Alexander Kuzmin started the day with literally a chip and a chair. One blue T5000 chip was in front of him as the tournament restarted, 2 ½ big blinds.
Martin Jacobson moved all in first for 21,200 and Kuzmin put in in. It folded to the big blind Noah Schwartz who could afford the call but didn’t look like he particularly liked it. He put in the chips anyway.
They all had an ace, Jacobson , Kuzmin , Schwartz .
The board ran out . Jacobson hit his four to triple up and Kuzmin’s tournament was over.
Eugene Katchalov moved all in and was called by Anatoly Filatov. It was pretty much guaranteed to be a chop as Katchalov tables up against the of Filatov.
The flop of piqued FIlatov’s interest but he grew a bit quieter when he saw the turn . Any black card would prove decisive but it bricked as the peeled off.
According to PokerStars, Marco Oliveira was the winner of what might possibly be the smallest ever first prize awarded at the EPT Grand Final. The 28-year-old Brazilian, who has more than €151,000 in live tournament winnings and two final tables at the World Series of Poker and last September's LAPT Panama City Main Event, won €750 for his victory in the €200 2-7 Single Draw 6-Handed Turbo.
Officials believe the coveted EPT trophy he received might even be worth even more than his winnings.
"I'm going to go wild with the money," he said of the prize. At Monte Carlo prices, Oliveira will be lucky to get a cup of coffee with his winnings. If he joins forces with Thomas Couquet from France who scooped €414 for his second place, they may even get a ‘café gourmand’ between them.
There was a small but enthusiastic field of six contestants in the event, generating a total prize pool of €1,164.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened the cutoff for 4,200 and got three-bet by Benny Spindler on the button to 10,500. After both blinds folded, Timoshenko made it 22,000. Spindler called and saw a flop.
Timoshenko continuation bet 13,500 and Spindler made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn and the fell for free on the river. Timoshenko checked to Spindler who bet 35,000. Timoshenko thought about it for quite some time, and then called.
Spindler showed but had to split the pot with Timoshenko who tabled .
Marvin Rettenmaier is another of the shortest stacks in the room and on his second bullet but he’s still trying some moves to stay in contention. He opened from the small blind for 4,800 and big blind Hady El Asmar who doesn’t have much more himself made the call.
They saw a flop of . Rettenmaier continued for 4,800 but folded when El Asmar moved all in.
Martin Jacobson started out as one of the shortest stacks in the room, but is in the possession of a somewhat playable stack at the moment.
He doubled when he found in the big blind. Het got it all in against his neighbor Antoine Berube who was seated in the small blind. Berube had and didn't hit: .
It’s not just the short stacks that are getting it in as two decent stacks have just collided. Niall Farrell started the hand with 172,300 and Dmitry Yurasov had 242,000.
Farrell opened for 4,200 and Yurasov made it 11,500. Farrell popped it back up to 24,600 and Yurasov responded with a raise to 54,000. Farrell then shoved all in and was despondent to be called and shown the of Yurasov. Farrell tabled the .
The board ran out and Farrell was out of the biggest buy-in tournament he has ever entered while Yurasf shot into the chip lead.
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. Jacobson hit his four to triple up and Kuzmin’s tournament was over.
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fell for free on the river. Timoshenko checked to Spindler who bet 35,000. Timoshenko thought about it for quite some time, and then called.
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