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EPT12 Grand Final: Main event final table live updates

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* Day 6: Play to a winner
* Players remaining: 5 of 1,098
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3pm: Another escape for Calamusa; doubles after two-outer
Level 31 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

Pierre Calamusa will not die. He was just in a desperate spot, again against Jan Bendik, but this time he miraculously did manage to double up, even after he was a 98 percent underdog.

This one started when Calamusa found [kd][kc] and opened to 240,000. Jan Bendik found [ad][6d] in the small blind and was able to call. It persuaded Asan Umarov in from the big blind with [8d][7h].

But Bendik looked set to get his revenge when the flop came [6s][6h][js] and, after a couple of checks, Calamusa bet 300,000. Only Bendik called. The turn brought the [5s] and Bendik led for 500,000. Calamusa shoved over the top and Bendik called, of course.

Calausa then learnt the bad news. He had two outs. After an agreeable pause for drama, the dealer burned and turned...the [ks]! Calamusa hit it to double up to 3.9 million and put Bendik down to 3.4 million. -- HS

2:58pm: Calamusa chops to stay alive
Level 31 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

Pierre Calamusa's tournament life was hanging by a thread. But he will also consider himself unfortunate not to double up. Here's why:

He open shoved for 1.7 million from the button with [qh][jh] and Jan Bendik called from the small blind with [ad][ks]. So that's when it looked bleak for Calamusa. But on the flop, he got plenty of outs: [7h][4h][3c].

However he missed all those outs. Yet he also wasn't knocked out. Because after the [js] bricked the turn, the [6d] on the river chopped it. -- HS

2:54pm: Rosen first player downed, takes home €170,950 for sixth place
Level 31 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

Any one of the four short stacks could've been the first to go, the cards decided it was going to be Oren Rosen though.

He moved all-in from the button with [ks][js] and got no callers, that wasn't the case the very next hand. He moved all-in for 1.65 million and Jan Bendik did likewise, for 3.23 million, from the next seat. The blinds folded.

Rosen: [ad][jd]
Bendik: [ac][kh]

Rosen screwed his nose whe he saw the hands and the news never improved for him as the board ran [td][2h][3h][3s][6d]. --MC

2:40pm: Movin' on in and movin' on up
Level 31 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

The all-in triangle came out for two consecutive hands, adding a bunch of blinds and antes to the stacks of Pierre Calamusa and Asan Umarov, respectively. Calamusa actually got more than that because he jammed from the small blind after Jimmy Guerrero opened his button with [9h][6c]. Calamusa shoved for 1.215 million and Guerrero folded.

On the next hand, Umarov open-shoved [ah][3s] and everybody folded. He had only 11 bigs at that point and now has 13. -- HS

2:30pm: Even more costly
Level 31 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

They're into Level 31 now, where a big blind is 120,000 and an ante is 20,000. We're getting close to the time when an ante is the same as a starting stack. -- HS

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2:28pm: How many BBs?
Level 30 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

We're still playing Level 30 here, where blinds are 50,000-100,000 (10,000 ante) and the stack sizes at the moment, if you look at them in the universal currency of big blinds, are as follows:

Jimmy Guerrero: 128 BBs
Adrien Allain: 112 BBs
Jan Bendik: 34 BBs
Oren Rosen: 17 BBs
Pierre Calamusa: 17 BBs
Asan Umarov: 16 BBs

2:25pm: Guerrero back into the lead
Level 30 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

It didn't take long for Jimmy Guerrero to retake the chip lead with 12.02 million after he won a pot off Oren Rosen.

The latter raised with [9s][8s] and Guerrero defended his big blind with [kh][ts]. Jan Bendik, after three-beting all-in with A-K the hand before, folded [ah][th] on the button.

The flop fell [as][5h][8h] and Guerrero check-called 235,000 before the [tc] on the turn and [2h] on the river were checked down. Guerrero opened his hand and took the pot after Rosen mucked. He dropped to 1.78 million. I wonder what Bendik thought at the end of the hand. --MC

2.10pm: First hand for Bendik
Level 30 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

Our Spin & Go qualifier Asan Umarov got involved straight away, opening to 225,000 from under the gun with [9c][9s]. It folded to Jan Bendik in the big blind and he defended with [ah][2s]. The flop came [7c][as][6s] and Bendik check-called Umarov's bet. They then went check-check-check-check through the [3h] turn and [qh] river and Bendik's ace won the day. -- HS

2pm: Off they go
Level 30 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

The stream has started, and therefore so have we. We'll play all the way to a champion today. -- HS

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EPT12 Grand Final last six: (standing l-r): Asan Usamov, Oren Rosen, Jimmy Guerrero, Pierre Calamusa. (Seated): Jan Bendik, Adrien Allain

11:30am: The race to first

Good morning everybody and welcome back to Monaco for the final day of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final. We play to a winner in both the €25,000 high roller and the €5,300 main event. Stick here for the latter. Head over there for the former.

