PokerStars EPT Grand Final -- Day 4Final Table Confirmed as Big Names Hit Rail on Day 4 |
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On day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, the field had to be downsized by 16 to a final table of eight, but not without drama. Many of the more well-known players hit the rail with the final table within their sights, including the last remaining Team PokerStars Pro player Martin Hruby [pictured right].
All in with A-5, he found himself up against last season’s EPT Prague champion Salvatore Bonavena and his A-10. A ten came on the flop and Hruby never caught up. He left in 22nd place for €50,000. Another notable left not too long after in 18th place, Sweden’s Ramzi Jelassi moved all in for 640,000 and Jean Francois Talbot moved all in behind him, barely covering him. Jelassi’s Q
10 proved no match for Talbot’s A K on a 9
6
4 10 A board. Jelassi goes home with €50,000 for 19th place.
Nick Schulman [pictured left] may have had a hold over the field going into day 3, but he lost it and his tournament life on day 4 when he was forced to push all in with his then short stack. Andrew Chen was the one to put him out with pocket tens versus Schulman’s A 9. The board came 6
2 2 6 K and the 1.7 million pot went straight into the hands of Chen. An amazing comeback from his 15,000 in chips yesterday when the blinds were 5,000-10,000. Schulman gets €50,000 for his 18th place finish.
The chip leader going into the day, Kevin Eyster, couldn’t manage to stay ahead of the pack, and slipping off that pedestal, was finally put out in 16th place for €60,000. After a raise from Roger Hairabedian of 135,000, Eyster shoved all in for his last 960,000. Hairabedian went into the tank and eventually called with pocket queens. Eyster, a bit upset Hairabedian took so long to call, showed A-Q. The queens were enough on a board of 9-7-3-9-10 and the young American hit the rail.
Another big name (especially on the online scene) to make his exit was Sami Kelopuro [pictured left]. Craig McCorkell opened on the button and Kelopuro moved all in for just under 1 million from the small blind. McCorkell called and showed A 7. Kelopuro showed A 5, and McCorkell went on to make the nut flush on the turn putting Kelopuro out of the event in 12th place for €80,000.
Meanwhile, Nicolas Chouity was making some moves and rapidly ascending up the leader board. A massive hand broke out which started with a raise preflop from Chouity and a call by Craig McCorkell on the big blind. The flop was K 10 9, McCorkell checked, and Chouity bet 175,000. McCorkell called and they saw a 3 turn. Chouity fired out 250,000 and McCorkell called once more. The river was the 5 and Chouity bet out again, this time for 340,000. McCorkell thought about it and then raised it up to 1,120,000.
Although worried about a back-door flush, Chouity made the call and showed Q J for the straight. McCorkell turned over a useless J 9 and was left with 1.8 million, while Chouity moved to the heady heights of 7.3 million.
Not long after this, Chouity increased his stack further by knocking out Hruby’s slayer Salvatore Bonavena with K Q versus the Italian’s pocket jacks. A king on the flop sealed the deal and Chouity raked in the chips while Bonavena prepared to leave in 11th place, €80,000 richer.
The two Brits left in the event then hit the rail one after the other. First Matt Perrins busted when his two pair was beaten by Mezbah Guerfi’s better two pair and he was left with 1.3 million in chips which he shoved all in with A 8, only to find out Chouity was holding A-Q which was enough to knock him out in 10th place for €100,000.
His friend Craig McCorkell [pictured right] received the same for bubbling the final table after a series of unfortunate events. First, his A-Q was beaten by the A-K of Herve Costa who was all in for his tournament life. Costa’s double up left McCorkell with 895,000. He then shoved over the top of Aleh Plauski’s all in of 830,000 and everyone folded leaving the two heads up. Plauski flipped over K J while McCorkell showed A Q. This time he was ahead but the board was not going to be kind as it fell Q J 3 3 J.
Plauski’s full house left McCorkell with just 65,000 which he got in with Q 4. Andrew Chen raised over the top and only the two saw a board of J 6 2 7 9. Chen’s A 10 confirmed the final table.
This is what the final table will look like:
Seat 1 Herve Costa 1,590,000
Seat 2 Roger Hairabedian 1,130,000
Seat 3 Aleh Plauski 1,695,000
Seat 4 Dominykas Karmazinas 2,285,000
Seat 5 Josef Klinger 1,170,000
Seat 6 Mesbah Guerfi 3,670,000
Seat 7 Nicolas Chouity 10,280,000
Seat 8 Andrew Chen 3,670,000
All of the action will be televised on EPT Live here at CardPlayer.com, where eight players will continue their fight for the €1,700,000 top prize. You can also check out our live reports as they happen, and indulge in the final video updates of this season’s PokerStars EPT Grand Final.
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