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Adrien Allain: First within the counts, and never only by alphabetical order
It's all getting pretty serious within the €5,300 main event of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT12 Grand Final. After five gruelling levels today, where action veered from tense and slow to tense and manic, there are just 28 players left of the starting 1,098 and the large money is inching ever nearer.
Although everyone left is now guaranteed a minimum of €22,740, tomorrow's scrap for the overall table, where prizes start at €91,860, is generally brutal. Especially if today was anything to head by.
Tonight's leader is Adrien Allain, whose bag bulges under the burden of 3.9 million chips. But behind him only by a neck is Joao Vieira, who signed for 2.7 million.
Allain's day was stuffed with a succession of short-stacks falling at his hands, before he also knocked out yesterday's leader Marcin Chmielewski late on.
Vieira's, at the other hand, was defined by a ding-dong battle with Vanessa Selbst, the Team PokerStars Pro sitting to his direct left. Vieira ended up winning that one, particularly after he flopped a set, rivered an entire house and let Selbst do the betting with King-high.
Joao Vieira's profit is Vanessa Selbst's misery
Selbst continues to be in. She doubled up after that hand and finished the day with 389,000. It's small by her standards, but gives her a chance.
That's greater than will also be said for Fatima Moreira de Melo, who had a kind of days, to complete 44th. And it was also the top of the road for Randy "nanonoko" Lew, who heads back to the net tables after a 30th place finish.
You should head over to the payouts page to look the whole list of prizewinners to date, then visit the chip-count page to peer precisely how the rest 28 stack up.
Scroll down through this page to look exactly how this blood and thunder day progressed. It isn't for the faint-hearted.
The €25,000 high roller plays on into the small hours. The primary event resumes for what's going to be an overly long day from noon tomorrow. Take a look at tomorrow's seat draw.
Goodnight all from this side of PokerStars Blog.
Full coverage from Day 4 of the €5,300 EPT Grand Final main event:
9:05pm: Chauskin left short after three-way all-in but doubles twiceLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)
Natan Chauskin was living life at the edge on the day's play came to an in depth. He was considering a three-way all-in, won a small side pot after which doubled twice within the next two hands.
He moved all-in for 307,000 from under the gun and Jan Bengelmann moved all-in for 265,000 from the cutoff. Enver Abduraimov was within the small blind and made the decision to position both his opponent's at risk.
Chauskin: 9♥9♣Bengelmann: K♠K♦Abduraimov: A♣K♠
The board ran 4♥5♠3♣8♣J♥. Abduraimov turned the sector but missed at the river.
Chauskin was left with 81,000 and Dario Sammartino set him in for them once the action folded to him within the small blind. He 5♣5♥ and Chauskin called after finding pocket nines again. The board ran Q♥6♥Q♥J♠7♦ to look the nines hold.
Chauskin wasn't finished and three-bet all-in for 180,000 with T♠9♠ the very next hand after an open by Kiryl Radzivonau. Radzivonau called with 7♥7♣ but couldn't hold at the J♠K♦K♥Q♣9♦ board. -- MC
9pm: The pains and tribulations of the short-stackedLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante: 3,000)
Over at Vanessa Selbst's table she's currently engaged in some table talk with Pierre Calamusa about grinding a brief stack, something both have needed to do a bit here within the latter a part of Day 4.
As noted below, Kyle Frey could also be in that individual situation sitting across from them, and at present he fired his last 130,000 forward from middle position. Joao Vieira, meanwhile, has none of these short-stacked problems, and he plucked a couple of off the highest of his big stack and simply called the rush from the large blind.
Vieira had A♥7♥ and Frey A♣3♣, and Selbst opined she felt a chop coming. The flop came 8♦Q♠Q♣ -- "looks pretty choppy," she added -- and after the 2♣ turn and 9♥, the pair did indeed split the pot.
Frey endures with 150,000, while Vieira sits comfortably with 2.64 million with 20 minutes left for the day at the tourney clock. --MH
8:55pm: Confirmation of Randy Lew's eliminationLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante: 3,000)
There was a double-knockout over at the feature table just now, something about to seem on EPT Live shortly. You'll catch full details of the hand there when it comes, but here's the skinny.
A three-way all-in involving Team PokerStars Pro member Randy "nanonoko" Lew who had pocket nines, Chris Dowling who had ace-queen, and Jan Bendik who happily had picked up pocket aces. The most productive hand held, and Lew is out in 30th and Dowling in 29th.
Bendik is prospering up there at the stage, moving up around 2.35 million after that hand. -MH
8:50pm: Rocci road runs outLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante: 3,000)
After folding the second-nuts not see you later ago, Andrea Rocci again found a second-best hand but went with it. And he's now out. His A♦9♠ looked pretty good at the turn, with the board reading 7♦T♠A♣9♥, but Adrien Allain had A♥T♥ and was only too happy to snaffle the last of Rocci's stack. The K♠ at the river was not certainly one of Rocci's outs. -- HS
8:45pm: Sperling back in action; Frey within the danger zoneLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante: 3,000)
Fabio Sperling is alive and kicking, doubling up with T♦T♥ against Kyle Frey's A♠K♥. They got it in pre-flop with pretty similar-sized stacks. After the board ran J♣4♣4♥J♥9♦ Frey needed to pay Sperling 434,000 and was left with 139,000 of his own. -- HS
8:35pm: Big handLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)
News reaching country huge hand at the feature table. Tune in to EPT Live to catch it.
8:30pm: AN EXCESSIVELY Rocci foldLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)
Andrea Rocci was annoyed at himself after he tanked at the river for therefore long that he called the clock on himself, then open-folded the second one nuts, only to determine he was wrong.
Adrien Allain raised to 52,000 from early position and was called in three spots en path to a Q♥4♥K♥ flop. The action checked to Rocci within the cutoff who bet 100,000 and he was only called by Oren Rosen within the next seat. The turn came because the 9♥ and Rocci check-called a 135,000 bet before he checked over the 6♣ river to stand a 325,000 bet. He instructed the dealer to name the clock on him but he open-folded the J♥ before it ran down. Rosen wasted little time in opening K♣J♦ to transport as much as 1.41 million. --MC
8:15pm: Soika succumbs to VieiraLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante: 3,000)
Ihar Soika open-jammed his last 260,000 or so from the button and got himself a customer in Joao Vieira from the massive blind.
