Down to 126
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Just 126 players remain with the average stack at 126,429 or 52 big blinds.
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€5,310,000
Entries
531
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
O'Dwyer Over 400K
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Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
El Amir Ziad Chehab limped in from under the gun, Giuseppe Sammartino raised to 6,200 on his direct left, and Javier Etayo, Randy Lew, Steve O'Dwyer and Chehab all called.
The flop fell 
, the action checked to Sammartino, and the Italian tossed out 16,000. The action folded back to O'Dwyer, who check-raised to 48,000, Chehab folded, and Sammartino tanked for a bit before folding as well.
Victor Ramdin urged O'Dwyer to show a bluff, but O'Dwyer slid his cards into the much facedown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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405,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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205,000
-30,000
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-30,000 |
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180,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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158,000
-37,000
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-37,000 |
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76,000
33,200
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33,200 |
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58,000
-9,000
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-9,000 |
Pagano's Tournament End
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano has made quite a few EPT final tables but he will not add another here in Monte Carlo this year. Pagano was all in preflop with 
for his last chips against Yury Gulyy's 
and the board brought no help for the number 1 on the EPT All-Time Leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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130,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Cal vs. Chewy
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Calvin Anderson, who has over $4.1 million in online tournament earnings, checked on a flop of 
. Senh Ung checked as well, and Andrew Lichtenberger, who has over $1.6 million in online tournament earnings and nearly $3 million in live tournament earnings, tossed out 7,500.
Anderson check-raised to 20,800, only Lichtenberger called, and the turn brought the 
. Anderson tanked for a bit, then led out for 28,300. Lichtenberger called.
A repeat deuce - the 
- completed the board, and Anderson fired another bullet worth 48,500. Lichtenberger tanked for no longer than two minutes before a player at the table called the clock.
Luke Schwartz scrunched his face, and when the floor arrived, he told him, "He's not taking that long, really."
Still, the tournament director gave Lichtenberger one minute to act upon his hand. Lichtenberger had already cut out enough chips to make the call, and with only five seconds left on the countdown, he grabbed them.
Lichtenberger didn't commit them however, and the clock expired. He mucked his hand, and the pot was shipped to Anderson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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395,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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275,000
-75,000
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-75,000 |
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Here Comes Cody!
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
We wonder why Jake Cody has a massive smile on his face? It might have something to do with him scooping a big pot and eliminating two dangerous opponents. All without ten-four as well!
Tom Marchese was short and open shoved with ten-nine. Team PokerStars Pro Leo Ferandez got tricky ans just flat called with pocket kings. Team mate Cody looked down at ace-king and put in a raise. It was then that Fernandez made an aggressive all in push.
Cody called and had to wait until the turn to bink his three-outer and take out both players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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Busted | |
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The Negreanu Train Keeps Rolling
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu started with 88,600 and so far his day has been amazing as he's up to 353,000 chips! It was the top German pro Tobias Reinkemeier who raised to 5,000 preflop after which Negreanu three-bet from the small blind to 17,700.
Reinkemeier and Negreanu talked a bit while the German was making his decision but eventually he decided to move all in. Reinkemeier had 84,000 chips left and Negreanu snap-called.
Daniel Negreanu: 
Tobias Reinkemeier: 
The board ran out 
and Reinkemeier was knocked out. The year has been great so far for Negreanu as he managed to win the WSOP APAC Main Event for A$1,038,825 and it only seems to be getting better!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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353,000 | |
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Busted | |
An Unhappy Moreau Crippled Before Busting
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Steven Moreau was left with enough to post two antes (600) after his was sucked out on by Clemens Janes' 
. All the chips went in pre flop and the board ran out 
.
He managed to chop a pot the very next hand to get back to a few thousand chips but he busted the hand after that. He actually found blig-slick and picked up four callers. Unfortunately for him an opponent with 
went on to river a flush to confirm his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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215,000
189,000
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189,000 |
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Busted |
Mercier Gets Up There
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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294,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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So Close to Making Day 3
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
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Lodden Over 500K, But Not Without Controversy
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden led out for 27,500 on a board of 
. Mohamed Mamouni min-raised to 55,000, and Lodden tank-called.
The 
completed the board, Lodden checked, and Mamouni snap-checked behind, showing 
.
Lodden tabled 
for a turned flush, and raked in the pot.
The very next hand, Paul Volpe opened to 4,800 from under the gun, Victor Sbrissa called in middle position, Mamouni called on his left, and Lodden three-bet to 16,200 from the big blind.
Volpe tanked for a bit then folded. With his cards deep into the muck, Sbrissa said that he saw Volpe's holdings. The floor was called over, and they told Sbrissa to just resume playing. He did, immediately folding.
While Mamouni was in the tank, Sbrissa had a few words with Volpe.
"I don't even know why you're mad at me," Volpe shot at him.
Mamouni eventually called, and the flop fell 
.
"Great flop for you," Sbrissa said to Volpe loud, enough for all to hear.
Lodden led out for 15,500, and Mamouni folded.
"You don't do that," Lodden told Sbrissa sternly.
Volpe admitted that he had 
, but didn't know how Sbrissa saw his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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530,000
230,000
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230,000 |
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110,000
-60,000
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-60,000 |