The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
€1,224,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€5,310,000
Entries
531
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
83,500
83,500
83,500
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
70,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
55,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
44,000
14,000
14,000
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Leo Fernandez
40,000
10,000
10,000
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Jan Collado
37,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
35,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
33,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
31,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
30,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
27,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
24,500
8,500
8,500
EPT 1X Winner
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Annette Obrestad
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
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David Sands
16,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Vicky Coren
Vicky Coren
15,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
10,000
10,000
10,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Team Pros at the TV Table

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Luca Pagano
Luca Pagano

Luca Pagano and Daniel Negreanu are up on the fabulous looking TV set and table being filmed for EPT shows that'll be screened globally, and on PokerStars.tv, later this year.

Our access is limited but the kind TV crew have informed us of the differening fortunes on the two Team PokerStars Pros.

Negreanu is enjoying his time in front of the cameras and has ammased a stack of 53,925. Pagano is by no means struggling yet but has the lower stack of 17,275.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
53,925
23,725
23,725
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Luca Pagano
17,275
-6,725
-6,725

Tags: Daniel NegreanuLuca Pagano

Charania Down, Breaking Order Retained

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Season 8 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European PokerStars Grand Final Main Event winner Mohsin Charania is in the field today, despite staying up late to watch his hometown Chicago Bulls defeat the Miami Heat last night.

Charania has stumbled out of he gate unfortunately, and just lost another pot when he bricked both straight and flush draws. Charania fired out 4,800 on a board of {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}, only to be called by Elie El Feghali. Charania showed {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a swing and a miss, which Feghali had beat with {k-Clubs}{4-Hearts} for a pair of fours.

There was then a conversation after the hand between David "Doc" Sands and tournament directory Toby Stone.

Earlier, the players at said table requested that the table should break out of order because several late registrants who stood in line with one another were seated together. Stone and the PokerStars staff investigated the issue, and found that the players at the table all registered at various times, with several other players registering in between.

Stone informed the players that the breaking order would not change.

"We were told something different," Sands objected.

"We didn't make that announcement," Teresa Nousiainen, another tournament director, added. "It was the players who said this table would break earlier."

Minutes later, Nousiainen reiterated the point, announcing over the PA system that the breaking order would remain unchanged.

Player Chips Progress
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Mohsin Charania
16,000
-14,000
-14,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dave SandsMohsin Charania

PokerNews Bad Luck For Juanda?

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

That's what John Juanda was jokily implying when he lost a pot to Alex Roumeliotis. His tune changed the very next hand when he won a nice pot back off the very same Swede.

In the first hand, Juanda three-bet from the button after Roumeliotis opened from the cut-off. Roumeliotis called to see the {4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Spades} flop where he check-called a 2,050 c-bet from Juanda. Both players checked the {j-Hearts} turn before Roumeliotis took the pot down with a bet on the {9-Diamonds} river.

On to the next hand where both our heros, and one other, called an early position raise to 525 before Talal Shakerchi squeezed it up to 2,650 from the button. Only our two heros called to see the {5-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} flop. Shakerchi continued for 4,600 and was check-called by Roumeliotis before Junada check-raised all in for 24,200. Both opponents begrudgingly folded.

Player Chips Progress
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John Juanda
33,000
3,000
3,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
25,000
-1,800
-1,800
Profile photo of Alex Roumeliotis
Alex Roumeliotis
23,000
-17,000
-17,000

Tags: Alexander RoumeliotisJohn JuandaTalal Shakerchi

Great Stack For Greenwood

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

We just caught the end of a hand that must've been quite interesting as Max Greenwood check-called with a set. The board read {3-Spades}{J-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} when Greenwood's opponent threw 7,000 into a 14,000-chip pot. The Canadian WSOP bracelet winner called and tabled {6-Spades}{6-Clubs} immediately and that was a whole lot stronger than his opponent's {A-Spades}{3-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Max Greenwood
86,000
56,000
56,000

Tags: Max Greenwood

Top Two For De Meulder

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Christophe De Meulder just managed to take down a nice pot which put him at a very comfortable 40,000-chip stack. We picked up the action from the flop when the board read {9-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. De Meulder's opponent, Adrian Aston, check-called 725.

On the turn the {A-Diamonds} hit and this time Aston check-called 1,600. The river brought the {7-Hearts} and Aston checked again. De Meulder grabbed some chips and fired out 4,200. Aston played around with his cards for a solide minute but eventually he tossed in the required chips to make the call.

De Meulder tabled {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts} for top two pair and that was stronger than Aston's cards who disappeared into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Christophe De Meulder
40,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Christophe de Meulder

Sweet Start For Alvarado

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

JC Alvarado, runner up finisher in last year's EPT Barcelona €50,000 High Roller, has had an amazing start of the day so far. The Mexican pro just gave us a brief rundown of how he managed to triple his stack.

Alvarado three-bet with queen-seven suited and was four-bet by the big blind. With 1,200 invested Alvarado called 2,000 more to see a flop in position. The flop brought {Q-}{7-}{K-} and after a raising war Alvarado got his opponent all in with {K-}{10-}.

Later on Alvarado busted another player when he held {K-}{K-} versus {J-}{J-}. The majority of the chips went in on the flop and Alvarado's hand held up.

Player Chips Progress
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JC Alvarado
100,000
70,000
70,000

Tags: JC Alvarado

Ivey Play and Blom's Arrival

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Viktor Blom is in the house and he's been sat at a very juicy table with Annette Obrestad and David Williams to his direct right and Xuan Liu to his left. Let the fireworks begin!

As Blom sat down at the table someone pointed out that he started with 300 chips less because of his late entry.

"Don't worry, Annette is going to give it to me on the first hand," Blom jokingly said as he took his seat to Obrestad's immediate right. Dutch player Clyde Tjauw Foe is seated to Blom's left followed by Philippe Ktorza and Liu.

"I'm not going to just give it to you," Obrestad laughed as the two started discussing some hands they played in past events. The atmosphere at the table is light hearted but we're pretty sure Blom is going to turn this table upside down in a matter of hands.

Tamer Kamel has made himself comfortable on the EPT after his final table appearance in London. He went on to cash in Berlin and is in today's field. He was probably happy with his table draw until Phil Ivey sat down to his left. Kamel just felt a little bit of Ivey's force too.

The action folded to Kamel in the small blind and he completed and called when Ivey raised to 600. The flop fell {5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and Kamel check-called an 800 bet to see the {5-Hearts} turn. Ivey made him believe, and check-fold, when he fired 1,800 into the middle.

Player Chips Progress
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Viktor Blom
30,000
30,000
30,000
Full Tilt
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
25,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Annette ObrestadDavid WilliamsPhil IveyTamer KamelViktor BlomXuan Liu

Tough Table For Kurganov

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

After spotting a series of German players we also just noticed Igor Kurganov join the fun. Kurganov sat down at a tough table with Team PokerStars Pro Dario Minieri to his immediate left. Andrew Chen, David Peters and Andrew Teng are also among last year's €25,000 High Roller winner here in Monte Carlo.

Player Chips Progress
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Igor Kurganov
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
30,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Andrew ChenAndrew TengDario MinieriDavid PetersIgor Kurganov