The big one is of the Euorpean Poker Tour is in Monte Carlo on the 7th of March 2006 and the final table will play on the 11th of March.

Mats Iremarks


Here is the final payout information.


1- Mats Iremark (Swe) €480,000 (plus €10,000 buy in into EPT final in Monte Carlo)

2 - Mark Boudewijn (Hol) €259,000
3 - Kirill Gerasimov (Rus) €155,500

4 - Theo Jorgensen (Den) €118,300
5 - Ram Vaswani (Eng) €97,700

6 - Patric Martenson (Swe) €76,800
7 - Isabelle Mercier (Can) €60,800

8 - Stuart Nash (Eng) €43,500
9 - Mickey Wernick (Eng) €26,400

10 - Brian Gilbert (Eng) €26,400
11 - Stuart Fox (Eng) €20,800

12 - Martin Green (Eng) €20,800
13 - Ole Busborg Jensen (Den) €16,100

14 - Janne Airaksinen (Fin) €16,100
15 - Malcolm Gorse (Eng) €11,300

16 - Ken Johnson (USA) €11,300
17 - Jeff Sharpe (Eng) €8,800

18 - Julien Veyrac (Fra) €8,800
19 - Jerome Douieb (Fra) €8,800

20 - Lex Veldhuis (Hol) €8,800
21 - Julian Thew (Eng) €8,800

22 - Jerome Zerbib (Fra) €8,800
23 - Peter Roche (Ire) €8,800

24 - Bernard Greard (Fra) €8,800
25 - David Albertsson (Sweden) €6,400

26 - Emile Petit (France) €6,400
27 - Mike Hermes (USA) €6,400

28 - Paul Van Wijk (Holland) €6,400
30 - John Hewston (England) €6,400

31 - Thomas Fougeron (France) €6,400
32 - Dominique Mischi (France) €6,400

33 - Martin Pollak (Austria) PokerStars qualifier €4,800
34 - Willie Tann (England) €4,800

35 - Xavier Laszcz (France) €4,800
36 - Henrik Olander (Sweden) €4,800

37 - Roy Brindley (Ireland) €4,800
38 - Erik Van den Burg (Holland) €4,800

39 - Jacky Adda (France) €4,800
40 - Carlos da Silva (Portugal) €4,800



image and report by Howard Swain at Pokerstars

1.45am -- This one is all over. The winner of the EPT French Open, Deauville, is Mats Iremark, from Sweden. Mark moves his final 800,000 or so in with jack-ten and Mats sees enough when he looks down on an ace. The three beside it is immaterial and although he needs to survive a flush draw on the river, he does and is the new champion. A short stack for much of the way, he is now th champion. Mark Boudewijn takes €259,000 for second.


1.30am -- We've possibly just seen the pot that will decide this one. Post flop, Mark bets, Mats raises, Mark moves in, Mats calls. There's a queen and a jack on the board and while Mark has the knave, Mats has the lady. Big swing and Mats is looking good for this.


1.15am -- Mark Boudewijn has changed gears now and has assumed the chip lead with a series of power plays. He's calling a lot pre-flop, then check raising and the like to steal consecutive 200,000 pots.




reported by Howard Swains at Pokerstars

1.00am -- This heads up battle is swinging one way and then the next and we're still at the same chip count that they started at. That means Mats has about 2.8 million, nearly double Mark's 1.5 million.


The blinds have been raised to 40,000 and 80,000 for the heads up contest. Mats Iremark is ahead - he has approximately 2,900,000 to Mark Boudewijn's 1,500,000. It's Holland against Sweden.


12.40am -- That's the end of Kirill Gerasimov. He has played the short stack for three days but now moves in with king-ten and is called by the ace-jack of Mats Iremark. They both get help on the flop - a ten for Kirill, but the ace for Mats is dominant. That's that. The Russian takes €155,300 for third.


12.30am -- Theo Jorgensen is out. Mats Iremark raises under the gun and Mark Boudewijn re-raises all-in. Theo then sniffs a bit of value with his short stack and undercalls all-in. Mats gets out of the way and Mark shows ace-queen of diamonds. Theo has nine-six and is in all kinds of trouble when two diamonds come on the flop. He needs an off-suit nine or six (four outs) and they all miss. Theo Jorgensen, from Denmark, finishes fourth for €118,500.


12.20am -- Now it's Kirill's turn to double up and this time it's Theo on the receiving end. The Russian moves in with ace-four, Theo calls with ace-ten, but the four on the flop gives Kirrill a count of about 1,300,000, while the Dane is down to 500,000.


12.15am -- Theo doubles up after slow-playing aces. He's made to sweat because Mark is allowed in cheaply with his six-two of hearts and moves in when a fourth heart comes on the turn. The flush draw misses, however, and the aces are good.


12.05am -- There's a brief tournament break - and Mats Iremark obviously uses it to have a quick word with the dealer. He returns and not only picks up kings, but also finds a caller in Theo Jorgensen, who has ace-eight. Mats flops a set, but Theo has a straight draw by the time the river is due. It misses and Mats now assumes the chip lead.


11.40pm -- Down to four and chip counts are fairly even, with only Mark showing some distance from the pack. The blinds are high, so they'll have to play a bit, but we haven't seen many swings here and this could go on for a fair while yet. Here's the latest:


Mark Boudewijn (Hol) 1,569,000
Theo Jorgensen (Den) 1,193,000

Mats Iremark (Swe) 869,000
Kirill Gerasimov (Rus) 738,000


Blinds are going up to 30,000-60,000 with a 6,000 ante.

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Seat 1 -- Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani, 37, (UK) 1,191,500 chips



The Hendon Mobster has already cashed at four EPT events, made 3 final tables and won the 2004 EPT Dublin event. His total EPT winnings to date exceed €180,000. He was a huge chip leader at last month's EPT Copenhagen event but eventually busted out in 18th place.


Seat 2 -- Isabelle Mercier, 30, (Canada), 428,000 chips




Two years ago Isabelle packed up her job at the Aviation Club in Paris, sold all her belongings and began traveling the world as a poker pro. She quickly found success as the WPT Ladies Champion, earning her the tag 'No Mercy' Mercier. The former Montreal law student almost made the final table at last year's EPT Grand Final, finishing 10th. She'll be keen here to beat Anina Gundesen's sixth place in Copenhagen last month, the highest EPT woman's placing yet.

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