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

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

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

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
€1,224,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€5,310,000
Entries
531
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Voth Gets There

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

On the {Q-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Hearts} board, we arrived at the table as Ronny Voth had 10,500 in front of him and his opponent raised all in. With 16,675 behind, Voth eventually made the call.

Voth tabled the {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a pair of fives and a straight draw. His opponent held the {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} for an overpair of aces and a weaker straight draw.

The river card deliver the {4-Clubs} and Voth made his straight to win the hand. He doubled up and now has around 65,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ronny Voth de
Ronny Voth
65,000 27,000

Tags: Ronny Voth

Charania Finds a Double

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Board: {8-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

When we arrived at the table, only Mohsin Charania's cards ({a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}) lay face up. El Amir Ziad Chehab's hand was already in the muck, and Charania's stack was being counted down.

The Season 8 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event winner doubled to 57,000 chips, and earlier he met up with our camera team to talk about dealing with tilt:

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
EPT 1X Winner
57,000 44,000

Tags: Mohsin Charania

A Merciful Turn of Events

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Manuel Bevand raised from the button after which Jason Mercier moved all in from the small blind for around 13,000 chips. Bevand called immediately after the big blind folded.

Manuel Bevand: {J-}{J-}
Jason Mercier: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {8-Spades}{10-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{A-Spades}{7-Hearts} and Mercier was granted another chance in the event. Bevand is still one of the chip leaders while Mercier remains under the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
108,000 -22,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
26,000 14,000

Tags: Jason MercierManuel Bevand

DPeters Five-Bet Shoves

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Andrew Chen opened for a raise out of the cutoff, David Peters three-bet to 3,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Chen, who four-bet to 6,000.

Peters, who is always quiet at the table, silently tanked for the better part of a minute.

"All in," he finally uttered, reaching for all of his red T1,000 and blue T5,000 chips.

Chen looked at his cards one last time, then tossed them into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
44,000 -7,000
David Peters us
David Peters
28,000 14,000

Tags: Andrew ChenDavid Peters

Paur Busts Toth

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Richard Toth
Richard Toth

Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth just moved all in for 8,625 from the hijack and Taylor Paur called to his immediate left. The other players folded and the showdown went as following.

Richard Toth: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Taylor Paur: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Toth was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
65,000 22,000
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
Busted

Tags: Richard TothTaylor Paur

Seiver Runs into Obrestad's Quads

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

After a few minutes of unusually quiet deliberation from Scott Seiver he removed one side of his headphones, looked at Annette Obrestad (his opponent in the hand), and said, "Pretty bad spot for me. You could have pocket queens." He carried on speaking in an inaudible mutter before he came to a decision that he regretted.

Going back a couple of streets and the action was three-way to a {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{q-Hearts} flop. Seiver bet 2,700 from mid position and was called by Obrested on the button and one other player. The turn came as the {j-Hearts} and Seiver bet 2,700 to be called by Obrestad only.

The board completed with the {a-Clubs} and Seiver reached and bet 9,200 of his 30,000-stack. His Norwegian opponent paused and then raised to 21,000. when called, she opened {j-Clubs}{9-Spades} for quads! Seiver almost expected it and looked to the skies.

Player Chips Progress
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
120,000 25,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
9,000 -31,000

Tags: Annette ObrestadScott Seiver

Bring on More Team PokerStars Pros

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

That's probably what Manuel Bevand is thinking right now. The French pro is sitting pretty on a ton of chips as he's battling it out against former EPT London winner Aaron Gustavson and four Team PokerStars Pros.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
130,000 78,000
Aaron Gustavson us
Aaron Gustavson
EPT 1X Winner
70,000 -22,000
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
54,000 41,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
32,000 -1,000
Vicky Coren
Vicky Coren
32,000 14,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
12,000

Tags: Aaron GustavsonManuel Bevand

Margets and Marquez Clash

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Leo Margets just doubled through Ana Marquez and he managed to get a hold of the details. Margets was all in preflop for 27,500 with {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and her hand held up against {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}.

The board brought mere blanks and that means that Marquez is now in serious danger of being knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
55,000 27,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
6,300 -31,700

Tags: Ana MarquezLeo Margets

Hallaert Gets One

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Kenny Hallaert just picked up another pot without showdown. Hallaert raise to 1,200 under the gun and two players called. The flop brought out {Q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Hallaert fired out 2,500 after the small blind checked. The player to Hallaert's left called and the small blind folded.

On the turn the {2-Clubs} hit and Hallaert picked up the pot with an 8,000-chip bet.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
44,000 4,500

Tags: Kenny Hallaert