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

Deadman Falls to Bullets

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Simon Deadman
Simon Deadman

Nicholas Petrangelo opened to 16,000 preflop before Mark Teltscher made it 43,000 on the button. The small blind cold-called but Simon Deadman moved all in for 178,000.

Petrangelo quickly folded but Teltscher took a minute before making the call, the small blind quickly folded.

Deadman: {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}
Teltscher: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}

The board came {5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and Teltscher won a big pot to eliminate his compatriot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
400,000
192,000
192,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
Busted

Ivey’s Executioner Falls

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Marcello Marigliano
Marcello Marigliano

Sebastian Von Toperczer faced off against Marcello Marigliano on a flop of {3-Hearts}{9-Spades}{j-Hearts}. Marigliano check-called a bet from Von Toperczer and they went to the turn card {2-Clubs}. Marigliano moved all in and, after a brief think, Von Toperczer made the call.

Marigliano had the nut flush draw {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts} hand against the {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs} middle pair of Von Toperczer.

It was Marigliano who was at risk and the river {k-Spades} was no good for him.

The man who had eliminated Phil Ivey from the tournament was now out himself, but Marigliano was walking away with €21,800 for a 56th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
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Marcello Marigliano
Busted

Tags: Marcello Marigliano

EPT10 Grand Final: Kenny Hicks Bursts the Bubble

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With 96 players left and only 95 in the money, someone had to be the hero. Online regular Kenny 'Lonehixx' Hicks, who started the day below average has chipped up nicely and has done the remaining players a favor by knocking out the final unpaid player. He also discusses the remaining field- many of which are online friends who share a lot of history playing on PokerStars.

Tags: Jennifer RoblesKenny Hicks

Chip Counts (full)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Malte Moennig de
Malte Moennig
870,000
367,000
367,000
Profile photo of [Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
830,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Sebastian von Toperczer de
Sebastian von Toperczer
775,000
-88,000
-88,000
Profile photo of Matias Ruzzi ar
Matias Ruzzi
740,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Ivan Soshnikov ru
Ivan Soshnikov
650,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Mayu Roca co
Mayu Roca
630,000
47,000
47,000
Profile photo of Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
630,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Petrangelo us
Nicholas Petrangelo
630,000
180,000
180,000
Profile photo of Chady Merhej lb
Chady Merhej
620,000
620,000
620,000
Profile photo of Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
615,000
-26,000
-26,000
Profile photo of Idris Ambraisse fr
Idris Ambraisse
570,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Narendra Banwari us
Narendra Banwari
531,000
171,000
171,000
Profile photo of Magnus Karlsson se
Magnus Karlsson
530,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Steven Silverman us
Steven Silverman
513,000
144,000
144,000
Profile photo of Martins Seilis lv
Martins Seilis
500,000
Profile photo of Fabiano Kovalski br
Fabiano Kovalski
495,000
209,000
209,000
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
490,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Conor Shelly us
Conor Shelly
475,000
-23,000
-23,000
Profile photo of Hendrik Latz de
Hendrik Latz
470,000
-60,000
-60,000
Profile photo of Eros Nastasi it
Eros Nastasi
450,000
210,000
210,000
Profile photo of Adrian Naya
Adrian Naya
440,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Maximos Pertsinidis gr
Maximos Pertsinidis
440,000
204,000
204,000
Profile photo of Grzegorz Wyraz pl
Grzegorz Wyraz
438,000
148,000
148,000
Profile photo of Miroslav Alilovic fr
Miroslav Alilovic
410,000
159,200
159,200
Profile photo of Kenny Hicks us
Kenny Hicks
400,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Three Leftover Level 18 Eliminations

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
JC Alvarado
JC Alvarado

Just before the last minute ticked off the clock in Level 18, three more players hit the rail in Carlos Mejia and JC Alvarado.

In regards to the former, he moved all in from the small blind for roughly 40,000 holding the {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds} and Conor Shelly defended the big blind with the {a-Spades}{3-Clubs}. The {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} flop paired Shelly, which meant Mejia's best chance of winning was a ten for Broadway. The {7-Spades} turn wasn't it, and neither was the {6-Spades} river. With that, Mejia exited the tournament.

As for Alvarado, a preflop raising war saw him get his stack of 235,000 all in as a dominant favorite against Idris Ambraisse.

Alvarado: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Ambraisse: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}

Unfortunately for Alvarado, he'd get extremely unlucky as the board ran out {2-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}.

Meanwhile, Marc Daubach was eliminated by Dani Stern at another table in unknown action.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Carlos Mejia us
Carlos Mejia
Busted
Profile photo of JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
Busted

Tags: Conor ShellyJC AlvaradoCarlos MejiaMarc DaubachIdris Ambraisse

Karakousis Leads €5,000 Tournament

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

In EPT side event news, a €5,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament began yesterday with 187 players, but now just 16 remain in contention for the €200,900 first-place prize. The current chip leader in that tournament is Georgios Karakousis, who you may recall was runner-up at EPT London in October for £349,200. Also still in the running is Canadian World Series of Poker bracelet winner Max Greenwood with 357,000; Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Dermot Blain with 310,000; and Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree and French singer and actor Patrick Bruel.

Here's a look at the final 16:

RankPlayerCountryChips
1Georgios KarakousisGreece538,000
2Max GreenwoodCanada357,000
3Dermot Blain*Ireland310,000
4David VamplewUnited Kingdom235,000
5Carlos ChadhaCanada210,000
6Mike McDonaldCanada195,000
7Artem LitvinovRussian Federation155,500
8Patrick BruelFrance142,000
9Alexander ShelukhinRussian Federation117,500
10Liv Boeree**United Kingdom114,000
11Ariel AddaUnited Kingdom92,500
12Oleh OkhotskyiUkraine87,500
13Thomas MuhlockerAustria81,000
14Yves BoschettiSwitzerland80,000
15Alexander DovzhenkoRussian Federation65,000
16Aslan DaurovRussian Federation48,000

*Denotes Full Tilt Poker Ambassador
**Denotes Team PokerStars Pro

Maimone Nearly Out

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Just before the break there was an All in and a call on another table as the {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs} of Mark Teltscher faced off against the {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} of Nick Maimone. Another player said they had folded an nine so it was looking grim for Teltscher who was the player at risk.

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and with all the nines accounted for it was Telscher who doubled and Maimone who was left with under one big blind to come back to after the break.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
197,000
22,000
22,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
12,000
-178,000
-178,000

Tags: Mark TeltscherNick Maimone