EPT 11 Grand Final Main Event - Johnny Lodden leads with 15 remaining

Johnny Lodden finished as the chip leader after Day 4 of the EPT Grand Final Main Event and is looking to improve his third place finish from the Grand Final 2013 (€467,000), but it will be no easy task, as Adrian Mateos, Ole Schemion and Tom Hall are all still in, looking to claim the €1.082.000 first place prize. There are currently 15 players left, the plan for the day is to play five blind levels or until the final 6 is set, whichever comes first. Check out the live stream from Day 5 in the article!

34 players returned for Day 4 of the €10,600 buy-in EPT Grand Final, the chip leader was Jose Carlos Garcia with 1.71 million chips, but Connor Drinan, Scott Clements, Dario Sammartino, Ole Schemion and Johnny Lodden were are still in. The plan for the day was to play down to the best 16 players or until the end of Level 24.

Several big names were eliminated early on including November Niner Felix Stephensen, Pierre Neuville, Isaac Haxton, Fabrice Soulier, Jason Mercier, Mustapha Kanit, Liviu Ignat, Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari, Stephen Chidwick and Scott Clements.

The final hand of the day saw a double elimination, Dario Sammartino's 5-4 suited couldn't improve against Adrian Mateos' K-6, while on the other table Drinan's Q-Q couldn't hold up against Anton Astapau's A-K in a preflop all-in.

Norwegian Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden built the biggest stack by the end of the day, he won a big pot against Ole Schemion to vault into the chip lead.

Schemion raised to 34,000 from UTG during Level 22 (8k/16k-2k ante) and was called by Koichi Nozak in the cutoff and Lodden in the big blind. Lodden check-called a 52,000 bet from Schemion on a 6-5-2 flop after Nozaki folded, then check/called a 140,000 bet when a 2 hit the turn. Lodden checked for a third time on the 9 river, and called a 245,000 bet from Schemion.

Schemion showed K-T suited for a turned flush draw that bricked while Lodden showed just 5-4 for third pair.

The plan for Day 5 is to play down to the final 6 players or to play five blind levels, whichever comes first. Check out the live stream for the tournament below!

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Chip count

Johnny Lodden - 2.293.000 

Markus Ross - 1.815.000 
Adrian Mateos - 1.635.000 
Koichi Nozaki - 1.582.000 
Hady El Asmar - 1.530.000 
Muhyedine Fares - 1.280.000 
Ole Schemion - 1.178.000 
Lyndon Basha - 1.070.000 
Dmitry Ivanov - 994.000 
Anton Astapau - 896.000 
Romain Paon - 782.000 
Christopher Frank - 645.000 
Jose Carlos Garcia - 523.000 
Juan Martin Pastor - 450.000 
Tom Hall - 249.000

Payouts

1. €1.082.000

2. €679.000
3. €486.000
4. €379.000
5. €297.250
6. €233.500
7. €174.300
8. €120.700
9. €95.300
10-11. €78.400
12-13. €66.500
14-15. €58.100
16-17. €51.350
18-20. €45.700
21-23. €40.050
24-27. €34.400
28-31. €29.900
32-39. €26.500
40-55. €23.125
56-71. €20.900
72-79. €19.175