EPT -- Grand Final Day 3The Field Plays into the Money and Down to 31 Players Remaining |
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Day 3 at the 2009 PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo began at noon with 138 players in the mix. By the end of the night 88 of them would have prize money in their pocket or dreams of a larger piece of the pie tomorrow. A total of 31 players will advance to day 4 tomorrow.
Day 3 started out fast, and not event the money bubble could slow things down. It took 2 hours and 40 minutes for the bubble to burst last year, but in 2009 the bubble burst in just a few hands time. The unfortunate bubble boy was Team PokerStars Pro Marcel Luske. Joining Luske as pros that just missed the money were: Michael Watson, Fabrice Soulier, Nenad Medic, Team PokerStars Pro Lee Nelson, Benjamin Spindler, Team PokerStars Pro Isabelle Mercier, Sorel Mizzi, Ilari “Zigmund” Sahamies, Carl Olson, Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akaari, and former world champion and Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem.
Many notable professionals finished in the money once the bubble burst and action kept a steady pace all day long. Here is a list of the notable in the money finishes:
84: Tristan Clemenon — €20,000
78: Liya Gerasimova — €22,000
76: Andreas Hoivold — €22,000
75: Farzad Bonyadi — €22,000
71: Michael Greco — €25,000
69: Phil Laak — €25,000
64: Samuel Chartier — €28,000
63: Vitaly Lunkin — €28,000
59: Dag Palovic — €28,000
55: Luca Pagano — €31,000
44: J.J. Liu — €35,000
41: Steve Sung — €35,000
38: Alex Kravchenko — €40,000
36: Sandra Naujoks — €40,000
35: Anthony Venturini — €40,000
34: Sebastian Ruthenberg — €40,000
The final 31 were reached a little after 11 p.m. and here is how the chip counts stood when the final bell rang:
| Name | Country | PokerStars Status | Chips | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Woodward | USA | 2,726,000 | 4 | 2 | |
| Ludovic Lacay | France | 2,235,000 | 3 | 2 | |
| Marc Naalden | Holland | 1,770,000 | 3 | 6 | |
| Johannes Strassmann | Germany | ShootingStar | 1,612,000 | 2 | 3 |
| Steven Silverman | USA | PokerStars player | 1,509,000 | 1 | 4 |
| Peter Traply | Hungary | PokerStars Qualifier | 1,449,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Bart Spijkers | Holland | 1,377,000 | 4 | 1 | |
| Grayson Physioc | USA | 1,340,000 | 1 | 2 | |
| Grigory Zima | Russia | 1,313,000 | 3 | 3 | |
| Alexander Morozov | Russia | PokerStars player | 1,202,000 | 3 | 4 |
| George Danzer | Germany | ShootingStar | 881,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Alem Shah | Germany | PokerStars Qualifier | 846,000 | 4 | 3 |
| Jason Somerville | USA | PokerStars Qualifier | 845,000 | 1 | 7 |
| Olivier Douce | France | 788,000 | 2 | 5 | |
| Daniel Zink | Germany | 723,000 | 3 | 8 | |
| Roger Hairabedian | Morrocco | 676,000 | 4 | 8 | |
| Annette Obrestad | Norway | 668,000 | 3 | 5 | |
| Christopher Rossiter | UK | PokerStars Qualifier | 645,000 | 4 | 6 |
| Amicha Barer | Canada | 578,000 | 3 | 7 | |
| Leonardo Patacconi | Italy | PokerStars Qualifier | 578,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Pieter De Korver | Holland | PokerStars sponsored player | 565,000 | 2 | 4 |
| Dag Martin Mikkelsen | Norway | 553,000 | 4 | 4 | |
| Vadim Shlez | USA | 518,000 | 4 | 5 | |
| Alain Roy | France | 507,000 | 3 | 1 | |
| Gilbert Diaz | France | 495,000 | 2 | 1 | |
| Sergio Castelluccio | Italy | 466,000 | 1 | 3 | |
| Eric Qu | France | 321,000 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mikhail Tulchinskiy | Russia | 256,000 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jaime Vilela | South Africa | 253,000 | 2 | 7 | |
| Patrick Wymann | Switzerland | PokerStars Qualifier | 225,000 | 1 | 8 |
| John Cernuto | USA | 166,000 | 4 | 7 |
Day 4 begins at noon CEST (3 a.m. PDT) tomorrow, when these players start their march to the final table of eight. You can watch all of the action live by checking out the EPT Live video feed on CardPlayer.com. You can also catch everything in live updates, chip counts, and photos from the event.
Here is a look at the highlights from day 3 as featured in CardPlayer.com’s live updates:
Ilari "Zigmund" Sahamies Eliminated
Ilari Sahamies moved all in from the big blind on a board of 10
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3 and seat 5 went into the tank UTG+1. He was in the tank for a while and then Sahamies called the clock. Seat 5 then made the call as time expired and he turned up K
10. Sahamies mucked and promptly exited the tournament floor.
Joe Hachem Eliminated
Joe Hachem is the latest casualty of EPT Grand Final day 3. He called Luca Pagano’s all-in for his last 40,000. Hachem was priced in but still thought about making the call. He muttered something about a full house, and showed two pair, which ran straight into Pagano’s trip kings. Hachem is now on the other side of the rail.
Marcel Luske Out on the Bubble
On a flop of 10 3 2, Marcel Luske is all-in and Sebastian Ruthenberg calls. Luske has A9 and Ruthenberg has 2-2 for the set. The turn is the J, and the river is the A. Luske goes home one outside the money.
Ludovic Lacay Takes the Lead
Ludovic Lacay and Andreas Hoivold got all of their chips into the middle of the preflop and then turnd up their cards. Lacay had Hoivold covererd and the pot was massive.
Hoivold: 88
Lacay: AA
Board: K532Q
Lacay won the hand to grow his stack to 1.2 million and Hoivold was eliminated from the tournament.
Phil Laak Eliminated
Phil Laak is all-in with K 8 versus Vadim Shlez’ pocket jacks. The board comes Q J 4 2 2 and the event sees one of its greatest personalities hitting the rail.
Sandra Naujoks Eliminated
Naujoks raises preflop and Matthew Woodward calls. The flop is K 8 4, Naujoks bets out again, and Woodward makes the call.
The turn is a 10 and Naujoks shoves with K-Q. Woodward calls with K-10. The river is a brick and the EPT German Open champion Sandra Naujoks hits the rail.
Alexander Kravchenko Eliminated
Alexander Kravchenko has only three big blinds left and moves all-in with Q-J. The player in the big blind calls with A-J and nothing else happens from there. Kravchenko is beaten by ace high and makes his exit.
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