2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final

�50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
€936,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€49,000
Prize Pool
€3,201,660
Entries
66
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Klyukin's Rocket Crashes

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Vasily Klyukin, who paid �1.5 million to lock up a trip to space with celebrity Leonardo DiCaprio, has seen his tournament come to an end. Klyukin was all in against Anton Astapau's {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} with the dominated {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}. The board ran out {Q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, and Astapau made a diamond flush to win the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Anton Astapau
550,000
350,000
350,000
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Vasily Klyukin
Busted

Tags: Vasily KlyukinAnton Astapau

Mo Eliminates Reinkemeier

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Tobias Reinkemeier
Tobias Reinkemeier

As we arrived, all the chips were already in the middle. Jason Mo in the small blind had {K-Clubs}{6-Clubs} while big blind Tobias Reinkemeier showed {A-Spades}{2-Spades}.

The flop came {A-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Spades} and was good for Reinkemeier. The {5-Clubs} was good for Mo, and he got there with the {9-Clubs} on the river. The back door flush sent Reinkemeier packing. Mo just over 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Mo
402,000
152,000
152,000
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Tobias Reinkemeier
Busted

Tags: Jason MoTobias Reinkemeier

Alvarado Runs Into a Better "50K Specialist"

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
JC Alvarado
JC Alvarado

Maybe JC Alvarado isn't the "50K specialist" that Justin Bonomo was referring to earlier, or maybe he just ran into a better 50K specialist in Mike Watson, who took down the World Series of Poker Europe �50,000 Majestic High Roller in 2012. Either way, Alvarado's been eliminated.

Alvarado three-bet jammed with {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} over an open from Watson. Alvarado was short, and Watson called with the {A-Spades}{3-Clubs}. The {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{3-Spades} board gave Watson a full house and sent Alvarado to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Watson
1,145,000
205,000
205,000
EPT 2X Winner
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JC Alvarado
Busted

Tags: JC AlvaradoJustin BonomoMichael WatsonMike Watson

Seiver Busts McDonald

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Mike McDonald - Scott Seiver
Mike McDonald - Scott Seiver

Dzmitry Urbanovich limped under the gun for 12,000 and action folded to Mike McDonald in the small blind. McDonald completed and action was on Scott Seiver in the big blind. Seiver announced all in and Urbanovich instantly released his hand into the muck.

McDonald wasn't so quick to muck though. He asked how much Seiver was playing, just to get an idea of how much damage he could do, as he knew Seiver had more chips than he did.

McDonald ultimately called, and it was time to put the cards on their backs.

Mike McDonald: {10-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Scott Seiver: {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}

What started out as a fair fight, wasn't so fair after the flop: {J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}.

McDonald still had a fighting chance, needing a nine to make his straight. The {10-Clubs} on the turn paired him but it wasn't the card he was looking for. Neither was the {2-Spades} on the river and McDonald made his exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Seiver
400,000
50,000
50,000
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Mike McDonald
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dzmitry UrbanovichMike McDonaldScott Seiver

Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
1,095,000
-25,000
-25,000
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
940,000
340,000
340,000
EPT 2X Winner
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Rono Lo
750,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
720,000
77,000
77,000
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Martin Finger
550,000
-200,000
-200,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Teltscher gb
Mark Teltscher
415,000
-290,000
-290,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Andrew Chen
400,000
-62,000
-62,000
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Ole Schemion
400,000
200,000
200,000
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Thomas Muehloecker
365,000
-117,000
-117,000
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Bryn Kenney
300,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Jason Mo us
Jason Mo
250,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
180,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Tobias Reinkemeier
130,000
-20,000
-20,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Pratuysh Buddiga Eliminated

Level 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Pratyush Buddiga
Pratyush Buddiga

Martin Finger raised to 21,000 from middle position and Thomas Muehloecker on the button three-bet to 45,000. Pratuysh Buddiga in the small blind shoved all in and the big blind and Finger instantly called. The folds were quick and so was the call by Muehloecker.

Pratyush Buddiga: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}
Thomas Muehloecker: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {J-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Buddiga was left with just 57,000.

Two hands later, Buddiga shoved all in from the cutoff. His neighbor Alexander Uskov on the button made the call and Schemion and Finger folded their blinds.

Alexander Uskov: {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Pratuysh Buddiga: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Spades}{A-Spades} and Buddiga made his way to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Muehloecker
482,000
282,000
282,000
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Alexander Uskov
230,000
30,000
30,000
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Pratyush Buddiga
Busted