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EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Main Event Down to 15
Posted by: Randy Williams - Thu, 2015-05-07 14:59
The objective on Day 4 of the
EPT's Monte Carlo Grand Final Main Event was to play down to the final 16, not a too-lofty goal indeed, as there were only 34 players returning to the tables. In the end, that objective was surpassed, as only 15 players remained standing, poker pro Johnny Lodden holding the largest stack. The reason why the day ended with 15 instead of 16 players was that the last two eliminations occurred simultaneously. Lodden's chip count at the end of the day read 2.29 million chips. Markus Ross finished second with 1.81 million chips. Adrian Mateos ended up in 3rd, with 1.63 million. The last player to make the cut was Tom Hall, who will start as the official short-stack come day 5. He will only have 249k chips at his disposal.
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The day 5 action was interesting and fast for the most part. One of the highlights of the day saw China's Quan Zhou literally flip a coin to make a decision in a hand. His coin-flip told him to make the call, which he did, only to find himself in another coin-flip, with pocket 6s against Pierre Neuville's A,K. He lost the flip and with it most of his chips. He was sent packing a tad later by Tom Hall.
At the beginning of the day, PokerStars' team of pros had quite a few members in the running. They all fell by the side as the action roared on, the eventual chip leader the only one left standing.
Isaac Haxton was one of the PokerStars players at the tables when the action started, but he was on a short-stack and failed to rebound. Jason Mercier was bounced as well.
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