Olvedo Heinze, David Boyaciyan, and Martijn Lute are all from The Netherlands and are seated right next to each other. They share the table with, amongst others, Scott Clements.
The three Dutch players at the table tangled in the first level. Lute opened, Boyaciyan three-bet and Heinze four-bet. Lute folded but Boyaciyan pushed allin with pocket tens. Heinze made the call with pocket queens but Boyaciyan spiked a ten on the flop to double up.
Not much later Heinze won a sizable pot when he was able to check from the big blind in a limped pot. He made a straight on the turn, which gave his -limping opponent two pair. Heinze gained some chips there to get back in the game with an above average stack.
A short-stacked Elliot Smith moved all in from middle position for his last 4,500 and China's Yaxi Zhu, who qualified for this tournament via a live satellite, three-bet to 11,000 from the hijack. Italy's Francesco Delfoco then moved all in from the button for right around 17,000, and after the blinds folded, Zhu made the call to put both her opponents at risk.
Zhu:
Smith:
Delfoco:
Smith and Delfoco were disappointed to discover they were sharing cards, and the latter stood and began collecting his things. The flop gave him pause as he was the only one with a spade, but then he let out an exasperated "Pwwww" when the turn gave Zhu quads.
The completed the board on the river, and Zhu sent two players to the rail.
Davidi Kitai is up over the 200,000 mark after calling three streets on a board against Mohamad El Siblani. El Siblani turned over and Kitai had been a hero with just to win the pot.
Dutch players Pascal Vos and Mateusz Moolhuizen are on tables right next to each other, and just now we both saw them bluff of a sizable portion of their stacks.
Vos had apparently three-bet from the button with and had checked the flop behind. The cutoff check-called 4,500 from Vos on the -turn and 10,600 on the -river. Vos' third-pair was no good, the cutoff had and won the pot.
When we glanced at the next table we saw Mateusz Moolhuizen also involved in a big pot. With already about 30,000 in the middle, the big blind checked to Moolhuizen on . Moolhuizen bet 14,500 and the big blind called. Moolhuizen didn't want to show his cards and mucked, and so did the big blind. Only difference: the big blind received the chips while Moolhuizen was left short.
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We caught up with Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker before the start of play, and he seemed hopeful and ready to go. Little did he know that his Day 2 experience would be short and not at all sweet.
We saw Moneymaker in the hall, and he caught our glance. "One hand, flopped the nuts," Moneymaker explained without having to be asked.
We explored what happened a bit more, and according to his former table mate and fellow Team Pro George Danzer, Moneymaker actually fell over the course of two hands.
The first was when he flopped the nuts with on a board. Both he and his opponent checked, and the turn put two diamonds on the board. Moneymaker checked, his opponent over bet, and Moneymaker three-bet, which left him just 10,000 behind. His opponent called and then Moneymaker, who actually had the bigger stack, moved all in in the dark. A third diamond hit the river, and his opponent called off with a rivered flush.
Moneymaker then raised from the button and called off after the big blind shoved all in. Moneymaker held the , but needed to improve as the big blind turned over . The flop gave the big blind a full house, and that was all she wrote for Mr. Moneymaker.
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree started the day with fewer than 10 big blinds so we kept an eye on her table to see what would happen.
She started off in the cutoff and proceeded to fold every hand, peeking at her cards one at a time and not liking what she saw.
When Boeree was in the big blind Samir Moukawem made an opening bet of 2,500 and with just Ole Schemion in the small blind to act before it was on Boeree if could have been her opportunity. Schemion however raised to 5,000 and, with a tut, Boeree folded.
Moukawem made the call and they saw a flop of . Schemion check called a jam from Moukawem and flipped over his against the of Moukawem. The turn and river saw Moukawem hit the rail only to be replaced moments later by Gus Hansen.
Boeree went on to fold her small blind but when she was in the cutoff and Hansen opened for 2,000 she put the rest of her 4,000 in. Eveyone else folded and they went heads up.
Boeree turned over versus the of Hansen. The board ran out and Boeree spiked her five to more than double up. She laughed and apologized for the suckout.
This is the 10th season and the ninth time the EPT Grand Final is being helt in the Principality of Monaco, only in season 7 the EPT Grand Final stepped aside to Spain's capital Madrid. The first place prize has not been announced yet, but we'll update the table accordingly when it's released.
from the big blind in a limped pot. He made a straight on the turn, which gave his 
-limping opponent two pair. Heinze gained some chips there to get back in the game with an above average stack.
flop gave him pause as he was the only one with a spade, but then he let out an exasperated "Pwwww" when the 
turn gave Zhu quads.
completed the board on the river, and Zhu sent two players to the rail.
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board against Mohamad El Siblani. El Siblani turned over 
and had checked the 
flop behind. The cutoff check-called 4,500 from Vos on the 
-turn and 10,600 on the 
. Moolhuizen bet 14,500 and the big blind called. Moolhuizen didn't want to show his cards and mucked, and so did the big blind. Only difference: the big blind received the chips while Moolhuizen was left short.
. Schemion check called a jam from Moukawem and flipped over his 
and Boeree spiked her five to more than double up. She laughed and apologized for the suckout.
