Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ole Schemion |
230,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Thomas Popov |
220,000
132,100
|
132,100 |
Frederik Pedersen |
210,000
101,200
|
101,200 |
Max Altergott |
165,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Ihar Soika |
145,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Randal Flowers |
130,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Roger Hairabedian |
120,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Rhys Jones |
112,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Eugene Katchalov |
100,000
4,400
|
4,400 |
Johnny Lodden |
100,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Andre Akkari |
88,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | 80,000 | |
Dan Heimiller |
80,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Sergio Aido |
75,000
12,800
|
12,800 |
Andrew Chen |
72,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Ivan Luca |
70,000
-21,300
|
-21,300 |
Luca Moschitta |
47,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Artem Litvinov |
43,000
-32,600
|
-32,600 |
Scott Davies |
38,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Scott Clements |
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Connor Drinan |
35,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
Simon Deadman |
35,000
-38,500
|
-38,500 |
Isaac Haxton |
33,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Mike McDonald |
25,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
Atanas Kavrakov | Busted |
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Jason Koon jammed for his last 16,600 in middle position, and fellow American Bryan Paris called from the button with . That was good enough to dominated Koon's , and a queen on the flop spelled the end for Koon, who wished Paris good luck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bryan Paris |
116,800
13,300
|
13,300 |
Jason Koon | Busted | |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jose Carlos Garcia |
300,000
117,200
|
117,200 |
Ludovic Geilich |
281,000
196,100
|
196,100 |
Juan Martin Pastor |
200,000
142,400
|
142,400 |
Mustapha Kanit |
175,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
||
Charlie Carrel |
172,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
152,000
62,800
|
62,800 |
|
||
Ami Barer |
150,000
107,400
|
107,400 |
Tom Hall |
140,000
69,300
|
69,300 |
Daniel Smith |
140,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Giuliano Bendinelli |
125,000
56,800
|
56,800 |
|
||
Jason Mercier |
120,000
13,200
|
13,200 |
Brian Roberts |
115,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Fabrice Soulier |
90,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Liviu Ignat |
85,000
69,100
|
69,100 |
Maria Ho |
85,000
61,400
|
61,400 |
Pierre Neuville |
82,000
49,900
|
49,900 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich |
75,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Jason Wheeler |
70,000
-7,600
|
-7,600 |
Mayu Roca |
70,000
-20,300
|
-20,300 |
David Peters |
60,000
-30,200
|
-30,200 |
Jack Salter | 55,000 | |
Vanessa Selbst |
51,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Heinz Kamutzki |
50,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
Ivan Demidov |
38,000
-28,500
|
-28,500 |
Martin Jacobson |
22,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Season 11 of the European Poker Tour is coming to an end this week, but the excitement is already building for Season 12, which was announced on Monday at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final.
"Right from the stunning EPT100 celebrations in Barcelona last August to the 11th EPT Grand Final here in Monaco, this has truly been a spectacular season, so we are understandably very excited about the forthcoming Season 12," EPT President Edgar Stuchly said. "In Europe-based events alone we will have awarded more than €100 million in prize money for the first time in the EPT's history, with more than 60,000 tournament entries."
Six stops have been announced for Season 12, with a seventh in March to be determined. The schedule will include Barcelona, Malta, Prague, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Dublin, and Monte Carlo. For those looking to mark their calendars of the dates of these stops, check out the following table.
Event | Date |
---|---|
EPT Barcelona | Aug. 19-30, 2015 |
EPT Malta | Oct. 21-31, 2015 |
EPT Prague | Dec. 6-16, 2015 |
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | Jan. 6-14, 2016 |
EPT Dublin | Feb. 10-20, 2016 |
EPT Grand Final | April 26-May 6, 2016 |
Since Season 1, Barcelona has been a staple on the tour and always provides a festival of massive proportions. With consistent record-breaking performances and a joint venture with the Estrellas Poker Tour, the "City of Counts" will be highly anticipated once again.
The biggest buzz surrounding the schedule announcement seems to be the tour's return to Dublin, the capital and largest city of Ireland. This destination was a stop on Season 4 of the tour and falls into the time period of when EPT Deauville was previously held — shortly following after the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. According to the press release from the EPT, "Dublin will be held jointly with the UK & Ireland Poker Tour at the historic Royal Dublin Society venue, just minutes away from the heart of Dublin City."
The other four stops — Malta, Prague, PCA, and Monte Carlo (for the Grand Final) — were all featured in Season 11. That's when Malta made its debut on the tour, and the location proved to be a big success with nearly 900 players in the €5,300 Main Event.
"We will continue to take EPT to new locations and new audiences, and are constantly reviewing our events to ensure the tour stays fresh and exciting," Stuchly added. "Our festivals are held in the very best destinations in Europe, and we're really looking forward to continuing to provide the best live poker experience worldwide in Season 12."
Vanessa Selbst was pondering a call in from Jean-Noel Thorel on a board of , but with Oliver Price behind her she elected to fold. Price made the call.
Price:
Thorel:
Price was way ahead of the Frenchman and there was no hope on the or the and Thorel was eliminated. Price meanwhile is sitting on just under 190,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Oliver Price |
190,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel | Busted |
We found Alexander Kuzmin wrapping up his headphones and pushing his chips into the middle for Alexandre Reard to add to his stack. Reard had on a king-high board, and we thought we saw two queens in front of Kuzmin before the dealer mucked them.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Reard
|
120,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Alexander Kuzmin | Busted |
Roger Hairabedian bet 10,000 on a board of , and Felix Stephensen made it 24,500. Hairabedian quickly called with but was shown bad news: Stephensen had for top two.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Felix Stephensen |
180,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Roger Hairabedian |
140,000
-13,800
|
-13,800 |
World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific champ Scott Davies tells us the story on how he bribed a cab drive to get to Day 2 of the EPT11 Grand Final and what it was like playing against WSOP Main Event champ Martin Jacobson on Day 1a.
A total of 564 players entered the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event, making for a prize pool of €5,640,000. The winner will walk away with €1,082,000, the eight players making the final table will all take home at least a 6-figure number (€230,700). Making the money locks you up €19,175.
Position | Prize |
---|---|
1 | €1,082,000 |
2 | €679,000 |
3 | €486,000 |
4 | €379,000 |
5 | €297,250 |
6 | €233,500 |
7 | €174,300 |
8 | €120,700 |
9 | €95,300 |
10 - 11 | €78,400 |
12 - 13 | €66,500 |
14 - 15 | €58,100 |
16 - 17 | €51,350 |
18 - 20 | €45,700 |
21 - 23 | €40,050 |
24 - 27 | €34,400 |
28 - 31 | €29,900 |
32 - 39 | €26,500 |
40 - 55 | €23,125 |
56 - 71 | €20,900 |
72 - 79 | €19,175 |
Before the last break, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised to 2,000 from early position. Kevin Dodelande made the call from the big blind, and the flop produced the . Dodelande led out for 2,000, and Mercier raised to 5,600. Dodelande called.
After the hit the board on fourth street, Dodelande opted to check. Mercier tossed out a bet of 8,600, and Dodelande called to see the river.
The completed the board, and with the pot at 33,800, Dodelande moved all in for 19,700. Mercier wasn't thrilled with his opponent's play and went into the tank. Following some hemming and hawing for a minute, Mercier made the call.
Dodelande shook his head and tabled the for a filed bluff, now playing the board. Mercier showed the winner with the and that was good enough to give him the pot. Dodelande was eliminated, and Mercier moved to over 100,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Mercier |
106,800
31,900
|
31,900 |
Kevin Dodelande
|
Busted |