Interview with Pierre Canart

After a very short heads up, Belgian Pierre Canart finished second in EPEC and also led Belgium to the win in the Team Challenge.

Interview with Tamás Csibri

Tamás Csibri from Hungary finished 3rd in EPEC 2010 and is happy with his performance during the weekend.

Interview with Jesus Perez Tovar

Jesus Perez Tovar from Spain is a very happy 4th place finisher. Here he gives us his thoughts from the weekend and a greeting in Spanish.

Belgium Wins Team Challenge

Mikael Johansson Wins EPEC 2010

All the money went in pre flop in the first hand after the break where Johansson had King-Eight against the Ace-Nine of Canart from Belgium. The flop came 764 and Canart was in good shape to double up. A king on turn changed everything in Johansson's favour and the river nine ended it all. We have a winner and Canart is probably also pretty pleased with finishing 2nd. Interviews to come.

Johansson 1.4M, Canart 380K

We are on a very short break and the chip count is in the Swede Mikael Johansson's favour. He has 1,420,000 against Pierre Canart's 380,000, but anything can happen in poker.

Csibri out in 3rd place

Tamás Csibri from Hungary is eliminated in 3rd place as his King-Jack lost to Mikael Johansson's pocket eights. An interview with Tamás will be published soon here on the blog. We are now heads-up between Mikael Johansson in a nice lead against Pierre Canart from Belgium.

Perez out in 4th place

The blinds are really high right now and Perez went all-in from the button with Eight-Three and was called by Mikael Johansson on the big blind, holding Ace-Queen. The board came KQ8, T, 4 and Johansson eliminated Jesus Peres in 4th place earning €9,000.

Canart triples and doubles

We had a three-way all-in where Pierre Canart had Ace-Five against Jesus Perez with King-Nine and Mikael Johansson covering both players with Jack-Nine. The board came AK2, Q, 3 and Canart tripled to 230,000 and Perez won the 190,000 side pot. Johansson down to 650,000. In the hand after that, Canart was all-in again with pocket tens and was called by new chip leader Tamás Csibri with pocket Kings. Canart had the very dream flop, TT4 giving him four of a kind, and he doubled up again to 500,000.

Seydoux Eliminated in 5th place

Just after doubling Gael Seydoux up, Mikael Johansson got his revenge just one hand later. His King-Jack hit the flop J84 against Seydoux with Ace-Four. Turn and river didn't deliver the necessary ace for Seydoux and he goes home with €7,000 for his 5th place finish.

Perez and Seydoux doubles up

Mikael Johansson gets all-in with pocket Queens and is up against Ace-Nine of Gael Seydoux. No help for Gael on the flop, but an ace on turn gives him the lead an no queen on the river gives him the double up to 200,000. Johansson also doubled Perez up recently and has lost a lot of his chips, but still in the lead with 800,000.

Morten and Nuno after Elimination

Morten Kjaer Jensen finished 9th and Nuno Cardozo finished 7th here at EPEC 2010. Jensen wish he would have been more active, but Cardozo is overall super satisfied with the weekend.

Adriaans finishes 6th

Egi Adriaans went all-in with Ace-Four and was called by newly doubled up Jesus Perez. No help for Adriaans on the board and he finishes 6th earning €5,000.

Johansson in Huge Lead

We have come to a 15 minute break and Mikael Johansson now has around 1.1 million out of the total of 1.8 million in play. Still he is not over confident that he will take this tournament down.

Johansson losing some chips

In the latest two hands Mikael Johansson has doubled up both Tamás Csibri and Jesus Perez. Perez was way behind with Ace-Three against King-Nine with the board showing KQ38, but the river came another three and Perez is back in the match.

Aces again - Canart Doubles Up

For the second time in just a few minutes, we have seen pocket aces on the Final Table. this time it was Pierre Canart from Belgium that just raised, Egi Adriaans put him all-in with King-Jack and got an insta-call. The flop was a bit scary for the at risk Canart, QT4, giving Adriaans an open ended straight draw, but blank turn and river doubled Canart up to 110,000.

