Niveau: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
In a battle of the short stacks, Bruno Caron called the shove of Mikhail Nikolaev and tabled . Nikolaev held and took the lead on the flop, however, the turn let Caron celebrate. A blank river ended the run of Nikolaev.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Bruno Caron |
100,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Mikhail Nikolaev | Eliminé |
It was a flip that resulted in the end for Ivar Orn Boovarsson, who put his hopes on the . Paul-Francois Tedeschi held and got there on the board to reduce the field by one.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
|
320,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Ivar Orn Boovarsson | Eliminé |
Jack Salter had three-bet and folded against the four-bet shove of Stefano Schiano and both would tangle again in a big pot. It all escalated on the flop when Salter ended up all in and at risk in need of running outs to avoid the elimination.
Jack Salter:
Stefano Schiano:
The turn sealed the fate of Salter and the river ended his tournament, while Schiano soared to a big stack.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Stefano Schiano |
815,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
Jack Salter | Eliminé |
At one of the corner tables in the Salle des Etoiles, two of the biggest names in the field clashed in a three-bet pot. Ole Schemion, who already claimed five trophies at previous EPT's in Monte Carlo, raised it up from middle position and PSPC runner-up Julien Martini three-bet him from the cutoff. Schemion came along with the call.
The flop came down and Schemion checked. Martini bet 36,000, Schemion check-raised to 90,000, and Martini called. The turn brought the and Schemion shoved all in with superior stack, more than enough to put Martini to the test for his remaining 200,000.
The Frenchman thought for two minutes before calling it off for his tournament life.
Julien Martini:
Ole Schemion:
Schemion had flopped a set to take a commanding lead in the hand, and Martini needed to catch an eight, jack, or king if he was to survive. The on the river was neither and he was forced to make his way to the exit. With the hand, Schemion soared over a million in chips to pad his chip lead even further.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ole Schemion |
1,300,000
518,000
|
518,000 |
|
||
Julien Martini | Eliminé |
Jerome Olivetto was all in for just a handful of big blinds and in need of help, as his was trailing against the of Giuliano Bendinelli.
The board came and Olivetto became the next casualty.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Giuliano Bendinelli |
470,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
Jerome Olivetto | Eliminé |
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The following batch of players all walked away with €2,100 for their accomplishment. Among those to bust out in level 18 were Slimane Mameche, Jack Salter, Govert Metaal, football star Jimmy Kebe, and Chen An Lin.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Danilo Velasevic | Eliminé | |
Jimmy Kebe
|
Eliminé | |
Marc Sander | Eliminé | |
Raffaele Carnevale | Eliminé | |
Benjamin Saada | Eliminé | |
Oleg Larichev | Eliminé | |
Chen An Lin | Eliminé | |
Abdellah Bouzergan | Eliminé | |
Afshin Taheri | Eliminé | |
Trygve Leite | Eliminé | |
Kevin Montalto | Eliminé | |
Ivar Orn Boovarsson | Eliminé | |
Miguel Capriles | Eliminé | |
Raphael Ravaz | Eliminé | |
Jian Yang | Eliminé | |
Govert Metaal | Eliminé | |
Jack Salter | Eliminé | |
Rostislav Evdokimov | Eliminé | |
Khaled Hizem | Eliminé | |
Jerome Olivetto | Eliminé | |
Slimane Mameche | Eliminé | |
Julien Martini | Eliminé | |
Eric Lenoir | Eliminé | |
Alisa Sibgatova | Eliminé |
Danilo Velasevic ran into the aces of and Patricia Poli did so when Jean-Pierre Boulad looked her up with the . The board came and the aces ended up best, as Poli's cards were already in the muck.
"You both had aces, so now it is my turn, right? Luca Falco joked and sure enough, he jammed his last 53,000 the next hand. Marco Reggini moved all in over the top to force out everyone else.
Luca Falco:
Marco Reggini:
On a board of and the third player departed from the table in as many hands. James Romero thrones above them all with a massive stack of more than a million.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
James Romero |
1,300,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
Sergey Frizyak |
400,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
Jean-Pierre Boulad |
320,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Marco Reggini |
170,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Danilo Velasevic | Eliminé | |
Patricia Poli | Eliminé | |
Luca Falco | Eliminé |
James Romero has no qualms continuing the seat open bonanza over at table 1, as he just busted another player to move up to 1.6 million in chips. On a flop, it was Marco Reggini who checked and Romero who bet 25,000. Reggini check-raised all in for 152,000 and Romero called it off.
Marco Reggini:
James Romero:
As spoilered by the lead, the turn and river would end up being Reggini's final cards in this tournament, while Romero overtook Schemion on the leaderboard.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
James Romero |
1,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Marco Reggini | Eliminé |