Toby Lewis sat and shook his head as Chris Moore hit running cards to double up through Vanessa Selbst. The difference in pay outs bwtween sixth and fifth is around €40,000 and Lewis was the next shortest stack.
Selbst opened from under the gun and called when Moore shoved for 229,000.
Selbst:
Moore:
The board ran .
Selbst flopped a pair for her kicker but Moore turned the world and got there on the river.
Defending champion Igor Kurganov has just been eliminated after getting his money in dominated with the to Steven Silverman's .
The flop came down , but it was the on the turn that provided a bit of a sweat in the hand, giving Kurganov a flush draw. The river completed the board with the , and Silverman won the pot.
While the 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event had arguably the most stacked final table in history that includes a combined total of over $39 million in live tournament earnings, this final table isn't too shabby in its own right.
Thaks to the double elimination at the unofficial final table, just seven players are at the official final table. Led by Vanessa Selbst's $7,010,579 in winnings, the final seven boast $19,239,329 in winnings when you add each player's up. That doesn't even include the millions these players have more than likely won in the online realm.
Player
Live Earnings
Vanessa Selbst
$7,010,579
Igor Kurganov
$4,238,745
Tony Gregg
$2,804,130
Chris Moore
$2,140,618
Toby Lewis
$1,787,313
Steven Silverman
$963,909
Fady Kamar
$294,035
Selbst is a two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner and winner of the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller. She's also the winningest female poker player of all time. Furthermore, Igor Kurganov is the defending champion of this event, Tony Gregg final tabled the PCA Main Event twice and is a World Poker Tour champion, then Toby Lewis is a former EPT champion.
While it's not quite on the same level of the Main Event, this final table is quite packed with star power and surely won't disappoint.
Vanessa Selbst just owned a little bit of Toby Lewis' soul. The two tangled many times yesterday and a lot of that history may have played a part here.
The Team PokerStars Pro opened from under the gun and Lewis peeled from the big blind. On the flop he check-called a 53,000 bet to head to the turn.
Selbst was checked to again and she bet 123,000 before Lewis raised it up to 265,000 with 500,000 behind. Selbst tanked for several minutes before announcing all in. Lewis instantly went a shade of red and slid his cards toeards the muck.
From the cutoff seat, Vanessa Selbst raised to 50,000. Igor Kurganov three-bet to 125,000 from the button, and Selbst folded.
On the next hand, Selbst opened to 50,000 again, this time from the hijack seat. Steven Silverman reraised to 131,000 from the button, and Selbst folded.
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.
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to Steven Silverman's 
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, but it was the 
, and Silverman won the pot.
flop he check-called a 53,000 bet to head to the 
turn.
. Lewis bet 158,000, and Silverman folded.
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.
and Gregg wasted little tme in shoving. Selbst took 0.5 seconds to fold.