Soika had J♠9♠, not probably the most favorable holding against Vieira's K♠J♦, however the 5♠2♠2♦ flop did keep the door open slightly for Soika by giving him a spade flush draw.
But the turn was the 6♦ and river the 8♣, and Soika goes out in 32nd place. Vieira, meanwhile, is back as much as 2.39 million. --MH
pm: Vieira tangles with SelbstLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante: 3,000)
Vanessa Selbst is back at the ropes after losing an enormous hand against Joao Vieira. The Portuguese pro is now bossing his table and appears like an attractive solid bet to move very, very deep here.
Vieira got things started with a raise to 54,000 from under the gun, but he was faced with a snappy three-bet, to 121,000, from the Team PokerStars Pro to his left. It folded back around to Vieira, who opted to name. That took them to a flop of T♣J♠3♣.
I'm going to flash forward here and inform you what Vieira had. He had flopped gin along with his T♦T♠. It should have been the type of situation you dream about: flopping a collection with a know tyro in your left.
Vieira checked, most definitely praying that Selbst would fall into his trap. But she didn't. A minimum of not yet. She checked behind.
That took them to the turn of A♥ and Vieira further baited the trap with another check. Selbst this time likely saw the ace as a card she could represent and bet 142,000. Vieira called.
The A♦ at the river made this tricky for either one of them. Vieira now had a boat, but it surely was not the nuts. He checked again. Selbst bet at it. She slid out 370,000 from a stack of about 530,000. Vieira opted simply to call.
Selbst turned over air. That was always in her range. (Specifically it was K♣4♣.) Vieira stacked 2.4 million while Selbst started licking her wounds.
Of course she didn't. She got her chips in at the next hand -- all 255,000 of them -- and Vieira looked her up again. This time Selbst's A♣J♦ stayed good against Vieira's A♥9♦ and he or she doubled beyond half 1,000,000 again. -- HS
8pm: Allez Allain; Chmielewski outLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante: 3,000)
Adrien Allain is the runaway chip leader now, running his stack as much as about 3.2 million and knocking out the overnight leader Marcin CTRL+V.
It started so innocuously, with Andrea Rocci opened to 54,000 from under the gun. CTRL+V called within the cutoff and both blinds took a flop too, with Allain within the small blind.
The board brought the 5♦Q♦6♦ and all four players checked. Then the 5♥ came at the turn and after three checks, CTRL+V bet 104,000. Allain was next to behave and he raised to 300,000. The opposite two players folded, leaving CTRL+V with a decision.
He took the aggressive line and shoved for 928,000 total, which then put Allain into the tank. He asked for a count a few times, but then said the magic word, "Call." It meant that CTRL+V needed to turn over his 7♦7♥ which had outs, but was behind Allain's J♦T♦.
The Q♣ came at the river to finish CTRL+V's tournament. Allain's stack, already the most important even before this pot, is now absolutely huge. -- HS
7:55pm: Chauskin flips to a double upLevel: 24 - Blinds: 12,000-24,000 (ante 3,000)
Natan Chauskin needed a double up and he got one. He was all the way down to his last 263,000 when he found a hand to make his move along with his. all-in was from second position and he found a willing customer within the big-stacked Mohamed Aissani at the button.
Chauskin: 7♠7♦Aissani: A♣J♣
Chauskin gave a running commentary to his friends because the hand played out. The board ran Q♣T♦5♥5♠2♦ and his friends at the rail celebrated when he broke the good news after the river have been dealt. Aissani dropped to around 900,000. --MC
| 24 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 3,000 |
7:46pm: Break's over
Play resumes with the plan remaining to play until the top of this level and prevent for the night.
7:16pm: Break time
Level 23 is over and this time they're taking a 30-minute break before returning for what's scheduled to be the last level of the day, although plans could change. Stay tuned. --MH
7:15pm: More for CelestinoLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
We mentioned how Jimmy Guerrero had slid within the counts this level. His neighbor to the left, Antoine Saout, has had a stronger time of it as late, and actually seems to be the chip leader with about 2.15 million at this time with 35 players left. --MH
7:11pm: More for CelestinoLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
Jimmy Guerrero began Level 23 because the chip leader, but he hasn't had the most efficient hour-and-a-half as he's now all the way down to about 460,000 and the lower third of the counts.
Just now he check-called a big gamble from Ariel Celestino at the turn for 84,000 with the board showing Q♣7♣6♣J♦, then tanked long enough for the clock to be called after checking and watching Celestino fire 193,000 at the river. Guerrero finally called with only a second to go, Celestino showed J♣9♣ for a flush, and Guerrero mucked.
As Guerrero has gone down, Celestino has risen within the counts and has about 1.54 million with the following break nearing. --MH
7:02pm: Frey doubles through SoikaLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
Kyle Frey doubled through Ihar Soika at present when Frey's pocket sixes held versus Soika's ace-jack on a ten-high board. Frey got back to around 450,000 while Soika slips to 175,000. --MH
7pm: Et Tu Loc TuLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
There's a very interesting texture to the remainder field here, with seasoned professionals--Vanessa Selbst, Joao Vieira, etc--rubbing shoulders with less familiar players, comparable to Loc Tu. He's a PokerStars qualifier from Canada with a comparatively meagre tournament record.
Tu just took a lovely tricky line in a pot against Vieira, that's doubly brave given the Portuguese player's reputation ($1.1 million in live winnings) and his stack (1.85 million).
Tu limped from under the gun, putting only 20,000 forward. Vieira, a few seats along, raised to 68,000 and everybody else put the verdict back with Tu. He called.
The flop came 8♥6♥Q♣ and Tu checked. Vieira bet 67,000 and now Tu awoke. He raised to 150,000.
Vieira seemed tempted to take it further, but eventually thought best of it. He folded. --HS
6:45pm: Calamusa doubles through SelbstLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
Vanessa Selbst got some chips back from Joao Vieira following that massive hand between them earlier, although today she sent a couple of to her other neighbor at the left when Pierre Calumusa doubled through her.
