EPT Grand Final Underway in Monte Carlo
Written by
Teemu - Friday, April 29, 2016,
Live poker
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The 2016 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo is now well underway. Yesterday, Chance Kornuth claimed the €10,300 High Roller title for over €350,000.
Kornuth is currently having his best year ever in poker. He started the year with a 7th place finish in the 2016 PCA $25,000 8-Handed NLHE High Roller for $192,780.
After the 2016 PCA, Kornuth took down the 2016 Aussie Millions $25,000 Challenge for almost US$550,000 and finished runner-up in the 2016 EPT Dublin €25k High Roller for over US$400,000. His 2016 live tournament earnings are now already over $1.5 million.
2016 EPT Grand Final €10k High Roller Final Table Results (214 entries):
1 - Chance Kornuth (United States) €351,108*
2 - Philip Gruissem (Germany) €299,162*
3 - Sergey Lebedev (Russia) €292,750*
4 - Fedor Holz (Germany) €169,000
5 - Murad Akhundov (Azerbaijan) €133,680
6 - Anthony Zinno (United States) €101,500
7 - Filipe Ramos (Brazil) €74,100
8 - Dmitry Yurasov (Russia) €54,180
*Denotes a three-way deal.
61 entries for €100,000 Super High Roller
The €100,000 buy-in 2016 EPT Grand Final Super High Roller event is running as we speak, and this year a total of 61 entries were made.
The final eight players will get paid with a min-cash starting at €236,750 and €1,775,500 reserved for the winner.
Max Silver currently leads the final 28 players in the Super High Roller. He is closely trailed by players like Mustapha Kanit, Igor Kurganov and Jason Mercier.