The heavens (well, the roof) opened at the Salle des Etoiles this morning, allowing divine intervention — and a seagull! — into the room. PokerStars Blog reports.
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Some chip counts from around the room, minutes before the players go on break.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jose Carlos Garcia |
1,456,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
Johnny Lodden |
998,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Ole Schemion |
770,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
Connor Drinan |
733,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
715,000
339,000
|
339,000 |
|
||
Vladislav Donchev |
428,000
269,000
|
269,000 |
Ryan McEathron |
293,000
-228,000
|
-228,000 |
Mustapha Kanit |
266,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
||
Stephen Chidwick |
228,000
-273,000
|
-273,000 |
Christopher Frank |
176,000
-259,000
|
-259,000 |
Hady El Asmar opened the button and Romain Paon made the call from the big blind. Both players checked on . The fell on the turn and Paon made a bet. El Asmar called.
The river made Paon bet again. El Asmar asked how much he had behind, and shoved all in. Paon instantly called with the . El Asmar showed and mucked his lower flush not much later.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Romain Paon |
700,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
Hady El Asmar |
320,000
-570,000
|
-570,000 |
Jason Mercier got his last 258,000 in the middle before the flop agains Ludovic Geilich The two showed the following hands.
Jason Mercier:
Ludovic Geilich:
Mercier was well ahead, but his hand wouldn't hold up: . Mercier had a look of disgust on his face, shook hands, and took off.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Ludovic Geilich |
542,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
Jason Mercier | Eliminado | |
Dario Sammartino opened the button and Dmitry Ivanov made the call from the big blind. On a flop of , Ivanov checked. Sammartino made a continuation bet of 24,000 and soon faced a check-raise to 72,000. Sammartino shoved all in, Ivanov checked his cards one more time and called all in for 292,000 total.
Dario Sammartino:
Dmitry Ivanov:
The on the turn and on the river were non hearts, and Ivanov doubled.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Dmitry Ivanov |
640,000
247,000
|
247,000 |
Dario Sammartino |
560,000
-267,000
|
-267,000 |
Liviu Ignat shoved all in from the cutoff for his last 118,000. Andre Akkari on the button made the call, both blinds folded.
Andre Akkari:
Liviu Ignat:
The board ran out and Ignat doubled.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Liviu Ignat |
258,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Andre Akkari |
220,000
-354,000
|
-354,000 |
Johnny Lodden opened to 20,000 and Diaz three-bet to 52,000. Jason Mercier, in the small blind, cold four-bet to 101,000 before Kanit five-bet jammed for his remaining 122,000. Lodden and Diaz folded and Mercier made the call.
Mercier:
Kanit:
"I'm racing," said Kanit as he turned over his cards, "In the €50k I won tens against jacks."
The flop was . "Ten of diamonds," came the request from Mercier.
It wasn't the ten of diamonds, but it was the . There were 14 outs for Kanit to fade on the river, but the wasn't one of them and he doubled up to just over 300,000.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Mustapha Kanit |
323,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
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Jason Mercier |
262,000
-277,000
|
-277,000 |
Action was all-in preflop with Haxton ahead showing against Tom Hall's . Haxton had been short since the start of play, coming in today with just over 10 big blinds.
The flop was a kind one to Hall, with giving him a myriad of outs.
"Too many outs!" said Haxton.
But one of those outs came on the turn, with the meaning Haxton was drawing dead, with the board completing with the on the river.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Tom Hall |
700,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Isaac Haxton | Eliminado | |
Felix Stephensen open shoved his last 92,000 from early position and Juan Martin Pastor made the call, and so did Pierre Neuville.
The flop came and Pastor checked. Neuville now moved all in and Pastor made the call.
Pierre Neuville:
Juan Martin Pastor:
Felix Stephensen:
The fell on the turn and Stephensen was drawing dead. "Another jack please" Pastor asked.
And wouldn't you know it, on the river, making Pastor a higher full house and sending both Stephensen and Neuville to the rail.
"That's the game" Neuville said with a wry smile, "That's the game"
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Juan Martin Pastor |
1,050,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
Pierre Neuville | Eliminado | |
Felix Stephensen | Eliminado |
The cards were on their backs and Tom Hall was way ahead with against Quan Zhou's .
There was no help for Zhou as the board ran out and he was eliminated.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Tom Hall |
620,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
Quan Zhou | Eliminado |