Calamusa was all-in and in peril for his last 173,000 with K♣K♠ versus Selbst's A♠8♥. A king at the flop and safe cards thereafter helped him back as much as about 360,000, while Selbst sits with 825,000. --MH
Ready to enroll in PokerStars? Click here to get an account.6:40pm: Lakhdari outLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
Benjamin Philipps raised to 40,000 at the button, then Omar Lakhdari reraised to 130,000 from the small blind. The action back on Philipps, he pushed all-in and Lakhdari called with the 530,000 or so he had total.
Lakhdari: J♥J♣Philipps: A♣7♥
The K♦A♦5♥ gave Philipps a couple of aces and the advantage, then following the 9♥ turn and 5♠ river Lakhdari was out in 36th. Philipps is now on 1.375 million. --MH
6:35pm: Nguyen winsLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
Thi Xoa Nguyen now has about 1.8 million, and that's good for the tournament chip lead. She just bullied Natan Chauskin out of a pot, leaving him with about 400,000, that's his lowest ebb for the day.
The two of them had got about 210,000 into the pot by the point they got to the turn. The board read: 9♦Q♣7♦ | 6♦.
Chauskin checked. Nguyen bet 104,000. After which Chauskin check-raised to 246,000. That put Nguyen within the tank and she or he went during the now well-practiced script. "Will you show if I fold?" etc., etc.
Chauskin didn't reply, and normally the individual laying down this speech folds on this spot. But not Nguyen. She shoved, covering Chauskin, and Chauskin immediately folded. -- HS
6:25pm: So long, Evangelos; right down to 36Level: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
Evangelos Terzoudis of Greece has lost the last of his stack to move out in 37th place. --MH
6:20pm: Daher done, Celestino collectsLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
They are right down to 37 now following the elimination of Albert Daher. The player from Lebanon was knocked out in a hand versus the Brazilian Ariel "Bahia" Celestino, one taking Celestino up over 1.15 million.
Daher got his last chips in on a 6♠6♦2♥T♦ flop holding A♦9♦ for a flush draw while Celestino called Daher's shove with T♥9♥ for tens and sixes. The river was the 8♣, and Daher's day is completed. --MH
6:15pm: Slow and fastLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
Two hands played out simultaneously on neighbouring tables. One was a slow burn, that was ultimately unfulfilling. The opposite sped to a hasty climax.
The slow one featured Jan Bendik and Asan Umarov, a couple of players representing the unheralded poker nations of Slovakia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Bendik opened his button, making it 45,000 to play and Umarov, one seat westward, raised to 127,000.
The big blind gave it up but Bendik called they usually saw a flop of Q♦5♣9♦. Umarov led. He bet 102,000 and Bendik called. The 5♠ came at the turn and Umarov checked. Bendik took over and bet 197,000.
Right about this time, the dealer from over the ground beckoned reporters to her table with a shout of "All-in and a decision". We skittered in that direction to look Chris Dowling all-in with 7♣7♠ against Jimmy Guerrero's A♥K♠. But they had to watch for the television cameras to arrive, so time to test back in with Bendik.
There was no use. Umarov was still within the tank. Back to look Dowling's fate. The dealer was given permission to deal the flop. It came 9♣T♦ and a wonderful 7♦ for Dowling. The 2♦ at the turn snuffed out any lingering runner-runner hopes for Guerro, and so the 6♥ at the river was irrelevant.
Smash-bang, and Dowling doubled to about 600,000.
Meanwhile back at that first table, Bendik called the clock on Umarov and Umarov duly folded. -- HS
6:10pm: Vieira vaults in frontLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
On the heels of his knockout of Koichi Nozaki in 40th, Joao Vieira soon got excited by another big pot, this one versus Vanessa Selbst sitting on his left.
Picking up the action at the turn with about 225,000 already within the middle and the board showing an intriguing T♦K♥J♥, Vieira led for 133,000 and with some deliberation Selbst called. The turn brought the 4♣ and another bet from Vieira, this one for 237,000, and again after giving the problem close scrutiny Selbst called once more.
The river was the T♣, pairing the board, and after a short lived pause Vieira noted he was all-in. Selbst eyed her remaining stack of 535,000, then let her hand go.
Vieira vaults into the chip lead with that pot, having moved up over 2 million. --MH
6pm: Vieira ends back-to-back prospectsLevel: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
Koichi Nozaki's bid for back-to-back Grand Final main event final tables is over. He found himself at the wrong side of what Vanessa Selbst described as a "optimum runout" to bust by the hands of Joao Vieira.
There was about 300,000 within the pot and a board dealt all of the approach to the river: K♥6♠6♣9♦Q♠. Nozaki bet 126,000 and Vieira, one seat to his left, picked up a fistful of lime-coloured 25,000-denomination chips and bunged them over the line.
Nozaki paused momentarily, but then called for his tournament life, showing 6♦7♦. He needed to do a little bit a double take when Vieira tabled his J♠T♥ for the rivered straight.
Nozaki didn't take it badly. He tapped Vieira at the shoulder, stuck his tongue out for the camera, and grinned his approach to the payouts table. It might was nice to peer him record the back-to-back, but one suspects we'll see him again next year.
"That's what they call an optimum runout," Selbst whispered to Vieira as he began stacking up 1.4 million chips. --HS
5:50pm: Guerrero leading final 40Level: 23 - Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 3,000)
After a stretch lasting greater than half an hour last level that saw the players remaining number stay on 45, five players fell in the course of the final minutes of the level, with Andrei Boghean (43rd), Yousef Finianos (42nd), and Hani Bahna (41st) the last three to fall.
Meanwhile as we were just noting (see below), following his knockout of Markus Durnegger near the tip of the last level after flopping a suite of fives, Jimmy Guerrero is leading the counts with 1.5 million. Because it happens, he and Thi Xoa Nguyen (who knocked out Fatima Moreira de Melo) are a couple, and she's within the top five along with her stack of 1.28 million. --MH
5:40pm: Big stacksLevel 23 - Blinds 10,000/20,000 (ante 3,000)
As level 23 gets underway the highest five stacks are as below. A SNAPPY glance reveals that the highest five stacks are all French. Not all Frenchmen though, Thi Xoa Nguyen has flown up the chip counts to fifth place.
| Jimmy Guerrero | France | 1,500,000 |
| Benjamin Pollak | France | 1,450,000 |
| Mohamed Aissani | France | 1,450,000 |
| Adrien Allain | France | 1,369,000 |
| Thi Xoa Nguyen | France | 1,280,000 |
Of the 40 remaining players the next countries are represented:
France - 10USA - 5Belarus - 3Italy - 3Germany - 2Greece - 2UK - 2Brazil - 1Canada - 1Ireland - 1Israel -1Japan - 1Kazakhstan - 1Lebanon - 1Poland - 1Portugal - 1Russia - 1Slovakia - 1Sweden - 1Ukraine - 1
| 23 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
5:20pm: Break timeLevel: 22 - Blinds: 8,000-16,000 (ante: 2,000)
After that slow-paced level that saw just nine players eliminated, they're taking another 20-minute break. --MH
Ready to enroll in PokerStars? Click here to get an account.5:15pm: Winner for Nguyen means Fatima fallsLevel: 22 - Blinds: 8,000-16,000 (ante: 2,000)
Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo was eliminated after losing a preflop all-in versus Thi Xoa Nguyen.
