Main Event
Day 4 Started
The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Main Event
Day: 4
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
Day 4 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | PreferredName | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Gerard Gardelli | France | 561,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Paul Volpe | USA | 247,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Laurent Lagreve | France | 139,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Freddy Deeb | USA | 670,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Vasili Firsau | Belarus | 837,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 684,000 |
| 1 | 7 | --empty-- | ||
| 1 | 8 | John Juanda | USA | 939,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Mickey Petersen | Denmark | 362,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Johnny Lodden | Norway | 1,232,000 |
| 2 | 3 | --empty-- | ||
| 2 | 4 | Noah Boeken | Netherlands | 105,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Noah Schwartz | USA | 756,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Goran Mandic | Croatia | 822,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Andreas Eiler | Germany | 709,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Kevin Vandersmissen | Belgium | 214,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Victor Ramdin | USA | 479,000 |
| 3 | 2 | --empty-- | ||
| 3 | 3 | Luke Schwartz | UK | 188,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | 482,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Grant Levy | Australia | 513,000 |
| 3 | 6 | --empty-- | ||
| 3 | 7 | Jason Mercier | USA | 746,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Guy Goossens | Belgium | 98,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Steve O'Dwyer | USA | 963,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Ville Wahlbeck | Finland | 228,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Patrick Naxache | France | 44,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrew Lichtenberger | USA | 512,000 |
| 4 | 5 | --empty-- | ||
| 4 | 6 | Andrew Pantling | Canada | 943,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Clyde Tjauw Foe | Netherlands | 363,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Giuseppe Sammartino | Italy | 113,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 186,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Didier Pitcho | France | 156,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Jake Cody | UK | 639,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Kevin Iacofano | USA | 131,000 |
| 5 | 5 | German Simon Dansker | Argentina | 150,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | Ukraine | 327,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Conte Francesco Paolo | Brazil | 388,000 |
| 5 | 8 | --empty-- |
Lodden Leads the Last 34
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Day 4 of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final is set to kick off in 45 minutes or so, and leading the remaining 34 players is Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden. Lodden was the only player to bag more than a million chips at the end of Day 3, and will begin today with 1.232 million. The Norwegian has ninth, 13th, 13th, 17th, and 32nd-place finishes in EPT Main Events, but he has never reached a final table.
Team PokerStars Pros Jake Cody and Jason Mercier, Team PokerStars Online member Mickey Petersen, and Noah Boeken have all made EPT Main Event final tables. In fact, they're all former champions. Cody won EPT6 Deauville, Mercier EPT4 Sanremo, Petersen EPT8 Copenhagen, and Boeken EPT1 Copenhagen. No player has ever repeated as champion in the nine seasons of the European Poker Tour.
Also atop the chip counts are Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda, and Noah Schwartz. Negreanu is on a hot streak, coming off of his win in the first ever World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific Main Event, while Juanda and Schwartz recorded major six-figure scores at the end of 2012. Juanda finished runner-up in the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe €50,000 Majestic High Roller, while Schwartz won the World Poker Tour bestbet Fall Series Main Event.
Of the remaining 34 players, seven represent the red spade. Ville Wahlbeck and Victor Ramdin will join their aforementioned peers on the felt today, making the field 20.5% Team PokerStars.
The cards will be in the air at 15:00 CET, so be sure to stay tuned for all of your up-to-the-minute updates here on PokerNews.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Goossens First to Bust
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante
Guy Goossens moved all in from the button during the very first hand of play for 97,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin called from the small blind.
Ramdin: 
Goossens: 
The board ran out 
and Goossens was knocked out in 34th place cashing €21,500. The first player to bust today was from Belgium and the same exact thing happened when Kenny Hallaert busted out. Kevin Vandersmissen is the final Belgian player remaining now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000 | 101,000 |
|
Busted |
Lagreve Eliminated
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 2,000 ante
Paul Volpe raised to 20,000 from the cutoff after which Laurent Lagreve moved all in from the button for 130,000 chips. Vasili Firsau made the call from the big blind and Volpe decided to fold.
Firsau: 
Lagreve: 
The board ran out 
and Lagreve was knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
988,000 | 151,000 |
|
Busted |
Sammartino Doubles
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Dario Sammartino open-shoved for 52,000 on the button, and Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck called out of the big blind.
Sammartino: 
Wahlbeck: 
Sammartino snatched the lead away when the flop fell 
, and successfully doubled when the turn and river bricked 
, 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | -58,000 |
|
110,000 | 58,000 |
River Bet from Schwartz
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Johnny Lodden, Noah Schwartz, and Goran Mandic were three handed on a flop of 
. Lodden led out for 42,000, and only Schwartz called.
The turn was the 
, Lodden led again - this time for 77,000 - and again, Schwartz called.
The completed the board, and for the first time, Lodden checked. Schwartz took the opportunity to bet, cutting out 104,000, and Lodden tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000 | -182,000 |
|
925,000 | 169,000 |
Naxache No More
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Patrick Naxache open-shoved for around 40,000 from under the gun, Mateusz Moolhuizen three-bet to 100,000 from the small blind, and Grant Levy moved all in from the big. Moolhuizen unhappily folded.
Naxache:
Levy:
The board rolled out 
, and Naxache was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
690,000 | 177,000 |
|
340,000 | -142,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Boeken Doubles
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
After a series of bets and raises, Noah Boeken was all in and at risk preflop with 
. Goran Mandic had him at risk with 
, and made a pair when the flop fell 
. Boeken could still double up with a queen for Broadway or an ace for a better pair, and the 
on the turn gave him two extra outs to make trips.
The dealer rapped the table, burned a card, and slammed the onto the felt. Boeken gave a fist pump, and raked in his new, 200,000-chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
730,000 | -92,000 |
|
200,000 | 95,000 |