Glen Chorny raises it up to 67,000 and the action folds around as he scoops the blinds and antes.
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 5
Glen Chorny raises it up to 67,000 and the action folds around as he scoops the blinds and antes.
Kalo raises from the button to 74,000 and Michael Martin re-raises from the small blind to 225,000. Luca Pagano then comes over the top with a raise for all his chips, and bursts through the 2 million chip mark when everyone folds!
Maxime Villemure opens with a raise to 64,000 chips. All players fold and Villemure takes down the blinds and antes uncontested.
All players fold and Glen Chorny gets a walk.
Pagano makes a button-raise to 80,000 and Antonio Esfandiari re-raises all in from the big blind for around 480,000 more. Pagano quickly calls and the cards are flipped:
Esfandiari:
Pagano:
Pagano's dominant hand turns to an absolute monster when he flops the nuts with . Needing a jack to chop the pot, the turn and river arrives to eliminate a dejected Esfandiari in eighth place for a payday of $266,004.