Putting her last 270,000 or so at the line versus Nguyen following an 8♠5♠4♠ flop, de Melo had straight and flush draws with 7♥7♠. But Nguyen had already made a greater flush with K♠9♠, and following a runout of A♦ and 5♥ de Melo hit the rail.
Nguyen has about 1.25 million now with 43 players left. --MH
5:10pm: Folding with intentLevel: 22 - Blinds: 8,000-16,000 (ante: 2,000)
Ben Pollak just invited Oren Rosen to play the most important pot of the tournament so far, but though he seemed tempted, Rosen eventually passed up the chance.
Pollak opened to 35,000 from early position and Rosen raised to 83,000 from the button. It folded in the course of the blinds back to Pollak and he said that he was all-in.
With a stack of 1.4 million, Pollak can't actually be knocked out by anyone at his table on the moment, so this was a choice for Rosen's tournament life. He had about 1.1 million at first of the hand.
Rosen asked for a count, although he knew he was covered. After very long time serious about it, somebody (possibly Pollak) called the clock. The tournament director came over, confirmed with the dealer that Rosen had had enough time to weigh up his options, after which gave him one minute more.
Barely 20 seconds more passed before Rosen flung his cards away in a way that said, "THAT IS something within the region of ace-queen, maybe ace-jack, perhaps a couple between sevens and tens, and that i think this would be ahead, although I'm also quite sure you're in a position to creating a move on this spot and also you could be creating a suspicious over-jam with a monster in a bid to psyche me out, but I WILL NOT be certain that and i have still got a large stack so I'll live to fight another day and discover a better spot."
Sometimes you simply get a sense whilst you watch someone fold, know what I mean? -- HS
5pm: Hero call doesn't work for DurneggerLevel 22 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
Omar Lakhdari limped from UTG, encouraging limps from Jimmy Guererro sitting to his left, Andjelko Andrejevic within the cutoff, and Pierre Calamusa within the small blind. Markus Durnegger then raised from the massive blind, and only Guerrero chose to name and spot with him a 5♦8♣K♠ flop.
Durnegger led for 70,000 at that, Guerrero raised to 175,000, and Durnegger called. Durnegger then check-called another bet of 150,000 from Guerrero following the 4♥ turn.
The river was the A♣. Durnegger checked again, and Guerrero immediately pushed all-in for greater than the 210,000 or so Durnegger had left. The Austrian went deep within the tank for several minutes, then after the clock was called on him he finally made a call, showing 8♠7♣. That was well behind Guerrero's 5♠5♣, and after greater than half an hour we've finally seen another elimination. --MH
4:50pm: Bengelmann doublesLevel: 22 - Blinds: 8,000-16,000 (ante: 2,000)
Still 45 frequently event, despite the fact that Kiryl Radzivonau just did his best to trim the sphere by one. He called Jan Bengelmann's open-shove (it was for precisely 326,000) but A♦K♥ stayed good against A♥Q♥ through a board of 4♦8♠J♣9♣5♥.
Despite the setback, Radzivonau still has about 1.2 million which represents a substantial increase at the 331,000 with which he started the day. --HS
4:45pm: Lakhdari likes his handLevel 22 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
Omar Lakhdari raised from UTG for 38,000 and it folded around to Markus Durnegger within the big blind who called.
Durnegger would then check-call both the flop and switch because the board came 6♣7♦2♠6♠, building a pot on the subject of 250,000, then check again to Lakhdari after the Q♥ river.
Lakhdari sat and fidgeted for several seconds, then tossed out a chance of 126,000. Durnegger studied the board, bet, and his opponent's line for roughly a half-minute, then decided to name. Lakhdari flipped over K♣6♦ for trips, and Durnegger mucked.
Afterwards Andjelko Andrejevic volunteered that he'd folded nine-six, and Jimmy Guerrero said "You thought he was bluffing, yea?" The table laughed in response, suggesting that even without that knowledge it did appear to be a bluff have been an actual possibility.
In any event, Lakhdari was not and got paid, and now both and and Durnegger sit with with reference to an identical quantity of chips with 630,000. --MH
4:35pm: Stubborn Saout going nowhere with top pairLevel: 22 - Blinds: 8,000-16,000 (ante: 2,000)
Action has grown quite cagey often event, which might be in step with a money jump. But actually another five players must be eliminated before the €16,830 payout becomes €19,760, so this would just be a collective card-dead epidemic. There are 45 left and the money doesn't increase until the last 39.
Ariel Celestino is now right down to about 490,000 chips after losing a pot to Antoine Saout. Celestino opened to 35,000 from the button and Saout defended his big blind with a choice. They saw the 8♦J♠7♣ at the flop.
Saout check-called Celestino's bet of 36,000. And he check-called a follow up of 75,000 at the 3♥ turn. After the 3♣ came at the river and Saout checked again, Celestino clearly decided he wasn't going to do any further of his opponent's betting for him, and checked behind.
Saout opened K♣J♦ and Celestino sigh-mucked. -- HS
4:20pm: Two Dutch players sitting beside each other and one now has twice as many chips as beforeLevel: 22 - Blinds: 8,000-16,000 (ante: 2,000)
There were two Dutch players sitting beside each other and so they played a pot wherein certainly one of them ended up with about twice as many chips as before. But I SIMPLY CAN'T call to mind a catchy headline. Any ideas?
