€2,200 FPS High Roller Jour 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

2023-04-29 13:48 UTC+2

Panagiotidis Calls Demlakian

MattHansen

Niveau 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was heads up with over 15,000 in the pot and a full board of 4♠3♥8♦5♠7♦ when Ken Damlakian fired 12,500. Vasileios Panagiotidis went into the tank to consider his options before he counted out the chips to call. Demlakian tabled K♦J♦ and Panagiotidis showed A♠A♣ to survive the pot with pocket aces.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ken Demlakian	86,000 -13,500	-13,500
Vasileios Panagiotidis	58,500 58,500	58,500

Tags: Ken Damlakian

2023-04-29 13:49 UTC+2

Anisimov Rips Into Ripper

ajlamers

Niveau 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On a flop of J♠10♥5♥, the action checked to Walter Ripper who bet 8,000 into a pot of just over 20,000. Maurice Anisimov check-raised all in from the small blind which got the big blind to fold. Ripper, however, snapped off his last 24,000 chips and the cards were face up.

Walter Ripper: Q♠Q♦
Maurice Anisimov: A♥J♥

Ripper was ahead with the over pair but had plenty of outs to dodge with Anisimov holding a pair and a flush draw. The 5♠ and Q♣ runout gave Ripper a full house and a double-up, leaving Anisimov on crumbs.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Walter Ripper	73,500
Maurice Anisimov	3,200

Tags: Maurice Anisimov Walter Ripper

2023-04-29 14:01 UTC+2

Time for Some EPT Monte Carlo Trivia

MattHansen

Niveau 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Which of these players has won both the Main Event and Super High Roller at EPT Monte Carlo?
— PokerStars LIVE (@PokerStarsLIVE)

2023-04-29 14:05 UTC+2

Salazar Sanchez Starts Strong

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Niveau 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Table 44 just recently opened with a few new entries joining the field with a 30,000 starting stack. However, Thao Nguyen Hong was moved from another table and was already down to just over 13,000 chips when he opened to 1,000 in middle position. The button flat-called and Mauricio Salazar Sanchez put his fresh stack to work by reraising to 6,200 in the small blind. Hong called and the button got out of the way.

The flop came Q♠5♥3♥ and Salazar Sanchez continued with a bet of 2,500. Hong shoved all in for just over 7,000 and Salazar Sanchez snapped him off. Hong tabled K♣10♣ and Salazar Sanchez held A♥J♥. The runout of 5♣, 7♠ changed nothing and Salazar Sanchez's ace-high was good enough to eliminate Hong.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	47,300
Thao Nguyen Hong	Eliminé

Tags: Mauricio Salazar Sanchez Thao Nguyen Hong

2023-04-29 14:06 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

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Niveau 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The players are heading on their first 20-minute break of the day with nearly 500 entries recorded thus far.

Niveau: 4

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

2023-04-29 14:35 UTC+2

Sitbon Takes Down Shylko

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Niveau 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Julien Sitbon raised it up in middle position and Aliaksandr Shylko three-bet to 3,000 on his left. The action folded back to Sitbon who called to see a flop of 6♥4♠3♥. Both players checked and the 4♦ paired the board on the turn.

Sitbon led out with a bet of 3,600 and Shylko stuck around for the 6♠ on the river. Sitbon moved all in and Shylko paused for a moment before calling off his stack of around 8,000. Sitbon tabled 5♣5♦ while Shylko only had ace-high with A♦K♦.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Julien Sitbon	44,000 15,700	15,700
Aliaksandr Shylko	Eliminé

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Julien Sitbon

2023-04-29 14:41 UTC+2

Abuladze Makes Four Kings to Send Yamanaka to the Rail

MattHansen

Niveau 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Kosumosu Yamanaka was committed for his last 21,000 and Georgi Abuladze had shoved from the next seat over for 49,200. Alessandro Adinolfo was in the tank for the rest of his chips after his original raise to 11,000, but he got out of the way. Action was heads up and Yamanaka was at risk.

Kosumosu Yamanaka: A♥Q♠
Georgi Abuladze: A♣K♦

The board ran out K♣6♠2♦K♠K♥ and Abuladze secured the elimination with quad kings.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Georgi Abuladze	77,000
Alessandro Adinolfo	47,000
Kosumosu Yamanaka	Eliminé

Tags: Alessandro Adinolfo Georgi Abuladze Kosumosu Yamanaka

2023-04-29 14:51 UTC+2

Some Big Stacks in the Room

ajlamers

Niveau 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Abedel Douair	126,500
Tsugunari Toma	124,000
Vasileios Panagiotidis	97,000 38,500	38,500
Diana Kalietina	95,500 33,000	33,000
Tomas Jozonis	93,500
David Hareuveni	93,000 59,000	59,000
Vlado Banicevic	90,500
Tom Orpaz	83,500 51,000	51,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	82,000 34,700	34,700
Peter Jorgne	80,000
Aliaksei Boika	76,500

Igor Yaroshevskyy	75,500 45,500	45,500

2023-04-29 15:05 UTC+2

Spano Has the Best Ace-High

ajlamers

Niveau 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Andrey Andreev was the short stack at the table and pushed all in for 8,000 from under the gun. Alba Borgel flat-called on his left and Robert Spano reshoved all in for 43,300 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Borgel who gave it some thought but dumped his cards in the muck.

Andrey Andreev: A♠8♠
Robert Spano: A♣K♠

The board ran out 10♣9♦2♣10♦5♦ and Spano's ace-high was the best to send Andreev to the rail. Borgel declared after the hand that he folded ace-queen.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Robert Spano	60,800
Alban Borgel	36,500
Andrey Andreev	Eliminé

Tags: Robert Spano Andrey Andreev Alba Borgel