Level: 13
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€49,000
Prize Pool
€3,201,660
Entries
66
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Vasily Klyukin, who paid €1.5 million to lock up a trip to space with celebrity Leonardo DiCaprio, has seen his tournament come to an end. Klyukin was all in against Anton Astapau's 
with the dominated 
. The board ran out 
, and Astapau made a diamond flush to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
As we arrived, all the chips were already in the middle. Jason Mo in the small blind had 
while big blind Tobias Reinkemeier showed 
.
The flop came 
and was good for Reinkemeier. The 
was good for Mo, and he got there with the 
on the river. The back door flush sent Reinkemeier packing. Mo just over 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
402,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Maybe JC Alvarado isn't the "50K specialist" that Justin Bonomo was referring to earlier, or maybe he just ran into a better 50K specialist in Mike Watson, who took down the World Series of Poker Europe €50,000 Majestic High Roller in 2012. Either way, Alvarado's been eliminated.
Alvarado three-bet jammed with over an open from Watson. Alvarado was short, and Watson called with the . The 
board gave Watson a full house and sent Alvarado to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,145,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
505,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
430,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
|
||
|
356,000
-324,000
|
-324,000 |
|
232,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Dzmitry Urbanovich limped under the gun for 12,000 and action folded to Mike McDonald in the small blind. McDonald completed and action was on Scott Seiver in the big blind. Seiver announced all in and Urbanovich instantly released his hand into the muck.
McDonald wasn't so quick to muck though. He asked how much Seiver was playing, just to get an idea of how much damage he could do, as he knew Seiver had more chips than he did.
McDonald ultimately called, and it was time to put the cards on their backs.
Mike McDonald:
Scott Seiver: 
What started out as a fair fight, wasn't so fair after the flop: 
.
McDonald still had a fighting chance, needing a nine to make his straight. The 
on the turn paired him but it wasn't the card he was looking for. Neither was the on the river and McDonald made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,095,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
940,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
750,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
720,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
550,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
||
|
415,000
-290,000
|
-290,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |
|
400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
365,000
-117,000
|
-117,000 |
|
300,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
250,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
180,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
130,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Martin Finger raised to 21,000 from middle position and Thomas Muehloecker on the button three-bet to 45,000. Pratuysh Buddiga in the small blind shoved all in and the big blind and Finger instantly called. The folds were quick and so was the call by Muehloecker.
Pratyush Buddiga: 
Thomas Muehloecker:
The board ran out 
and Buddiga was left with just 57,000.
Two hands later, Buddiga shoved all in from the cutoff. His neighbor Alexander Uskov on the button made the call and Schemion and Finger folded their blinds.
Alexander Uskov: 
Pratuysh Buddiga: 
The board ran out and Buddiga made his way to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
482,000
282,000
|
282,000 |
|
230,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 11
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Jason Koon was all in and dominated with the 
against the 
for Mike Watson. Things were over on the turn of the 
board, and Koon headed out the door.
Watson moved to 600,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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