2008 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final
Day: 4
For the first time this tournament, the feature table will be in use. This made for TV table is situated on an elevated stage at the front of the tournament area and will have TV crews watching closely to film all of the action. At the start of play this table will feature the likes of Luca Pagano, Freddy Deeb and Anders Berg.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 600
Seat 1: Glen Chorny, Canada - 344000
Seat 2: Andreas Fluri, Switzerland - 61000
Seat 3: Amit Makhija, USA - 269500
Seat 4: Anthony Chatelain, Sweden - 83500
Seat 5: Alexander Morozov, Russia - 133000
Seat 6: Miara David, Unknown - 249500
Seat 7: Raymond Rahme, South Africa - 133000
Seat 8: Johnny Lodden, Norway - 623000
(Table 2)
Seat 1: Eric Liu, USA - 398000
Seat 2: Benjamin Sprengers, USA - 127000
Seat 3: Tomas Brolin, Sweden - 74000
Seat 4: Claudio Pagano, Italy - 291000
Seat 5: Rami Boukai, USA - 425000
Seat 6: David Shade Kruger, USA - 486500
Seat 7: Stig Top Rasmussen, Denmark - 373000
Seat 8: Antonio Esfandiari, USA - 1198000
(Table 3)
Seat 1: Oyvind Riisem, Norway - 340000
Seat 2: Robin Keston, UK - 916000
Seat 3: Denes Kalo, Hungary - 642000
Seat 4: Gerasimos Deres, Sweden - 494500
Seat 5: Stefan Geim, Germany - 58000
Seat 6: Henrik Gwinner, Denmark - 487000
Seat 7: Peter Traply, Hungary - 300500
Seat 8: Isaac Baron, USA - 236500
(Table 4)
Seat 1: Joe Hachem, Australia - 214500
Seat 2: Noah Siegel, USA - 388500
Seat 3: Walid Bou Habib, Lebanon - 127500
Seat 4: Valeriy Ilikyan, Russia - 295000
Seat 5: Andrew Luetchford, UK - 116000
Seat 6: Mostafa Belkhayate, Morocco - 523000
Seat 7: Maxime Villemure, Canada - 600000
Seat 8: Pablo Ubierna, Spain - 316000
(Table 5)
Seat 1: Luca Pagano, Italy - 279500
Seat 2: Jonathan Dwek, Canada - 282000
Seat 3: Thomas Boekhoff, Germany - 465000
Seat 4: Freddy Deeb, USA - 140500
Seat 5: Michael Martin, USA - 141500
Seat 6: Vincent Secher, France - 92500
Seat 7: Anders Berg, Norway - 124000
41 scored paydays ranging from $27,000 - $60,000, which means that the 39 remaining players are guaranteed to take home at least $60K.
Professional poker player and former magician Antonio Esfandiari turned 121,400 chips into well over 1.1 million yesterday and enters Day 4 leading his closest opponent (Robin Keston of the UK) by almost 300,000. Fellow pros Johnny Lodden and Henrik Gwinner join Esfandiari and Keston in the top ten to start the day, with 623,000 and 487,000 respectively.
Play resumes this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. local time (7:00 a.m. EST) and will continue until a final table is decided. Check back then for more live updates, chip counts, photos and videos direct from the tournament floor.