Main Event Day 2 | The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-08-2013 14:36 UTC+2

Salloum Doubles Through Smith

donpeters

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

From the cutoff seat, Calvin Anderson raised to 2,000. Charbel Salloum reraised on the button to 7,000, then Dan Smith four-bet to 16,000 from the small blind. Anderson folded, and Salloum called.

The flop came down , and Smith bet 6,600. Salloum moved all in for 18,300, and Smith called.

Smith tabled the , but was behind the . The turn was the and river the , giving Salloum the win and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charbel Salloum	72,500 38,100	38,100
Dan Smith	54,000 -82,500	-82,500

Tags: Charbel Salloum Calvin Anderson Dan Smith

05-08-2013 14:36 UTC+2

Three Bullets from Kitai

[user101598]

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Davidi Kitai opened to 2,200 in early position, Johnny Lodden called on his direct left, and the other plays folded. The dealer spread , Kitai led out for 1,800, and Lodden called.

The turn was the man with the ax (the , and Kitai led again - this time for 3,800 - and again Lodden called.

The completed the board, Kitai fired a third and final bullet, and Lodden folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	145,000 -5,000	-5,000

Davidi Kitai	65,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai Johnny Lodden

05-08-2013 14:41 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	278,500 8,500	8,500
Arlo Dotson	200,000 72,900	72,900
Freddy Deeb	180,000 46,100	46,100
Igor Kurganov	157,000 -3,000	-3,000
JC Alvarado	106,000 -22,500	-22,500
Alec Torelli	105,000 20,200	20,200
Annette Obrestad	80,000 23,200	23,200
Filippo Candio	78,000 25,300	25,300
Tom Marchese	75,000 39,700	39,700
Ognjen Sekularac	74,000 1,900	1,900
Chad Brown	70,000 9,000	9,000

Ronny Voth	62,000 -33,500	-33,500
Noah Boeken	56,000 -18,900	-18,900

Yury Gulyy	50,000 12,700	12,700
Christophe De Meulder	40,000 -7,000	-7,000

Paul Newey	40,000 7,500	7,500
John Juanda	36,000 -41,700	-41,700

Luca Pagano	32,000 12,000	12,000

Govert Metaal	28,000 -23,900	-23,900
Benny Spindler	26,000 15,000	15,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Pantelis Efthymiou	Busted
Adrien Allain	Busted
Petter Northug	Busted
Giuseppe Zarbo	Busted
David Peters	Busted
Dmitry Vitkind	Busted
Robertas Vaitkevicius	Busted
Balazs Botond	Busted
Antonio Matias	Busted

Aaron Gustavson	Busted

Lee Markholt	Busted
Ankush Mandavia	Busted
Ami Barer	Busted
Justin Bonomo	Busted
Andras Nemeth	Busted
Mikhail Ustinov	Busted
Gert Zumkehr	Busted
Niklas Asplund	Busted
Fedor Holz	Busted

Downtown Double Brown

[user101598]

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Chad Brown opened up for a raise, David Cowling three-bet out of position, and Brown made the call.

The flop came , Cowling led out for 6,300, and Brown called.

The turn was a third club - the - and Cowling tossed out another 20,000. Brown moved all in for just 5,000 more, and the Canadian called.

Cowling:
Brown:

The completed the board, and Brown doubled to around 75,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Brown	75,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Chad Brown David Cowling

05-08-2013 14:47 UTC+2

Down to 225

Happy_Freaked

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

There are just 225 players remaining with the average stack at 70,800 or 70 big blinds.

05-08-2013 14:55 UTC+2

Break Time

MarcC

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

05-08-2013 15:19 UTC+2

Coren and Markushevski Bust to Barausova

MarcC

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Just before the break, PokerStars Team Online's Tatiana Barausova took care of two players in one hand to pass the 100k mark.

All the chips went in pre flop between herself, Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren and Vadzim Markushevski. Barausova's held on a ten high bord to bust Coren (ace-king) and Markushevski (king-queen).

Player	Chips	Progress
Tatiana Barausova	120,000 62,300	62,300

Vadzim Markushevski	Busted
Vicky Coren	Busted

Tags: Tatiana Barausova Vadim Markushevski Vicky Coren

05-08-2013 15:20 UTC+2

Taking Care Of It With Arlo Dotson

MarcC

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

You won't meet a more confident, charismatic player at the EPT Grand Final than Arlo Dotson, who is "taking care of it" on a table with Freddy Deeb and Annette Obrestad. PokerStars Blog caught up with the man from Houston.