2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

€100,000 Super High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€2,015,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€98,000
Prize Pool
€6,888,420
Entries
71
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

Break

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Twenty-minute break for the final 10 players. The 1,000 chips leave the tournament room, the 5,000's will be the lowest denomination chips in use.

Seidel Doubles Holz on the Bubble

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Erik Seidel opened under the gun for 65,000 and Fedor Holz in the big blind was the sole caller.

The flop came {4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Holz check called a bet of 75,000.

Both players checked the {9-Diamonds} on the turn.

The {K-Spades} hit the river and Holz checked for the third time in a row. Seidel bet 135,000 and Holz took about a minute before announcing all in. Seidel sighed, tanked for a bit, and called.

Holz showed {9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. "Two pair?" Seidel asked, ready to muck his cards. The floor made Seidel turn over his cards, showing {K-Hearts}{3-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Erik Seidel
2,284,000
-816,000
-816,000
Poker Hall of Famer
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Fedor Holz
1,556,000
756,000
756,000

Tags: Fedor HolzErik Seidel

Sammartino Punishing the Bubble

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Dario Sammartino has plenty of chips, and he's using them to accumulate even more by punishing his opponents on the bubble.

Sammartino was raising almost every hand, but eventually Fedor Holz took the initiative and opened for 75,000 from under the gun. That didn't discourage Sammartino though as he simply moved all in from the big blind. It did the trick as Holz released his hand.

Tags: Dario SammartinoFedor Holz

Sammartino: "I Don't Slow-Roll, Ever!"

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

During the short break, when the final two tables were balanced to an even five players per table, Dario Sammartino got up and walked around a little. He told us he wasn't slow-rolling Ole Schemion in that huge pot, and in fact he would never slow-roll someone.

He thought Schemion would never play aces or kings like that (bet, bet, shove), making it hard for him to call with his jacks, he added.

Tags: Dario SammartinoOle Schemion

Down to 10, Down to the Bubble

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

With just ten players remaining, the tournament is one player away from the money. Fedor Holz has moved from the feature table to the outer table, so both tables now have five players. Hand for hand play is in progress at the moment. Number 10 gets zero euro's, number nine get's €199,620.

Remko Report Episode #11: High-Stakes Heads-Up with Dong Kim

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Dong Kim
Dong Kim

On Episode 11 of the Remko Report, Dong 'donger kim' Kim joined Remko Rinkema in Seoul, South Korea, to talk about the local culture, competing against the best heads-up players in the world, and much more.

You can subscribe to the entire iBus Media Network on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed here. The PokerNews family of podcasts is now available on Stitcher.

Tags: Dong KimRemko ReportRemko Rinkema

Quan Zhou Eliminated in 11th Place

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Quan Zhou
Quan Zhou

Action folded to Quan Zhou in the small blind and he moved in for his last 282,000. Big blind (and big stack) Erik Seidel made the call.

Erik Seidel: {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Quan Zhou: {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

The flop was about as good as they could come for Zhou with {5-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}. Seidel now needed runner runner something.

He would get exactly that. The {K-Diamonds} on the turn opened a can of outs for Seidel, and the {10-Diamonds} on the river was one of them.

"Wow!" exclaimed Zhou, getting up and shaking hands with Seidel not much later.

Player Chips Progress
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Erik Seidel
3,100,000
80,000
80,000
Poker Hall of Famer
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Quan Zhou
Busted

Tags: Erik SeidelQuan Zhou

Level: 16

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000