2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final

�10,600 Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info

2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€1,082,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€5,640,000
Entries
564
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Johnny Lodden Doubles Through Chip Leader

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Johnny Lodden
Johnny Lodden

Hand #117: Johnny Lodden moved all-in from the small blind with {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}. The chip leader Adrian Mateos woke up with {a-Clubs}{9-Spades} in the big blind.

It was a race, but Lodden moved way ahead after the {4-Spades}{k-Clubs}{j-Hearts} flop. The {8-Hearts} on the turn ensured Lodden's double-up and he was already sat back down when the {7-Clubs} river was dealt.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
2,300,000
790,000
790,000

Tags: Adrian MateosJohnny Lodden

Mateos Folds to Fares

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #111: Johnny Lodden on the button with {5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} raised it up to 120,000. Adrian Mateos with the {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts} in the small blind made the call, Fares called with {A-Spades}{4-Hearts}.

The {8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop gave all three of them something, but all checked. The {K-Clubs} hit the turn, putting Mateos well in front. Both blinds checked, and Lodden bet 165,000 into 400,000. Mateos called, Fares folded. The {A-Clubs} hit the river and Mateos checked again. Lodden checked behind, ang mucked upon seeing Mateos' second pair.

Hand #112: Lodden found {K-Spades}{2-Spades} under the gun and he made it 130,000. El Asmar in the big blind called with {K-Clubs}{10-Spades}. The flop came {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and El Asmar checked. Lodden bet 100,000 and El Asmar made the call. The {J-Hearts} hit the turn and El Asmar checked again. Lodden, officially drawing dead now, checked behind. The {2-Hearts} on the river hit Lodden, but he folded to El Asmar's 250,000 bet instantly anyway. Lodden dropped under the one-million mark.

Hand #113: El Asmar opened {Q-Clubs}{7-Clubs} on the button raising it to 175,000. Lodden shoved allin for 895,000 with {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and El Asmar folded.

Hand #114: Mateos opened from the small blind and Fares called from the big blind. Mateos had {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts} in the small blind and Fares had {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} in the big blind. The two of them played a flop of {5-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Mateos check-folded to Fares' 175,000 bet.

Hand #115: Mateos opened the button to 120,000 with {9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. Fares in the small blind with {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} made the call. The flop came {8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{A-Hearts} and Fares bet out 155,000. Mateos folded.

Hand #116: Mateos raised under the gun to 125,000 and took down the pot.

Tags: Adrian MateosHady El AsmarJohnny LoddenMuhyedine Fares

Mateos Doubles Up; Moves into Chip Lead

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Hand #109: Adrian Mateos raised to 120,000 under the gun with {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, Fares called from the button with {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Johnny Lodden came along from the big blind with {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}. All players checked a flop of {10-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and the {A-Clubs} was dealt on the turn. Lodden and Mateos checked and Fares bet 155,000. Lodden folded and Mateos made the call. The {Q-Diamonds} on the river meant the players were both chopping, both with aces and queens with a ten kicker. They both checked, and they split the pot.

Hand #110: Muhyedine Fares raised to 60,000 under the gun with pocket sixes, {6-Hearts}{6-Spades} and Mateos called in the big blind with {q-Clubs}{10-Spades}. Both players checked a flop of {6-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Mateos lead the {j-Spades} on the turn for 250,000. Fares, with bottom set, raised to 500,000 and Mateos three-bet to 1,300,000. Fares thought for a while and asked how large Mateos' stack was. Fares then moved all-in for 7,790,000 and Mateos snap-called.

Fares needed the board to pair to knock out Adrian Mateos, but the {10-Diamonds} on the river ensured a huge double up for Mateos, and he moved into the chip lead with this pot.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
7,220,000
5,145,000
5,145,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Muhyedine Fares sn
Muhyedine Fares
4,350,000
-4,235,000
-4,235,000
Hady El Asmar lb
Hady El Asmar
3,830,000
-440,000
-440,000
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
1,510,000
-470,000
-470,000

Tags: Adrian MateosMuhyedine Fares

The Amazing Poker Quiz with Sorel Mizzi

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Sorel Mizzi proved himself during the Amazing Poker Quiz, as not just a man filled with knowledge about himself, but also a straight up hustler. Mizzi did score a lot of points, so check out to see which questions he failed, and which he nailed.

Tags: Sorel Mizzi

Mateos and Lodden Play Comparable Hands Different

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #103: Lodden opened with king-jack off suit, but folded to Mateos' 450,000 three-bet with {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}.

Hand #104: Lodden with the {K-Spades}{2-Hearts} opened his button to 125,000. Adrian Mateos three-bet to 320,000 with {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and both Fares in the big blind and Lodden folded.

Hand #105: Lodden didn't give up and opened again, this time making it 125,000 with {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. Mateos and Fares folded, El Asmar in the big blind called with {Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. Lodden flopped best: {2-Spades}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. El Asmar check-folded to Lodden's 125,000 bet.

Hand #106: Fares found {7-Hearts}{7-Spades} on the button and raised it up to 140,000. Johnny Lodden with {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} in the big blind made the call. Both players checked the {K-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{J-Hearts} flop and the {3-Clubs} hit the turn. Another two checks later, the {2-Spades} completed the board and again both players checked.

