2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,700,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
848
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Levi Overflowing

They're still counting out chips from the last hand before the break on Nicolas Levi's table. He was down to 246,000 when the hand started, but things couldn't have gone much better for the French pro when he raised on the button. Jerome Zerbib moved all in from the small blind, and tournament chip leader Kevin Eyster overshoved from the big blind, and it wasn't exactly a tough call for Levi.

Showdown
Zerbib: {K-Spades} {9-?} (covered by both)
Levi: {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts} (covered by Eyster)
Eyster: {K-?} {J-?}

The {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} flop looked mighty good to Levi. And he was a lock to triple up after the {10-Clubs} on the turn. The river was the meaningless {7-Diamonds}. Zerbib won't need to come back after the break, and Levi's now got 618,000 to return to - not good news for the rest of his table.

Tags: Kevin EysterNicolas Levi

Break Time

You know things are getting serious when the 500 chips are no longer required. The colour up is taking place, and play will resume in 15.

Channing Busts, Heads for Side Event

After making what was, to quote his own term, an "unconventional" play, Neil Channing found himself down to just 60,000.

So it was that the gentleman under the gun raised with {A-?} {J-?} and Channing pushed with {A-?} {Q-?}. The under-the-gun raiser called, and promptly spiked a jack on the turn to send Channing to the rail, or more likely, to the six-max event.

Tags: Neil Channing

Daeninckx Jinxed

Daeninckx - many points in Scrabble
Daeninckx - many points in Scrabble
Craig McCorkell raised to 17,000 in the cutoff and Olivier Daeninckx (amazingly, not a typo) made it 42,000 from the small blind.. McCorkell thought about it for a little while, and then he called.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} and Daeninckx bet out 54,000, his hand shaking a little. Again, McCorkell called.

Daeninckx opted to check the {2-Diamonds} turn and now McCorkell announced all in to cover him. Daeninckx stared at him ling and hard, and eventually folded to leave himself on 240,000.

Tags: Craig McCorkellOlivier Daeninckx

Peters V. Pautrot

David Peters raised from the button and was not in the slightest bit put off by the reraise from [Removed:413] in the small blind. Peters shoved, and once Pautrot had folded he raked in the pot.

Neuville Loses a Race

In the three consecutive hands prior to this one, Oleksander Vaserfirer had moved all in. This one was no different. He was in the cutoff, Pierre Neuville was on the button, and the chips went in the middle. First Vaserfirer's then Neuville's.

Vaserfirer: {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Neuville: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

Board: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades}

And with that, 153,000 worth of Neuville's chips were sent in the direction of Vaserfirer.

Tags: Pierre Neuville

Lars And The Real Hand

Sami "LarsLusak" Kelopuro lost a little ground at the start of the day but now he's starting to build it back up.

Anthony Gutti raised preflop to 18,500 and Kelopuro called from the cutoff.

Gutti fired out 28,000 on the {A-Spades} {8-Spades} {5-Clubs} flop and Kelopuro threw in a call.

The {9-Spades} came on the turn, making both straight and flush, Gutti checked and Kelopuro quickly fired out 44,500 getting an instant fold from the original raiser.

Tags: Anthony GuttiSami Kelpuro

Internet Outages

Wasn't a good few minutes for the Internet jet set. EPT Berlin winner Kevin "I'maLuckSac" MacPhee and Greg "FunkiMunki" Dyer have both logged out. Matt "Ch0ppy" Kay and Owen "OCrowe" Crowe are also casualties of this level.