Anyhow, those two were Govert Metaal and Fatima Moreira de Melo and the previous open-shoved from the button. The latter called from the small blind. Metaal had 3♦3♣. Moreira de Melo had 9♣9♠. The board brought no help for the under-pair and, with the smaller stack, Metaal is now out. (The shove was for roughly 130,000.)
Moreira de Melo had about 300,000 before that hand so now sits with about 250,000. -- HS
4:10pm: Guerrero gets valueLevel 22 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
While Pierre Tilamant was being eliminated elsewhere in 47th place, Omar Lakhdari and Jimmy Guerrero were locked in a hand that saw Lakhdari lead with an 80,000 bet -- only a third of the pot -- at the river with the board showing 8♥A♠T♥9♣T♠.
Guerrero riffled his chips while chewing the ever present straw in his mouth, eyes darting backward and forward between the board and Lakhdari as he did. Finally he began gathering chips, and pushed out a large raise to 294,000 -- a raffle representing most of what he had left.
Lakhdari called instantly, and Guerrero quickly turned over his Q♠J♦ for a queen-high straight. Lakhdari paid off what he owed, stacking 480,000 after the loss. Meanwhile Guerrero is up around 775,000 now. --MH
Ready to join PokerStars? Click here to get an account.4pm: TWPFAISLevel: 22 - Blinds: 8,000-16,000 (ante: 2,000)
Matthew Davenport had 180,000 chips on the recent break. Evangelos Terzoudis had about 1 million and Andjelko Andrejevic had about 450,000. But after an enormous pot inside the new level's first orbit, it is all change. Davenport is out, Terzoudis has about 650,000 and Andrejevic is pushing 1 million.
Terzoudis started it, raising to 35,000 from the hijack. Davenport shoved from the cutoff and Andrejevic reshoved from the button. Terzoudis called and it was a three-way pre-flop all-in situation, referred to as a TWPFAIS for short.
Terzoudis: A♠K♥Davenport: A♣J♣Andrejevic: Q♠Q♥
The board changed little or no. It ran 9♦T♦J♦9♠2♣ and the queens held. That every one but tripled Andrejevic, sent Davenport out and made Terzoudis with the queue to the toilet have been longer and that he hadn't managed to come back to his seat in time. -- HS
3:50pm: Big stacksLevel 22 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
We got full counts at the recent break and we will be able to let you know that Benjamin Pollak has taken the chip lead. The Frenchman finished fourth at EPT11 Deauville and appears set for an additional deep run in an EPT main event.
| Benjamin Pollak | France | 1,400,000 |
| Adrien Allain | France | 1,200,000 |
| Oren Rosen | Israel | 1,200,000 |
| Marcin Chmielewski | Poland | 1,200,000 |
| Kiryl Radzivonau | Belarus | 1,100,000 |
3:46pm: Rocci still with fighter's chanceLevel 22 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
Andrea Rocci got the remainder of his chips within the middle following a 6♣6♠4♣ flop and was within the great spot of getting 9♠9♥ versus Adrien Allain's 8♦8♣.
A nine at the turn made things even better for Rocci, ensuring the river didn't matter and enabling him to double to about 690,000. Allain meanwhile slips back to 860,000. --MH
3:45pm: Sammarino's kings crown Van HoekLevel 22 - Blinds 8,000/16,000 (ante 2,000)
On the primary hand back from the break, Erik Van Hoek looked down at K♠T♥ within the cutoff and decided to open-push his last 185,000. It folded to Dario Sammartino within the small blind, who examined the bet for a brief while, then called it, and after the massive blind stepped aside, Sammartino showed his K♥K♦.
The flop was Q♠6♣8♠ and the turn the 9♠, meaning Van Hoek wasn't quite dead yet. However the 6♥ river sealed it and he's out in 49th. --MH
| 22 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
3:25pm: Break time
With 49 left, they've reached the top of another level and are taking another 20-minute break. --MH
3:20pm: Choice for GustavsonLevel: 21 - Blinds: 6,000-12,000 (ante: 2,000)
Aaron Gustavson's bid for a second EPT title just enjoyed an enormous fillip as he doubled his stack to almost 900,000 and accounted for Ruediger Weber on the same time.
Weber opened from the hijack, making it 29,000 to play. Gustavson was within the big blind and he raised to 90,000. By this point it was only those two involved and Weber asked for the all-in triangle.
Gustavson didn't look ahead to a count. He simply moved his chips over the road and flipped over his A♦Q♠. Weber was racing together with his T♦T♣ and a made-for-TV run-out then followed.
The flop came K♥4♦J♦ and although the T♠ at the turn looked good for Weber, it was actually the worst card within the deck. Gustavson now had a straight. Although Weber now had outs to the whole house, he missed at the 9♦ river.
Gustavson now counted out his chips. He had 444 (thousand) which, in a prior poker era (about three years ago) would have had lots of people talking about taking a six-week sojourn to a self-improvement centre near Las Vegas. On this instance, Weber just counted out his own stack, learned that he had marginally not up to that, and slipped silently clear of the table.
Gustavson is now in command of his own destiny. -- HS
3:10pm: Gray, Soshnikov out; Aissani at the ascentLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Shortly after Jason Gray was knocked out at a neighboring table in 52nd place, there has been another all-in and speak to involving Ivan Soshnikov and Mahomed Aissani nearby.
The action came following a 8♣7♥T♠ flop, and led to Soshnikov begin all-in and in danger with Q♦8♦ (a couple of eights) versus Aissani's T♥9♥ (a flopped straight).
The turn was the 2♠ and river the J♣, and Soshnikov turned from the table, saying "Next time!" as he headed over to gather his winnings for finishing 51st.
Aissani is far as much as 1.18 million. --MH
3:05pm: Selbst on fireLevel: 21 - Blinds: 6,000-12,000 (ante: 2,000)
Vanessa Selbst has hit the million-chip mark, knocking out Alexios Zervos. The Greek player was a chip leader for a protracted period yesterday and came into today with 700,000. But with Selbst to his left, he did not have the most productive attract the house.
His final hand was pretty standard. He opened to 28,000 from the cutoff, Selbst raised to 62,000 from the button and everybody else left the verdict to Zervos. He shoved for approximately 300,000.
Selbst instantly called and flipped J♥J♣. Zervos had 6♠6♦. The board was no threat to the jacks: K♠8♥T♣2♣4♠.