Hand #107: Fares was first in, making it 150,000 with {A-Spades}{8-Diamonds}. Mateos with {Q-Clubs}{3-Clubs} in the big blind made the call. The flop came {3-Spades}{K-Clubs}{8-Clubs} had both players check. The {9-Hearts} on the river made Mateos bet 175,000. Fares called. The {Q-Hearts} on the river made Mateos bet 150,000 into 720,000. Fares paid his Spanish opponent off and mucked upon seeing Mateos' rivered pair of queens.

Hand #108: El Asmar opened to 125,000 with {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and took down the blinds and antes.

Tags: Adrian MateosHady El AsmarJohnny LoddenMuhyedine Fares

Jose Carlos Garcia Eliminated in 5th Place (�297,250)

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Jose Carlos Garcia
Jose Carlos Garcia

Hand #102: Jose Carlos Garcia had been short for a while and he moved all-in from the cutoff with a suited Ace, and Fares snap-called with kings.

Fares: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Garcia: {a-Spades}{9-Spades}

The flop came {6-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{7-Clubs} which was no help as neither player held a club. The turn was the {j-Clubs} which gave chop-outs to Garcia as any club would keep him alive. However the river was the {10-Spades} and Garcia was eliminated in 5th place (�297,250).

Player Chips Progress
Muhyedine Fares sn
Muhyedine Fares
8,585,000
790,000
790,000
Hady El Asmar lb
Hady El Asmar
4,270,000
400,000
400,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
2,075,000
-100,000
-100,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
1,980,000
-500,000
-500,000
Jose Carlos Garcia pl
Jose Carlos Garcia
Busted

Tags: Jose Carlos GarciaMuhyedine Fares

Not Turns or Rivers

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #98: Garcia moved in again from under the gun with {a-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and everyone folded.

Hand #99: Johnny Lodden raised {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} from the button and that took down the pot.

Hand #100: Five-handed Garcia just called from the small blind with {j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Fares checked from the big blind with {10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. The flop was {6-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts}. Garcia bet 65,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.

Hand #101: For the second time in three hand Lodden opened under the gun with {a-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and got three-bet to 280,000 by chip-leader Muhyedine Fares with {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} in the small blind. Lodden folded.

Tags: Johnny LoddenJose Carlos GarciaMuhyedine Fares

Garcia Shoves and Chops It

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #94: Lodden with {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} on the button limped in after inquiring the size of Garcia's stack in the big blind. Mateos made the call with {Q-Spades}{5-Spades} in the small blind, Garcia checked with the {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs} in the big blind.

{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades} on the flop and all of them checked. The {10-Spades} hit the turn and again three checks. The {J-Diamonds} completed the board and Lodden bet 125,000 after two checks. Both Mateos and Garcia folded the better hand, small pot to Lodden.

Hand #95: El Asmar with the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} opened to 125,000 under the gun. {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} for Johnny Lodden and the Norwegian super star three-bet to 285,000. Fares had {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} in the big blind and folded. El Asmar called.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and both players checked. The {3-Hearts} hit the turn and El Asmar lead out for 165,000 into the 710,000 pot. Lodden called. The {6-Clubs} completed the board and El Asmar bluffed again, this time for 380,000. Lodden tanked for a bit and eventually folded the best hand.

"Hopefully a good hand" Lodden said. "I beat you for sure" El Asmar lied.

Hand #96: Mateos made it 120,000 from the cutoff holding {A-Clubs}{6-Spades} and took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #97: Garcia shoved all in for 460,000 from the cutoff with the {A-Hearts}{2-Spades}. El Asmar in the small blind asked for a count with the {A-Spades}{4-Spades}, and called. The big blind folded.

1,030,000 in the pot and 47% chance of a split pot. The {J-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} meant things were looking to be chopped. {K-Clubs} on the turn and just a four could keep Garcia from staying alive. The {7-Clubs} completed the board and Garcia survived.

Tags: Adrian MateosHady El AsmarJohnny LoddenJose Carlos GarciaMuhyedine Fares

Ole Schemion Eliminated in 6th Place (�233,500)

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

Hand #93: Schemion moved all-in for his remaining 910,000 chips from the button and Adrian Mateos called from the big blind.

Schemion: {a-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Mateos: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The flop was {j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{q-Spades} and ace-king was still way int he lead. The {6-Hearts} on the turn was no help to Schemion who was left with three outs. The {2-Spades} on the river wasn't one of them and Ole Schemion, the EPT 10 Player of the Year exited in 6th place (�233,500)

The remaining five players are all guaranteed �297,250.

Player Chips Progress
Muhyedine Fares sn
Muhyedine Fares
7,795,000
-10,000
-10,000
Hady El Asmar lb
Hady El Asmar
3,870,000
-10,000
-10,000
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
2,480,000
-40,000
-40,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
2,175,000
990,000
990,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Jose Carlos Garcia pl
Jose Carlos Garcia
590,000
-10,000
-10,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
Busted

Tags: Ole Schemion

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 10,000