€25,500 High Roller Dia 1 | 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

2015-05-06 23:21 UTC+2

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Thiago Nishijima	Eliminado
Oleksii Khoroshenin	Eliminado

Dan Heimiller	Eliminado
George Danzer	Eliminado

Francesco Conte	Eliminado
Andrey Shatilov	Eliminado
Geoffrey Mooney	Eliminado

Max Altergott had bet 8,400 on a board of with roughly 19,000 already in the pot. Bryn Kenney called and then Ryan Julius moved all in. Altergott thought for a few minutes before moving all in himself, leaving Kenney in a difficult position.

"It's so brutal, I have to see a board runout no matter what," said Kenney before calling off for roughly 100,000.

Altergott:
Julius:
Kenney:

Both the turn and river blanked, and Altergott scored the double knockout and vaulted into the chip lead. It was doubly bad for Julius who had only rebought at the beginning of the level.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Max Altergott	305,000 178,000	178,000
Bryn Kenney	Eliminado
Kyle Julius	Eliminado

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2015-05-06 23:31 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Doubles Through Gu

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Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Steve O'Dwyer had all of his chips, 73,200, in the middle on a flop from the big blind. A player under the gun had 18,000 in front of him, and small blind Huidong Gu had put in 60,000. The under-the-gun player mucked, and Gu made a reluctant call.

Gu:
O'Dwyer:

O'Dwyer just needed to fade an ace, and he did so as the turn was followed by a river.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Steve O'Dwyer	172,400 155,200	155,200

Huidong Gu	22,400 -97,600	-97,600

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2015-05-06 23:42 UTC+2

Late Eliminations

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Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ilkin Garibli	Eliminado
Max Greenwood	Eliminado
Fedor Holz	Eliminado

Huidong Gu	Eliminado
Paul Newey	Eliminado
Martin Jacobson	Eliminado

2015-05-06 23:43 UTC+2

Dayan Nearing 300,000

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Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

David Dayan opened for a raise in middle position and got called by Tony Gregg. Simon Higgins made it about 8,500 to go, and Dayan reraised to 23,400, folding out Gregg. Higgins called, and flopped. Dayan said he was all in, and Higgins thought only briefly before calling, about 70,000.

Dayan:
Higgins:

Higgins was in awful shape, and he didn't find another jack. After the hand, Gregg said he folded queen-jack as well.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
David Dayan	290,000 44,400	44,400
Simon Higgins	Eliminado

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2015-05-06 23:44 UTC+2

Seidel Less Than Impressed

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Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Erik Seidel @Erik_Seidel

Pretty sure there are 2 people at my table who think we're playing baccarat #eptgrandfinalMay 06, 2015

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2015-05-06 23:46 UTC+2

The Sun Sets on Paris

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Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Bryan Paris, who won his way into this tournament via a live satellite, was just eliminated from the tournament.

It happened after he got his last 15,800 all in and was racing against Yingui Li.

Li:
Paris:

Paris was looking to crack the small pocket pair, but that proved easier said than done as the board ran out a low .

"Good luck guys," Paris offered before taking his leave from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Yingui Li	90,000 39,300	39,300

Bryan Paris	Eliminado

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2015-05-06 23:53 UTC+2

Waxman vs. Salter vs. Colman

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Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jack Salter limped and inspired Matt Waxman to do the same. Sylvain Loosli called from the button, and then Daniel Colman raised to 7,000. Salter and Waxman both called, Loosli folded, and three players took a flop of .

Colman continued for 13,000, Salter folded, and Waxman called to see the turn. Colman slowed down with a check and then folded when Waxman bet 16,500.

Despite that hand, all three players are up from the last time we checked in on them.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Matt Waxman	205,000 24,000	24,000
Jack Salter	75,000 43,000	43,000
Daniel Colman	73,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Daniel Colman Jack Salter Matt Waxman

Nível: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

2015-05-07 00:05 UTC+2

Charania Crippled by Heath

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Nível 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Ben Heath opened for an unknown amount in middle position just before the new level, and Antonio Buonanno made it 9,500 to go. On his left, Mohsin Charania shoved all in from the cutoff for 47,800. Heath called off his stack of about 38,000, and Buonanno tanked a few minutes and folded.

Charania:
Heath: