Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened the cutoff for 4,200 and got three-bet by Benny Spindler on the button to 10,500. After both blinds folded, Timoshenko made it 22,000. Spindler called and saw a flop.
Timoshenko continuation bet 13,500 and Spindler made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn and the fell for free on the river. Timoshenko checked to Spindler who bet 35,000. Timoshenko thought about it for quite some time, and then called.
Spindler showed but had to split the pot with Timoshenko who tabled .
According to PokerStars, Marco Oliveira was the winner of what might possibly be the smallest ever first prize awarded at the EPT Grand Final. The 28-year-old Brazilian, who has more than €151,000 in live tournament winnings and two final tables at the World Series of Poker and last September's LAPT Panama City Main Event, won €750 for his victory in the €200 2-7 Single Draw 6-Handed Turbo.
Officials believe the coveted EPT trophy he received might even be worth even more than his winnings.
"I'm going to go wild with the money," he said of the prize. At Monte Carlo prices, Oliveira will be lucky to get a cup of coffee with his winnings. If he joins forces with Thomas Couquet from France who scooped €414 for his second place, they may even get a ‘café gourmand’ between them.
There was a small but enthusiastic field of six contestants in the event, generating a total prize pool of €1,164.
Eugene Katchalov moved all in and was called by Anatoly Filatov. It was pretty much guaranteed to be a chop as Katchalov tables up against the of Filatov.
The flop of piqued FIlatov’s interest but he grew a bit quieter when he saw the turn . Any black card would prove decisive but it bricked as the peeled off.
Alexander Kuzmin started the day with literally a chip and a chair. One blue T5000 chip was in front of him as the tournament restarted, 2 ½ big blinds.
Martin Jacobson moved all in first for 21,200 and Kuzmin put in in. It folded to the big blind Noah Schwartz who could afford the call but didn’t look like he particularly liked it. He put in the chips anyway.
They all had an ace, Jacobson , Kuzmin , Schwartz .
The board ran out . Jacobson hit his four to triple up and Kuzmin’s tournament was over.
Griffin Benger lost his stack late last night, and reentered this morning. On the first hand of the day though, all those chips are gone.
He had a conversation with Finger last night about Finger's aggressive style. Finger admitted he indeed played very aggressive, not even scared away from raising hands like nine-three off suit.
With that in the back of his head, Benger played his pocket eights very strong. Unfortunately for Benger, Finger had a real hand this time. Benger pushed with his eights after some raising, and Finger made the call with queens. No eight or other escape for Benger and he busted in the first hand of the day.
There's a staggering €5,243,000 in the prize pool. The exact distribution hasn't been made public yet, as soon as that happens we'll update our pay outs tab. A total of 214 entries were made, 167 unique entrants and 47 reentries. 109 players remain at this time.
In a small blind versus big blind situation Scott Seiver just doubled through Johnny Lodden.
Seiver, seated in the small blind, started out as one of the shortest stacks in the room, and got his chips in with . Lodden in the big blind didn't have all that much either, and played the .
The flop helped Seiver lots, and the on the turn and on the river didn't change that in the slightest way.
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