Johansson's Aces too much for Santos

Nuno Santos from Portugal moved all-in with Queen-Five of spades and got called by Mikael Johansson. As if he needed more luck with his cards, he found pocket aces which was enough to win the hand and eliminate Santos in 7th place earning €4,000.

Ariaans Doubles Up in ugly Fashion

Egi Ariaans from Belgium was extremely short stacked when he moved his last 40,000 over the line. He got called by Jesus Perez with pocket kings. The flop came Eight-Five-Five! Turn and river came Deuce-Deuce and Ariaans doubled up to 95,000.

Final Table Presentation at EPEC

We have reached the Final Table of EPEC 2010 and here are the nine finalists as they are introduced in front of the crowd.

Benjamin Rehm eliminated in 8th place

King-Jack for Benjamin Rehm who is all-in is up against Ace-Nine of Mikael Johansson. There are all low cards on the board and Rehm is eliminated in 8th place, earning €3,000. Johansson now has more than half of the chips in play.

Johansson Further Extends Lead

Swede Mikeal Johansson had 584,000 when the final table started. After dominating during the first hour, and eliminating Morten Kjaer Jensen, he is now up to 831,000 which is not to far from half of the chips in play.

Rehm Doubles up

Benjamin Rehm was shortstacked and got his money in with Ace-Ten against the pocket deuces of Egi Ariaans. The flop was blank, but an ace on the turn saved the night for Rehm, at least for now, and he doubled up to 140,000.

Jensen Eliminated in 9th Place

Dane Morten Kjaer Jensen moves all in from early position with Queen-Jack and gets called by the chip leader Mikael Johansson who holds King-Queen. No help for Jensen who gets eliminated in 9th place earning €2,000.

Seydoux doubles up

Short stacked Gael Seydoux calls all in pre flop with Ace-Queen and is up against Benjamin Rehm's Ace-Four. No help for Rehm and Seydoux is back in better shape on 140,000.

The Final Table has started

After the dinner break, all nine finalists are now back at the Final Table. All nine have the chance to win it, but there will be only one that takes down the first prize of €21,000.

Highlights from EPEC 2010

Here are some highlights from the EPEC weekend to show what a great event it was.

Dinner Break - Back at 22:00

Switzerland's Pascal Mathe was just eliminated by Mikael Johansson, earning €1,600, and that means we are down to nine players and the Final Table of EPEC 2010. We will have a long dinner break and will be back local time 22.00 (CET 23:00).

EPEC 2010 Final Table

Team Challenge just before Final Table

When only 9 players are left, here is the country team classification:

Johansson over a Half Million

Mikael Johansson from Sweden is now a HUGE chip leader with only ten players remaining. He is sitting with 525,000.

Tokle, Almeida, Sousa and Eriksen Eliminated

The chip leader at the start of the day, Morten Tokle from Norway, didn't get things going on Day 2 and was eliminated in 14th place earning €1,200. Three more players are also out and we are now very close to dinner break which will occur when we are down to the Final Table.

14 Norway Morten Tokle €1,200
13 Portugal Pedro Almeida €1,200
12 Portugal Rui Manuel Sousa €1,600
11 Norway Morten Eriksen €1,600

Closing in on the Final Table

Day 2 started with 36 players and quickly got down to 18 players. At this point, Tamás Csibri was leading the field, closely followed by Swede Mikael Johansson.

Opfer, Zarebski and Nordquist Out

We are down to 14 players as three were eliminated during the last 20 minutes.

Germany Michael Opfer €1,000
Poland Jerzy Zarebski €1,000
Sweden Bjorn Nordquist €1,200

Relaxation Time at EPEC 2010

Everest Poker always tries to make sure the players have some time to also enjoy the location when on tournaments like EPEC 2010. Katie Doyle tells us about the Sunday daytime activities at the beautiful player hotel Lopesan Baobab Resort on Gran Canaria.

Schmid Eliminated 18th

Samuel Schmid was recognized for wearing the best looking hat on Day 2. He will go him with a prize check of €1,000:

Two Tables Left - Gehrig Out

Former big stack Reto Gehrig from Switzerland, just got eliminated and we are now down to the final 18 players and we are on a short break to arrange the final two tables.

Horvath and van der Linden Out

The last standing female players, Petra Horvath and Elizabeth van der Linden, are now eliminated. There are only 19 players left in the tournament now. Here are the latest casualties:

27 Netherlands Remco €500
26 Italy Fabio Sani €500
25 Finland Jukka Saastamoinen €500
24 Spain Juan Francisco Fernandez €600
23 France Thierry Martinez €600
22 Finland Joel Tikka €600
21 Austria Petra Horvath €800
20 Netherlands Elizabeth van der Linden €800

Csibri taking over the Lead

Norway's Morten Tokle has dropped back a little, but is still on a very healthy 132,000. New chip leader is Hungary's Tamás Csibri on 173,000.

Quick Eliminations

Since this is a two-day tournament, at this point the structure is pretty steep. Alas, we had nine bust outs already and they will all get a prize check of €400. Now we will have a money jump and the next player to get eliminated will receive €600:

36 Austria Bernhard Weidinger
35 Denmark Alejandro Martinez
34 Germany Ronald Glaschke
33 Finland Esa Konttinen
32 Portugal Jorge Antunes
31 Denmark Dennis Lyhne
30 France Jerome Beaumont
29 Netherlands Rob Lupker
28 Austrian Andreas Szakal

The Prize Structure

The winner of EPEC 2010 will get €21,000 and the first players to bust will get €400. Here is the full pay-out structure:

1: €21.000
2: €16.000
3: €12.000
4: €9.000
5: €7.000
6: €5.000
7: €4.000
8: €3.000
9: €2.000
10-12: €1.600
13-15: €1.200
16-18: €1.000
19-21: €800
22-24: €600
25-27: €500
28-36: €400

Day 2 has Started

The cards are in the air! The 36 remaining players are seated at the four last tables. There are a lot of railers, and all players are chasing Morten Tokle who has a commanding lead at the start of the day. He is the only players on six figures with 165,500 with the second in chips, Pierre Canart from Belgium, with 95,500.

Chip Count at Start of Day 2

First Name Last Name Country Chipcount
Morten Tokle Norway 165000
Pierre Canart Belgium 95500
Miguel Santos Portugal 94000
Reto Gehrig Switzerland 92000
Michael Opfer Germany 90000
Tamas Csibri Hungary 83000
Björn Nordqvist Sweden 73000
Mikeal Johansson Sweden 70000
Benjamin Rehm Germany 67000
Morten Kjaer Jensen Denmark 58000
Jukka Saastamoinen Finland 57000
Andres Perez Spain 49000
Dennis Lyhne Denmark 48500
Fabio Sani Italy 47000
Gael Seydoux Switzerland 45000
Morten Eriksen Norway 45000
Ronald Glaschke Germany 44000
Andreas Szakal Austria 43000
Jerzy Zarebski Poland 42500
Pedro Almeida Portugal 41000
Remco Westra Holland 41000
Samuel Schmid Switzerland 41000
Jorge Macedo Portugal 40500
Juan Fernandez Spain 37000
Elizabeth van der Linden Holland 36500
Pascal Mathe Switzerland 36000
Alejandro Martinez Denmark 35500
Manuel Sousa Portugal 33500
Bernhard Weidinger Austria 33000
Joel Tikka Finland 29500
Thierry Martinez France 28500
Rob Lupker Holland 25500
Jerome Beaumont France 23000
Esa Konttinen Finland 21000
Egi Adriaans Belgium 19500
Petra Horvath Austria 15500