The players have 15 minutes all to themselves.
The 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Although Matthias' game seems to have been a little that way all day, as he explained to Lynn Gilmartin earlier:
Nível: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Vadzim Markushevski |
1,160,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
Ben Vinson |
993,000
396,000
|
396,000 |
Andrew Pantling
|
985,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
Georges Dib |
955,000
738,000
|
738,000 |
Bernard Guigon |
935,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Anatoly Gurtovoy |
906,000
356,000
|
356,000 |
Mohsin Charania |
871,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
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Pratyush Buddiga |
850,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Alex Mostafavi |
850,000
542,000
|
542,000 |
Jesse Martin |
803,000
726,000
|
726,000 |
Vadzim Kursevich |
784,000
499,000
|
499,000 |
Lucille Cailly |
780,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Sergio Castelluccio |
749,000
-191,000
|
-191,000 |
John Andress |
690,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
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Philip Parsons |
630,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
Jason Wheeler |
620,000
254,000
|
254,000 |
Andoni Larrabe
|
593,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Geert-Jan Potijk |
537,000
337,000
|
337,000 |
Clayton Mozdzen |
500,000
-86,000
|
-86,000 |
Frank Koopmann |
489,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Michael Dietrich |
450,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
Daniel Gomez |
445,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Dan Abouaf |
435,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Fady Kamar |
350,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Tudor Grangure |
300,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
It was sad end for the last Team PokerStars Pro in the field.
Matthias De Meulder was sat in the big blind with 190,000 and faced a cut-off raise from Jason Wheeler. He moved all-in and Wheeler called.
De Meulder opened pocket queens, in great shape to double against the American's pocket jacks. The board ran to make Wheeler a set, the second time today he's busted a Team Pro who has held an over pair.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jason Wheeler |
820,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Matthias De Meulder | Eliminado | |
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Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 24,000 in early position and Pratyush Buddiga called one seat to his left, which also brought the big blind into play. The flop was and Buddiga won the pot with a 39,000 bet once checked to.
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Dimitar Danchev raised to 24,000 in the cutoff, Clayton Mozdzen three-bet to 46,000 on the button and Danchev mucked his hand.
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Amit Makhija raised to 24,000 in the hijack seat before John Andress forced him to fold with a 38,000 three-bet on the button.
From the hijack seat, Pratyush Buddiga raised to 25,000. In the big blind, Dominykas Karmazinas reraised all in for 331,000. After some tanking, Buddiga made the call with the . Karmazinas held the to put himself in a flip with his tournament life on the line.
The flop, turn and river ran out and Karmazinas was eliminated.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Pratyush Buddiga |
1,225,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Dominykas Karmazinas | Eliminado |
Fady Kamar was all in preflop with the against the for Clayton Mozdzen. After a board of , Kamar was awarded the pot and doubled to over 400,000. Mozdzen was left with 575,000.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Clayton Mozdzen |
575,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Fady Kamar |
410,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Ben Vinson raised to 26,000 on the button and Reza Mostafavi Tabatabaei defended his big blind. The action checked through to the river on a board of when Vinson called a 50,000 Tabatabaei bet. Tabatabaei turned over producing a tap of recognition from Vinson before he turned over the lone .
"Minimum value," Said Tabatabaei
"Maximum," replied Vinson.
That was the last action before the table was broken.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Ben Vinson |
960,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Alex Mostafavi |
900,000
50,000
|
50,000 |