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

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Side Event Round-Up

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Catch up with some of the side event action that has been taking place here at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final.

Jesper Onrust wins his second trophy at EPT Monaco. Read about it here.

Aleksei Krylov wins the button, Konstantin Puchkov finishes 3rd. Read more about it here.  

Jan Bendik bounding towards the Player of the Year title. Click through for more.

Thomas Couquet catches his first trophy, wins €18,900. More at the PokerStars Blog.

Levy's Kings Rule

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Grant Levy just found himself in an amazing spot as two players moved all in before him while he looked down at pocket kings. Alex Klimashin moved all in for 115,000 and Patrick Naxache moved all in over the top for 365,000. Levy only had to call and he created a three-way all in.

Levy: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Alex Klimashin: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Patrick Naxache: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}

The board ran out {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and Levy won a massive pot to put him in the top 10 with just a few hands left in the day. Levy is not an unknown to winning big events as he already has an APPT Sydney and an ANZPT Perth title under his belt. In total Levy has $1,806,832 in live tournament earnings but he's sure to add at least some to that this week!

Player Chips Progress
Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
735,000
480,000
480,000
Patrick Naxache fr
Patrick Naxache
55,000
-245,000
-245,000
Alex Klimashin
Alex Klimashin
Busted

Tags: Alex KlimashinGrant LevyPatrick Naxache

Naxache Gets a Small Bit of Revenge

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

A few hands after losing a massive pot against Grant Levy, Patrick Naxache was all in and at risk against him holding {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. Levy was racing with {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, but Naxache flopped a pair when the dealer spread {8-Spades}{9-Spades}{q-Diamonds}.

Naxache held as the turn and river came {j-Diamonds}, {7-Clubs} respectively, doubling to around 165,000 chips. Levy dropped down to around 630,000.

Player Chips Progress
Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
630,000
-105,000
-105,000
Patrick Naxache fr
Patrick Naxache
165,000
110,000
110,000

Tags: Grant LevyPatrick Naxache

Ashton Hits the Rail

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Matthew Ashton
Matthew Ashton

Matthew Ashton open-shoved all in for around 79,000 in early position, and Jake Cody called on the button. The rest of the players folded.

Ashton: {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Cody: {a-Spades}{8-Hearts}

Ashton flopped a flush draw ({9-Hearts}{q-Spades}{k-Hearts}), turned a gut-shot straight draw ({7-Spades}), and bricked on the river ({9-Spades}). He hit the rail, while Cody is up to 740,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
740,000
226,000
226,000
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
Busted

Tags: Jake CodyMatthew Ashton

Huge River Gives Moolhuizen a Triple Up

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jake Cody raised to 17,000 from the cutoff seat, and Gerard Jean Pierre Gardelli called from the button. In the small blind was Dutch player Mateusz Moolhuizen, and he reraised all in for 151,000. Both Cody and Gardelli made the call.

The flop came down {10-Clubs}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}, and Cody fired 80,000. Gardelli called.

The turn was the {8-Clubs}, and Cody fired again, this time for 100,000. Gardelli gave it up, leaving just Cody to do battle with the at-risk Moolhuizen.

Moolhuizen showed the {Q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}, and Cody held the {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}. The river was the {6-Clubs} to give Moolhuizen a club flush and successfully triple him up.

Tags: Gerard Jean Pierre GardelliJake CodyMateusz Moolhuizen

Late Double for Wahlbeck

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck just double up on the very last hand of play. Patrick Naxache moved all in from the button for 155,000 and Wahlbeck called from the button.

Wahlbeck: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Naxache: {J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Wahlbeck doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
228,000
98,000
98,000
Patrick Naxache fr
Patrick Naxache
44,000
-121,000
-121,000

Tags: Patrick NaxacheVille Wahlbeck

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
1,232,000
-73,000
-73,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
963,000
23,000
23,000
EPT 1X Winner
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
943,000
100,000
100,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
939,000
148,000
148,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Vasili Firsau by
Vasili Firsau
837,000
377,000
377,000
Goran Mandic hr
Goran Mandic
822,000
97,000
97,000
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
756,000
-19,000
-19,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
746,000
165,000
165,000
Andreas Eiler de
Andreas Eiler
709,000
423,000
423,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
684,000
-46,000
-46,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
670,000
-130,000
-130,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
639,000
-101,000
-101,000
Gerard Gardelli fr
Gerard Gardelli
561,000
-19,000
-19,000
Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
513,000
-117,000
-117,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
512,000
47,000
47,000
$25K Fantasy
Mateusz Moolhuizen nl
Mateusz Moolhuizen
482,000
272,500
272,500
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
479,000
-119,000
-119,000
Conte Francesco Paolo br
Conte Francesco Paolo
388,000
-96,000
-96,000
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
368,000
48,000
48,000
Clyde Tjauw Foe nl
Clyde Tjauw Foe
363,000
-67,000
-67,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
327,000
131,000
131,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
247,000
-203,000
-203,000
$25K Fantasy
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
228,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
214,000
-22,000
-22,000
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
188,000
-57,000
-57,000

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