German pro Manig Loeser won the 2019 EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event after a three-way deal with Wei Huang and Viktor Katzenberger; Ryan Riess fourth. Manig Loeser finished in second place for $128,000 when he got all in against Jordan Cristos on the Qc7c5d flop. Loeser had Qd7dTc4c against the Kc5c9s6h of Cristos. Cristos bet 600,000 and Loeser reraised the pot. Cristos said all in just in case and turned his hand over. 'I got this one,' Cristos said.

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After battling through two Day Ones and922 entries, the Main Event of the European Poker Tour’s stop at the Casino deMonte Carlo has ended. In what was a stirring battle after a three-way chop forthe money, Germany’s Manig Loeser emerged as the champion in defeating China’sWei Huang and Hungary’s Viktor Katzenberger to take home the title.

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AnUphill Battle

To say that Loeser had an uphill battle towinning the title would be a huge understatement. Nicola Grieco of Italy heldthe chip lead at the start of the six-handed final table, with Katzenbergerholding down the second place slot. Huang was is the third post position asLoeser held the fourth position at the start of the festivities. If it weren’tenough, former World Champion Ryan Riess was in fifth (and with a sizeablestack of chips) and the short stack at the table, Luis Medina, still had enoughchips (1.105 million) to give one pause before attacking.

Medina tried to make some inroads to moveup the leaderboard, but he instead never gained any traction on the day. Itwould take slightly more than two hours for his departure to come, however, andit would come at the hands of Loeser. Medina got in a race with the German, hisA-3 off suit against Loeser’s pocket sevens, and there was no saving Ace on the9-8-2-4-10 board to change the situation. As Loeser moved up the leaderboard,Medina headed to the rail with his sixth-place finish.

If it took a while for the firstelimination to come, it would seem like a lifetime before the next one. Riess,who was now on the short stack, would get a key double through Huang to get healthieras Grieco was headed in the opposite direction. It seemed as if every move thatGrieco made was the wrong one and, two hours after Medina’s elimination, Griecowould find himself on the brink of that same fate. But he would fight back too,doubling up twice to get back to a respectable stack.

For more than six hours the remaining fivemen battled it out, with Loeser quietly sneaking out to the lead, Griecoregaining his momentum and the rest looking to catch up. In fact, the playerswould head to the dinner break with just the elimination of Medina under their belt.Once the players came back from their sustenance, however, they would up theintensity in the game.

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Loeser didn’t lose a bit of momentum fromthe dinner break, racking up the first hand back at the table. On the button,Loeser pushed all in with a suited Ace and got Riess and Huang to get out ofthe way. Two hands later, he would punish Katzenberger for limping in on thebutton by raising Katzenberger’s limp out of the big blind (it turned out hehad the goods with pocket Queens). Those hands would push Loeser over the tenmillion mark in chips and would separate him from the pack as the eliminationscame.

Nine hours after Medina had beeneliminated, the next man to walk away from the EPT Monte Carlo final tablewould be determined. Grieco would shove his stack with Big Slick and Loeser, inthe big blind, actually stated, “I’m gonna gamble,” before making the call witha miserly 8-7 off suit. Loeser got everything he could ask for in the 8-7-3flop and, once the Jack on the turn was dealt, Grieco was drawing dead, packinghis backpack, and heading to the rail in fifth place.

Riess was the next to go at the hands ofHuang. Hovering in the “push or fold” zone, Riess decided to push in the smallblind against Huang. Huang, knowing that Riess would be pushing with mostanything, made the call. Riess’ Q-3 was surprisingly leading Huang’s J-6pre-flop, but that’s why they deal the cards after that point.

Things looked great for Riess on the A-A-Qflop as his two pair rocketed him to an almost insurmountable lead. Just how “insurmountable?”According to odds calculators, Riess would have won the double 94% of the time.This was that 6%, unfortunately for Riess, as a ten on the turn brought Huang’schances up to 25%. The King on the river completely changed the futures for theplayers as Huang, now the proud owner of a Broadway straight, scooped the pot andRiess was out in fourth place.

The final trio of players – Loeser, Huangand Katzenberger – would play for two more hours before settling in fordiscussions on a deal with their chip stacks all roughly equal. After an hourof discussion, they decided on the following deal:

Huang: €552,056
Katzenberger: €529,707
Loeser: €527,716

The threesome left the trophy and a €78,061bonus on the table to play for and went to decide a champion.

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Huang would step out to an early lead, butLoeser quickly caught up and passed him. On a big hand with Katzenberger,Loeser was all in with pocket threes against Katzenberger’s A♣ J♣ and survivedwhen the Queen high board had nothing for Katzenberger. Loeser took the leadagain with that hand while Katzenberger, down to just over a million in chips,would succumb to Huang on the next hand in third place.

Loeser had a 3.5 million chip lead over Huangat the start of heads up and, save for one hand where Huang eked into the lead,dominated the play. On the final hand, the twosome saw a J-9-5 rainbow flop,with Huang’s K-8 leading Loeser’s Q-8. That changed on the ten turn, however,as Loeser caught his straight and moved into the lead. Loeser didn’t slow playhis hand and, after Huang moved all in with only the gut shot straight draw (riverQueen would have given him a better straight), Loeser was more than happy tocall with his made hand. The audience was breathless in anticipation of the river,which fell with an Ace to end the 16-hour marathon with Manig Loeser as thewinner.

1. Manig Loeser, €603,777*
2. Wei Huang, €552,056*
3. Viktor Katzenberger, €529,707*
4. Ryan Riess, €265,620
5. Nicola Grieco, €206,590
6. Luis Medina, €152,800
7. Rustam Hajiyev, €109,510
8. Timothy Adams, €78,030

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Outcome

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Preflop, with three players remaining and blinds of 125,000-250,000 with a 250,000 big-blind ante, Manig Loeser limped in from the small blind and Wei Huang checked his option in the big blind. On the flop Loeser bet 250,000. Huang called. On the turn Loeser bet 850,000. Huang called. On the river Loeser bet 2,000,000. Huang moved all-in for 6,550,000. Loeser folded.

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Analysis

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This interesting hand was quite possibly impacted in a major way by a misstep from Huang on the flop. Loeser had limped in from the small blind and Huang checked as the big blind. After the dealer spread the flop cards, Huang acted out of turn with a check. Loeser, with just seven high and a backdoor straight draw, opted to take advantage of that accidentally shared information by leading out with a bet of 250,000 into the pot of 750,000. Huang, perhaps realizing that his accidental check out of turn could have incited Loeser to take a stab, called the flop with just king high. The turn made things interesting, as Loeser picked up an open-ended straight draw while Huang paired his five. Loeser backed up his flop bet with a second barrel of 850,000. Huang, having picked up a pair of fives, decided to make the call. The river completed Loeser’s straight draw, giving him the highest possible straight. It also brought in a third club, completing a backdoor flush draw. Loeser went for value, betting roughly two-thirds the size of the pot. Huang blocked the nut flush with the king of clubs in his hand. Perhaps this knowledge, combined with his suspicion that Loeser had seized upon his misstep on the flop as an opportunity to push him off the hand, led him to decide to move all-in as a bluff. There are some flush combinations that make sense for Huang to have made it to the river with, including J-X of clubs. Loeser likely also lent some extra credence to the bluff, given that Huang was second on the leaderboard with nearly twice as many chips as Viktor Katzenberger. Loeser ultimately decided to fold his straight, sending the massive pot to Huang. The two went on to reach heads-up play, with Loeser ultimately emerging victorious with the title and the top prize of $676,230 USD.