€10,600 Main Event Dia 2 | 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

2015-05-04 15:20 UTC+2

Over a Million For the Champion

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A total of 564 players entered the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event, making for a prize pool of €5,640,000. The winner will walk away with €1,082,000, the eight players making the final table will all take home at least a 6-figure number (€230,700). Making the money locks you up €19,175.

Position	Prize
1	€1,082,000
2	€679,000
3	€486,000
4	€379,000
5	€297,250
6	€233,500
7	€174,300
8	€120,700
9	€95,300
10 - 11	€78,400
12 - 13	€66,500
14 - 15	€58,100
16 - 17	€51,350
18 - 20	€45,700
21 - 23	€40,050
24 - 27	€34,400
28 - 31	€29,900
32 - 39	€26,500
40 - 55	€23,125
56 - 71	€20,900
72 - 79	€19,175

2015-05-04 15:26 UTC+2

PokerNews Impromptu: WSOP APAC Champ Scott Davies Bribes a Cabbie

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World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific champ Scott Davies tells us the story on how he bribed a cab drive to get to Day 2 of the EPT11 Grand Final and what it was like playing against WSOP Main Event champ Martin Jacobson on Day 1a.

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2015-05-04 15:26 UTC+2

Hairabedian Pays Off Stephensen

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Roger Hairabedian bet 10,000 on a board of , and Felix Stephensen made it 24,500. Hairabedian quickly called with but was shown bad news: Stephensen had for top two.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Felix Stephensen	180,000 37,000	37,000
Roger Hairabedian	140,000 -13,800	-13,800

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2015-05-04 15:30 UTC+2

Reard Eliminates Kuzmin

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We found Alexander Kuzmin wrapping up his headphones and pushing his chips into the middle for Alexandre Reard to add to his stack. Reard had on a king-high board, and we thought we saw two queens in front of Kuzmin before the dealer mucked them.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alexander Reard	120,000 -13,000	-13,000
Alexander Kuzmin	Eliminado

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2015-05-04 15:45 UTC+2

Price Making a Move

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Vanessa Selbst was pondering a call in from Jean-Noel Thorel on a board of , but with Oliver Price behind her she elected to fold. Price made the call.

Price:
Thorel:

Price was way ahead of the Frenchman and there was no hope on the or the and Thorel was eliminated. Price meanwhile is sitting on just under 190,000 chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Oliver Price	190,000 95,000	95,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	Eliminado

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2015-05-04 15:58 UTC+2

Season 12 of the European Poker Tour Announced

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Season 11 of the European Poker Tour is coming to an end this week, but the excitement is already building for Season 12, which was announced on Monday at the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final.

"Right from the stunning EPT100 celebrations in Barcelona last August to the 11th EPT Grand Final here in Monaco, this has truly been a spectacular season, so we are understandably very excited about the forthcoming Season 12," EPT President Edgar Stuchly said. "In Europe-based events alone we will have awarded more than €100 million in prize money for the first time in the EPT's history, with more than 60,000 tournament entries."

Six stops have been announced for Season 12, with a seventh in March to be determined. The schedule will include Barcelona, Malta, Prague, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Dublin, and Monte Carlo. For those looking to mark their calendars of the dates of these stops, check out the following table.

Event	Date
EPT Barcelona	Aug. 19-30, 2015
EPT Malta	Oct. 21-31, 2015
EPT Prague	Dec. 6-16, 2015
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	Jan. 6-14, 2016
EPT Dublin	Feb. 10-20, 2016
EPT Grand Final	April 26-May 6, 2016

Since Season 1, Barcelona has been a staple on the tour and always provides a festival of massive proportions. With consistent record-breaking performances and a joint venture with the Estrellas Poker Tour, the "City of Counts" will be highly anticipated once again.

The biggest buzz surrounding the schedule announcement seems to be the tour's return to Dublin, the capital and largest city of Ireland. This destination was a stop on Season 4 of the tour and falls into the time period of when EPT Deauville was previously held — shortly following after the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. According to the press release from the EPT, "Dublin will be held jointly with the UK & Ireland Poker Tour at the historic Royal Dublin Society venue, just minutes away from the heart of Dublin City."

The other four stops — Malta, Prague, PCA, and Monte Carlo (for the Grand Final) — were all featured in Season 11. That's when Malta made its debut on the tour, and the location proved to be a big success with nearly 900 players in the €5,300 Main Event.

"We will continue to take EPT to new locations and new audiences, and are constantly reviewing our events to ensure the tour stays fresh and exciting," Stuchly added. "Our festivals are held in the very best destinations in Europe, and we're really looking forward to continuing to provide the best live poker experience worldwide in Season 12."