When play finished on the main stage last night there were six players remaining and a leader board topped by two Frenchmen: Adrien Allain and Jimmy Guerrero, who have barely a big blind to separate them.

However, our PokerStars Spin & Go qualifier, Asan Umarov, was also still involved. The man from Kazakhstan won a package here in a $10 three-handed shootout and is now looking at a first prize of nearly €1 million.

Play begins in real life at 1pm but we will pick up coverage in line with the EPT Live coverage that starts at 2pm. Here are the full counts of the remaining players:

NameCountryStatusChips
Adrien AllainFrance 11,815,000
Jimmy GuerreroFranceLive satellite winner11,480,000
Asan UmarovKazakhstanPokerStars qualifier3,770,000
Jan BendikSlovakiaLive satellite winner2,625,000
Oren RosenIsraelPokerStars player2,315,000
Pierre CalamusaFrance 2,235,000

Take a look at the official website of the EPT, with tournament schedule, news and results.

Also all the schedule information is on the EPT App, which is available on both Android or IOS.

PokerStars Blog reporting team on the EPT12 Grand Final main event: Marc Convey and Howard Swains. Photography by Neil Stoddart. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog

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EPT12 Grand Final: Main event final table live updates

* CLICK TO REFRESH FOR LATEST UPDATES
* Day 6: Play to a winner
* Players remaining: 6 of 1,098
* CHIP COUNTS | PAYOUTS | EPT LIVE | HIGH ROLLER

11:30am: The race to first

Good morning everybody and welcome back to Monaco for the final day of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final. We play to a winner in both the €25,000 high roller and the €5,300 main event. Stick here for the latter. Head over there for the former.

When play finished on the main stage last night there were six players remaining and a leader board topped by two Frenchmen: Adrien Allain and Jimmy Guerrero, who have barely a big blind to separate them.

However, our PokerStars Spin & Go qualifier, Asan Umarov, was also still involved. The man from Kazakhstan won a package here in a $10 three-handed shootout and is now looking at a first prize of nearly €1 million.

Play begins in real life at 1pm but we will pick up coverage in line with the EPT Live coverage that starts at 2pm. Here are the full counts of the remaining players:

NameCountryStatusChips
Adrien AllainFrance 11,815,000
Jimmy GuerreroFranceLive satellite winner11,480,000
Asan UmarovKazakhstanPokerStars qualifier3,770,000
Jan BendikSlovakiaLive satellite winner2,625,000
Oren RosenIsraelPokerStars player2,315,000
Pierre CalamusaFrance 2,235,000

Take a look at the official website of the EPT, with tournament schedule, news and results.

Also all the schedule information is on the EPT App, which is available on both Android or IOS.

PokerStars Blog reporting team on the EPT12 Grand Final main event: Marc Convey and Howard Swains. Photography by Neil Stoddart. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog

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EPT12 Grand Final: Watch the action on EPT Live

LIVE COVERAGE | CHIP COUNTS | PAYOUTS

Day 5 cards up coverage will appear here at noon Thursday. Watch a replay of Day 4 action below.

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EPT12 Grand Final: Main event Day 5 live updates

* CLICK TO REFRESH FOR LATEST UPDATES
* Day 5: Play to the final table
* Players remaining: 28 of 1,098
* CHIP COUNTS | PAYOUTS | EPT LIVE | SEAT DRAW | HIGH ROLLER

11am: From 28 to ?

Good morning everybody. It's Day 5 of the €5,300 main event and we have a confession to make. We're way behind schedule. The published plan for the tournament has it that we return this morning with 16 players and try to play to a final table of six. But the truth is, there are 28 obdurate folk still involved which is going to make it tricky.

One way or another, we're going to need to reach a final tonight, but the significant chances are that it will be eight-handed. And goodness knows how long it's going to take to lose the next 20 players.

One thing you can be certain of, however, is that we will be here watching it play out. So stick with us for what seems likely to be a very long day.


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Take a look at the official website of the EPT, with tournament schedule, news and results.

Also all the schedule information is on the EPT App, which is available on both Android or IOS.

PokerStars Blog reporting team on the EPT12 Grand Final main event: Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Martin Harris and Howard Swains. Photography by Neil Stoddart. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog

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