The prize pool has just been announced for the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final€100,000 Super High Roller by Tournament Director Thomas Lamatsch. Eight players are getting paid, and there's just one player in the field for who a min cash won't be enough to cover the costs. Daniel Colman reentered twice and is thus in it for €300,000.
Ole Schemion raised to 18,000 from UTG and was called by Phil Ivey in the cutoff and Ping San Chan in the big blind.
The flop was checked to Ivey who bet 28,000, Chan called and Schemion folded. The turn saw Chan lead out for 50,000 and Ivey made the call.
The river was the , Chan asked how much Ivey was playing and seemingly satisfied, bet 55,000. Ivey flicked in the call but looked fairly unhappy when Chan showed for trip eights.
Day 2 of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final super high roller is underway and there are record-breaking numbers for this event. France Poker Series also underway and the first prize for the 1100 Euro buy-in Main Event is 150,000 Euros. Canada's Yann Dion leads the pack to start Day 2.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu opened for 19,000 from early position and got called from the cutoff by Dan Smith. Dan Cates on the button had other ideas and bumped up the price of poker to 75,000.
The blinds folded and Negreanu said, “I hate folding.” and tossed in the call. Smith looked like he was contemplating something but one last look at his cards saw them heading towards the dealer. “I thought you were gonna re-raise bro.” said Negreanu and two remaining players saw a flop of:
“Check to that guy.” Negreanu said, and that guy Cates bet 65,000.
Negreanu folded saying it was a terrible flop for his hand, claiming to have had . Cates said he didn’t believe him which got a chuckle out of Negreanu.
Richard Yong opened the action with a raise to 18,000, which Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst saw fit to three-bet to 40,000 from the button. The blinds both folded, and Yong made a quick called to see a flop of . Yong checked, Selbst bet 30,000, and Yong check-raised the minimum to 60,000.
Selbst thought for a bit before making the call, and then she watched Yong spike in his remaining 133,000 when the appeared on the turn. The Team Pro thought long and hard before making the call, which cost her about half her remaining chips, and then she discovered the bad news.
Yong:
Selbst:
Yong got lucky to flop a set, and it held when the harmless appeared on the river.
Antonio Esfandiari opened for 21,000 from late position. Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst in the big blind and she shoved all in for 117,500. Esfandiari asked for a count, and called as soon as he got the amount from the dealer.
Vanessa Selbst:
Antonio Esfandiari:
"I thought I was gonna win this one" said Selbst with a tempered but relaxed voice after the board ran out: . The king on the river felted Selbst, now just Negreanu remains for Team PokerStars Pro.
Having doubled up Phil Ivey in the previous hand, Johannes Strassmann moved all in for 195,000 over the top of Mike McDonald's initial 18,000 raise. McDonald weighed up his options for about a minute before saying, "Ok, I call."
Strassmann:
McDonald:
The flop was and Strassmann's position was secure so far. The on the turn gave McDonald the nut flush draw, any heart other than the four of hearts would now give the Canadian the win. The came on the river completing McDonald's flush and Strassmann was knocked out as a result.
Daniel Colman opened for 18,000 from early position and Full Tilt Poker Professional Gus Hansen made the call from the small blind.
Just the two players had a stake in the flop and Hansen chose to lead out at it for 27,000. Colman had been the preflop aggressor and raise him to 62,000.
Hansen now counted down his stack, jiggling in his seat and rubbing his head before four-betting to 173,000.
“Hundred seventy three total?” Colmann asked and it was confirmed. He then announced all in and had Hansen easily covered. Hansen didn’t make an instant decision but the one he came to would be one that he may regret as he called and tabled . Colman had flopped two pair with
The turn card and river saw Hansen last just under two hours of the Super High Roller.
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flop was checked to Ivey who bet 28,000, Chan called and Schemion folded. The 
turn saw Chan lead out for 50,000 and Ivey made the call.
, Chan asked how much Ivey was playing and seemingly satisfied, bet 55,000. Ivey flicked in the call but looked fairly unhappy when Chan showed 
for trip eights.
. Yong checked, Selbst bet 30,000, and Yong check-raised the minimum to 60,000.
appeared on the turn. The Team Pro thought long and hard before making the call, which cost her about half her remaining chips, and then she discovered the bad news.
appeared on the river.
and Strassmann's position was secure so far. The 
. Colman had flopped two pair with 
saw Hansen last just under two hours of the Super High Roller.