Zervos departs but Selbst is into seven figures for the primary time this week, and this does not bode particularly well for the remainder of the sector. -- HS
3pm: Saout doubles through DaherLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Preflop action between Antoine Saout in middle position and Albert Daher within the big blind ended in Saout being all-in and in danger for 230,000 in spite of A♦J♣ and in decent shape edge-wise versus Daher's A♣T♠.
The board ran out 6♦8♦8♥A♠J♦, and Saout now has about 475,000, putting him prior to Daher at the leaderboard as he slips to 430,000. --MH
Ready to join PokerStars? Click here to get an account.2:55pm: ChopLevel: 21 - Blinds: 6,000-12,000 (ante: 2,000)
Fabio Sperling tried to knock out Ivan Soshnikov and located A♦K♦ in a bid to take action. But Soshnikov had A♠K♣ and...you know, sometimes you begin writing up a hand an wonder why you bother. -- HS
2:50pm: "He check-raised two people!"Level: 21 - Blinds: 6,000-12,000 (ante: 2,000)
Vanessa Selbst isn't usually prepared to go into reverse and not using a fight and she's spoiling for an enormous dust up on Table 3 this afternoon. She just got embroiled in a pot with both Loc Tu and Koichi Nozaki, but emerged with barely a scratch.
Selbst opened to 27,000 from UTG+1 and Tu called at the button. Nozaki called from the large blind and the happy trio saw three happy cards: Q♦2♠5♥.
Nozaki checked, but Selbst didn't. She bet 37,000. Tu seemed keen initially to appear her up, but folded eventually, which put the verdict on Nozaki. He didn't call either. He raised. It was 80,000.
Selbst took a short while to evaluate her options, but came out all guns blazing. She said she was all in for around 500,000.
Nozaki made the face of a person who didn't wish to fold, but eventually that is what he needed to do. As Selbst stacked up the chips, her neighbour told her what only she really knew. "YOU DID NOT HAVE a set," he said. Selbst defended by contrast accusation. "He check-raised two people," she said.
Who knows. -- HS
2:45pm: Kagawa out; Bechrakis doublesLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Shortly after Rintaro Kagawa busted in 54th place, Apostolos Bechrakis opened from middle position, then when challenged by Chris Dowling from the blinds the pair eventually got all of Bechrakis' 334,000 chips within the middle.
Bechrakis tabled K♥K♠ and had to avoid an ace versus Dowling's A♠K♠. A runout of 8♥T♠6♠J♥8♦ fulfilled that wish for Bechrakis, and now he has about 690,000 while Dowling is right down to 135,000. --MH
2:35pm: A double for TuLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
After only winning a small side pot in that three-way all-in situation with Ihar Soika and Koichi Nozaki a short time ago, Loc Tu watched Soika open from UTG to 27,000, then Andrei Boghean call from late position.
Tu looked down at 7♣7♥ within the big blind and decided to reraise all-in for his last 120,000 even, and after Soika folded, Boghean called, turning over K♣T♣.
The dealer burned a card and spread the 3 flop cards, with a king within the window causing Tu to slump noticeably in his chair, but right underneath the king was a seven, the flop coming 6♥7♣K♦, and Tu sat upright again. The T♦ turn meant his flopped set couldn't be beaten, making the river no matter.
Tu has about 250,000 now while Boghean has 760,000. --MH
2:30pm: More casualitiesLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Diego Zeiter went out in 58th a little while ago, just previous to Michel Abecassis' knockout in 57th (described below). Then Georges Hallak finally lost last of his short stack to complete 56th, and the Brazilian Thiago Nishijima fell thereafter in 55th. -- MH
2:23pm: Abecassis abecacan't. Lakhdari's dance continuesLevel: 21 - Blinds: 6,000-12,000 (ante: 2,000)
Omar Lakhdari opened to 26,000 from the cutoff and Michel Abecassis moved all in from the button. Matthew Davenport was within the small blind and he wanted a count of either one of his potential opponents' stacks. The dealer took care of Abecassis's counting, establishing that it was 255,000 and Davenport called.
Then Lakhdari counted his own chips, loudly and energetically, establishing that he had almost exactly the same amount as his all-in countryman. There really was only shrapnel between them. Lakhdari eventually tossed one chip over the road and made it pretty clear that he was in for his tournament too, turning over A♦K♠.
The other two hands were also revealed. Abecassis had 5♣5♠ but Davenport was ahead together with his Q♣Q♠. The dealer paused, as directed, to attend for the tv cameras to come back over and judge the players' fate, but Lakhdari wasn't having it. "Come on, come on," he insisted, frustrated that his tournament-defining agony needed to be prolonged for the sake of these in webcast land.
He soon saw good news, though. The flop came A♥K♥3♣, putting him ahead. After which 7♦ turn followed by the 6♠ river kept him ahead. He triples to about 780,000. Abecassis is out and Davenport has 350,000.
Omar comin'. --HS
2:20pm: pm: Soika survives, triples upLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
"Nobody busted. It's disgusting."
So commented the still-short-stacked Georges Hallak from a neighboring table following a three-way all-in round the corner that saw the 2 at-risk players both survive.
The hand started with Loc Tu opening from middle position, then Ihar Soika reraised all-in for his last 190,000 from the following seat. Koichi Nozaki called the three-bet, and when it folded back around to Tu he reshoved all-in excessive for almost 270,000 total and Nozaki called that as well.
Tu: Q♠Q♦Soika: J♣J♦Nozaki: A♥K♠
The flop came K♥T♣Q♣, pairing Nozaki, giving Tu a set, and providing an up-and-down straight draw for Soika. Relatively speaking, the 5♦ was a dud, drama-wise, however the A♠ river picked things back up again, enabling Soika to outlive with a large triple-up.
Soika has about 600,000 now, while Tu won the small side pot to maintain his seat with 125,000. Nozaki, meanwhile, has 855,000. --MH
2:12pm: Sperling busts RiihelaLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Fabio Sperling keeps chipping up. He just collected a couple of more after taking the last 232,000 from Samu Riihela.
Riihela was all-in with 7♦7♥ but Sperling had that pipped with 8♠8♣. The A♠9♦8♥ flop then gave Sperling a set, with the A♦ turn improving him to a whole house and making the K♦ river inconsequential.
