More of those shiny, silver spade trophies were claimed late last night in side events at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final here at the Monte Carlo Bay Resort and Hotel.
We signed off last night letting you know about victories by Philipp Gruissem, Hossein Ensan, and George Rankin, as well as Joao Brito racing to the chip lead with 43 left for today’s final day of Event #54, a two-day €1,000 NL event with a single re-entry. Before we get too deep into yet another packed day at the EPT Grand Final, let’s recap how the other events finished up, a couple not long before the sun reappeared a few hours ago.
The Russian Sergey Kudryavtsev ultimately prevailed in that one, outlasting Quirin Berger of Switzerland to win the title and €3,550. That makes two straight years for Kudryavtsev picking up wins here at the EPT Grand Final after he won a “Deuces Wild” event here a year ago.
Entries: 61
Prize pool: €12,200
Places paid: 8
1. Sergey Kudryavtsev (Russia) — €3,550
2. Quirin Berger (Switzerland) — €2,570
3. Aurelien Caron (France) — €1,660
4. Yi Li (France) — €1,259
5. Bruno Basso (Italy) — €970
6. Mykola Vysotskyi (UK) — €755
7. Oleg Poluzhinikov (Russia) — €600
8. Julien Bauduin (France) — €470
We didn’t see the final hand, but 5-4-offsuit seems an appropriate one to hold up for the winner’s photo in this one.
Players: 19, with 21 rebuys
Prize pool: €2,958.50
Places paid: 4
1. Christian Berg (Sweden) — €1,240
2. Aleksandr Denisov (Russia) — €830
3. Jennifer Shahade (USA) — €533
4. Marlon Boncompain (France) — €355
A total of 82 showed up and after just a few hours Dan Smith of the USA collected for himself another trophy and a six-figure score after topping an especially tough field.
Entries: 82
Prize pool: €410,000
Places paid: 11
1. Dan Smith (USA) — €109,370
2. Habib Esses (Brazil) — €77,750
3. David Dayan (Brazil) — €50,900
4. David Yan (New Zealand) — €39,170
5. Georgios Zisimopoulos (Greece) — €31,020
6. Evangelos Vrakas (Greece) — €24,260
7. Pavel Krasoselskii (Russia) — €19,090
8. Ariel Malnik (Lithuania) — €14,915
9. Salman Behbehani (Kuwait) — €11,335
10. Gad Shitrit (Israel) — €9,945
11. Berthold Winz (Germany) — €9,945
Stick close to the PokerStars Blog and together we’ll see who claims the next set of silver spades on this busy Wednesday.
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Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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