€25,000 High Roller Day 2 | The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-11-2013 15:33 UTC+2

Haxton Busts to Metaal

MarcC

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Govert Metaal has eliminated the dangerous Isaac Haxton to rise to 145,000 chips.

Metaal was under the gun and Haxton was in the big blind. The two had made it to the river of a board.

Metaal set Haxton all in with for set, way ahead of Haxton's .

The PokerStars Team Online member now has to ready himself for the biggest cash game he's ever played in. News is that the €1,000,000 minimun buy-in cash game looks very likely to go ahead!

Player	Chips	Progress
Govert Metaal	145,000 25,000	25,000
Isaac Haxton	Busted

Tags: Govert Metaal Isaac Haxton

05-11-2013 15:43 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	320,000 55,000	55,000

Timothy Adams	267,000 27,000	27,000
Fabian Quoss	248,000 93,000	93,000
Sam Greenwood	170,000 31,000	31,000
Aaron Lim	155,500 77,500	77,500
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	142,000 98,000	98,000
Bertrand Grospellier	90,000 59,000	59,000

Gruissem Over 300K

donpeters

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

From the hijack seat, Govert Metaal raised to 10,000. Philipp Gruissem reraised to 18,000 on the button, and action folded back to Metaal. He made the call, and the dealer produced the flop. Metaal checked, Gruissem bet 16,000, and Metaal called.

The turn was the , and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Both players checked again.

Gruissem showed the for top pair of aces. Metaal couldn't produce better and mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Gruissem	322,000 42,000	42,000
Govert Metaal	109,000 -36,000	-36,000

Tags: Govert Metaal Philipp Gruissem

05-11-2013 16:02 UTC+2

Sekularac Coolered Before Busting

MarcC

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Ognjen Sekularac told PokerNews the reason he was down to 1,000 chips was because he had his eights cracked by the sevens of an opponent. He managed to get that back up to 11,000 before he busted.

The Serbian shoved from the button was was called by both blinds who went on to check down the board. O'Brien opened to bust Sekularac and his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan O'Brien	140,000 15,000	15,000
Ognjen Sekularac	Busted

Tags: Ognjen Sekularac Dan O'Brien

05-11-2013 16:08 UTC+2

The Germans Can Bust

MarcC

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

First Tobias Reinkemeier busted yesterday and now Fabian Quoss has bust. What is the world coming to?

Quoss was down to 27,000 when he three-bet all in over the top of a Alex Bilokur raise. The Russian called.

Quoss:
Bilokur:

The board ran to make Bilokur a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Bilokur	240,000 110,000	110,000
Fabian Quoss	Busted

Tags: Alex Bilokur Fabian Quoss

05-11-2013 16:11 UTC+2

Three Little Piggies Went to Market, and Never Came Back

MarcC

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chen	Busted
Patrick Sacrispeyre	Busted
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted

05-11-2013 16:21 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Sbrissa	382,000 147,000	147,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	360,000 218,000	218,000
Martin Finger	Busted

05-11-2013 16:25 UTC+2

ElkY Eliminated By O'Brien

donpeters

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Dan O'Brien raised to 8,000 from middle position, one player flat-called from the cutoff seat, then Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier reraised all in for 56,400 from the big blind. O'Brien reshoved, and the cutoff seat folded.

Grospellier was all in with the , but dominated by O'Brien's . The board gave O'Brien the win and sent Grospellier to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan O'Brien	170,000 30,000	30,000
Bertrand Grospellier	Busted

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Dan O'Brien ElkY

05-11-2013 16:25 UTC+2

Cheong Doubles Through Esfandiari

donpeters

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Kyle Cheong raised from earlier position to 8,500, Tony Gregg reraised from the cutoff seat to 18,000, then Antonio Esfandiari four-bet shoved from the button for about 112,000. Cheong called all in for 77,000, and Gregg folded.

Esfandiari showed the , but that was behind Cheong's .

The board of provided no come-from-behind victory for Esfandiari, and Cheong doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Gregg	440,000 -70,000	-70,000
Kyle Cheong	160,000 60,000	60,000
Antonio Esfandiari	35,000 -297,000	-297,000

Tags: Anthony Gregg Antonio Esfandiari Kyle Cheong Tony Gregg

05-11-2013 16:27 UTC+2

Kitai's Kicker Slightly Better Than Gregg's

donpeters

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Tony Gregg raised to 9,000 from the hijack seat to open up the action on this hand. Davidi Kitai, winner of the Season 8 European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event, called on the button, and everyone else folded.

The flop was paired with two big diamonds — . Gregg led for 7,500, and Kitai called in position.

The turn was the , and Gregg fired 20,000. Kitai made another call to see the land on the river. Gregg checked, and Kitai checked behind.

Gregg showed the for two pair, aces and queens, with a jack kicker. Kitai had him slightly pipped with the for the same two pair, but holding a king kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Gregg	405,000 -35,000	-35,000
Davidi Kitai	312,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Anthony Gregg Davidi Kitai Tony Gregg