Hand #6: Igor Kurganov raised to 90,000 with and got calls from Fedor Holz in the cutoff with and Dzmitry Urbanovich in the big blind with . The flop brought , and action checked to Holz, who bet 155,000 with his overpair and flush draw. Urbanovich quickly mucked, but Kurganov woke up with a raise to 525,000. Holz called, seeing the on the turn. Kurganov pushed all in with a stack that covered Holz's 1.5 million, and Holz let his hand go after about a three-minute tank.
Hand #7: Action folded to Urbanovich, who picked up in the small blind. He completed the blind, and Thomas Muehloecker checked . Urbanovich bet 65,000 with top set on the flop, and Muehloecker called. The gave Muehlocker a worthless two pair on the turn, and Urbanovich checked to him. Muehloecker bet 105,000, and Urbanovich shipped it for 465,000. Muehlocker quickly called but saw he was drawing dead, and the meaningless river was a .
Hand #5: Fedor Holz opened on the button for 85,000, just slightly more than a min raise. Scott Seiver called from the big blind holding .
The flop came , and Seiver checked. Holz, having flopped top pair and top kicker, bet out 90,000 and Seiver shoved all in for 360,000. Holz instantly called.
The fell on the turn and Seiver was down to his last hope on the river. on the river and Scott Seiver was eliminated from the final table, taking home €261,800.
Hand #1: The first hand started started with Sammartino opening for 90,000 with from middle position. Thomas Muehloecker made the call from the button holding the . Erik Seidel three-bet from the small blind to 400,000 holding the .
Igor Kurganov in the big blind found and cold four-bet to 820,000. Sammartino folded his eights. Muehloecker, who's second card still wasn't shown on the stream, folded his .
Action on Seidel, with also just one card exposed, and he thought about it for a bit. With the pot already at 1,440,000, Seidel took his time. After about three or four minutes, he folded.
Hand #2: Altergott got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #3: Action folded to Igor Kurganov on the button and he opened for 95,000. Altergott quickly folded his small blind, Holz with did the same from the big blind.
Hand #4: Erik Seidel opened the action with a raise to 90,000, again just showing one cardl . His hijack raise made everyone fold but Sammartino in the big blind. The Italian called with .
The flop came and Sammartino checked. Seidel checked behind and the board paired with the on the turn. Sammartino checked a second time, Seidel did the same. on the river and again both players checked. Seidel showed and took it down.
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At 12:30 p.m. local time, the final table of the 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller will commence. Cards-up coverage will be on a one-hour delay, starting at 1:30 p.m. local time, and PokerNews.com won't spoil anything for you. We will be providing hand-for-hand coverage, though.
The chip leader going in is Italy's Dario Sammartino, who won a huge pot of Ole Schemion late last night as the money bubble neared. It was a somewhat controversial hand, but in the end all the chips went his way and Schemion was left crippled, only to bust to Erik Seidel two hands later.
Eight players remain with Scott Seiver as the short stack. Seiver will start with 12 big blinds, while Polish superstar Dzmitry Urbanovich has 14 big blinds to start with.
The remaining eight players are guaranteed €261,800, with €2,015,000 up top, and the first level to be played is Level 17 (20,000/40,000, with a 5,000 ante). Stay tuned for the coverage and we'll see who comes out on top.
Poland's Dzmitry Urbanovich is quite the talk of the town these days, and he's certainly doing all that he can to make it stay that way. You see, Urbanovich cashed in and final tabled six events at the recent European Poker Tour Malta festival. Of those, he won four, including the €25,500 High Roller for €572,300.
Now, he finds himself at the final table of this EPT Grand Final €100,000 Super High Roller, albeit seventh in chips with some work to do. Nevertheless, Urbanovich made his way to the final eight after skipping Day 1 entirely. He was busy in another event and opted to wait to buy in until just before the start of Day 2. He quickly got to work building a stack, and now he's earned the second best live tournament result of his career, with a chance at even more.
Urbanovich is currently third on Poland's all-time money list, but with this result he'll be moving past Marcin Horecki and into second place behind Dominik Panka. If he can maneuver his way to the final two in this event, Urbanovich will pass Panka and claim the country's top spot.
With all of the success Urbanovich has found lately, he has a lot of interested eyes watching him. Some want to see if he's just running super hot, while others are already referring to him as the next Ole Schemion. Whatever your view, you can't deny that Urbanovich's success is fun and exciting, and as of right now it doesn't look like he plans on slowing down.
