The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

The 2013 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
108
Prize
€1,224,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€5,310,000
Entries
531
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Benadiba Eliminated

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 18,000 from early position, and Steve O'Dwyer called from the cutoff seat with a dead button in play. Stephane Benadiba called from the small blind, and the big blind folded.

The dealer slid out the {8-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop, and Benadiba moved all in for his last 26,000. Negreanu made the call, but O'Dwyer wasn't about to let Negreanu continue for cheap and raised to 75,000. Negreanu gave it up.

O'Dwyer showed the {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} for middle set. Benadiba held the {5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for bottom pair.

The turn was the {2-Clubs}, leaving Benadiba needing the case deuce on the river for a miracle suckout. The {10-Clubs} wasn't what he was looking for, though, and Benadiba headed out the door.

O'Dwyer is currently in second place on the leader board, behind only Team Pro Johnny Lodden. On the European Poker Tour, O'Dwyer has had a bit of success, including a second-place finish at EPT London for ��465,000 in 2011 before following that up with another final table in the London Main Event this year. He has one other EPT final table from Copenhagen in 2012, and basically what we're trying to say is that whenever O'Dwyer cashes in an EPT event, he seems to find his way to the final table.

With well over a million in chips right now, it looks as though O'Dwyer has set himself up perfectly to add a fourth.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
1,140,000
40,000
40,000
EPT 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
365,000
-364,000
-364,000
Stephane Benadiba fr
Stephane Benadiba
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuJohnny LoddenStephane BenadibaSteve O'DwyerTeam PokerStars Pro