The board read when we saw Zvi Stern bet 75,000 from the big blind and Anthony Zinno made the call from the button. On the river the hit, and Zinno quickly bet 75,000 after Stern checked.
Stern leaned back in his chair - smiled - and took of his glasses as he tried to figure Zinno out.
About a minute went by before Stern called, and Zinno tabled for two pair. Stern mucked, and Zinno picked up this pot.
Saar Wilf just ended up all in for 372,000 from the button against Max Silver in the small blind.
Wilf:
Silver:
The flop brought out , and Wilf let out a deep sigh as he got up out of his seat. The turn brought the , and only an ace on the river could save him. The did just that, and Wilf celebrate quietly, as Silver paid off the bet.
Zvi Stern showed up about 10 minutes late and then raised to 50,000. Alexandru Papazian three-bet to 185,000 and Stern asked him if there had been any movements to his stack while he was not there yet. "About 100,000 more," Papazian said and Stern called. Both checked the flop and Papazian check-called 75,000 on the turn.
The river was checked through and Papazian showed , Stern claimed the pot with .
Max Silver raised to 52,000 from under the gun and Thomas Miller called from the big blind to see a flop of . Miller checked, as did Silver, and they headed to the turn.
This time Miller led for 70,000 and Silver called to see the appear on the river. Miller moved all in for 273,000 and Silver took quite some time to make up his mind before making the call. It was a good one, as Miller showed for a missed double draw, Silver claimed the pot with .
Ivan Deyra flopped a gutshot and turned top pair with on a flush draw board before check-calling a bet worth 100,000 on the river by Alexandros Kolonias and claiming the pot.
The Greek then raised to 50,000 and Saar Wilf defended his big blind. On the flop, Wilf check-called a continuation bet worth 55,000 before check-folding the turn when Kolonias made a second barrel worth 110,000.
The action folded to Ramin Hajiyev in the small blind, and the man from Azerbaijan moved all in only to get called right away by [Removed:2] in the big blind. Hajiyev was all in for around 300,000 chips, and the showdown went as follows.
Hajiyev:
Maksoud:
The board ran out and Hajiyev was the first player to get knocked out on the final day of this event.
In a battle of the blinds, Anthony Zinno and Imad Derwiche had 60,000 chips in preflop and they checked the flop. On the turn, Derwiche bet 65,000 and Zinno called before the runner up of last year fired the river for 85,000.
Zinno gave it some time and then called to see Derwiche muck instantly.
After 21 levels of 60 minutes each, the record-breaking field of 231 entries in the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €25,750 High Roller has been whittled down to the last 12 hopefuls and 2015 November Niner Zvi Stern leads the survivors with 1.638 million. All remaining players have €92,250 locked up for their efforts, but all eyes are set on the first-place payout of €1.197 million.
British poker pro Max Silver follows in second with 1.342 million and Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias (1.338 million), Papazian (1.231 million), Ivan Deyra (1.16 million), and Rafael Da Silva Moraes (1.026 million) also bagged up with seven-figure chip counts for the final day of the event. Papazian finished runner up to Charlie Carrel one year ago in this very tournament and aims to do one spot better this time around.
The other finalists include [Removed:2] (907,000), three times World Poker Tour champion Anthony Zinno (816,000), Saar Wilf (509,000) and Thomas Miller (383,000) as well as Ramin Hajiyev (366,000) are the two short stacks upon restart.
Day 3 Seat Assignments
Table
Seat
Name
Country
Chips
1
1
Anthony Zinno
USA
816,000
1
2
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1
3
Imad Derwiche
France
840,000
1
4
Zvi Stern
Israel
1,638,000
1
5
Ramin Hajiyev
Azerbaijan
366,000
1
6
--empty--
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1
7
[Removed:2]
Lebanon
907,000
1
8
Alexandru Papazian
Romania
1,231,000
2
1
Saar Wilf
Israel
509,000
2
2
Thomas Miller
USA
383,000
2
3
Max Silver
UK
1,342,000
2
4
Alexandros Kolonias
Greece
1,338,000
2
5
Rafael Da Silva Moraes
Brazil
1,026,000
2
6
Ivan Deyra
France
1,160,000
2
7
--empty--
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2
8
--empty--
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Play resumes at 12.30 p.m. local time with Level 22 and blinds of 12,000/24,000/3,000 and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand until the last river card is dealt. Make sure to tune back in regularly to find out who will lift the trophy and secure their spot in the history books of the most prestigious live event series in Europe.
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when we saw Zvi Stern bet 75,000 from the big blind and Anthony Zinno made the call from the button. On the river the 
hit, and Zinno quickly bet 75,000 after Stern checked.
for two pair. Stern mucked, and Zinno picked up this pot.
, and Wilf let out a deep sigh as he got up out of his seat. The turn brought the 
, and only an ace on the river could save him. The 
did just that, and Wilf celebrate quietly, as Silver paid off the bet.
river was checked through and Papazian showed 
.
turn.
for a missed double draw, Silver claimed the pot with 
.
on a flush draw board before check-calling a bet worth 100,000 on the river by Alexandros Kolonias and claiming the pot.
turn when Kolonias made a second barrel worth 110,000.
turn, Derwiche bet 65,000 and Zinno called before the runner up of last year fired the 
