Pablo Melogno opened for 23,000 early and got a call from Andrey Andreev. Matt Waxman shipped it from the big blind for 73,000, and Melogno reraised, knocking Andreev out.
Waxman:
Melogno:
Melogno's cards were live and he picked up some more outs as flopped. The turn filled his straight, but Waxman still had a chance if he could find a club. He could not do so as the hit.
Walid Bou Habib shoved for his last 117,000, and Dan Smith, who seems to be under the weather and is visibly struggling with something, called from the big blind. His was racing against Habib's , and a dead runout favored Smith.
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Igor Kurganov shoved in from under the gun for 125,000, and Dominik Nitsche called fairly quickly on his immediate left. Everyone else mucked.
Kurganov:
Nitsche:
The door card gave plenty of reason for optimism for Kurganov as was followed by . The turn, however, brought the , and he got out of his seat in anticipation of elimination. The sealed the deal.
From under the gun, Chang He raised to 25,000. Next to act was Dan Smith, and he reraised to 70,000. Charlie Carrel then reraised to 175,000 from the small blind before play fell on Simon Appleby in the big blind. Appleby called all in for 125,000, He folded, and Smith tank-folded.
Appleby had the and was dominated by the for Carrel. The flop, turn, and river ran out , and Appleby took his leave in 21st place.
Scott Seiver, who finished runner-up in the event last year, has made history here in Monaco by completing a high roller hat trick, cashing in the €100,000 Super High Roller (8th - €261,800), €50,000 Super High Roller (9th - €92,860), and €25,000 High Roller (20th - €62,100).
While other players like Vanessa Selbst and Ole Schemion have completed a Super High Roller/High Roller/Main Event hat trick at other EPT stops, the EPT11 Grand Final was the first time there's ever been three high rollers of this caliber.
Seiver, who also won Event #43 €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha for €75,900 here in Monte Carlo, fell when he shoved his last 124,000 from the cutoff and Andrey Andreev called from the button.
Seiver:
Andreev:
The flop gave Andreev a set, but Seiver was drawing live to an eight. The gave Seiver some chop options to a flush, but it was not meant to be as the blanked on the river.