€10,600 Main Event Dia 1b | 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

2014-04-27 22:58 UTC+2

Habernig Runs Into a Brickwell

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Earlier in the day we told you about Matthis Habernig.

Back in 2010, the then 19-year-old Habernig from Klagenfurt, Austria made poker headlines when he topped a field of 364 players to win the Latin American Poker Tour Season III Florianopolis Main Event for $247,491. As if things couldn’t get any better, Habernig was back at a LAPT final table a month later. That’s when he navigated a field of 258 players to make the final table of the LAPT Season 3 Grand Finale in Rosario, Argentina. He ultimately took sixth place for $49,400.

Habernig has flown under the poker spotlight since as he finishes his university studies, but he decided to play a little poker in Monaco. Unfortunately, his time in the Grand Final came to an end in the penultimate level of Day 1b.

We missed his final hand, but Dermot Blain was kind enough to fill us in on the details. According to him, an under-the-gun player opened for 1,100 and Habernig called. Germany's Daniel Brickwell then three-bet to 3,500, the original raiser folded, and Habernig four-bet it to 9,000. Brickwell moved all in and Habernig called off for 22,000 total.

Habernig:
Brickwell:

Habernig was in dire straits, but he got lucky when the flop gave him a full house. A third on the turn meant Brickwell could catch either the case ten or one of the two remaining kings to win, and unfortunately for the young Austrian, a spiked on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Matthias Habernig	Eliminado

Tags: Daniel Brickwell Matthias Habernig

2014-04-27 23:31 UTC+2

An Orbit With Clements, Boeree and Katchalov

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Of course, we're interested in all players in this tournament and want to report on all big bluffs, huge coolers and want to follow all players with insane fancy play syndrome. But we have to start somewhere in a huge field as this, and familiar faces is where we begin on starting days like todays.

Table 29 has three players who have our special interest. Team PokerStars Pro's Eugene Katchalov and Liv Boeree share that table with Scott Clements, a player who's known by insiders as one of the best. He doesn't come over to Europe for any small tournament though. Just the bigger buy ins get him on a plane over here, and that's why he's here today because the EPT Grand Final is one of the biggest.

We grabbed an entire orbit of play at this interesting table. Take a look with us:

Hand 1) Eugene Katchalov limped for 500 under the gun plus two. Liv Boeree over limped and the cutoff, button and small blind joined in as well. Scott Clements in the big blind squeezed to 3,100 and everyone but the cutoff folded.

Clements continued his aggression with a 3,800 on . The cutoff folded and Clements took it down.

Hand 2) Liv Boeree opened in middle position for 1,200 and the big blind made the call. The big blind checked on and Boeree fired a 1,200 continuation bet. The big blind folded and it they were on to the next hand.

Hand 3) Eugene Katchalov min raised under the gun for 1,000 and one player behind him called. on the flop and Katchalov check-folded to a 1,200 bet by his opponent.

Hand 4) With the blinds now going up, a player in middle position opened for 1,500 and another player three-bet to 2,600. Eugene katchaov in the big blind had not all that much left, but called anyway. The initial raiser called as well and they saw a three way flop. All three of them checked the -flop, the -turn and -river. Katchalov tabled and both opponents folded.

Hand 5) The player under the gun made it 1,200 and someone in middle position, and the cutoff called. Katchalov in the small blind did the same and the big blind came along as well. On Katcahlov and the big blind checked to the initial raiser who bet out 3,800. Everyone folded.

Hand 6) A player in middle position opened for 1,350 and the cutoff, small blind, and Boeree in the big blind called.

On both blinds checked to the initial raiser who made a c-bet. One player called and Boeree in the big blind made the call as well. The turn came the and Boeree and the player with the initiative checked. The third player bet out and both players folded.

Hand 7) The player under the gun made it 1,350 to go and Scott Clements right next to him made the call. They were heads up to the flop where appeared. The initial raiser bet 1,350 and Clements made the call. The fell on the turn and the initial raiser checked. Clements bet out 3,600 and the call followed. The pre flop aggressor check called another 9,300 on the river, but couldn't beat Clements' flopped trips with .

Hand 8) The player under the gun made it 1,500 and Daniel Engels in the cutoff and the player in the small blind made the call.

on the flop and the small blind checked. The initial raiser bet out 2,700 and Engels called, the small blind folded. The fell on the turn and the initial raiser checked to Engels who bet 3,800. The call followed and the initial raiser check called another 9,800 on the river. Engels had just to show for, the pot went to the initial raiser who tabled .

