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

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Kitai Releases Big Draw on Paired Board

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Davidi Kitai released a straight and flush draw in a hand versus Johnny Lodden for fear he was already drawing dead.

Around 22,000 had made it into the middle by the turn of an {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{a-Hearts} board. Both players were in mid position and Kitai check-raised Lodden's 10,800 bet up to 22,000. The Team PokerStars Pro responded by moving all in, putting Kitai to the test for his remaining 38,000.

"I have such a big draw! But I might already be dead." said Kitai.

"Jack-ten of hearts?" asked Lodden.

Kitai nodded and then open mucked {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} after 30 more seconds of thought. Lodden was kind and opened {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs} before raking in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Johnny Lodden
130,000
82,200
82,200
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Davidi Kitai
38,000
-50,800
-50,800
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax

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Schemion Grabs The Lead

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ole Schemion on Day 1
Ole Schemion on Day 1

Ole Schemion, winner of the Partouche Poker Tour, just managed to grab the chip lead. The 20-year old German, who's not even going to be able to play the WSOP this summer, had 17,000 out in front of him when Walid Bou Habib invested 30,800 from the small blind. Schemion decided to move all in and Habib made the call for around 100,000 chips.

Ole Schemion: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Walid Bou Habib: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Spades}{K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Habib was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
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Ole Schemion
270,000
105,000
105,000
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Walid Bou Habib
Busted

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Double Up For Greenwood

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Emin Aghayev just raised to 2,000 after which Max Greenwood moved all in for 22,100. The action was folded back to Aghayev who made the call.

Emin Aghayev: {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Max Greenwood: {A-Spades}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and Greenwood doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Max Greenwood
46,000
36,600
36,600

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Assorted Counts

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Igor Kurganov
160,000
5,000
5,000
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Barry Greenstein
105,000
-5,000
-5,000
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James Mitchell
97,000
16,000
16,000
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Alex Kravchenko
86,000
-4,000
-4,000
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Sergii Baranov
74,000
-3,600
-3,600
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Manuel Bevand
65,000
-15,000
-15,000
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Christophe De Meulder
47,000
1,000
1,000
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Mohsin Charania
36,000
-14,000
-14,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Andrew Chen
35,000
3,000
3,000
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Slade Fisher
33,000
9,000
9,000
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Timothy Adams
32,000
5,000
5,000

Alekberovas' Rivered Ace

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Anaras Alekberovas and Brendon Rubie were heads up on a board of {5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{a-Spades}, and roughly 15,000 lay in the middle Alekberovas fired out a bet of 17,000, and after a minute or so, Rubie called.

Alekberovas turned over {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades} for a rivered pair of aces, and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Anaras Alekberovas
160,000
88,200
88,200
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Brendon Rubie
45,000
-17,000
-17,000

Tags: Anaras AlekberovasBrendon Rubie

How Very Interesting

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Paul Volpe, Scott Palmer, Noah Schwartz and David Peters are sitting in a row on Table 22. These four top pros are eying each other's stacks every chance they get and we just saw a good example of that.

A player raised to 2,000, Volpe called and Palmer three-bet to 5,700. Schwartz put in a cold four-bet to 13,700 and that was enough to pick up the pot. We are keeping an eye out for this table as the day goes on as we expect fireworks from these guys.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Volpe
190,000
79,200
79,200
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Noah Schwartz
175,000
-29,600
-29,600
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Scott Palmer
25,000
-6,600
-6,600

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