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

Sands Busts a Shorty

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

When we arrived at the table, Sandiep Khosa was all in for his last few thousand holding {8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. David "Doc" Sands had him at risk with {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, and held as the board rolled out {9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}.

Sands chipped up to around 28,000, while Khosa hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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David Sands
28,000
14,500
14,500
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Sandiep Khosa
Busted

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Table of Death Downgraded to Table of Harm

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

JP Kelly and Vanessa Selbst were hanging out by the 5k turbo tournament rather than sat next to each other in the main room.

"My exit is boring," said Kelly. "But hers is interesting," nodding toward Selbst.

The Team PokerStars Pro elaborated, "I played like a nit all day before I four-bet with ace-king and a player decided to stick 50 big blinds in with queen-eight."

"I wish I'd had a better hand!" added a slightly more sarcastically toned Selbst.

She'll be back in our coverage for the high roller tournaents later in the festival.

Player Chips Progress
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JP Kelly
Busted
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Vanessa Selbst
Busted

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Kamel Check-Raises Ivey

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Tamer Kamel, who made the final table of the EPT London Main Event, limped in from the small blind, and Phil Ivey instantly raised to 1,200 out of the big blind. Kamel called, and the dealer fanned {8-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}.

Kamel checked, Ivey flicked out another 1,200, and Kamel called.

The turn was the {5-Hearts}, Kamel checked again, and Ivey tossed out 3,000. Kamel reached for chips, check-raising to 7,000, and the dealer announced, "Raise."

Ivey perked up.

"Raise," the dealer repeated.

Ivey removed his headphones.

"Raise," the dealer echoed a third and final time.

"Oh," Ivey blurted. "I know."

He put his headphones back on, thought for less than 20 seconds, then slid his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Tamer Kamel
57,000
7,000
7,000
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Phil Ivey
36,000
-10,000
-10,000
Poker Hall of Famer

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Hansen Hung By Liu

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Gus Hansen and Xuan Liu
Gus Hansen and Xuan Liu

Gus Hansen never recovered from his precarious position and busted to Xuan Liu.

He moved all in from the cut-off with {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Liu caled with ace-deuce. Neither player improved on the board.

"That was a quick one!" said Hansen.

"Yeah, and I'm next!" commented Viktor Blom.

Player Chips Progress
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Gus Hansen
Busted
Full Tilt

Tags: Gus HansenViktor BlomXuan Liu

Some More Chip Counts

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
90,000
-47,000
-47,000
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Galen Hall
70,000
30,000
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
69,000
6,000
6,000
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Tamer Kamel
57,000
42,800
42,800
Profile photo of Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
55,000
15,000
15,000
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Timothy Adams
52,000
19,000
19,000
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Marc-Andre Ladouceur
51,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
50,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
47,000
17,000
17,000
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Phil Ivey
46,000
-21,000
-21,000
Poker Hall of Famer
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Andrew Teng
46,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
43,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Chris Moore us
Chris Moore
41,000
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
40,000
-9,000
-9,000
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Adam Levy
36,000
4,000
4,000
StakeKings
Profile photo of Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
32,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
31,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
26,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
23,000
-9,000
-9,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
14,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Paul Vas Nunes gb
Paul Vas Nunes
11,200
-18,800
-18,800
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
11,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of David Boyciyan
David Boyciyan
10,100
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
7,500
-19,500
-19,500

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Short in Scandi Corner

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Viktor Blom and Gus Hansen
Viktor Blom and Gus Hansen

Viktor Blok and Gus Hansen both have very short stacks and are bound to double or bust anytime soon.

Blom is taking the patient approach whereas Hansen is playing as many pots as he can. This tactic saw him hover between seven and ten thousand over the course of two orbits before he dropped down to 2,150 after a clash with Ziv Bachar.

Bachar opened from early position and Hansen defended his big blind to see a {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{8-Spades} flop appear. Hansen led for 750 and Bachar called to the {2-Diamonds} turn where Hansen checked to him. The Dane got tricky and raised to 2,175 and was called.

On the {10-Diamonds} river Hansen checked and tank-called a 2,000 bet. Bachar opened {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts} and Hansen mucked saying, "Yeah, that was a bad card that ten!"

Most of the table laughed but it's not funny having a liitle more than 2,000 chips in front of you.

Player Chips Progress
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Ziv Bachar
72,000
72,000
72,000
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Viktor Blom
3,900
-6,100
-6,100
Full Tilt
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Gus Hansen
2,150
2,150
2,150
Full Tilt

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