Young Austrian Thomas Muehloecker will enter the final table third in chips, but he's bunched in a trio with Max Altergott and Erik Seidel who contain just about the same amount.
Prior to September 2013, Muehloecker had a handful of cashes in live tournaments, but it wasn't until that year's European Poker Tour Barcelona festival that he made a name for himself. The event was the €10,300 High Roller, and Muehloecker was one of the two final players. His opponent? None other than Daniel Negreanu.
In that event, all eyes were on "Kid Poker." Negreanu had a massive chip lead going into heads-up play and it seemed like nothing more than a formality that he would defeat Muehloecker en route to another poker title. Muehloecker had other plans, though, and battled back to earn the €390,700 top prize and more than double his live tournament earnings at the time.
Since then, Muehloecker has continued cashing in big events all over the globe. From different countries in Europe, Las Vegas, and even all the way Down Under in Australia, Muehloecker has put together nearly $1.8 million in earnings and he'll be adding at least another €261,800 to that here. Previously this year, he's cashed in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event and $25,500 High Roller, the Aussie Millions $25,000 Challenge, and the EPT Malta €10,300 High Roller.
Muehloecker currently ranks No. 1 on Austria's all-time money list and will be widening the gap over Josef Klinger in second place. The only question is, by how much?
The elder statesman of this final table boasts nearly $22 million in live tournament earnings, 11 cashes in events with a buy-in of €50,000 or higher, eight World Series of Poker gold bracelets, and one World Poker Tour title. He's also ranked fifth on poker's all-time money list and already earned over $1 million this year.
Did we also mention he's a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, too?
Born in New York City in 1959, Seidel always had a gifted mind for games of all kinds. He took up backgammon while in college and soon dropped out to pursue a professional career playing the game. New York’s famous Mayfair Club was like a second home to Seidel, and there he was able to hone his skills against some of the best players around.
Seidel traveled around playing backgammon tournaments for about eight years before making some forays into the stock market. With more and more people indulging in poker at the Mayfair Club, Seidel decided to give it a shot. Poker wasn't his only source of income, though, as Seidel took up a regular job as a stockbroker with much more of a secure income. But, the security of a regular paycheck went out the window in 1987 when the stock market crashed and Seidel lost his job. Luckily, he still had poker, and in 1988 he took second place in the WSOP Main Event for $280,000 to ignite his spectacular career.
It's really of no surprise that Seidel has made his way to this marquee final table, but we can't take away from him just how impressive his accomplishments are time and time again. While many of poker's "older generation" seem to be falling by the wayside, Seidel continues to lock horns with the best young stars in the game and prove that age is certainly no factor for him.
A calm, cool demeanor, 2.17 million in chips, and a boat load of experience give Seidel just as much of a chance as anyone to win this event. We wouldn't bet against the "old timer."
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and got calls from Fedor Holz in the cutoff with 
and Dzmitry Urbanovich in the big blind with 
, and action checked to Holz, who bet 155,000 with his overpair and flush draw. Urbanovich quickly mucked, but Kurganov woke up with a raise to 525,000. Holz called, seeing the 
on the turn. Kurganov pushed all in with a stack that covered Holz's 1.5 million, and Holz let his hand go after about a three-minute tank.
in the small blind. He completed the blind, and Thomas Muehloecker checked 
. Urbanovich bet 65,000 with top set on the 
flop, and Muehloecker called. The 
gave Muehlocker a worthless two pair on the turn, and Urbanovich checked to him. Muehloecker bet 105,000, and Urbanovich shipped it for 465,000. Muehlocker quickly called but saw he was drawing dead, and the meaningless river was a 
.
. 
, and Seiver checked. Holz, having flopped top pair and top kicker, bet out 90,000 and Seiver shoved all in for 360,000. Holz instantly called.
fell on the turn and Seiver was down to his last hope on the river. 
on the river and Scott Seiver was eliminated from the final table, taking home €261,800.
from middle position. Thomas Muehloecker made the call from the button holding the 
and cold four-bet to 820,000. Sammartino folded his eights. Muehloecker, who's second card still wasn't shown on the stream, folded his 
did the same from the big blind.
and Sammartino checked. Seidel checked behind and the board paired with the 
on the river and again both players checked. Seidel showed 
