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

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Sanioglu Has His Pants Pulled Down

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ekrem Sanioglu's great progress today has been halted somewhat by Andrew Pantling.

The latter opened to 2,500 from under the gun and was only called by Sanioglu in the cut-off en route to a {k-Spades}{7-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop. Pantling bet 3,100 there and 8,300 on the {4-Diamonds} turn before he checked the {9-Spades} river. Sanioglu called all the way and then bet 21,200 on the river when faced with the check.

Pantling took a minute and made a great call with {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs} as Sanioglu opened {j-Spades}{10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Ekrem Sanioglu fr
Ekrem Sanioglu
170,000
43,800
43,800
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
104,000
78,000
78,000

Tags: Andrew PantlingEkrem Sanioglu

Big Double for Fox

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On the {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop, former World Series of Poker Europe Main Event winner Elio Fox bet 16,000. Hendrik Latz made the call, then the dealer dealt the {K-Diamonds} on the turn. Fox bet 26,000, and Latz raised all in. Fox called off for 80,100 total, and Latz saw the bad news.

Latz showed the {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} was behind the {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} for Fox. Following the {2-Hearts} river card, Latz sent the chips over to Fox, who moved to 240,000.

Player Chips Progress
Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
240,000
181,100
181,100
Hendrik Latz
Hendrik Latz
40,000
-55,400
-55,400

Tags: Elio FoxHendrik Latz

The Candio Man Can

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Board: {3-Spades}{j-Spades}{3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}

Patrick Naxache checked, Benny Spindler tossed out 16,600, and Filippo Candio called. Naxache agonized over his decision for well over two minutes, then finally folded.

Spindler showed {a-Spades}{8-Spades} for a missed flush draw, which Candio had beat with {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for trip fours.

Player Chips Progress
Filippo Candio it
Filippo Candio
65,000
15,000
15,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
15,000
-11,000
-11,000

Tags: Benny SpindlerFilippo Candio

Boukhris Doubles Through Fox

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Shortly after his big double up through Hendrik Latz, Elio Fox was involved in a other all-in pot, but this time it was Yacoub Boukhris who was at risk.

Fox held the {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} and was in front of Boukhris' {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. Boukhris was all in for 35,100 and flopped a set on the {K-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} board to win the pot and double up.

Player Chips Progress
Elio Fox us
Elio Fox
205,000
-35,000
-35,000
Yacoub Boukhris
Yacoub Boukhris
72,000
-38,000
-38,000

Tags: Hendrik LatzElio FoxYacoub Boukhris

Kurganov Binks One

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Igor Kurganov
Igor Kurganov

Igor Kurganov just took a big pot off Annette Obrestad and the German pro was kind enough to explain to us what happened after he was stacking his chips.

Kurganov raised to 2,500 from early position with {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} after which Obrestad three-bet to 8,800 from the big blind with {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}. Kurganov made the call and with 20,000 chips in the pot the flop showed {6-Clubs}{2-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}.

Obrestad continued by betting 10,500 and Kurganov made the call.

"And then BINK!" Kurganov smiled as he explained that the {3-Spades} popped up on the turn.

The Norwegian WSOPE Main Event winner bet 22,000 on the turn and Kurganov called once more. The river brought out the {2-Clubs} and Obrestad bet 53,000 into 85,000 while Kurganov had 78,000 chips left.

"And then I slow rolled," Kurganov laughed as he explained how he tanked for quite some time before just making the call with his turned straight.

"I'm not still sure about that," the German pro added. Kurganov raked in a huge pot and is now among the bigger stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
215,000
58,000
58,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
100,000
-73,000
-73,000

Tags: Annette ObrestadIgor Kurganov

Like a Voth

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ronny Voth checked to [Removed:203] on a flop of {5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Mueller tossed out a bet, Voth check-raised to 8,400, and Mueller re-raised to 17,400. Voth moved all in for effectively 47,400, and Mueller called.

Voth: {a-Spades}{5-Diamonds}
Mueller: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The turn and river bricked {3-Hearts}, {3-Diamonds} respectively, and Mueller doubled.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:203]
[Removed:203]
102,300
20,400
20,400
Ronny Voth de
Ronny Voth
40,000
-22,000
-22,000

Tags: Greg MuellerRonny Voth

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Down to 198

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

There are 198 players remaining and that means that the average stack is now 80,455 or 50 big blinds.

We Missed The Clash

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ole Schemion has dropped a lot of chips while Freddy Deeb is now at the top of the counts. We must've missed a huge clash between these two players as the other stacks at the table still look quite similar. When we get a chance we'll try to figure out how Deeb became the new tournament chip leader with just 171 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
364,000
184,000
184,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
245,000
141,000
141,000
Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
190,000
-30,000
-30,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
132,000
-146,500
-146,500
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
105,000
10,000
10,000
Andrey Gulyy ru
Andrey Gulyy
64,000
-22,000
-22,000

Tags: Freddy DeebOle Schemion