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

€25,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

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

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€775,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€3,871,000
Entries
158
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Gregg Over 400K

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

From under the gun, JC Alvarado opened with a raise to 6,000. His only customer was Tony Gregg, the man who final tabled the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event twice (sixth in 2012, and second in 2009). He made the call from the cutoff seat, and the flop came down {J-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Alvarado bet 8,800, and Gregg raised to 20,000. Alvarado called.

The turn was the {K-Spades}, and both players checked to see the {8-Hearts} land on the river. After Alvarado checked, Gregg fired 44,000. Alvarado tanked for a bit, then folded, and Gregg won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Gregg us
Tony Gregg
418,000
20,000
20,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
128,000
-21,000
-21,000

Tags: Anthony GreggJC AlvaradoTony G

Ummer and Jaka Bust from the Same Table

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

We don't have details on Per Ummer's exit but we know that Toby Lewis busted Faraz Jaka.

Lewis explained that he called an early position raise before Jaka squeezed from the big blind. Lewis called and the flop fell all threes. Jaka bet there and on the queen turn before he shoved the river when it came a ten. Lewis called all the way with pocket queens for a full house bettering Jaka's smaller full house with pocket tens. Ouch for Jaka.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
330,000
239,600
239,600
EPT 1X Winner
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
Busted
Per Ummer se
Per Ummer
Busted

Tags: Faraz JakaPer UmmerToby Lewis

Sekularac Climbing Back

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Dan O'Brien started the day with a solid stack of chips, but the beginning part of his day saw his chips going everywhere but to him. On this hand, though, O'Brien won a nice pot off Ognjen Sekularac to chip back up to nearly 140,000.

Sekularac raised to 5,000 from the hijack seat before O'Brien three-bet to 16,400 from the cutoff seat. Sekularac called, and the flop came down {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Sekularac led for 12,200, and O'Brien made the call.

The turn was the {5-Spades} to pair the board, and Sekularac checked. O'Brien bet 17,200, and Sekularac folded.

Player Chips Progress
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
138,000
13,000
13,000
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
90,000
-16,700
-16,700

Tags: Ognjen SekularacDan O'Brien

Kenney Killed; Blom Colered; Others Bust

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

PokerNews ran into Bryn Kenney in the cash game room and he confirmed that he busted with {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts} to an opponent's aces. He flopped a flush draw but failed to hit. He joked that the board ran out with diamonds to try and tease him that they might be hearts.

Benny Spindler informed us that Viktor Blom was ousted when he was set over set'd by Victor Sbrissa, who is up to 210,000.

Paul Volpe, Andreas Eiler and Erik Seidel all busted early as well.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Sbrissa br
Victor Sbrissa
210,000
121,200
121,200
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Busted
Full Tilt
Andreas Eiler de
Andreas Eiler
Busted
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
Busted
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
Busted

Tags: Andreas EilerBenny SpindlerBryn KenneyErik SeidelPaul VolpeVictor SbrissaViktor Blom

Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
422,000
20,000
20,000
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
375,000
100,000
100,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
340,000
-30,000
-30,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
332,000
125,800
125,800
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
318,000
-12,000
-12,000
EPT 1X Winner
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
278,000
47,200
47,200
Chris Moore us
Chris Moore
250,000
160,100
160,100
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
245,000
111,800
111,800
Victor Sbrissa br
Victor Sbrissa
238,000
28,000
28,000
Ilya Bulychev ru
Ilya Bulychev
225,000
108,100
108,100
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
150,000
PokerStars
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
150,000
15,200
15,200
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
140,000
53,000
53,000
Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
105,000
53,600
53,600

Smith Eliminated By Kurganov

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Dan Smith
Dan Smith

Igor Kurganov is back to his winning ways after he eliminated Dan Smith.

Smith raised the button to 5,200 before Kurganov three-bet to 15,000 from the big blind. Smith tank-shoved for around 95,000 and Kurganov snapped him off.

Kurganov: {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Smith: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The board ran {6-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades} to send the German up to 555,000.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
555,000
133,000
133,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
Busted

Tags: Dan SmithIgor Kurganov

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400