€25,500 High Roller
Dia 2 Concluído
2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€25,500 High Roller
Dias: 2
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€5,243,000
Entradas
214
Nível
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Kitai Leads High Roller Final Table
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Day 2 of the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final High Roller is in the books, and leading the final table is Davidi Kitai. Kitai bagged 2.2 million chips, and his closest competitors are Byron Kaverman (1.813 million), Scott Seiver (1.553 million), and Philipp Gruissem (1.47 million).
Kaverman is fresh off of his runner-up finish in the WPT World Championship, where he earned $727,860 for finishing second to Keven Stammen.
Players had until the start of play on Day 2 to register or reenter. More than a couple used that option to increase the total amount of entries from 205 to 214. 104 players still had chips in front of them at the start of the second day. With 31 players in the money, that was the first horde to take.
The action started as expected with plenty of action. Take Griffin Benger, for example. He reentered the tournament with a fresh stack of 50,000, 25 big blinds at the time. The first hand of the day he got those chips in with pocket eights versus Martin Finger's queens and that was it for Benger.
Benger didn't have to spent his time on the rail alone. Big name players like Justin Bonomo, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Erik Seidel joined him soon. Grospellier wouldn't be the only Team PokerStars Pro, Negreanu and Mercier also didn't make it into the money stage of the tournament.
It only took a couple of levels for the tournament to reach the bubble period. There were several short stacks, but it was a bigger stack that eventually would go out first. Igor Yaroshevskyy was really unlucky as he lost with kings pre flop all in against Andrew Chen's queens. The queen on the flop meant he had to continue severely short stacked. The few chips he did have left he lost not much later to Davidi Kitai with eight-seven suited up against ace-nine.
As per usual, right after the bubble the short stacks had their chips in before you knew it. In some cases that meant a double up, in others it meant eliminations. Dutchman Govert Metaal was the first to depart in the money. He took home €46,150 after losing with sixes to Philipp Gruissem's queen-ten. David Peters, Adrian Mateos, JC Alvarado and the last Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen followed not much later.
The next one to go was none other than Ole Schemion. For the third time this season he achieved the "EPT Triple Crown" (as we dubbed it), cashing in all the three big tournaments this festival. He kicked of the EPT Grand Final with a cash in the €100,000 reentry (7th for €265,000), continued his good run in the €10,000 Main Event (44th for €24,400) and cashed in 25th place in the €25,000 Single Reentry High Roller (€51,400). He did the same in Barcelona and the PCA this year, and cashed in several other EPT's as well. How good is this guy? And how good is he running? Good enough for the PokerStars EPT Season 10 Player of the Year award anyway.
With Schemion's exit in 25th, there were three tables left, all full of recognizable names. The initial plan for the day was to play 10 levels, or down to a final table of 8. In the end the organization decided to play an extra level. With 11 one-hour levels the tournament got down to 9 players. To get down from three full ring tables to one last table, a lot of big pots were to be played.
Belgian EPT and bracelet winner Davidi Kitai had his fare share of those. He won a one million one from Vasily Kylukin without showdown. On a flop with two aces a lot of chips went into the middle. Both players checked the ten on the turn and Kylukin bet out 100,000 on the river eight. Kitai pushed all in and Kylukin folded and he showed an ace.
At the same time it seemed like Philipp Gruissem had accepted his fate that he wouldn't be playing cash games that night. With that illusion out of his head, he really stepped it up. The constantly laughing Gruissem started raising and three-betting and before we knew it he had 1.3 million, without really ever having to show his cards.
Kitai wasn't laying low either, but he did need a showdown every now and then. He won one of the bigger pots of the tournament from Calvin Anderson with jack-five. Anderson didn't believe Kitai at all, but couldn't beat the Belgians top pair.
Start of day chip leader Benny Spindler found himself all in with queen-seven up against Pascal Lefrancois' ace-seven. EPT London winner Spindler didn't improve and headed for the exit in 18th (€63,000). Anderson could never recover from the blow by Kitai and left not much later in 15th (€77,600).
With just half an hour left on the clock, it looked like a lot of players would need to return on Day 3. All of the sudden people busted left and right though, and before the clock reached zero there were only nine players left. Andrew Chen (14th for €77,600), Rui Cao (13th for €85,450) and Noah Schwartz (12th for €85,450) all busted with the clock still barely running.
The clock was stopped with 15 minutes left and they announced there would only be played three more hands. Before those were over, two more guys had busted. The likable Simon Higgins found himself all in in the first of three hands more to be played. He squeezed all in with king-jack suited and was looked up by Scott Seiver with pocket fours. Seiver hit a four on the turn to leave Higgins drawing dead.