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2015-05-04 16:01 UTC+2

Chip Counts from the Bottom Half of the Room

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jose Carlos Garcia	300,000 117,200	117,200
Ludovic Geilich	281,000 196,100	196,100
Juan Martin Pastor	200,000 142,400	142,400
Mustapha Kanit	175,000 41,000	41,000

Charlie Carrel	172,000 -8,000	-8,000
Adrian Mateos	152,000 62,800	62,800

Ami Barer	150,000 107,400	107,400
Tom Hall	140,000 69,300	69,300
Daniel Smith	140,000 60,000	60,000
Giuliano Bendinelli	125,000 56,800	56,800

Jason Mercier	120,000 13,200	13,200

Brian Roberts	115,000 1,000	1,000
Fabrice Soulier	90,000 29,000	29,000
Liviu Ignat	85,000 69,100	69,100
Maria Ho	85,000 61,400	61,400
Pierre Neuville	82,000 49,900	49,900
Dzmitry Urbanovich	75,000 -25,000	-25,000

Jason Wheeler	70,000 -7,600	-7,600
Mayu Roca	70,000 -20,300	-20,300
David Peters	60,000 -30,200	-30,200
Jack Salter	55,000
Vanessa Selbst	51,000 14,000	14,000

Heinz Kamutzki	50,000 17,500	17,500
Ivan Demidov	38,000 -28,500	-28,500

Martin Jacobson	22,000 -20,000	-20,000

2015-05-04 16:01 UTC+2

Paris Eliminates Koon

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Jason Koon jammed for his last 16,600 in middle position, and fellow American Bryan Paris called from the button with . That was good enough to dominated Koon's , and a queen on the flop spelled the end for Koon, who wished Paris good luck.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Bryan Paris	116,800 13,300	13,300
Jason Koon	Eliminado

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2015-05-04 16:05 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts from the Top Half of the Room

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ole Schemion	230,000 60,000	60,000
Thomas Popov	220,000 132,100	132,100
Frederik Pedersen	210,000 101,200	101,200
Max Altergott	165,000 55,000	55,000
Ihar Soika	145,000 18,000	18,000
Randal Flowers	130,000 10,000	10,000
Roger Hairabedian	120,000 -20,000	-20,000
Rhys Jones	112,000 12,000	12,000
Eugene Katchalov	100,000 4,400	4,400

Johnny Lodden	100,000 17,000	17,000

Andre Akkari	88,000 30,000	30,000

Stephen Chidwick	80,000
Dan Heimiller	80,000 -45,000	-45,000
Sergio Aido	75,000 12,800	12,800
Andrew Chen	72,000 25,000	25,000
Ivan Luca	70,000 -21,300	-21,300
Luca Moschitta	47,000 -18,000	-18,000
Artem Litvinov	43,000 -32,600	-32,600
Scott Davies	38,000 18,000	18,000
Scott Clements	36,000 36,000	36,000
Connor Drinan	35,000 -28,000	-28,000
Simon Deadman	35,000 -38,500	-38,500
Isaac Haxton	33,000 12,000	12,000

Mike McDonald	25,000 9,000	9,000

Atanas Kavrakov	Eliminado

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2015-05-04 16:13 UTC+2

Daniel Smith Trying to Beat Dan Smith

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Dan Smith isn't the most unique name, in fact it's a rather common name. In the poker world most people you'll talk to will think of Dan "KingDan" Smith (the super high roller from the states who once won three €5,000 events here at the Grand Final in one festival) when you mention it.

But there's another Daniel "Dan" Smith out there, and that one is pretty good at poker as well. Daniel Smith from England (but living in Monaco) won a big event in Cannes for €88,000 September last year and has amassed a total of $121,926 in live tournament earnings so far.

That Daniel Smith is currently one of the bigger stacks in the room, having worked up his stack from 80,000 to 150,000 in the three levels we've played so far today. And it's not like he's sitting at the softest of tables, with Martin Jacobson, Ami Barer, Brian Roberts and Dzmitry Urbanovich as his opponents it's in fact one of the tougher ones in the room.

Smith just clashed with Polish wonder kid Dzmitry Urbanovich in a hand where Urbanovich opened to 2,600 and Smith called from the small blind. Both players checked the flop and the popped up on the turn. Smith bet out 2,200 and, as we've seen so many times before by now, Urbanovich raised it up to 6,800. Smith made the call. The hit the river and Smith checked. Urbanovich thought for just a bit before checking behind. Smith rolled his eyes a little bit and showed for a rivered full house, Urbanovich mucked.

Daniel Smith is the 2nd most successful Daniel Smith in the world if we're looking at poker results. Even if Daniel Smith wins this tournament for just over a million, he won't come near Dan Smith's $8,904,933 in live tournament earnings. But you got to start somewhere, right?

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Smith	150,000 10,000	10,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	80,000 5,000	5,000

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