after he slowed played aces and let Steve Silverman hit a set.

Tony Gregg opened to 50,000 before Lewis (hijack) and Silverman (big blind) called to see a flop appear. Gregg continued for 80,000 and was called by Lewis before Silverman check-raised all in for 486,000. Gregg folded but Lewis called in a flash with .

It was no good though as Silverman opened for a set. The board ran and Lewsi handed over the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Silverman	1,200,000 650,000	650,000
Toby Lewis	835,000 -265,000	-265,000

Tags: Steven Silverman Tony Gregg

05-12-2013 13:40 UTC+2

Victor Sbrissa Eliminated in 8th Place (€116,100); Kyle Cheong Eliminated in 9th Place (€85,400)

donpeters

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

From middle position, Kyle Cheong raised to 200,000, which was just about all of his chips as he only had 29,000 behind. One seat over in the hijack seat was Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, and she made the call. Then, play folded to Victor Sbrissa in the small blind, and he moved all in for 571,000. Cheong called all in for 229,000 total, but the real decision was on Selbst. She took about half a minute, somewhat shook her head at the spot she was put in, and called.

Selbst tabled the . Sbrissa had the , and Cheong held the . With the only ace, Selbst seemed somewhat relieved with the shape she was now in.

The flop provided gold for Selbst when the rolled out. Cheong picked up some help with a straight draw, but it was Selbst's aces out in front. The on the turn added a flush draw for Sbrissa, but the on the river wouldn't do it.

Cheong had the least amount of chips and was awarded with ninth-place money, €85,400. Sbrissa had his kings cracked after cracking Alex Bilokur's aces with kings earlier, and he finished in eighth place for €116,100.

Selbst collected the pot — or should we say pile — and moved to well over 2 million. Updated chip counts will be posted shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	2,700,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Kyle Cheong	Busted
Victor Sbrissa	Busted

Tags: Alex Bilokur Kyle Cheong Vanessa Selbst Victor Sbrissa

05-12-2013 13:57 UTC+2

Gregg Shoves On Vanessa

MarcC

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Tony Gregg is into second place in the counts after he emptied the clip on Vanessa Selbst.

He opened to 50,000 and was called Selbst and Chris Moore in the big blind. On the flop Gregg continued for 115,00 and only the Team PokerStars Pro called to the turn. There, she called a 170,000 bet from Gregg.

The board completed with the and Gregg wasted little tme in shoving. Selbst took 0.5 seconds to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	2,400,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tony Gregg	1,350,000 215,000	215,000
Steven Silverman	1,220,000 20,000	20,000
Fady Kamar	958,000 -202,000	-202,000
Igor Kurganov	900,000 -30,000	-30,000
Toby Lewis	725,000 -110,000	-110,000

Chris Moore	371,000 -179,000	-179,000