Riihela is out, and with 58 players left Sperling now has about 1.1 million. --MH
2:10pm: Pollak making small fry of competitionLevel: 20 - Blinds: 6,000-12,000 (ante: 2,000)
Ben Pollak is at the absolute charge today and is probably going within the chip lead now. He has the most efficient a part of 1.5 million having accounted for the overall 150,000-ish of Diego Zeiter.
This went open, shove, call: Pollak with K♣K♠ and Zeiter with A♠7♥. The board didn't contain an ace and that was that. -- HS
2:08pm: Sperling busts RiihelaLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Fabio Sperling keeps chipping up. He just collected a couple of more after taking the last 232,000 from Samu Riihela.
Riihela was all-in with 7♦7♥ but Sperling had that pipped with 8♠8♣. The A♠9♦8♥ flop then gave Sperling a set, with the A♦ turn improving him to an entire house and making the K♦ river inconsequential.
Riihela is out, and with 58 players left Sperling now has about 1.1 million. --MH
2:01pm: Bicknell busts to NishijimaLevel 21 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (ante 2,000)
Soon after the beginning of the day's second level, Kristen Bicknell -- winner of the 2013 WSOP Ladies Event bracelet -- got all-in from the button along with her last 130,000 with K♥2♥ and was called from the large blind by Thiago Nishijima who had A♣7♥.
The A♦3♣T♦ flop gave top pair Nishijima, a WSOP bracelet holder himself (having won his in a $3K NLHE event last summer). The 8♠ turn then left Bicknell drawing dead, and he or she wished the table luck before leaving for the payout desk.
Nishijima has 565,000 now. --MH
| 21 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
1:45pm: Chip leadersLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
We'll be getting full chip counts at the break but these seem to be the largest stacks within the room right now
Marcin Chmielewski, 1,470,000Oriel Rosen, 1,176,000Natan Chauskin, 1,150,000Thiago Nishijima, 1,130,000Benjamin Pollak, 1,100,000Ariel Celestino, 1,037,000
1:38pm: Break timeLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
With Oleh Cherepianyi hitting the rail within the last hand of the extent in 61st, the remainder 60 players are actually taking their first break of the day. --MH
1:35pm: Nozaki continues his back-to-back bidLevel: 20 - Blinds: 5,000-10,000 (ante: 1,000)
All things considered, that first level has actually been relatively sedate. Fady Kamar became the 13th person eliminated over the 90 minutes (he went out in 62nd) and we now have definitely seen more opening-level carnage than that.
Plenty still to report, however, including the ongoing rise of Koichi Nozaki. The most recent non-believer was Kyle Frey, who paid Nozaki off within the following pot:
Frey opened from mid-position, making it 22,000 to play. Nozaki three-bet from the massive blind--he's nothing if not aggressive--and Frey paid to peer the A♠2♠9♥ flop. Nozaki had a stab. He bet 45,000 and Frey called.
They both checked the 4♦ turn, but then Nozaki found his tempo again at the 3♦ river. He bet 72,000. The remainder of the sphere drifted to its break, but Vanessa Selbst was among those to hang out and watch what happened next.
Frey had to see Nozaki's cards. He called and got his answer. Nozaki turned over A♣4♠, which was a winning two pair. -- HS
1:28pm: Bechrakis shoves, Selbst steps asideLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Apostolos Bechrakis opened from from the hijack seat, then Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst reraised to 48,000 from the following position. It folded back to Bechrakis who considered the placement for a while, checking his cards again as he thought it through.
Finally he announced he was all-in, and Selbst didn't need any time in any respect to grasp what her response can be to such an eventuality -- she folded.
With about 10 minutes to move until the day's first break, Selbst has about 745,000 while Bechrakis sits with 315,000. --MH
1:26pm: Lampagno leaves; title not in cards for CardynLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Two more knockouts to report -- Paolo Lampagno in 64th and Nicholas Cardyn in 63rd. --MH
1:16pm: Barbero bouncedLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Two-time Latin American Poker Tour champion Nacho Barbero's effort so as to add an EPT title to his poker résumé here in Monaco was cut short as he was just eliminated in 65th place throughout the day's first level. -- MH
1:15pm: Chip countsLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
We've just updated the chip count page and on the top it is very much as you were. Marcin Chmielewski, Roman Korenev and Natan Chauskin are still the highest three and they are also the one players to have amassed a chip stack of greater than 1,000,000. --NW
Ready to join PokerStars? Click here to get an account.1:04pm: Ace-king fails Jozonis; Celestino risingLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Shortly after opening after which folding to a three-bet within the previous hand, Tomas Jozonis opened again with a raise, but this time put all 170,000 or so of his chips forward. It folded to Ariel Celestino who called from the cutoff, then after a bit a tank Chris Dowling called in addition from the cutoff and the blinds got out.
The two players still with chips to bet chose to not throughout the three postflop streets, checking down the Q♦5♠5♥J♠3♦ board.
"One time for ace-king" said Jozonis as he stood and turned over his A♦K♠. But Celestino's 7♥7♣ was better than that, and higher besides than Dowling's A♥K♦.
Jozonis is out in 66th, Dowling has about 380,000 now, and Celestino is as much as 1.06 million. --MH
12:59pm: Etcheverry eliminatedLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Tomas Jozonis opened for 25,000 from middle position, then Apostolos Bechrakis three-bet to 175,000 from the following seat. It folded to Juan Etcheverry who pushed his last chips within the middle as a decision -- rather less than Bechrakis' reraise. The action got back to Jozonis and he folded, and the rest two players tabled their hands:
Bechrakis: A♦K♠Etcheverry: 7♦7♠
The sevens weren't so lucky for Etcheverry because the board came 2♦Q♣K♣8♥3♥ to present Bechrakis the simpler pair of kings. He's as much as 495,000 now, while Etcheverry hits the rail in 67th. -- MH
12:55pm: Nozaki yet againLevel: 20 - Blinds: 5,000-10,000 (ante: 1,000)
Koichi Nozaki loves Monaco. This time last year, he was the japanese tourist who gave the EPT Grand Final a crack, almost on a whim, and ended up finishing eighth in most cases event for €120,700. He's back this year and continues to be involved because the tournament enters its fourth day. What's more: he's just doubled up.
I have no idea how any of this played out, but by the point there has been a red triangle involved, the board showed 7♣J♠9♥2♠A♣ and it seemed as if Alexios Zervos have been the person to make the general aggressive move. I FEEL Nozaki check-called all-in at the river.
