Chorny Leads EPT Monte Carlo
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Day Four proved to be a long trek for those still in the hunt for
the EPT Grand Final crowd. While Esfandiari took his stack of 1.6
million and redistributed the majority of it in one hand, a
Canadian strolled into the chip lead, followed closely by
Day Four proved to be a long trek for those still in the hunt for
the EPT Grand Final crowd. While Esfandiari took his stack of 1.6
million and redistributed the majority of it in one hand, a
Canadian strolled into the chip lead, followed closely by one of
the hottest players on the net.
Glen Chorny is a player who has already enjoyed some success
this year, with a 13th place finish at the EPT Caribbean Adventure
and a World Poker Open pot-limit Omaha win. Irrespective of where
he finishes at this event, he will cash more than the two events
combined.
At the other end of the success totem pole, Esfandiari was
having a torrid time of it.
Glen 'DrC' Chorny has had a pretty sweet year so far; winning a
World Poker Open pot limit Omaha event and finishing 13th in
PokerStars EPT Caribbean Adventure. But whatever happens tomorrow,
Chorny's is guaranteed to take home more than those two events
combined. Antonio Esfandiari, who started Day 4 as chip leader,
will also return for Day 5 but in less healthy shape after he lost
a mammoth pot against Stig Top Rasmussen.
Antonio Esfandiari limped preflop, which was met by a shove from
Rasmussen in the big blind for 700,000, with the blinds at
5,000-10,000. Esfandiari calls and shows a he had been getting
crafty with pocket queens, while Rasmussen had been getting a
little jiggy with Ace-Ten. The flop came with baby cards, but the
ace on the turn meant Esfandiari shipped over one third of his
chips to the Danish man.
The other familiar face to a global audience was that of Aussie
Joe Hachem, who narrowly missed out on an EPT final table by
finishing in eleventh. He flopped top pair on a ten high board
against Isaac ‘westmenloAA’ Baron, but his six kicker was dominated
by that of Baron, who ended up sending Hachem out of the
tournament.
Overnight chip leaders coming into Day Five:
Glen Chorny - 3,370,000
Isaac 'westmenloAA' Baron - 2,365,000
Michael Martin - 1,579,000
Maxime Villemure - 1,220,000
Denes Kalo - 957,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 735,000
Luca Pagano - 705,000
Valeriy Ilikyan - 650,000
Stig Top Rasmussen - 590,000
Henrik Gwinner - 466,000