€5,300 EPT Main Event Giorno 1b | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

2024-04-29 13:59 UTC+2

Sebastian Cracks Nahas' Kings

Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 4♠3♣10♣ and the table was erupting as two players stacked off.

Antoine Nahas: K♦K♥ All in
Sebastian Remy: 8♥8♣

Nahas was well ahead with pocket kings, but Remy had a backdoor flush draw to go along with his smaller pair. The turn came the 2♣ and the river the 9♣ to complete the flush and Remy won the hand, cracking Nahas' kings and sending him to the rail.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sebastian Remy	54,000 54,000	54,000
Antoine Nahas	Eliminato

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2024-04-29 15:32 UTC+2

Sverrisson Runs Kings into Jeckeln's Aces

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Livello 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Andres Jeckeln open raised from middle position and Halldor Sverrisson three-bet to 2,100 from late position. Jeckeln four-bet to 6,800 and Sverrisson moved all in for 19,000. Jeckeln called with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Halldor Sverrisson: K♦K♠
Andres Jeckeln: A♥A♦

The board ran out 2♣10♣5♦9♣6♦. Jeckeln held with his pocket aces, near-doubling his stack and sending Sverrisson to the rail.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Andres Jeckeln	64,000 64,000	64,000
Halldor Sverrisson	Eliminato

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2024-04-29 15:55 UTC+2

Kalietina Busts in Cooler

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Livello 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jean Vigna opened from the cutoff to 800. Diana Kalietina defended the big blind.

Kalietina check-called a 900 chip bet on the 9♠3♠7♥ flop. She then check-raised Vigna's 2,600 chip bet on the A♠ to 6,000. Vigna made the call. Kalietina then led all in for around 20,000 on the 9♦ turn and Vigna quickly called.

Kalietina showed K♠J♠ for the nut flush but was bested by Vigna's A♦A♥ for top full house.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Jean Vigna	45,000 45,000	45,000
Diana Kalietina	Eliminato

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2024-04-29 17:10 UTC+2

Some Recent Bustouts

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Livello 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Juan Pardo	Eliminato
Igor Pihela	Eliminato
Samiyel Duzgun	Eliminato
Francesco Di Profio	Eliminato
Stephen Nahm	Eliminato
Mohamed Mehalleg	Eliminato
Harry Lodge	Eliminato
Dimitar Danchev	Eliminato

Serhii Tarnakin	Eliminato

2024-04-29 17:12 UTC+2

Paris Knocks Out Marcello with Quads

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Livello 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

In a preflop confrontation Raimondo Marcello was all in from the big blind for 12,500 and up against Bryan Paris in middle position who had a covering stack.

Raimondo Marcello: K♦Q♥ All in
Bryan Paris: J♣J♠

Marcello made top pair on the Q♠8♥J♦ flop, but needed running cards to preserve his tournament life against Paris, who had flopped middle set. Paris improved to quads on the J♥ turn, leaving Marcello drawing dead. After the 9♠ river, Marcello made his exit from the tournament area while Paris took down a decent pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Bryan Paris	71,500 71,500	71,500
Raimondo Marcello	Eliminato

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2024-04-29 17:16 UTC+2

Aguero Busts

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Livello 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Sergio Aguero opened from under the gun to 1,000. Action folded around to Agostino Ascone in the cutoff who reraised to 2,500. Stephane Benadiba called on the button and the blinds folded.

Aguero checked the 8♦K♣Q♦ flop to Ascone, who bet 1,600. Benadiba reraised to 5,000, which would put Aguero almost all in. He opted to put in his remaining 7,000 and Ascone folded.

Sergio Aguero: A♦10♣ All in
Stephane Benadiba: Q♣Q♥

Aguero needed a jack and a jack only. He couldn't find one on the A♥ turn and the Q♠ river filled up Benadiba.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Stephane Benadiba	60,000 25,000	25,000
Agostino Ascone	45,000 45,000	45,000
Sergio Aguero	Eliminato

2024-04-29 18:17 UTC+2

Huber Heads to the Rail

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Livello 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action folded around to Luca Maccatrozzo who opened from the cutoff to 1,500. Philip Ward reraised from the button to 4,000. Sebastian Huber quickly moved all in from the big blind for around 25,000. Maccatrozzo folded and Ward snap-called.

Sebastian Huber: A♥J♥ All in
Philip Ward: A♠K♥

"There was some hope," said Huber as the 7♥K♣J♦ flop rolled off. Ward made a superior two pair on the A♦ turn and the 6♠ river confirmed Huber's exit from the tournament.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Philip Ward	60,000 60,000	60,000
Luca Maccatrozzo	20,000 20,000	20,000
Sebastian Huber	Eliminato

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2024-04-29 20:26 UTC+2

Goryachev Turns Straight to Bust O'Neill

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Livello 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Arian Hassankashani open raised to 1,600 from middle position, Viacheslav Goryachev three-bet to 4,000, Jack O'Neill called and Hassankashani called.

The flop came A♠Q♠4♦. Action checked to O'Neill, who made a small bet of 3,000. Hassankashani folded and Goryachev called.

The turn was the 10♠. Goryachev led for 7,000 and O'Neill moved all in. Goryachev called and players turned their cards. O'Neill had A♣Q♣ for two pair, but Goryachev flipped over K♥J♦ for a turned straight.

The river came the 6♠. Goryachev won the pot and O'Neill was eliminated.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Viacheslav Goryachev	130,000 130,000	130,000
Jack O'Neill	Eliminato

Tags: Arian Hassankashani Jack O'Neill Viacheslav Goryachev

2024-04-29 21:31 UTC+2

Wenzelburger Doubles

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Livello 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mathieu Di Meglio opened from under the gun to 2,100. Action folded around to Philipp Wenzelburger who called. Vincent Meli rerraised on the button to 10,000. The blinds and Di Meglio folded.

Wenzelburger announced all in for 47,200 and Meli called.

Hans Wenzelburger: A♣K♥ All in
Vincent Meli: A♠Q♠

Meli's ace was dominated and Wenzelburger's was best over the 8♥7♦4♠9♣6♥ runout.

Meli had 15,000 behind and busted shortly after.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Philipp Wenzelburger	95,000 95,000	95,000

Mathieu Di Meglio	35,000 7,500	7,500
Vincent Meli	Eliminato

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2024-04-29 21:52 UTC+2

Carvalho Falls in Three-Way All In

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Livello 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Following an open raise, Mauricio Salazar Sanchez three-bet to 10,000 from the button and then Jozef Cibicek moved all in. Manuel Carvalho called in the big blind with the shortest stack and Sanchez also called. He was covered by Cibicek as players flipped their cards.

Manuel Carvalho: A♦8♣ All in
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez: A♠J♠ All in
Jozef Cibicek: A♣J♣

The board ran out A♥5♠4♣9♦4♦. All three players paired their ace to make two pair with the fours on board. Sanchez and Cibicek chopped the pot and Carvalho was eliminated.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Jozef Cibicek	89,000 45,000	45,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	48,000 48,000	48,000
Manuel Carvalho	Eliminato

Tags: Jozef Cibicek Manuel Carvalho Mauricio Salazar Sanchez