Marton Czuczor opened to 35,000 from under the gun and Sergio Aido was the only caller from the button. The flop came and Czuczor check-called a bet of 45,000 from Aido.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Czuczor checked again and Aido fired out a bet of 65,000. Czuczor let his hand go and Aido collected the pot.
Not much action has been happening at the final table thus far, but there have been uncalled shoves from both Joao Vieira and Daniel Dvoress, the bottom two chip stacks at the start of the final table
Sergio Aido opened to 36,000 in early position and was called by Laurynas Levinskas on his left and Marton Czuczor in the hijack. Daniel Dvoress was in the cutoff and ripped all in for 467,000. The action folded back to Aido who let his hand go but Levinskas re-shoved all in, forcing Czuczor out of the hand.
Daniel Dvoress:
Laurynas Levinskas:
The flop came and Dvoress was still out front with his pocket queens, just looking to dodge an ace. The on the turn was safe and so was the on the river as Dvoress found a double up in the last hand of the night.
Less than a week after taking down the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Super High Roller, Sergio Aido headlines the final table of the €25,000 High Roller. Aido took home €1,589,190 after defeating fellow Spaniard Jesus Cortes heads-up in that one.
Other big names through to the final day are Koray Aldemir and Michael Addamo. Just nine players remain from the 142 entries, and each is guaranteed €80,990, with the winner set to take home €809,930.
Final Table Standings
Seat
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Michael Addamo
Australia
595,000
30
2
Koray Aldemir
Germany
585,000
29
3
Laszlo Bujtas
Hungary
1,075,000
54
4
Joao Vieira
Portugal
255,000
13
5
Sergio Aido
Spain
1,095,000
55
6
Benjamin Pollak
France
585,000
29
7
Laurynas Levinskas
Lithuania
965,000
48
8
Marton Czuczor
Hungary
900,000
45
9
Daniel Dvoress
Canada
1,015,000
51
Day 2 Recap
A total of ten players jumped into the €25,000 High Roller at the start of the day including Charlie Carrel, Ivan Leow, Bryn Kenney and Juan Pardo, although the Spaniard was the first elimination of the day after running into the aces of Ivo Bartoletti.
High Roller regular Mikita Badziakouski, Patrik Antonius and Vasily Klyukhin - who started the day second in chips - were also early bustouts as the field shrunk.
Sergio Aido, Sean Winter, Michael Addamo, and Marton Czuczor were all prominent at the top of the counts as the tournament headed on break with 30 players remaining and only 20 guaranteed to cash.
Only eight were to be eliminated over the next two level, including Sylvain Loosli, who ran eights into Erik Seidel's kings and Bryn Kenney, who tussled with Mike Watson and Luc Greenwood.
A new name emerged as chip leader at the three table redraw with Lithuanian Laurynas Levinskas loving life in the lead just four eliminations from the money. Viacheslav Goryachev and Dietrich Fast would bust before dinner just two off the money.
The bubble burst shortly after resumption. Keiji Takahashi was eliminated before Richard Yong's ace-queen fell foul of Levinskas's pocket queens, and the remaining 20 players were all guaranteed €43,870.
Payouts So Far
Position
Name
Payout
Position
Name
Payout
10
Shyngis Satubayev
€ 67,490
16
Ivo Bartoletti
€ 48,930
11
David Dayan
€ 67,490
17
Sean Winter
€ 48,930
12
Vicent Bosca
€ 59,060
18
Erik Seidel
€ 43,870
13
Mike Watson
€ 59,060
19
Hideki Izutsu
€ 43,870
14
Luc Greenwood
€ 53,990
20
Kristen Bicknell
€ 43,870
15
Mohsin Charania
€ 53,990
Notable players who cashed include Kristen Bicknell, who managed to grab herself a min-cash with less than five big blinds; Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel and €25,000 Single-Day High Roller runner-up Sean Winter.
In the mean time, Levinskas had moved up to over a million in chips, before Marton Czuczor joined him following the elimination of Mohsin Charania.
The duo were joined in the seven-figure chip camp by Aido after he sent David Dayan to the rail.
Final Table
These three started the final table as the big stacks, but final table action was slow until the very final hand of the day, where Daniel Dvoress doubled into second in chips. He will be looking for revenge on Aido after a fourth-place finish in the €100,000 Super High Roller.
The two Hungarians in Czuczor and Laszlo Bujtas will no doubt be rooting for one another to do their country proud, with Benjamin Pollak and Joao Vieira further back.
Daniel Dvoress will be looking to follow in his countryman Timothy Adam's footsteps in taking down a High Roller here in Monte Carlo, whilst Koray Aldemir won't need any encouragement to add another €800,000 to his over $11m in lifetime cashes.
Here are the remaining payouts:
Place
Payout (EUR)
Payout (USD)
1
€ 809,930
$903,072
2
€ 551,750
$615,201
3
€ 364,460
$406,373
4
€ 300,340
$334,879
5
€ 241,290
$269,038
6
€ 188,980
$210,713
7
€ 141,730
$158,029
8
€ 104,610
$116,640
9
€ 80,990
$90,304
The final day's play will resume at 12:30pm and PokerNews will be there every step of the way to catch every elimination and all the action!