€50,000 Super High Roller | 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

2015-05-03 14:37 UTC+2

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jose Carlos Garcia	200,000 200,000	200,000
Martin Finger	200,000

Anton Astapau	200,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	200,000 200,000	200,000
Mustapha Kanit	200,000 200,000	200,000

Huidong Gu	200,000 200,000	200,000
Jason Mercier	200,000 200,000	200,000

Mark Teltscher	200,000 200,000	200,000

From under the gun, JC Alvarado opened with a raise to an unknown amount. Justin Bonomo reraised from the hijack seat to 14,500, Andrew Chen called on the button, and then Alvarado made the call as well.

The flop saw the action get checked over to Chen. He bet 17,000, and then Alvarado check-raised to 54,000. Bonomo folded, and Chen called.

The turn was the , and Alvarado moved all in. Chen gave it up, and Alvarado won the pot.

"I forgot you were a 50K specialist," said Bonomo to Alvarado after the hand, citing when Alvarado finished runner-up to Dan Smith in the 2012 EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller for €788,674.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
JC Alvarado	345,000 145,000	145,000
Justin Bonomo	210,000 -9,000	-9,000
Andrew Chen	118,000 -65,000	-65,000

Tags: Andrew Chen Dan Smith JC Alvarado Justin Bonomo

2015-05-03 14:59 UTC+2

Thorel Doubles, Still Short

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Nível 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

French High Roller regular Jean-Noel Thorel found himself short, but got the double up just now. Unfortunately for him, he's still short.

Huidong Gu opened the cutoff to 4,200 and Thorel shoved all in from the button for 10,700. Both blinds folded and Gu made the call after some thinking.

Gu tabled the best hand with , Thorel had .

Thorel would improve on every street. He flopped a straight draw on , turned a pair with the , and rivered a straight with the .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Huidong Gu	165,000 -35,000	-35,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	25,000 14,500	14,500

Tags: Jean-Noel Thorel Huidong Gu

Nível: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

2015-05-03 15:07 UTC+2

Troyanovskiy Sends Thorel Home

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Nível 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Just before the level jump, we reported on Jean-Noel Thorel's double up. Well, he's out now, and it's Russian Vladimir Troyanovskiy who's to blame.

The two of them got their chips in the middle before the flop. Thorel had not too bad a hand with , but Troyanovskiy had slightly better with .

The board ran out and Thorel hit the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	240,000 -12,000	-12,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	Eliminado

Tags: Jean-Noel Thorel Vladimir Troyanovskiy

2015-05-03 15:14 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Rono Lo	560,000 40,000	40,000
Fabian Quoss	550,000 350,000	350,000
Mustapha Kanit	390,000 190,000	190,000

Igor Kurganov	358,000 158,000	158,000
Scott Seiver	345,000 145,000	145,000
Piotr Franczak	325,000 -25,000	-25,000
Isaac Haxton	268,000 -24,000	-24,000

Connor Drinan	211,000 -26,000	-26,000

2015-05-03 15:20 UTC+2

Mo Calls With Ace-High

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Nível 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Jason Mo raised to 5,600 from middle position and just EPT Prague High Roller champion Leonid Markin in the big blind made the call.

Markin checked on , and Mo tossed in a 5,000 chip. Markin checked his cards one more time, and then slid forward a 5,000 chip of his own to make the call.

Both players checked the on the turn and the fell on the river. Markin bet 7,500 and Mo hesitated for just a minute before calling.

Markin tabled and Mo showed for the winning ace-high.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jason Mo	228,600 28,600	28,600
Leonid Markin	144,000 -56,000	-56,000

Tags: Jason Mo Leonid Markin

2015-05-03 15:26 UTC+2

Welcome Back Thorel

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Nível 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jean-Noel Thorel	200,000 200,000	200,000
Kyle Julius	200,000

2015-05-03 15:28 UTC+2

Double for Buddiga

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Nível 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Daniel Dvoress raised it up to 5,000 from early position and Rono Lo made the call from the cutoff. Small blind Pratyush Buddiga shoved all in for 54,600 and the big blind immediately released. Dvoress tanked for a bit before folding, Lo made the call.

Pratyush Buddiga:
Rono Lo:

The board ran out and Buddiga doubled.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Rono Lo	500,000 -60,000	-60,000
Pratyush Buddiga	119,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Pratyush Buddiga Rono Lo

2015-05-03 15:33 UTC+2

Chen Doubles With Aces

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Nível 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Tobias Reinekemeier opened and Andrew Chen three-bet from the cutoff to 18,000. Mike McDonald on the button cold four-bet to 38,000 and both blinds quickly released. Tobias Reinkemeier announced all in, and Chen did the same after some thinking. McDonald folded.

Andrew Chen:
Tobias Reinkemeier: