Hand #86: Ole Schemion announced all in with over a raise in front of him. Everyone folded, some much needed chips to Schemion.
Hand #87: El Asmar made it 110,000 holding on the button. Johnny Lodden in the big blind found and he defended. The flop came and Lodden check-folded to El Asmar's small bet.
Hand #88: Fares made it 110,000 holding in the hijack. Schemion found on the button, but folded. Mateos in the big blind called with and the two saw a flop of , missing both and both checked.
The hit the turn and both players paired up. Mateos bet 160,000 and Fares made the call. The completed the board and Mateos bet 350,000. Fares called with the better hand, and Mateos shook his head while mucking.
Hand #89: Ole Schemion limped in from the cutoff holding . Mateos in the small blind found and announced all in. Both Garcia in the big blind and Schemion folded.
Hand #90: Action folded to Garcia and he moved all in from the small blind for 430,000 holding . Fares folded from the big blind.
Hand #91: Lodden in the hijack found and he made it 105,000 from the hijack. Mateos called from the cutoff with the . El Asmar in the big blind called with . The flop came and all three of them checked. The turn paired the board with the . El Asmar bet out 120,000 and Lodden called, Mateos folded. on the river and El Asmar checked. Lodden bet 285,000 into 610,000. El Asmar folded.
Hand #92: El Asmar opened to 115,000 with from the button, and Schemion three-bet with to 225,000. El Asmar called and both players saw a flop of . Schemion bet 80,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #84: Johnny Lodden got a walk in the big blind and showed .
Hand #85: Jose Carlos Garcia open-raised from under the gun and El Asmar three-bet from the cutoff to 215,000 with . Garcia let it go.
Hand #86: Mateos opened from the small blind to 800,000, which was enough to make the short-stacked Garcia fold in the big blind.
Hand #87: Lodden raised to 100,000 in the cutoff with and got a call from Fares with in the big blind. Fares check-called Lodden's continuation bet of 115,000 on a flop of Both players then saw the on the turn, which they both checked. The river card of the gave Fares a straight, and he bet out to 125,000. Lodden, holding only two-pair made the call and it was a case of yet more chips for Fares, as he moved over 7,000,000 chips.
Hand #85: Schemion bet 100,000 under the gun with {qcjc} and Lodden three-bet to 220,000 with from the hijack. Schemion let it go and the German is down to 700,000.
Hand #80: Fares folded under the gun. Lodden found and made it 100,000 from the button. Garcia in the big blind made the call with . The flop came , putting Lodden well in front. Garcia check-folded to Lodden's 105,000 continuation bet.
Hand #81: El Asmar made it 110,000 under the gun with . His neighbor Ole Schemion three-bet to 330,000 with . Fares in the big blind folded and action was back on El Asmar, he called. The flop came and El Asmar out flopped Schemion. El Asmar checked, and Schemion bet 340,000. El Asmar check-raised to 685,000 and Schemion folded.
Hand #82: Garcia opened on the button to 100,000 and he picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #83: Fares made it 110,000 from the button holding . El Asmar in the small blind made the call with , Schemion in the big blind over called with .
The flop came , giving Schemion top pair and Fares the flush draw. All three of them checked.
The hit the turn and El Asmar bet 115,000 with his gutshot. Schemion, now with two pair, raised it up to 390,000. Fares, with the gutshot and second nut flush draw, made the call. El Asmar got out of the way after some tanking.
With 1,255,000 in the middle, the hit the river, giving Fares the nuts. Schemion had 2.3 million left at this point, and bet 420,000. Fares raied it up to 1,400,000 and Schemion called after some tanking. The pot went to Fares and Schemion continued as one of the shortest stacks in the tournament.
Hand #75: Schemion raised to 170,000 from the hijack with , and Lodden three-bet from the cutoff with . It was folded back to Schemion, who let it go.
Hand #76: Garcia raised from the button with and Fares called from the small blind with . Fares checked a flop of and Garcia bet out 115,000. Fares called and the turn card was the . Both players checked. The river was the giving both players two-pair, Fares with a higher two-pair. Fares bet 350,000 and Garcia thought for a while, counting out the chips before calling. With this hand Fares moved up to around 4,700,000 in chips, increasing his lead whilst Garcia is now officially the short stack with 760,000.
Hand #77: Johnny Lodden raised to 100,000 under the gun with and Fares three-bet from the button with to 220,000. Action folded back to Lodden who mucked.
