Nível: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€25,500 High Roller
Dias: 2
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€25,000
Premiação
€5,267,500
Entries
215
Nível
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Eights are Great for Kenney
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Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
A short-stacked Bryn Kenney shoved all in for 41,500 under the gun and Christoph Vogelsang called from the hijack. The rest of the field folded, and it was off to the races.
Kenney: 
Vogelsang: 
Kenney was looking to dodge big cars, and that's just what he did after the board ran out a clean 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | -40,000 |
|
100,000 | 50,000 |
Pocket Nines Continue To Be Mercier's Kryptonite
Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Jason Mercier and pocket nines don't exactly see eye to eye, especially recently.
Yesterday in the €10,600 Main Event here at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final, Mercier was deep in the remaining field with 28 players left. It was then that Mercier raised from under the gun before action folded to Ludovic Geilich in the big blind. Geilich reraised all in, and Mercier quickly called off for just under 26 big blinds total.
Mercier had pocket nines — the 
— and was well out in front of the 
for Geilich. Unfortunately for the Team PokerStars Pro, the board ran out 
, and Geilich turned a set before finishing with a full house. With that, Mercier fell short in his quest for the final table and earned €29,900.
"I just felt like a five was coming," Mercier said to one of our reporter's in passing a day later. "It was just one of those feelings you have."
Today, things didn't get much better for Mercier. He was involved in Day 2 of this €25,500 High Roller and found himself returning from the last break to look down at the same hand — the .
This time, Stephen Chidwick opened the pot with a raise to 6,500 from middle position. Mercier was next in the hijack seat and reraised all in for 60,900. The action slid over to Pablo Melogno Cabrera on the button. He got counts on both Mercier and Chidwick, thought for a few moments, then reraised all in. Everyone, including Chidwick, folded, and it was Mercier with his nines against the for Cabrera.
The flop came down 
and delivered trip queens to Cabrera. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
. This meant Mercier was gone from the event, as his pocket nines once again failed to hold up.
If you think this is bad, wait until you here about another instance in which Mercier had pocket nines and it cost him a whole heck of a lot of money.
Back at the 2013 World Series of Poker, Mercier was playing Day 3 of the 1,072-entry $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. The winner was set to get $592,684, and Mercier was in line for his third bracelet and a big payday, but he stood to win even more than that as 2013 was the year he made a large amount of WSOP bracelet bets.
With 16 players left, Mercier played a pot with Michael Rocco where about 20% of the chips in the entire event were in the middle. The money went in on the board with one card to come, and Mercier had Rocco dead to rights with the 
. Rocco had the 
and was in need of a two-outer.
But then, everything changed when the smacked down on the river and gave Rocco a winning full house. It sent Mercier to the rail in 16th place, and he was left with a consolation prize of $21,773.
Of course, it's hard to quantify just how much equity these hands have been worth to Mercier because tournament poker can be a brutal game, but given his record over the years and the fact that he is widely considered one of the game's strongest minds, certainly hundreds of thousands of dollars have been lost had these hands held up.
It goes without saying that pocket nines haven't been that kind to Mercier.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000 | 100,400 |
|
105,000 | -2,800 |
|
Eliminado |
Pocket Rockets No Big Thing for Team Online's Ike Haxton
Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The particulars of the hand escaped us, but we do know that Team Online's Isaac Haxton just doubled through Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
When we arrived at the table, there was around 150,000 already pulled into the middle and Haxton had the all-in triangle out in front of him along with 86,500. Troyanovskiy was in the tank, and eventually announced a call.
Haxton confidently tabled the 
, and a frustrated Troyanovskiy shook his head in disgust and slapped down the . Haxton cracked the aces on the river and got maximum value from it. Meanwhile, Troyanovskiy was left with just 8,000 after the hand.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | 145,000 |
|
8,000 | -150,000 |
Kaverman Done in by "Tight-Man1"
Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Action folded to Christoph "Tight-Man1" Vogelsang on the button and he raised to 6,500. Byron Kaverman responded by three-betting all in from the big blind for right around 50,000, and Vogelsang made the call.
Vogelsang: 
Kaverman: 
The 
flop hit Vogelsang in a huge way, so much so that Kaverman was drawing dead. The meaningless 
turn and 
river were put out to make it official, and Kaverman made a beeline for the door.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 48,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Say Goodbye to...
Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
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Payout Information
Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Payouts can be seen by looking at the corresponding tab above. The winner will take down €1,114,000. A min-cash in 31st will be worth €46,400.
Negreanu Calls Reinkemeier's Semi-Bluff Shove
Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Daniel Negreanu bet 9,500 on a flop, and small blind Tobias Reinkemeier made it 23,000 to go. Negreanu asked how much Reinkemeier had behind, and it looked like around 31,000. Negreanu called, and he snap-called Reinkemeier's shove on the turn.
Reinkemeier: 
Negreanu: 
Reinkemeier needed a club, king, or nine, but the river didn't help him.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 140,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Teltscher Doubles Through Timokhin
Nível 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Big blind Mark Teltscher pushed all in for his last 27,000 on a board of 
, and opponent Alexander Timokhin called.
"Good call," Teltscher said, showing 
.
TImokhin had , so both had flush draws, with ace-high leading. Teltscher still had a few outs though, and he got one as the river gave him a straight.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | 12,000 |
|
47,500 | 6,500 |
Nível: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400