Vasily Kylukin wouldn't make it either. He pushed his pair and flush draw pretty hard but ran into Byron Kaverman's trips. The river bricked and the tournament was down to it's final nine players:
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Kaverman | 1,813,000 |
| 2 | Stephen Chidwick | 991,000 |
| 3 | Chenxiang Miao | 674,000 |
| 4 | Pascal Lefrancois | 596,000 |
| 5 | Davidi Kitai | 2,208,000 |
| 6 | Scott Seiver | 1,553,000 |
| 7 | John Juanda | 355,000 |
| 8 | Martin Finger | 1,047,000 |
| 9 | Philipp Gruissem | 1,470,000 |
The tournament resumes tomorrow at noon local time. In less than 9 hours the remaining nine players are expected back in the Monte Carlo Bay conference center. They will battle it out for the €1,105,000 first place prize, the trophy and a stunning “Black and Rose Gold” watch from luxury Swiss brand SLYDE, the Official Watch Sponsor for EPT Season 10 Main Events and High Rollers.
PokerNews will again be ready to supply you with all the updates of this stacked final table. Check back here and see who follows up Steven Silverman, who won here last year.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
2,208,000 | 169,000 |
|
1,813,000 | 672,000 |
|
1,553,000 | 453,000 |
|
1,470,000 | -230,000 |
|
1,047,000 | 96,000 |
|
991,000 | 158,000 |
|
674,000 | -200,000 |
|
596,000 | 232,000 |
|
355,000 | -127,000 |
Vasily Kylukin Eliminated in 10th Place (€95,950)
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Vasily Kylukin shoved all in on the turn of a board reading 
.
Byron Kaverman instantly called and Kylukin knew he was in trouble with his 
.
Indeed he was as Kaverman held 
for the flopped trips.
Kylukin got up from the table as the river 
hit the felt and he was eliminated on the last hand of the night.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Three More Hands
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
We'll be right back with the official chip counts.
Simon Higgins Eliminated In 11th place (€95,950)
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Martin Finger opened under the gun for 40,000 and in the small blind it was Scott Seiver who made the call. Big blind Simon Higgins shoved his 303,000 stack to the middle without any doubt. Martin Finger folded but Seiver made the call after some thinking and counting.
Simon Higgins: 
Scott Seiver: 
Higgins requested an all club flop, while Seiver proposed to in that case make it 
so he at least would have a piece of it as well.
None of that happened as the flop was full of blanks: 
. The turn wasn't a blank though, anything but that actually. The 
left Higgins drawing dead so the 
on the river was of no importance anymore.
Higgins shaked hands with Seiver and said good bye with a smile. He takes home €95,950.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Noah Schwartz Eliminated In 12th Place (€85,450)
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Noah Schwaertz first doubled with 
through Chenxiang Miao who had 
. The 
flop was kind of scary, but the 
on the turn and on the river were harmless.
Those gained chips he would lose not much later to his other neighbor, Pascal Lefrancois. Schwartz opened for 43,000 from the hijack, and called the shove for 250,000 from Lefrancrois in the cutoff. Schwartz had 
and was up against 
. The 
board improved nobody and Schwartz had lost the chips again.
Vasily Kylukin then opened the button for 50,000 and he called Schwartz's 261,000 shove. Schwartz had by far the best hand with 
as Kylukin tabled 
. It was Kylukin's time to get lucky though, as he hit a king on the turn: 
. Schwartz left the tournament with only a few more hands to be played for the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Gruissem Takes Big Pot From Seiver
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
John Juanda opened for 44,000 before Philipp Gruissem made it 100,000. Scott Seiver in the small blind then raised to 230,000. When Juanda folded Gruissem put out a further raise to 385,000.
Seiver thought for a long time before making the call.
The flop was 
and both players checked.
The turn card was the and when Seiver checked Gruissem moved all in.
Seiver thought for a long time, even going over hands from old tournaments out loud. About five minutes passed before he made the fold.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000 | 456,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | -400,000 |
Rui Cao Eliminated in 13th Place (€85,450)
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Byron Kaverman opened and Rui Cao shoved his stack in from the small blind. Kaverman made the call with 
and Cao was at risk of elimination with his .
The board ran out 
and Cao was finished in the High Roller.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,141,000 | 172,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Chop It Up
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Davidi Kitai opened under the gun for 44,000. His neighbor John Juanda shoved all in for 473,000. Action folded to Kitai who made the call after some thinking.
Kitai had the and was behind as Juanda tabled .
The 
flop was really good for Juanda, but he wouldn't get the entire pot in the end. The on the turn and on the river made both players a straight and the dealer split the pot. Meanwhile Juanda could only roll his eyes.
Small Dispute
Nível 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
In the last break there was done a small color up, as the floorman changed some smaller denomination chips for orange 25,000 chips. After returning from break chip leader Davidi Kitai had the idea he was about 200,000 short. Instead of the 2.2 million he thought he had, he had just 2,039,000.
The floorman confirmed it was counted as 2,039,000 and Kitai let it rest. Most likely Kitai had forgotten about the pot he played right before the break with Scott Seiver where he lost some chips. Seiver wasn't happy with the way things were conducted though, and didn't see the need for a color up at this stage anyway.
They were playing again though, so they didn't make too big a problem out of it.