€10,600 Main Event Dia 1b | 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

2015-05-03 22:50 UTC+2

Done and Dusted

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alessandro Traversi	Eliminado
Nikolajs Jalunins	Eliminado
Max Lehmanski	Eliminado
Joao Alberto Barreto	Eliminado
Marwan Zakhem	Eliminado
Andrejs Maklecovs	Eliminado
Amos Ben Haim	Eliminado
Leo Margets	Eliminado

Bruno Gerber	Eliminado
Jose Traigueros	Eliminado
David Bokor	Eliminado
Russell Thomas	Eliminado
Nicaolau Villa-Lobos	Eliminado
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Eliminado

2015-05-03 23:00 UTC+2

Ausmus Comes Out on Top of Four-Way Action

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Nikolay Komcharokov limped from early position and Jeremy Ausmus did the same from the hijack. Senh Ung called from the button, Brazil's Habib Esses came along from the small blind, and then the player in the big raised to 2,500. Komcharokov called, as did Ausmus and Ung, before Esses three-bet all in for 9,600 from the small blind.

The player in the big blind called, Komcharokov got out of the way, and Ausmus made the call. Ung came along and three active and one all-in player saw the flop, which checked around. The action repeated itself on the turn, and then Ausmus bet 20,000 after the big blind checked the . Ung folded and so did the big blind.

Ausmus showed the for trips, and it was good as Esses only held .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeremy Ausmus	75,000 21,000	21,000

Senh Ung	30,000 -19,000	-19,000

Tags: Senh Ung Jeremy Ausmus Habib Esses

2015-05-03 23:03 UTC+2

Nastasi Eliminates Charania

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Mohsin "chicagocards1" Charania, a former champion here at European Poker Tour Monte Carlo who also has a pair of WPT wins to his name, just had his tournament ended by Eros Nastasi. A player opened for 1,500 in middle position, and Charania shipped all in for 6,725 in the cutoff. Action folded to big blind Eros Nastasi, who called, and the opener dumped his hand.

Charania:
Nastasi:

The Italian had Charania dominated, and the board ran out , booting Charania from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eros Nastasi	28,300
Mohsin Charania	Eliminado

Tags: Mohsin Charania Eros Nastasi

2015-05-03 23:23 UTC+2

A Look at the Former EPT Grand Final Champions

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Season	Player	Field Size	Prize
1	Rob Hollink	211 players	€635,000
2	Jeff Williams	298 players	€900,000
3	Gavin Griffin	706 players	€1,825,010
4	Glen Chorny	842 players	€2,020,000
5	Pieter De Korver	935 players	€2,300,000
6	Nicolas Chouity	848 players	€1,700,000
7	Ivan Freitez	686 players	€1,500,000
8	Mohsin Charania	665 players	1,350,000
9	Steve O'Dwyer	531 players	€1,224,000
10	Antonio Buonanno	650 players	€1,240,000

2015-05-03 23:31 UTC+2

"Aces? Really?"

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Cabrera opened from middle position and found callers in Wang in the hijack and Boeree in the big blind. On a flop of Boeree checked and Cabrera bet out 1,900. Wang called and Boeree folded.

On the turn, again Cabrera chose to bet, moving 4125 chips across the line. And again, after a short pause, Wang called.

The river brought the and Cabrera slid three blue 5,000 chips out, meaning Wang had to move all-in to call.

"Aces?" asked Wang, "Pocket Aces? Really?"

Cabrera remained silent. Wang folded and his opponent instantly mucked his cards.

"Aces?" asked Selbst from the other end of the table.

"I had Ace-King" said Wang.

"I don't know if I could have folded that, responded Selbst.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Pablo Melogno Cabrera	66,000
Hung-Tu Wang	9,000

Tags: Hung-Tu Wang Pablo Melogno Cabrera Vanessa Selbst

2015-05-03 23:32 UTC+2

Just Missed Out on Making Day 2

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andrei Konopelko	Eliminado
Jannick Wrang	Eliminado

Kitty Kuo	Eliminado
Salvatore Bonavena	Eliminado

2015-05-03 23:34 UTC+2

Mateos Doubles

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

When we last took note of Adrian Mateos, the Spanish pro had one of the biggest stacks in the room. It appeared he had fallen on hard times when we got to his table though, as he was down to just 13,250. He was able to double that with though, as we found the dealer counting down his stack for a double on a board of . His opponent's hand was already mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Adrian Mateos	27,500 -59,100	-59,100

Tags: Adrian Mateos

2015-05-03 23:37 UTC+2

Nastasi Doubles Through Adamo

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Mike Adamo put in a raise to 11,250 from the button after Eros Nastasi three-bet him in the big blind to about 4,000. Nastasi shoved all in for about 25,000, and Adamo called with . He had Nastasi's dominated, but an ace-high flop left him shaking his head in disgust.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Eros Nastasi	50,000 21,700	21,700
Mike Adamo	20,550 -20,775	-20,775

Tags: Eros Nastasi Mike Adamo

2015-05-03 23:43 UTC+2

Kaverman, Salter Among Eliminated

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Peter Akery	Eliminado
Candido Goncalves	Eliminado
Alin Grasu	Eliminado
Byron Kaverman	Eliminado
Kamal Turk	Eliminado
Ben Heath	Eliminado
Senol Karahasan	Eliminado
Vasiliiy Demushkin	Eliminado
Philippe Barouk	Eliminado
Florence Allera	Eliminado
Johnny Hansen	Eliminado
Louis Salter	Eliminado

2015-05-03 23:52 UTC+2

Kabrhel Twisting His Thing

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Poker players have always looked for distractions while they play, usually opting for a mobile phone or tablet to flick away the moments between hands. Martin Kabrhel meanwhile has chosen a different approach, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.

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