EPT GRAND FINAL: FINALLY! AMERICAN CHARANIA WINS FIRST MAJOR EVENT

PICTURE: POKERSTARS (Neil Stoddart)

It's been a long time coming for popular American poker pro Mohsin Charania. Known to most as @chicagocards1 on Twitter, Charania has been around the live tournament circuit for four years and although he has had good results in the past, Charania sure picked a good time to collect his first major tournament victory!

After days of gruelling action, Charania is the latest EPT Grand Final Champion, winning 1.35M EURO for his efforts, a career score for sure!

Charania defeated Frenchwoman Lucille Cailly heads up. Both players had a huge crown on the rail, one mostly American, the other mostly women hoping that Cailly could seal the deal. Still, a 1.05M EURO payday is nothing to take for granted.

The Canadian duo of Michael Dietrich and Clayton Mozdzen were unable to get things going on Monday, finishing in 6th and 7th places respectively.

Daniel Gomez, who held the chip lead late in this event, was the first player out on Monday, collecting 130K EURO for his performance.

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FT PAYOUTS (EURO) Mohsin Charania - € 1,350,000 Lucille Cailly - € 1,050,000 Bernard Guigon - € 545,000 Sergio Castelluccio - € 400,000 Rodrigo Caprioli - € 315,000 Michael Dietrich - € 245,000 Clayton Mozdzen - € 185,000 Daniel Gomez - € 130,000 RELATED POSTS >> FINAL TABLE SET >> SMITH SURGING IN MC >> DOWN TO 26 IN MC >> ROY WINS TURBO BOUNTY >> SMITH WINS 5K TURBO >> MARTINEZ LEADS MAIN >> 665 IN MONTE CARLO >> BONOMO WINS SHR >> SHR FINAL TABLE SET NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Barcelona Festival August 15-25, 2012

PTPR GRAND SLAM EVENT PokerStars and Monte Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final EPT Grand Final NLH Main Event April 25-30, 2012 Casino Monte Carlo | Monaco Buy-in: $13,240 | Prizepool: $8,803,935 Entries: 665 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION MOHSIN CHARANIA 156 LUCILLE CAILLY 96 BERNARD GUIGON 81 SERGIO CASTELLUCCIO 71 RODRIGO CAPRIOLI 66 MICHAEL DIETRICH 61 CLAYTON MOZDZEN 56 DANIEL GOMEZ 51 ALEX MOSTAFAVI 41 VADZIM MARKUSHEVSKI 31 ANDONI LARRABE 26 ANATOLY GURTOVOY 24 BEN VINSON 24 GEERT-JAN POTIJK 24 GEORGES DIB 21 PRATYUSH BUDDIGA 21 JESSE MARTIN 21 JASON WHEELER 18 FADY KAMAR 18 DIMITAR DANCHEV 18 TUDOR GRANGURE 14 DAN ABOUAF 14 AMIT MAKHIJA 14 JOHN ANDRESS 11 VADZIM KURSEVICH 11 ANDREW PANTLING 11 FRANCK BLANC 11

EPT GRAND FINAL: FINAL TABLE SET - READY FOR MONTE CARLO SHOWDOWN

PICTURE: POKERSTARS (Neil Stoddart)

After days of battling, we have finally reached our final table at the PokerStars and Monte Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event in Monte Carlo, the second PTPR Grand Slam Event of the season.

Although the final table may not contain tons of well known players, the quality of player at the final table sure means that we are in for a fantastic final day in Monte Carlo.

At 64-years of age, Senegal's Bernard Guigon will have the chip lead when play begins on Monday. PokerStars reports that Guigon is no stranger to big buy-in events, this experience should serve him well on Monday.

In Seat 8 will be Lucille Cailly. Cailly will be the first woman ever to participate at final table play at the EPT Grand Final. Women have had many big event victories on the EPT Tour, is Cailly the next one to win a EPT title?

The lone American at the table, Mohsin "Chicagocards1" Charania, will have most of America railing him on Monday. Charania has been at the top of the leaderboard for a few days now.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1: Rodrigo Caprioli, 2.94M
Seat 2: Bernard Guigon, 4.9M
Seat 3: Michael Dietrich, 1.55M
Seat 4: Sergio Castelluccio, 1.41M
Seat 5: Mohsin Charania, 2.21M
Seat 6: Daniel Gomez, 2.66M
Seat 7: Clayton Mozdzen, 1.43M
Seat 8: Lucille Cailly, 2.86M

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FT PAYOUTS (EURO) 1- € 1,500,000 2- € 900,000 3- € 545,000 4- € 400,000 5- € 315,000 6- € 245,000 7- € 185,000 8- € 130,000 RELATED POSTS >> SMITH SURGING IN MC >> DOWN TO 26 IN MC >> ROY WINS TURBO BOUNTY >> SMITH WINS 5K TURBO >> MARTINEZ LEADS MAIN >> 665 IN MONTE CARLO >> BONOMO WINS SHR >> SHR FINAL TABLE SET "LIVE" FINAL TABLE COVERAGE POKERSTARS TV MON AUG 30th 2012 14:30 CET, 8:30 ET NEXT TOUR STOP EPT Barcelona Festival August 15-25, 2012

PTPR GRAND SLAM EVENT PokerStars and Monte Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final EPT Grand Final NLH Main Event April 25-1, 2012 Casino Monte Carlo | Monaco Buy-in: $13,240 | Prizepool: $8,803,935 Entries: 45 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 156 2nd position 96 3rd position 81 4th position 71 5th position 66 6th position 61 7th position 56 8th position 51 ALEX MOSTAFAVI 41 VADZIM MARKUSHEVSKI 31 ANDONI LARRABE 26 ANATOLY GURTOVOY 24 BEN VINSON 24 GEERT-JAN POTIJK 24 GEORGES DIB 21 PRATYUSH BUDDIGA 21 JESSE MARTIN 21 JASON WHEELER 18 FADY KAMAR 18 DIMITAR DANCHEV 18 TUDOR GRANGURE 14 DAN ABOUAF 14 AMIT MAKHIJA 14 JOHN ANDRESS 11 VADZIM KURSEVICH 11 ANDREW PANTLING 11 FRANCK BLANC 11