Main Event Day 3 | The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-09-2013 17:33 UTC+1

Cody Check-Raises Schwartz on the River

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody checked to Noah Schwartz on a board of . Schwartz fired out 23,000, and Cody tanked for a bit before check-raising to 78,000.

Schwartz made the call, the mucked when Cody showed for a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Cody	715,000 55,000	55,000

Noah Schwartz	411,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Jake Cody Noah Schwartz

05-09-2013 17:43 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	880,000 125,000	125,000

Johnny Lodden	770,000 10,000	10,000

Jake Cody	760,000 45,000	45,000

Grant Levy	312,000 204,000	204,000
Andrew Chen	285,000 30,000	30,000
Matthew Ashton	272,000 17,000	17,000
Ismael Bojang	225,000 53,000	53,000

Noah Boeken	224,000 64,000	64,000

Kevin Iacofano	150,000 30,000	30,000
Ville Wahlbeck	143,000 227,000	227,000

Juanda's Jack Oust Mitchell

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

John Juanda has taken care of the dangerous player to his left, James Mitchell.

Mitchell opened to 12,000 from under the gun and then called all in for 137,000 when Juanda shoved from the big blind. When Juanda saw Mitchell's holding he said, "Wow!"

Mitchell:
Juanda:

The board ran .

Instead of looking at the board run out, Juanda opted to stare at Mitchell knowing he would get the information needed from the Brit's reactions. The reaction he saw was the one he was hoping for.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	520,000 40,000	40,000

James Mitchell	Busted

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05-09-2013 17:45 UTC+1

"Are You Steaming?"

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Freddy Deeb raised to 15,000 from under the gun plus one, only to have Noah Schwartz three-bet to 41,000 on his direct left. The action folded back to Deeb, winner of the 2007 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, who called.

The dealer fanned , Deeb quickly checked, and Schwartz continued for 34,000. Deeb sat quietly, riffling chips with both hands, then called.

The turn was the , Deeb checked again, and Schwartz began assembling chips. Schwartz grabbed a yellow T25,000 chip, added a few blue T5,000 chips, and a few red T1,000 chips, firing 58,000. Deeb called.

The completed the board, and Deeb checked once more.

"All in," Schwartz said so quietly that nobody even knew that he acted before the red all-in triangle plopped down in front of him.

"All in he said?" Deeb asked the dealer, who nodded. "Can I have a count?"

Schwartz clearly had Deeb covered, but nonetheless the dealer counted down his 266,000-chip stack. Deeb, who was sitting with 208,000, started questioning Schwartz?

"Steaming?" he asked. "Are you steaming? Do you have a big hand? I think that you're steaming."

Schwartz remained silent. Still.

"I don't have much," Deeb said, flashing the before folding. "But I wanted to call you."

Deeb then said he had either pocket nines or ace-nine.

Schwartz raked in the pot, chipping up to 535,000 chips, while Deeb dropped to 208,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	535,000 124,000	124,000
Freddy Deeb	208,000 102,000	102,000

Tags: Freddy Deeb Noah Schwartz

05-09-2013 17:50 UTC+1

Juanda Meets His Foe

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Clyde Tjauw Foe three-bet jammed for 95,000 over an open from John Juanda, and Juanda made the call.

Foe:
Juanda:

The board came , and Foe doubled to around 200,000 chips. Juanda now has 635,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	635,000 115,000	115,000

Clyde Tjauw Foe	200,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Clyde Tjauw Foe John Juanda

05-09-2013 18:01 UTC+1

What Does Lodden Think Now?

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Remko Rinkema

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden has made several deep runs in EPT Main Events. In the last few years, he's finished eighth, ninth, 13th twice, 14th and 17th twice. It's safe to say he's been close a ton of times, but a real victory is still missing from his résumé.

Good thing for him, he just managed to grab a big chip lead with under 50 players remaining. Lodden was the first player to break the million-chip mark at the this year's EPT Grand Final.

The action started with Panagiotis Gavriilidis raising under the gun to 12,000, and Lodden three-bet to 30,000 from his immediate left. The action was folded back to Gavriilidis, and he made the call.

The flop brought out the , and Gavriilidis checked to Lodden who fired out 26,000. Gavriilidis decided to check-raise to 57,000, but that didn't scare Lodden away. The Norwegian three-bet to 91,000, but even that was not enough for Gavriilidis who four-bet to 167,000. Lodden went into the tank for a long time, but eventually he made the call.

On the turn, the hit and Gavriilidis decided to move all in for exactly 400,000 chips. Lodden had 585,000 chips in front of him, and it took him about three minutes to figure out what to do with this massive shove. Eventually, Lodden pulled the trigger and made the call. The showdown amazed everyone standing around the table as Gavriilidis had tried to pull off a massive bluff.

Gavriilidis:
Lodden:

"This one I need to win," Lodden said as he needed to dodge a bunch of deuces and treys in order to claim this huge pot. The river brought the , and Lodden now has a huge lead while Gavriilidis was knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	1,400,000 630,000	630,000

Panagiotis Gavriilidis	Busted

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05-09-2013 18:05 UTC+1

Torelli Knocked Out

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Remko Rinkema

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop Alec Torelli just ended up all in for 74,000 against Steve O'Dwyer.

Torelli:
O'Dwyer:

The board ran out , and Torelli was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alec Torelli	Busted

Tags: Alec Torelli Steve O'Dwyer

05-09-2013 18:12 UTC+1

Mueller Moves On

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

[Removed:203] opened for a raise, Andrew Chen three-bet to 32,000 on his left, and Mueller four-bet to 65,000. Chen five-bet shoved for effectively 202,000, and Mueller called.

Mueller:
Chen: