EPT Grand Final - Day 1 - Dinner break

Day 1A of the EPT Grand Finalkicked off today at noon. At the tables of the Casino Gran Madrid we have some of the best players in the World, including María Maceiras and her brother Juan, Javier Martínez Gil,Fabrice Soulier, Leo Margets, Joe Cada (WSOP 2009 winner), John Durhamell (WSOP 2010 winner) and Liv Boeree, as well as Tom Dwan.

Fabrice got to the dinner break with 55K, María finished the last level with 43K and Javi was very short, down to 16K.

May, at the same table as Joe Cada, just before he busted on a board T high with AA, after going all-in, when another player called with T and flush-draw, completing his draw on the river.

Elflacokanu had a roller-coaster day, going up to 50K at the beginning of level 3, going down to 38K after folding a 6-bet all-in, and continued shrinking his stack down to 16 BB in level 8. After the dinner break he doubled up with AA vs JQ. And after a 3 handed pot he doubled up again with KQ vs JQ, so he is now proud to hold a 53K stack.

María started the first levels of the day going down to 10K. In the last level before the dinner break she doubled up with QQ vs A4 on a board A48Q and went up to 21.500. Slowly she managed to get to 34K and just before the dinner break María already had 43K.

In the evening the Highroller Event came to an end. The winner was French player Elky , who took home 500,000 EUR. Congratz!

EPT Grand Final - Day 1A

Welcome to the EPT Grand Final!

We are at the Casino Gran Madrid, about to start the EPT Grand Final Main Event, previously organized in Monte-Carlo, but this year moved south, to the capital of Spain: Madrid. The buy-in for the Main Event is 10,000 EUR and in 2010 it was Nicolas Chouity, from Lebanon, who won the Main Event and took home 1,700,000 EUR.

The Everest Team Pro will compete in this event, and we are very happy to have here 5 of our most valuable players: María Maceiras, Javier Martínez Gil, Steven van Zadelhoff, Fabrice Soulier and Valentin Messina.

Today, on Day 1A, from noon, don´t miss the action at the tables. We will be updating you about María, Javi and Fabrice´s performance through the blog and the Spanish Twitter and Facebook accounts. If you have questions, don´t hesitate to ask!

Tomorrow, also from noon, we will share with you the highlights of Day 1B and let you know how Valentin Messina and Steven van Zadelhoff are doing. Stay tuned!