Break
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
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The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Mercier Busts Kurganov
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jason Mercier has more than 400,000 chips after he got a little lucky to bust Igor Kurganov.
Victor Ramdin raised from the button and Mericer and Kurganov called from the blinds. The flop fell 
and Kurganov moved all in for 46,500 when the action got to him. Ramdin folded but Mercier snap called.
Kurganov: 
for two pair.
Mercier: 
for top pair.
The board ran out 
to make Mercier trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Sakr Sent Packing
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
A short-stacked Pierre Sakr was all in and at risk holding 
, which was ahead of Alex Klimashin's 
.
Klimashin made a pair of queens when the flop fell 
, however, and held when the turn and bricked 
, 
respectively.
Sakr was eliminated, while Klimashin now has 390,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Bubble Chop: Part 2
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After Taylor Paur fell in 81st place, attention shifted over to Calvin Anderson and David Vamplew's table where the two were also all in. Anderson and Vamplew got all the chips in on a board of 
.
Anderson had turned a straight with the 
, and he had Vamplew drawing very, very slim with the 
, but only to a chop. Vamplew needed a three on the river to force a chop and stay alive, but the 
wasn't it.
As a consolation prize due to Paur's elimination at the other table just moments before, Vamplew did earn some money back on his investment, splitting the €16,000 min-cash with Paur.
Anderson moved to 785,000 in chips and into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
880,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Bubble Chop: Part 1
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Taylor Paur just re-shoved from the big blind after Oleksii Kovalchuk raised from the small blind to 12,000. Paur was all in for 118,000 and after a long wait the showdown ran out like this.
Paur: 
Oleksii Kovalchuk:
The board ran out 
and Paur was knocked out in 81st place. While this was going on there was also an all in between Calvin Anderson and David Vamplew, that update will follow shortly. Paur did not leave empty handed as there was also a player knocked out on the other table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Aces for Anderson
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Calvin Anderson and Goran Mandic were heads up in a three-bet pot with the board reading 
. Mandic check-called a 20,000-chip bet, and the turn brought the .
Mandic checked, Anderson fired out another 41,000, and Mandic tank-called.
The completed the board, and Mandic checked a third time. Anderson stacked a tower of blue T5,000 and red T1,000 chips, then slid forward the 87,000-chip bet. With a camera crew surrounding the table, and a boom microphone hanging less than a foot above his head, Mandic contemplated the call for roughly 90 seconds.
He then pushed his cards into the muck one-by-one, prompting Anderson to show 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
525,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
||
|
405,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
The Bubble Continues
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
After six hands of hand-for-hand play, there has yet to be an elimination.
Petit Doubles on the Bubble
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
On the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Yury Gulyy opened for a raise in the cutoff, and Emile Petit three-bet shoved for 36,000 from the small blind. Gulyy called, and the two waited for all of the other tables to finish before revealing their hands.
Gulyy: 
Petit:
Gulyy was already behind, and the 
flop wasn't very helpful at all for the Russian. Petit was in great shape to double, and did so when the turned. Just to rub salt into Gulyy's wound, a meaningless 
completed the board, and the chips were sent Petit's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,500
-63,500
|
-63,500 |
|
75,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Brown Bubbles the Bubble
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
There was an open to 10,000 and two calls, including one from Daniel Negreanu, before [Removed:203] moved all in for around 100,000 from the small blind. Chad Brown called all in for less on his direct left, and the three other players folded.
Mueller:
Brown:
Brown was in very bad shape, and didn't improve as the board rolled out 
. With his elimination, we are now on the stone bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
255,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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0Human0 Doubles Through Schwartz
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Noah Schwartz lost some of his stack to Ignat Liviu but is still cruising near the top of the counts.
He opened from mid position before Liviu three-bet from the big blind. Schwartz piled on the pressure by shoving and the Romanian called all in for 108,000.
Schwartz:
Liviu:
The board ran 
to make Liviu two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
530,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
220,000
120,300
|
120,300 |