2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 5
The action folds to Valeriy Ilikyan who opens with a raise to 87,000 and Maxime Villemure comes over the top for all of his chips. Ilikyan asks for a count and it appears another 644,000. He thinks for a few moments and makes the call as the cards are revealed:
Villemure:
Ilikyan:
In a classic race the board runs out and Villemure finds a valuable double-up!
The action folds to Maxime Villemure who raises from the small blind to 80,000 and Glen Chorny makes the call from the big blind.
The flop brings and both players check. They see a free turn card of the . Villemure checks again to Chorny who fires 81,000. Villemure makes the call as a big pot is brewing.
The river is the and Villemure checks to Chorny who fires another 225,000 into the middle. Villemure thinks for a long time and eventually makes the call. Chorny shows which is good to scoop the pot!
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
Final tabler Valeriy Ilikyan of Russia talks with our own Amanda Leatherman about making the final table, the growth of poker in Russia and up-and-coming online poker site 1917.
Glen Chorny - 3,188,000
Isaac 'westmenloAA' Baron - 2,730,000
Luca Pagano - 2,031,000
Maxime Villemure - 1,390,000
Valeriy Ilikyan - 1,324,000
Denes Kalo - 1,052,000
Michael Martin - 981,000