2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€10,600 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
€1,240,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€6,500,000
Entries
650
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
40,000

Clements Makes The Fourth Nuts

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Angel Guillen opened under the gun for 6,000 and Eros Nastasi made the call on the button. Lodden in the small blind came along as well, but Scott Clements in the big blind had bigger plans. Clements squeezed to 26,000 and Guillen folded. Nastasi made the call however, and so did Lodden.

{2-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{10-Hearts} on the flop and Lodden checked to Clements. Clements didn't continue his pre flop aggression and checked as well. Nastasi made a 32,400 bet and Lodden folded. Clements made the call and they were of to the turn.

The {9-Hearts} made both players check, and so did the {J-Hearts} on the river.

With four to a straight flush on the board, Clements had anything but the nuts with his {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}. The king-high flush was a winner though as Nastasi mucked with a somewhat disgusted face.

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Clements
340,000
85,000
85,000
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Eros Nastasi
170,000
-97,400
-97,400

Filatov Steaming

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Anatoly Filatov
Anatoly Filatov

Igor Kurganov opened for 6,000 from the button and was met by a three-bet to 17,000 from Anatoly Filatov in the small blind. The big folded, Kurganov called, and the flop came down {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Filatov continued for 15,000, and Kurganov quickly called.

When the dealer burned and turned the {K-Spades}, Filatov announced that he was all in and Kurganov snap-called off for 46,500.

Filatov: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Kurganov: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

Filatov was frustrated upon seeing Kurganov got lucky on the turn. The Russian was up out of his seat lamenting his bad luck while the deal put out the {5-Clubs} on the river.

Kurganov doubled while a steaming Filatov was left with just 21,000 and is suddenly in danger near the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
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Igor Kurganov
160,000
90,000
90,000
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Anatoly Filatov
21,000
-89,000
-89,000

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Schemion with the Six-Bet Shove

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Ole Schemion, who finished seventh in the €100,000 Super High Roller a few days ago, opened with a small raise from the hijack only to have Marcello Marigliano, who you may remember as the man who vanquished Phil Ivey yesterday, three-bet to 17,000 from the cutoff.

The button and both blinds folded, and then Schemion pushed back with a four-bet to 40,000. Not to be outdone, Marigliano wasted little time in five-betting to 100,000. The German wunderkind thought for about 30 seconds before six-betting all in, and Marigliano snap folded.

"Ace-king?" Marigliano asked. Schemion did not respond.

Player Chips Progress
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Ole Schemion
390,000
156,400
156,400
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Marcello Marigliano
313,000
-114,700
-114,700

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Boeken Doubled

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

With about 85,000 action folded to Noah Boeken in the small blind. He completed by tossing in 1,500 extra with {8-}{8-}. His next door neighbor Eros Nastasi raised it up, and snap called the shove from Boeken that followed.

Boeken was up against {A-}{10-} with his pocket eights and faded all and everything. Boeken doubled up, but lost a little since to now play 164,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Noah Boeken
164,000
78,400
78,400
EPT 1X Winner

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Allera on the Brink

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Florence Allera and Ayaz Manji were two of the players who had called a preflop raise to see a four way flop and it was then checked all the way down to the river on a board reading {k-Hearts}{2-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

Allera checked and when Manji bet 22,000 she moved all in. They had very similar stack sizes and Manji thought long and hard about it. Allera promised to show if he folded as he was a good friend but after some more thought he made the call.

Allera had {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for a straight but the {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} gave Manji a rivered full house. He explained the reason he took the time he call was his worry about the bigger full house. No complaints from Allera who was left with less than one big blind and folded the next few hands.

Player Chips Progress
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Ayaz Manji
140,000
27,100
27,100
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Florence Allera
2,800
-49,700
-49,700

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Here's the Lo-Down

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

On a {9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} flop, [Removed:17] had bet 10,500 before Rono Lo moved all in for about 160,000. Yan tanked before eventually making the call with {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} and Lo showed {J-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for a double gutshot.

The {6-Spades} turn and {7-Hearts} river changed nothing and Yan was the recipient of a huge boost to his own stack.

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:17]
350,000
206,000
206,000
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Rono Lo
Busted

Akkari Misses Out on the Money

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

After being crippled when his queens were cracked, Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari found a spot to commit his stack just a few hands later.

The hand began with Mohsin Charania opening from the hijack and Mayu Roca three-betting to 15,500 from the cutoff. The Brazilian then moved all in for 17,700 from the big blind, both his opponents called, and the flop fell {10-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades}.

Both active players checked, and then Charania led out for 12,500 on the {6-Diamonds} turn. Roca folded and the cards were turned up.

Charania: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Akkari: {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

Charania was ahead with a pair of queens, bit Akkari was drawing to an open-ended straight draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the {4-Clubs}. Akkari missed and exits the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €10,600 Main Event short of the money.

Player Chips Progress
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Andre Akkari
Busted

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