2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

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Event Info

2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♥q♣
Prize
€956,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€2,825,000
Entries
113
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
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Woodward's Troubles

[user140344]
[user140344]
Mr. Woodward
Mr. Woodward
On a board reading {2-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{k-Clubs} Matthew Woodward made it 65,000 before Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier made it 130,000.

Woodward was visibly frustrated, after losing a big pot a few hands before to Dori Yacoub. "My head is still spinning from the last hand," he said.

"Will you show?" he asked ElkY.

"If you call, I'll show," said the PokerStars Team Pro.

Woodward finally flipped over deuces and said, "You win."

ElkY casually flipped over the {2-Diamonds} and raked in the pot.

Tags: Dori YacoubMatthew Woodward

Leading the Way

[user140344]
[user140344]
Dori Yacoub made it 11,500 to go preflop and Matthew Woodward bumped it up to 27,500. Yacoub made the call and the two checked the {5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} flop.

Yacoub checked the {9-Clubs} turn and Woodward slid out a bet of 37,000. Yacoub insta-raised to 100,000 and Woodward answered by moving all-in. Yacoub snap-called and tabled {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} and was dominating Woodward's jacks.

The river was meaningless and Yacoub is now the chip leader with about 600,000.

Checking In

[user66118]
[user66118]
It's about that time to give you the full rundown of the field.

Table 1
Tom Marchese - 440,000
Dori Yacoub - 270,000
Matthew Woodward - 318,000
Michael Frederic - 560,000 (chip daddy)
Matt Marafioti - 195,000
Tobias Reinkemeier - 325,000
ElkY - 215,000

Table 2
Chad Brown - 155,000
Najibullah Salamzy - 210,000
Alexander Kravchenko - 66,000
Markus Golser - 310,000
Ronny Kaiser - 195,000
Olivier Busquet - 305,000
Luke Schwartz - 170,000

Table 3
Paul Berende - 190,000
Javier Garcia - 120,000
Antoine Saout - 285,000
Richard Lyndaker - 290,000
Sorel Mizzi - 515,000
Allen Bari - 355,000
Yohan [Removed:250] - 180,000

Brown Times Two

[user66118]
[user66118]
Chad Brown
Chad Brown
Olivier Busquet opened the pot the 11,500, and Luke Schwartz made the call in position. Next to speak was Chad Brown, and he moved all in for 71,000 total. That was enough to get Busquet out of the way, but Schwartz made the call grumbling, "I hope I'm racing."

He was:
Schwartz: {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}
Brown: {A-Clubs} {10-Hearts}

Brown's horse shot out of the gate on a flop of {A-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {2-Hearts}, and the turn and river kept him in front as the {10-Spades} and {4-Spades} secured his double up. He's back over 150,000 thanks to that friendly flip.

Tags: Chad BrownLuke Schwartz

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Leo Fernandez Busto; Frederic Leads

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Michael Frederic and Leo Fernandez had all the chips in the middle when we walked up on this hand. It was Fernandez that was at risk.

Fernandez: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Frederic: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The flop came down {3-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{3-Spades} and Fernandez was already pretty much out of his seat walking away. When the {q-Hearts} hit the turn, it was over for Fernandez, with the {6-Diamonds} being meaningless.

Fernandez walked away from the table saying, "I hate this game."

Frederic now leads the pack with 571,800 in chips.
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