We're into the last level of the €25,000 High Roller event here at EPT Monte Carlo. From the dazzling starting field of 79, 43 remain, all dreaming of the €720,000 first prize. And who could blame them.
SELECTED CHIP COUNTS:
End of level 8
Blinds 600/1,200/100
Florian Langmann, Germany, PokerStars ShootingStar - 250,000
Betrand 'ElkY' Grospieller, France, Team PokerStars Pro - 217,000
Juha Helppi, Finland, 163,000
Andy Bloch, USA - 150,000
Tony G, Lithuania - 150,000
William Thorson, Sweden, Team PokerStars Pro - 120,000
John Kabbaj, UK, 117,500
Michael Binger, USA - 107,600
Vanessa Rousso, USA, Team PokerStars Pro - 101,000
Daniel Alaei, USA - 91,000
Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliot, UK - 84,000
Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies, Finland - 77,000
Johan 'Busto_Soon' Van Til, Holland, PokerStars Sponsored Player - 70,000
Shaun Deeb, USA - 64,000
James 'mig.com' Mackey, USA - 56,000
Barry Greenstein, USA, Team PokerStars Pro - 42,300
Chris Ferguson, USA, 41,000
Thomas Wahlroos, Finland, 36,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko, 31,500
Liv Boeree, UK, 29,500
David Eldar, USA, 27,700
Luke 'FullFlush1' Schwartz, UK - 22,800
Alexandre Gomes, Brazil, Team PokerStars Pro - 14,000
Mike 'Timex' McDonald, Canada - 12,550
John Juanda, USA - 11,600
Peter Eastgate, Denmark, Team PokerStars Pro - 6,000
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