€25,000 High Roller
Day 3 Started
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€25,000 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€3,871,000
Entries
158
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst Eyes Another High Roller Title
Welcome back for the third and final day of the €25,000 High Roller at the 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final. This stop in Monaco marks the culmination of Season 9 of the EPT, and it's been an exciting festival thus far. Continuing with the excitement, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst leads into Day 3 of this event with a stout group of competitors behind her.
In all, 12 players remain, including the defending champion Igor Kurganov. Last year, Kurganov defeated a field of 133 entries to win €1.08 million. With 678,000 in chips coming back for play today, Kurganov sits just above average and in seventh place on the leader board.
Also remaining are Toby Lewis, Alex Bilokur, Toby Lewis, Davidi Kitai and Sorel Mizzi, to name a few. Mizzi will be the short stack returning to play, but one double up will put him right back into the middle of the pack.
Earlier this year, Selbst became the winningest female poker player of all time by taking the title in the $25,000 High Roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for over $1.4 million. She's already set to increase her live tournament earnings with the field being in the money, but she could jump as high as 26th on the All-Time Money List if she were to win this event. Right now, Selbst sits in 42nd place on that list, but she's just about assured herself that she'll be moving up the ladder.
Day 3 will begin with two tables of six players jousting on the felt. The field will combine to one table when nine remain and play down to a winner from there. The final day's festivities are set to begin at 12 p.m. CET, so stay right here to PokerNews for all the action.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Tony Gregg | USA | 716,000 |
| 3 | 2 | --empty-- | -- | -- |
| 3 | 3 | Kyle Cheong | Australia | 742,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Vanessa Selbst | USA | 1,607,000 |
| 3 | 5 | --empty-- | -- | -- |
| 3 | 6 | Chris Moore | USA | 324,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Toby Lewis | UK | 953,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | 270,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 326,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Alex Bilokur | Russia | 722,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Igor Kurganov | Germany | 678,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | 426,000 |
| 4 | 5 | --empty-- | -- | -- |
| 4 | 6 | Steven Silverman | UK | 752,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Victor Sbrissa | Brazil | 444,000 |
| 4 | 8 | --empty-- | -- | -- |
Shuffle Up and Deal
Cards are in the air for what promises to be an epic day on the European Poker Tour.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Davidi Kitai Eliminated in 12th Place (€77,400)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Davidi Kitai was praying that Fady Kamar has ace-king when he moved all in behind but he was soon to be disappointed, and then very disappointed.
Kitai moved all in for exactly 320,000 and Kamar did the same for 480,000 from the small blind.
Kitai: 
Kamar: 
The board ran 
to see Kamer flop his opponent dead with quads!
As Kitai was getting up to leave a cheeky Igor Kurganov said to the Belgian, "Look, look: you made a flush!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
880,000 | 454,000 |
|
Busted |
Tony Had His Frosties This Morning
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Chip leader, Vanessa Selbst, has gotten off to a bad start after Tony Gregg took a chunk out of her stack.
With the board reading 
Selbst (big blind) check-raised Gregg's (dealer) 85,000 bet up 206,000. He called to the river where he bet 104,000 when the team PokerStars Pro checked to him. She snapped and he opened 
.
Selbst folded and then took to Twitter to say she had a king:
Coolered pretty hard in the first hand vs tony he raises button A2 on K22r I have a king. Down to 1.25MMMay 12 2013Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000 | -357,000 |
|
1,050,000 | 334,000 |
Chop Between Cheong and Selbst
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Vanessa Selbst fired a bet of 66,000 on the 
flop. Her opponent, Kyle Cheong, made the call, and the two witnessed the dealer add the 
to the board on the turn.
With the board now paired with eights, both players checked, and the put another pair on the board on the river. Selbst checked, and Cheong checked behind.
Selbst showed the 
. Cheong showed the 
. Both players held tens and eights with an ace kicker and chopped up the pot.
Selbst and Cheong Battle On Flop
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Team PokerStars Pro and start-of-the-day chip leader Vanessa Selbst opened with a raise to 40,000 from under the gun, and Kyle Cheong called from the big blind to take a 
flop. Cheong checked, Selbst fired a continuation bet of 48,000, and Cheong check-raised to 128,000. Selbst took some time, then reraised to 264,000. Cheong had approximately 590,000 behind, but eventually folded his hand, and Selbst won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,460,000 | 210,000 |
|
590,000 | -152,000 |
Sbrissa Sucks Out with Kings Against Bilokur's Ace
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
From under the gun, defending champion Igor Kurganov raised to 40,000. Action moved to Victor Sbrissa, winner of the recent Latin America Poker Tour Brazil Main Event, and he shoved all in for 415,000. In the big blind, Alex Bilokur, winner of the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller, made the call. Kurganov then folded.
It was a clash of two massive hands when the cards were revealed. Sbrissa had shoved with the 
, but Bilokur woke up to the mother of all hands — the .
On the flop, Sbrissa vaulted to the lead thanks to a big king — 
. From there, the on the turn and 
on the river kept him in front, and Sbrissa doubled up. Bilokur was left with about 330,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
885,000 | 441,000 |
|
620,000 | -58,000 |
|
330,000 | -392,000 |
Alex Bilokur Eliminated in 11th Place (€77,400)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
On the next hand following having his aces cracked by Victor Sbrissa's pocket kings, Alex Bilokur moved all in from the small blind. Igor Kurganov made the call from the big blind, but saw that he was dominated.
Once again, Bilokur was all in with a stranglehold on the hand, holding the 
to Kurganov's 
. But, one again, Bilokur wouldn't be able to hold.
The board ran out 
, and for the second hand in a row, Bilokur took a brutal beat to lose the hand. This time, though, the loss of the hand meant his tournament life was over. He was eliminated in 11th place for €77,400.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000 | 330,000 |
|
|
Busted |