2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo?Casino EPT

�5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo?Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
€827,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,471,700
Entries
922
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Level: 34

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

Huang Takes Lead into the Break

Level 33 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

In the final hand before the break, Wei Huang raised to 500,000 on the button with {j-Spades}{8-Clubs} and Manig Loeser defended {q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}. The flop was {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Spades} and Loeser check-called 400,000 from Huang.

After Loeser checked the {5-Hearts} on the turn, Huang went for a second barrel worth 800,000 which got him rid of Loeser.

Afterward, the players went on a 20-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Wei Huang cn
Wei Huang
10,950,000
1,270,000
1,270,000
Run It Once
Viktor Katzenberger hu
Viktor Katzenberger
8,625,000
-125,000
-125,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
8,050,000
-1,650,000
-1,650,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Manig LoeserWei Huang

Katzenberger Gets Huang Off His Hand

Level 33 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Viktor Katzenberger
Viktor Katzenberger

Wei Huang completed the {j-Clubs}{9-Spades} in the small blind, Viktor Katzenberger raised up {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} to 800,000 and Huang called. The flop was {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}{10-Spades} and Katzenberger continued for 450,000, which Huang called.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and Huang checked. Katzenberger used one time bank card before coming up with a large bet of 1,800,000. Huang thought as long as he could without time bank cards, then folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Wei Huang cn
Wei Huang
9,680,000
-1,250,000
-1,250,000
Run It Once
Viktor Katzenberger hu
Viktor Katzenberger
8,750,000
2,250,000
2,250,000

Tags: Viktor KatzenbergerWei Huang

Chips Are Passed Around

Level 33 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

In a limped pot to the {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts} flop, Manig Loeser bet 250,000 with the {6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and Wei Huang called with {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for top pair. On the {2-Clubs} turn, Loeser checked and called a bet of 300,000 before checking again the {5-Clubs} on the river.

Huang bet 800,000 and Loeser folded.

Huang limped in with the {j-Spades}{10-Spades} and Viktor Katzenberger raised to 800,000 in the big blind with {a-Clubs}{3-Spades}, Huang called. On the {k-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop, Huang checked over to Katzenberger, who continued for 450,000 and saw his opponent quickly count out the call and slide the chips forward.

The {2-Clubs} followed on the turn and Huang checked once more, Katzenberger fired a second barrel of 1,600,000 with 2,150,000 behind and that won the pot right there.

Player Chips Progress
Wei Huang cn
Wei Huang
10,930,000
-570,000
-570,000
Run It Once
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
9,700,000
-1,550,000
-1,550,000
EPT 1X Winner
Viktor Katzenberger hu
Viktor Katzenberger
6,500,000
2,120,000
2,120,000

Tags: Manig LoeserViktor KatzenbergerWei Huang

Huang Jams the River to Make Loeser Fold a Straight

Level 33 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Wei Huang
Wei Huang

Manig Loeser limped the {7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Wei Huang checked his option with {k-Clubs}{5-Hearts} to see the {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop. Huang checked out of turn, Loeser bet 250,000 and Huang called. On the {5-Clubs} turn, Loeser continued for another 850,000 and Huang quickly called.

Loeser got there with the {3-Clubs} river and bet 2,000,000 into a pot of 2,950,000. Without much hesitation, Huang moved all in for 6,550,000 and Loeser immediately tossed in a time bank extension. Another time bank followed and only then Loeser asked for a count on the shove.

Without using any further time bank, Loeser folded his seven-high straight and Huang claimed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Wei Huang cn
Wei Huang
11,500,000
3,350,000
3,350,000
Run It Once
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
11,250,000
-3,850,000
-3,850,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Manig LoeserWei Huang

Loeser Chips Up Further

Level 33 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Manig Loeser stole the blinds and big blind ante with {a-Spades}{8-Clubs} and then picked up the {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} in the small blind, which he raised to 900,000. Wei Huang folded and Loeser raked in another pot.

Loeser raised the button with the {8-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Viktor Katzenberger defended {7-Spades}{5-Hearts}. The flop brought {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Katzenberger checked, Loeser continued for 350,000 and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
15,100,000
250,000
250,000
EPT 1X Winner
Wei Huang cn
Wei Huang
8,150,000
-630,000
-630,000
Run It Once
Viktor Katzenberger hu
Viktor Katzenberger
4,380,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000

Tags: Manig LoeserViktor KatzenbergerWei Huang

All the Sevens; Chop the Pot

Level 33 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Wei Huang
Wei Huang

Manig Loeser raised to 500,000 on the button with {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and Wei Huang called {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} from the small blind. With {a-Spades}{2-Diamonds} in the big blind, Viktor Katzenberger three-bet shoved all in for 5,000,000 and Loeser folded.

Huang, who had Katzenberger covered, asked for a count. The Chinese was out of time bank cards after the earlier clash with Nicola Grieco, and called it off within the allotted time.

Katzenberger flopped huge on {7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts} to improve to trip deuces, but Huang still had the nut flush draw to win the hand. The {7-Spades} on the turn improved Katzenberger to a full house and his rail loudly celebrated and shouted: "Double up!"

Katzenberger went over to his rail and handed out fistbumps to each of his railbirds. As if he had jinxed it, the {7-Hearts} landed on the river for an improbable chop pot. It took the Chinese pair of Huang and Haoxiang Wang about two seconds before slowly realizing the pot was indeed chopped and everyone had a good laugh about it.

Wei Huang and Viktor Katzenberger
Viktor Katzenberger celebrating a bit too early
Player Chips Progress
Wei Huang cn
Wei Huang
8,780,000
1,880,000
1,880,000
Run It Once
Viktor Katzenberger hu
Viktor Katzenberger
5,380,000
-500,000
-500,000

Tags: Manig LoeserViktor KatzenbergerWei Huang