Niveau: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€5,300 Main Event
Jours 1a
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,325,300
Entrants
1,098
Niveau
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
50,000
Sweet Start for Spinella
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Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Anthony Spinella just raked in a big pot, and Vlad Lache was kind enough to bring us up to speed with the action as Spinella's opponent was deep into the tank on the river.
Lache explained how Spinella raised to 450 and after one player called it was Bahram Chobineh who three-bet to 1,350 from the small blind. Both Spinella and the third player involved called, putting 
on the flop.
Chobineh bet 2,000 on the flop and only Spinella called.
The turn was the 
and Spinella called another 4,000. On the river the board completed with the 
and Chobineh bet 6,500.
Spinella raised it up to 19,000 and Chobineh thought for a long time before calling, and revealing 
for a flopped set. Spinella showed 
for a flopped straight, and he took down this big pot.
Spinella now sits on around 60,000 chips, while Chobineh was left with 10,000.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
25,500
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25,500 |
Neuville Enters The Grand Final
Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Two-time EPT runner-up Pierre Neuville has just been spotted at Dan Smith's table, as he's once again on a quest to take down one of Europe's biggest events.
Neuville burst onto the scene with a runner-up finish at EPT Vilamoura in Season 6, when Antonio Matias took the event down, and two seasons later the Belgian finished second to Team PokerStars Online Mickey Petersen in Copenhagen.
On top of that, Neuville has a runner-up finish at the World Series of Poker in the $5,000 6-max, and a seventh place finish in last year's WSOP Main Event for $1.2 million.
In total Neuville has $3.4 million in live tournament earnings, putting him second on the Belgian all-time money list.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Recently Eliminated
Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
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Eliminé |
Clarke Doubles; Coren Appears
Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Next to the feature table where the €100,000 Super High Roller Final Table currently takes place, Dinesh Alt just bet a flop of 
for 1,200 and EPT12 Dublin 4th place finisher Patrick Clarke shoved for his last 7,450 chips. Alt gave it some thought and then called to turn over 
.
Clarke had the 
for a flopped flush and held up thanks to the 
turn and 
river. Another familiar player is in seat nine, no other than the first and thus far only two-time EPT champion Vicky Coren!
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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34,500
7,300
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7,300 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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17,500
17,500
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17,500 |
Queen Jack for the Germans
Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
On the 
flop, Dietrich Fast bet 600 from the hijack and the player on the button called to see the 
turn. Fast checked, his opponent bet 850 and the German called. Fast did so again on the 
river for 3,000 and was shown 
by his opponent, a bluff gone wrong. The German claimed the pot with but remains below starting stack.
Fabio Sperling has a slightly more difficult table with Haralabos Voulgaris, Isaac Haxton and Anthony Zinno. Sperling bet the 
river for 2,000 and was called by Jerome Arnould, who then mucked when Sperling flashed 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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40,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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31,000 | |
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28,000 | |
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25,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
Up to 234 Players in the Main Event
Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
The EPT Grand Final Main Event is now up to 234 players, with registration open until midnight tonight for Day 1a. Late registration remains open all day tomorrow as well, and it closes before the start of Day 2.
Updated Counts
Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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61,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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56,000
26,000
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26,000 |
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41,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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36,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
31,000 | |
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31,000 | |
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29,000
-500
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-500 |
|
29,000 | |
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28,000 | |
Shak Busts to Lambertz
Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Joining the action with a squeeze to 1,300 by Dan Shak, Felix Lambertz reraised to 4,525 and the American then made it 15,000 to go. "How much are you playing?" the German asked and Shak replied with "around 34,000" to then call off the shove of Lambertz:
Shak: 
Lambertz: 
The board ran out 
and Shak left the tournament area rather quickly, grabbing his laptop, his iPad and a couple phones as well as the other random belongings.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Seat Open ... Or Not
Niveau 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Marti Aguilar squeezed to 1,800 and then called the shove of Ibrahim Al Bishri for little more, 4,025 in total to be exact. Aguilar turned over and Al Bishri only the to see the board run out 
.
The dealer was about to ship the pot to Aguilar with his set before then realizing that Al Bishri had made a straight on the river. Aguilar took a small hit to his stack, but has done nicely thus far.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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47,000 |