Hand 9) The player under the gun plus two raised it up to 1,300 and everyone folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Scott Clements	105,000 21,500	21,500
Eugene Katchalov	20,000 6,300	6,300

Liv Boeree	12,150 -3,850	-3,850

Tags: Eugene Katchalov Liv Boeree Scott Clements

2014-04-27 23:49 UTC+2

The Super High Roller Champ is Eliminated

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Yesterday, Daniel Colman, a 23-year-old from the United States who plays online under the name “mrGR33N13,” topped a field of 62 entries (50 unique, 12 reentries) to win the €1,539,300 first-place prize in the 2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller. Today, Colman was looking to make a run at the Main Event title, but those hopes were just crushed.

Colman was clinging to a short stack of around 8,000 when he decided to commit it from middle position. France's Apostolos Chantzis looked him up from the cutoff, and after the rest of the players folded, Colman discovered the bad news.

Chantzis:
Colman:

Colman had a kicker issue, but it was solved when the flop paired his nine. However, Chantzis did flop a flush draw. The dealer burned and turned the . It wasn't a diamond, but it was just as good as it gave Chantzis back the lead with kings.

Colman needed a nine on the river to stay alive, but it was not meant to be as the blanked on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Colman	Eliminado

Tags: Apostolos Chantzis Daniel Colman

2014-04-28 00:46 UTC+2

Latz Tops Day 1b of PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

It was a packed tournament room here at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event in the Salles des Etoiles room at Le Sporting with numbers considerably exceeding the 214 from Day 1a. The day kicked off with 300 players registered and ready to go, but that grew as the day went on. At the end of four levels of play there were 406 registered, and by close of play that would reach 427.

Last year 531 players entered to compete for a €1,224,000 first place prize. This year’s Grand Final has surpassed that as the 427 from Day 1b added to the 214 we had yesterday makes 641, already 110 players more than last year! Registration is still open and will remain open until the start of play tomorrow, so anticipate that number to grow even more.

After eight 75 minute levels of play on Day 1b it is German PokerStars player Hendrik Latz who leads the way with 191,600. Latz is closely followed by Davidi Kitai from Belgium who has 173,100 and hot on his heels is the Russian Vladimir Troyanovskiy with 172,000.

There was the expected show of force from Team PokerStars Pros who were represented by Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Barry Greenstein, Eugene Katchalov, Ivan Demidov , Johnny Lodden, Liv Boeree, Christophe De Meulder, Nacho Barbero, Juan Manuel Pastor , Angel Guillen, Andre Akkari, Humberto Brenes and David Williams.

In addition to that stellar line up some of the other big names in poker turned up to play including Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Sam Trickett, Scott Seiver and online phenom and Full Tilt Professional Viktor “Isildur1” Blom. The Swede ended up sitting to the right of Lodden and Annette Obrestad so it was a tough table draw for the online pro at the Scandi-heavy table, though all three managed to make it through the night.

The appearance of Obrestad stirred a lot of media attention and she and fellow Norwegian Lodden got off to a great start. In Level 2, Obrestad eliminated a player and doubled up, and shortly thereafter by Lodden did the same.

Phil Ivey didn’t seem to get involved in any huge pots but remained active, picking up chips where he could playing the game as only he knows how. PokerNews Senior News Editor Chad Holloway watched the great man play an orbit to see just how he goes about his business. Ivey ended the day with 50,800.

Liv Boeree played some fearless poker but ended up with a disappointing 6,200, though that was still better than some other Team PokerStars Pros. Negreanu went out pretty early in a set-over-set cooler and Jason Mercier was eliminated from the tournament when he found his was no good all in on a flop of against the of Nikolay Baranov. The turn and river failed to come to his rescue. Other Team Pros who fell today included Leo Fernandez and Christophe de Meulder.

The surviving 241 players return tomorrow along with any last minute hopefuls who decide to buy in. When registration closes and the final entries have been confirmed, the prizepool will be announced and the players will know just how much money they are competing for alongside the fantastic trophy and the title.

Be sure to join the PokerNews Live Reporting team from Noon local time tomorrow when we will bring you up-to-the-minute coverage as they begin the second stage of the tournament. Join us then and throughout the week as we make our way to the final table and the crowning of the final champion of the season.

In the meantime check out this video where Scott Seiver, who fell on Day 1b, talks to Jennifer Robles about his win last night at the €5k PLO Tournament.

https://www.pokernews.com/video/ept10-grand-final-scott-seiver-wins-the-plo-for-57-000-euros-8623.htm

Tags: Hendrik Latz