These two would was within the blinds pre-flop (Nozaki within the small; Zervos within the big) and so they showed down 9♣T♣ (Zervos) and J♦K♣ (Nozaki). Zervos was startled. "He snapped!" he said, apparently relating to the haste with which Nozaki called for his tournament life.
"Did you notice my hand maybe?"
That wasn't a major accusation, but it surely was a fairly large call with second pair. Nozaki had 166,000 in his stack at that point, so Zervos needed to pay that off, plus whatever was within the middle previous to that.
Nozaki's Monaco love affair continues. -- HS
12:51pm: No second EPT title for MouawadLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
EPT4 London Main Event champion Joseph Mouowad hung on for awhile, but now he's lost his short stack to head out in 68th.
That just leaves Aaron Gustavson, who won EPT London in Season 6, because the only former EPT Main Event champion left within the field. --MH
12:45pm: Andrejevic too slick for DavenportLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Andjelko Andrejevic is as much as around 350,000 after doubling through Matt Davenport. The latter opened with 9♥9♣, Andrejevic three-bet with A♥K♣, Davenport set him in and the yankee called it off.
The 6♣K♥8♦K♠Q♦ board saw Davenport ship a component of his chips to Andrejevic, the Brit is all the way down to roughly 470,000. --NW
12:44pm: Korenev KOs FinianosLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Three more have fallen here in Level 20 -- Nikolas Menke of Germany (70th), Albert Sebag of France (69th), and Youssef Finianos of Lebanon (68th). For Finanos, it was a hand against big-stacked Russian Roman Korenev that spelled the top of his EPT Grand Final Main Event run.
In the hand, Thi Xoa Nguyen had opened from middle position for 22,000 and Korenev called from a seat over. Then Finianos reraised all in from the cutoff for somewhat under 80,000, and the table folded back to Nguyen.
She contemplated the location a short time before folding, and after seeing how much the reraise was for Korenev called, tabling A♣T♠ while Finianos had T♣T♦.
The 2♣K♣Q♣ flop and 6♠ turn kept Finianos in front, however the 8♣ river gave Korenev the flush and the pot. With 67 players left, Korenev has about 1.15 million. -- MH
12:31pm: A Hallak comeback?Level 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
The loudest player within the tournament room up to now on Day 4 was Canada's Georges Hallak, despite his entering the day with a brief stack. Today he became much more vocal after doubling up with ace-king versus pocket sixes.
"Oooh la la la la la," said Hallak when the king arrived on board to avoid wasting him. "Je suis la encore!"
He's still here, all right, and now has about 250,000. --MH
12:25pm: Frey fries FaivreLevel: 20 - Blinds: 5,000-10,000 (ante: 1,000)
Vanessa Selbst opened two pots from late position and ended up having to fold twice when players behind her seemed even keener to pick out up the blinds and antes. However, at the second such occasion, one in all them ended at the rail.
Let's have a look at that second hand: Selbst opened to 22,000 from the hijack and Kyle Frey called at the button. Pascal Faivre attempted to transport all-in instantly from the small blind, but a mix of fumbling fingers and a call to not announce his intention verbally meant he ended up three-betting to 100,000, leaving 10,000 behind. The dealer explained the problem to him and he was fine with it.
Selbst eyed the scale of the bet and Faivre helpfully spread the quantity left behind the road. There have been two blue chips, which it's likely Selbst had already clocked. Anyhow, the Team PokerStars Pro folded, but Frey snap-called and showed his 8♦8♠.
Faivre was racing with A♥9♥ however the board ran 5♣3♠6♥6♠3♥ and the pocket pair held. Faivre becomes another of the overnight short stacks to fail within the try to spin it up. -- HS
12:23pm: Two more hit the railLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
Marco De Vincenti (73rd) and Antonio Rutigliano (72nd) have now hit the rail here through the first half-hour of Day 4. --MH
Ready to join PokerStars? Click here to get an account.12:22pm: Kamar doubles through TerzoudisLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
All-in for his last 79,000 with Q♣T♣, Fady Kamar needed help against the 4♣4♥ of Evangelo Terzoudis. The board brought it for the player from Lebanon, coming Q♥2♠A♥8♥9♠ to provide him the easier pair and the pot.
Kamar has about 175,000 now, while Terzoudis sits with 920,000. --MH
12:20pm: Boghean busts De VincentiLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
By the time I arrived on the tables the cards were already on their backs however it was clear nearly all of Marco De Vincenti's 134,000 stack had gone in at the river in a hand against Andrei Boghean.
The board was 9♦8♦A♠J♦3♣ and De Vincenti had [A][J] for prime two. A GOOD hand but not as strong as Boghean who had T♠7♠ and had turned a straight to cooler Di Vincenti. He's as much as 600,000 now.
Antonio Rutigliano may be out. --NW
12:11pm: Van Hoek steps aside after Aissani shoveLevel 20 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (ante 1,000)
With the board showing 8♦4♣6♣ and about 150,000 within the middle, Mahomed Aissani checked, then Erik Van Hoek fired 75,000 so that you can win the pot, leaving himself about 235,000 behind. At that Aissani check-raised all-in, and Van Hoek went deep into the tank before finally letting his hand go.
Aissani has about 950,000 as Day 4 gets entering into earnest. --MH
12:05pm: One downLevel: 20 - Blinds: 5,000-10,000 (ante: 1,000)
Action is under way generally event and, predictably, we lost our first player inside the first orbit.
Sebastian Lebaron got his sub 10 big blind stack in from early position and was called by Erwann Pecheux, who had in the direction of 85 BBs. Lebaron had K♣9♠ and lots of potential against Pecheux's 3♣3♠.
But like such a lot promise (see: the journalism careers of the EPT media room), it fizzled to nothing. The board ran A♥8♠6♣2♦T♣ and that was that. The pattern is ready. --HS
12pm: Play begins
We're underway on Day 4.
11am: Preparing for Day 4
There are 74 players left as they head into Day 4 of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final main event. They are going to likely play five 90-minute levels today, although the day may also end when only 16 players remain. It might go either way.
Marcin Chmielewski leads the best way on the moment, but with the likes of Vanessa Selbst, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Joseph Mouawad and nanonoko within the hunt, anything could happen.
Play begins at noon. -- HS
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