€5,300 EPT Main Event Jour 1a | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

2019-04-29 23:40 UTC+2

Greenwood Eliminated by Miquel Munoz

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Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Luc Greenwood defended his big blind against a raise by Ramon Miquel Munoz and check-called a bet on the flop to leave himself around 8,000 behind to the turn. Greenwood checked and Miquel Munoz bet 10,000.

After some consideration, Greenwood called and found himself trailing with versus . The river was the blank and Greenwood was eliminated in the last level of Day 1a.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ramon Miquel Munoz	152,000 22,000	22,000
Luc Greenwood	Eliminé

Tags: Luc Greenwood Ramon Miquel Munoz

2019-04-29 23:32 UTC+2

Eliminations

Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With under one hour to go, there have been a slew of eliminations since the last break. Of the bustouts listed below, Michael Soyza and Joao Simao have used their second and final bullets but all the others still have one re-entry available to use.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Joao Simao	Eliminé
Mihai Ciubotaru	Eliminé
Albert Daher	Eliminé
Francesco Grieco	Eliminé
Lars Bonding	Eliminé
Roman Emelyanov	Eliminé
Philipp Gruissem	Eliminé
Mark Teltscher	Eliminé

Victoria Coren Mitchell	Eliminé

Chen An Lin	Eliminé
Dominik Nitsche	Eliminé
Tomas Jozonis	Eliminé
Rainer Kempe	Eliminé
Koray Aldemir	Eliminé
David Lehnen	Eliminé
Michael Soyza	Eliminé
Artur Martirosian	Eliminé

Liviu Ignat	Eliminé
Boris Kuzmanovic	Eliminé
Daniel Ghionoiu	Eliminé
Denys Shafikov	Eliminé

2019-04-29 23:28 UTC+2

Spano Runs Into Aces

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Niveau 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Robert Spano four-bet jammed his shorter stack and was snap-called by Thiago Signorelli Viana.

Robert Spano:
Thiago Signorelli Viana:

Spano flopped a queen, but unfortunately Signorelli Viana also spiked an ace to leave the Aussie with just one out after the flop. The turn and river brought no miracle and Spano headed to rail Sam Higgs in the €1,100 French Poker Championship.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Thiago Signorelli Viana	125,000 42,000	42,000
Robert Spano	Eliminé

Tags: Robert Spano Sam Higgs Thiago Signorelli Viana

Niveau: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

2019-04-29 23:20 UTC+2

McQuilkin Takes On Vlad

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Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Theodore McQuilkin raised and picked up a single caller in Darie Vlad from one seat over. On the flop, McQuilkin checked and Vlad bet 5,700. McQuilkin opted for a check-raise to 20,200 and Vlad came along.

After the turn, McQuilkin bet big for 55,000 and forced a reluctant fold from his opponent. Further notables on the same table can be found below.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Benjamin Pollak	175,000 45,000	45,000
Theodore McQuilkin	144,000 4,000	4,000
Darie Vlad	106,000 46,000	46,000
Manig Loeser	90,000 -3,000	-3,000

Chin Wei Lim	33,500 33,500	33,500

Tags: Darie Vlad Theodore McQuilkin

2019-04-29 23:11 UTC+2

Riess Cold Four-Bets Over Martini and Karmazinas

Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

It was a three-way battle between the button and the blinds. Julien Martini opened to 3,000 and Dominykas Karmazinas three-bet to 14,500 in the small blind, before Ryan Riess cold four-bet all in for a total of 59,600. Martini passed and Karmazinas asked for a count before tank-folding.

Riess offered to show one card the was turned over. "They were both the same" said Ludovic Geilich as Riess collected the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dominykas Karmazinas	115,000 -50,000	-50,000
Julien Martini	99,000 -16,000	-16,000
Ryan Riess	78,100 28,100	28,100

Tags: Dominykas Karmazinas Julien Martini Ludovic Geilich Ryan Riess

2019-04-29 23:01 UTC+2

Kamar Doubles Through Lin

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Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Xia Lin raised to 2,200 and Ut Tam Vo called. Fady Kamar jammed for 16,000 and Lin reshoved to get Vo out of the hand, who folded face up.

Fady Kamar:
Xia Lin:

The board came and Kamar doubled with the six-high straight.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ut Tam Vo	65,000 27,000	27,000
Fady Kamar	36,000 6,000	6,000
Xia Lin	27,000

Tags: Xia Lin Ut Tam Vo Fady Kamar

2019-04-29 22:57 UTC+2

Chip Updates

Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Danilo Velasevic	145,000 77,000	77,000
Dragos Trofimov	100,000 38,500	38,500
Arsenii Karmatckii	98,000 4,000	4,000

Manig Loeser	93,000 69,300	69,300

Paul Michaelis	50,000 11,000	11,000
Mohsin Charania	39,000 2,200	2,200

Orpen Kisacikoglu	32,000 4,200	4,200
Nick Petrangelo	16,200

2019-04-29 22:51 UTC+2

Easy Table for Brandl

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Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

PokerStars qualifier Benedikt Brandl has caught likely the most remarkable table line-up on a starting day of the European Poker Tour Main Event as he faces a host of big names including PSPC winner Ramon Colillas, runner-up Julien Martini, WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess, two-times WSOP Main Event finalist Antoine Saout, Ludovic Geilich, Dominykas Karmazinas and Aladin Reskallah.

Geilich has the biggest stack of them all so far and 90 minutes remain in the day.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ludovic Geilich	240,000 40,000	40,000

Dominykas Karmazinas	165,000 112,000	112,000
Kalidou Sow	145,000 35,000	35,000
Aladin Reskallah	130,000 45,000	45,000
Ramon Colillas	125,000 -7,000	-7,000

Julien Martini	115,000 25,000	25,000
Antoine Saout	65,000 33,000	33,000
Ryan Riess	50,000 -22,000	-22,000
Benedikt Brandl	21,000

Tags: Aladin Reskallah Antoine Saout Dominykas Karmazinas Julien Martini Ludovic Geilich Ramon Colillas Ryan Riess Benedikt Brandl

2019-04-29 22:47 UTC+2

Assorted Counts

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Niveau 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pierre Calamusa	160,000 120,000	120,000
Ben Dobson	150,000 85,000	85,000
Ramon Miquel Munoz	130,000 45,000	45,000
Romain Lewis	115,000 5,000	5,000
Corentin Ropert	105,000 5,000	5,000
Max Silver	105,000 30,000	30,000
Ibrahim Ghassan	85,000 10,000	10,000
Norbert Szecsi	70,000 40,000	40,000
Marton Czuczor	58,000 15,000	15,000
Nicole Wee	48,000 32,000	32,000
Mohsin Charania	46,000 9,200	9,200

Michael Soyza	35,000 35,000	35,000
Albert Daher	33,000 3,000	3,000
Frederic Delval	27,000 27,000	27,000
Randy Lew	26,000 26,000	26,000
Philipp Gruissem	17,000 -13,000	-13,000
Kristen Bicknell	13,500 -27,000	-27,000