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EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final – Mohsin Charania Wins
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2012-05-01 06:25
The latest edition of the
EPT’s Monte Carlo Grand Final is in the books as another page has been jotted down in the poker history books. After 5 days of action, the starting field of 665 players, which included names like PokerStars’ Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius, has finally played down to a winner and that winner was Mohsin Charania, who picked up a well-deserved prize of €1,350,000 for his efforts. Experts argue that the hand which proved crucial to Charania’s title run was one that took place on day 2 of the
poker tournament. That hand – although seemingly not that important in the grand scheme of things back then – allowed Charania to navigate the treacherous waters of the event without hitting too many do or die spots.
At the beginning of the final table action, Charania was one of the short-stacks, but that didn’t put him at a particular disadvantage, simply because 7 of the 9 players who had made the final table were short-stacked. Sergio Castellucio was the first one to turn serious about chipping up at the final table. His challenge was accepted by Daniel Gomez and Rodrigo Caprioli who both got their stacks into the middle on an A,Qo and a J,J respectively. Castellucio had pocket Ks and soon the first victim was out the door.
Gomez was followed to the rail by Clayton Mozdzen, eliminated by Lucille Cailly a few hands later. Michael Dietrich was the next one to bite dust as the battle for the chip lead intensified.
Online qualifier Rodrigo Caprioli took a nasty bad beat next to hit the rail in 5th place. He was followed to the sidelines by Sergio Castellucio.
Start of the day chip leader Bernard Guigon was the one eliminated in 3rd. He picked up over €500k for his efforts.
The heads-up stage of the action saw Charania lock horns with Cailly. The two players struck a deal before the final hand which saw Charania’a pocket Qs best Cailly’s A,Ko at the end of a classic coin-flip.