Hand #78: Action was folded to Schemion in the small blind who woke up with Aces; . He completed and Lodden checked his option with . The board was . Schemion reached for his chips and Lodden immediately mucked before Schemion had a chance to bet. "Show them," asked Schemion, and Lodden obliged, as Schemion also turned over his aces.
Hand #79: Lodden raised to 135,000 with from the small blind, and Mateos three-bet to 350,000 with from the big blind. Lodden asked how much Mateos was playing, and eventually folded.
Hand #70: With 37 minutes left in the level, the first hand of the last day of the Grand Final action was opened by Johnny Lodden raising from the hijack. El Asmar defended the big blind with and flopped best on . El Asmar checked and Lodden bet 140,000, El Asmar called. The fell on the turn and El Asmar checked. Lodden fired another bet, 340,000 this time. El Asmar folded his bottom pair.
Hand #71: Ole Schemion received a walk.
Hand #72: Adrian Mateos raised it up with under the gun, and everyone folded.
Hand #73: Fares found in the hijack and made it 105,000. Lodden folded ace-six in the small blind, Mateos made the call with from the big blind. Mateos checked on , and folded to Fares' 135,000 bet.
Hand #74: El Asmar made it 105,000 with and took down the blinds and antes.
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PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final 2015 Final Table
Just six players remain in the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event. All six of them have already locked up a score of €233,500 at this point, but they're all battling it out for the €1,082,000 first place prize.
Hady El Asmar from Lebanon leads the 6 players left, with 3,970,000 chips, Muhyedine Fares from Senegal is in second with just 15,000 chips les. WSOPE champion Adrian Mateos is still in contention to be the first ever Spanish EPT champion, German super star and EPT 10 Player of the Year Ole Schemion has 71 big blinds, and Jose Carlos Garcia is on his way to double his total live earnings in tournament poker. PokerStars Team Pro Johnny Lodden closed day 5 with 2,250,000 chips, giving him 45 big blinds to work with at the start of the final day.
Todays final will be cards-up, and "as live" from 2pm because of the one-hour security delay. PokerNews will supply you with spoiler-free coverage, working on the same one-hour delay as the live stream.
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Adrian Mateos
1,770,000
35
2
Jose Carlos Garcia
1,435,000
29
3
Muhyedine Fares
3,955,000
79
4
Hady El Asmar
3,970,000
79
5
Ole Schemion
3,530,000
71
6
Johnny Lodden
2,250,000
45
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Even though Adrian Mateos is still only 20 years old, he is already #2 in Spain's all-time money list.
Mateos won the 2013 WSOP Europe Main Event for exactly €1,000,000 and also took down the Estrellas Madrid Main Event earlier that year. The Spaniard was also outstanding at EPT Deauville, winning a record two turbo events on the very last day of the festival for over €67k combined.
Mateos usually travels with his friend and house-mate Sergio Aido – their house in West London must be absolutely crammed with trophies by now. Aido is the UKIPT London champion, UKIPT Galway High Roller winner and also has a WPT title to his name.
over a raise in front of him. Everyone folded, some much needed chips to Schemion.
on the button. Johnny Lodden in the big blind found 
and he defended. The flop came 
and Lodden check-folded to El Asmar's small bet.
in the hijack. Schemion found 
on the button, but folded. Mateos in the big blind called with 
and the two saw a flop of 
, missing both and both checked.
hit the turn and both players paired up. Mateos bet 160,000 and Fares made the call. The 
completed the board and Mateos bet 350,000. Fares called with the better hand, and Mateos shook his head while mucking. 
and announced all in. Both Garcia in the big blind and Schemion folded.
. Fares folded 
and he made it 105,000 from the hijack. Mateos called from the cutoff with the 
. El Asmar in the big blind called with 
. El Asmar bet out 120,000 and Lodden called, Mateos folded. 
on the river and El Asmar checked. Lodden bet 285,000 into 610,000. El Asmar folded.
from the button, and Schemion three-bet with 
. Schemion bet 80,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
from under the gun and El Asmar three-bet from the cutoff to 215,000 with 
and got a call from Fares with 
in the big blind. Fares check-called Lodden's continuation bet of 115,000 on a flop of 
Both players then saw the 
from the hijack. Schemion let it go and the German is down to 700,000.
. The board was 
and took down the blinds and antes.
