2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€25,500 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€993,963
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€5,243,000
Entries
214
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Various Chips Counts from Around the Room

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ismail Erkenov ru
Ismail Erkenov
665,000
105,000
105,000
Profile photo of Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
585,000
258,000
258,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
575,000
358,000
358,000
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
550,000
300,000
300,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
450,000
295,000
295,000
Profile photo of Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
320,000
-130,000
-130,000
Profile photo of Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
230,000
-40,000
-40,000
Profile photo of Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
200,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
200,000
20,000
20,000
EPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
180,000
78,800
78,800
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
160,000
-60,300
-60,300
Profile photo of Aleksei Platonov ru
Aleksei Platonov
150,000
71,500
71,500
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
150,000
87,000
87,000
Profile photo of Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
128,000
-169,000
-169,000
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
120,000
-235,000
-235,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
65,000
-58,000
-58,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
55,000
5,000
5,000

Timoshenko's Day is Done

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko

We missed the elimination of Yevgeniy Timoshenko, but Noah Schwartz was kind enough to fill us in on what happened.

According to him a player had opened for 12,000 and Timoshenko called. When the flop came down {a-}{10-}{j-}, Timoshenko checked and his opponent bet 12,000. Timoshenko moved all in for 72,000 and a call was made.

Timoshenko: {q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Opponent: {k-}{5-}

Neither player held much other than gutshot straight draws, so when a {6-} blanked on the turn followed by a {10-} on the river, the king high won and Timoshenko was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Busted

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Queens No Good for Fernandez

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Pablo Fernandez got his stack all in preflop and was looking good against Philipp Gruissem.

Fernandez: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Gruissem: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}

Fernandez was looking to dodge an ace, but that proved easier said than done as the flop came down {7-Clubs}{a-Spades}{6-Clubs}. The man known as "Philbort" paired his ace and took a commanding lead on the hand. The {2-Hearts} turn meant Fernandez needed the case queen to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the {7-Spades} blanked.

Fernandez bows out in 34th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
250,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Pablo Fernandez es
Pablo Fernandez
Busted

Tags: Philipp GruissemPablo Fernandez

Kaverman Deep in Tank as Bubble Approaches

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

With 33 players left and 31 getting paid it a tense time at the tables as this hand showed.

Byron Kaverman opened from the small blind and Philipp Gruissem defended the small blind. They saw a flop of {j-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Spades}. Kaverman continued for 16,500 and Gruissem made the call. The turn card was the {9-Hearts} and now Kaverman check-called a bet of 40,000 from Gruissem after a couple of minutes thinking about it.

The river cards fell the {a-Clubs} and again Kaverman checked; a pause from Gruissem who then moved all in for 147,000. If Kaverman called he would still be in but crippled while Gruissem had put his tournament life on the line.

Almost five minutes ticked by before Kaverman folded with a look of pain on his face.

“Show the bluff.” said John Juanda returning to the table. Gruissem showed one card, the {6-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
320,000
-255,000
-255,000
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
220,000
-30,000
-30,000

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Juanda Wins Crucial Flip

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
John Juanda
John Juanda

The action was passed around to John Juanda in the cutoff and he moved all in for 126,500. Mike Watson asked for a count and thought for about a minute before making the call. The blinds folded.

Juanda: {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}
Watson: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The board came {5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} as Juanda avoided being counterfeited and made a full house on the river to survive. Watson was crippled as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
260,000
140,000
140,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
40,500
-159,500
-159,500
EPT 2X Winner

Tags: John JuandaMike Watson

Read "Bad Beats Be Gone!" by Tommy Angelo at Learn.PokerNews

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Poker author and coach Tommy Angelo has returned with a new installment of his popular "Tilt for Beginners" series at Learn.PokerNews. Today's entry finds Tommy engaged in conversation with two characters who appear in his forthcoming book, Painless Poker. Here's how the story begins:

“What, precisely, is a bad beat?” said Alfonzo Calibri.

“A bad beat is when you lose a hand during which at some point you had a high statistical probability of winning the hand,” said Charlie Archer.

“I don’t think a bad beat is defined by odds,” I said, “but rather, by pain.”

Click here for the rest of the story and to learn how when it comes to bad beats "we can look back on the strategy, but without the tragedy."

Tags: Learn.PokerNewsTommy Angelo

Chip Counts in the Break (full)

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
SeatPlayerChip Count
 TABLE 1 
1Benny Spindler638,000
2Benjamin Pollak98,000
3Angel Guillen127,000
4Stephen Chidwick345,000
5Alex Kravchenko119,000
6Calvin Anderson418,000
7Simon Higgins291,000
   
 TABLE 2 
1Alex Bilokur166,000
2Andrew Chen148,000
3Anatoly Gurtovoy847,000
4Anatoly Filatov414,000
5David Peters66,000
6Igor Yaroshevskyy180,000
7Aleksei Platonov110,000
   
 TABLE 3 
1Vasily Kylukin925,000
2Chenxiang Miao682,000
3Rui Cao778,000
4Scott Seiver129,000
5Adrian Mateos125,000
6Govert Metaal126,000
7Ole Schemion221,000
   
 TABLE 4 
1Noah Schwartz241,000
2Antoine Berube122,000
3JC Alvarado150,000
4Pascal Lefrancois96,000
5Ismail Erkenov624,000
6Martin Finger660,000
   
 TABLE 5 
1Philipp Gruissem289,000
2Davidi Kitai447,000
3Alexander Uskov139,000
4John Juanda293,000
5Mike Watson41,000
6Byron Kaverman431,000
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vasily Kylukin mc
Vasily Kylukin
925,000
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of Anatoly Gurtovoy ru
Anatoly Gurtovoy
847,000
740,200
740,200
Profile photo of Rui Cao fr
Rui Cao
778,000
123,500
123,500
Profile photo of Chenxiang Miao cn
Chenxiang Miao
682,000
-1,500
-1,500
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
667,000
117,000
117,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
660,000
488,000
488,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
638,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Ismail Erkenov ru
Ismail Erkenov
624,000
-41,000
-41,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
431,000
111,000
111,000
Profile photo of Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
418,000
-22,000
-22,000
Profile photo of Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
414,000
94,000
94,000
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
345,000
-105,000
-105,000
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
293,000
33,000
33,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
291,000
163,000
163,000
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
289,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
241,000
41,000
41,000
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
221,000
-3,400
-3,400
Profile photo of Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
180,000
Profile photo of Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
166,000
-64,000
-64,000
Profile photo of JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
150,000
-190,000
-190,000
Profile photo of Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
148,000
-52,000
-52,000
Profile photo of Alexander Uskov ru
Alexander Uskov
139,000
-9,000
-9,000
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
129,000
-28,000
-28,000
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
127,000
-33,000
-33,000
Profile photo of Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
126,000
-3,000
-3,000

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