€25,000 EPT High Roller | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

2023-05-06 13:22 UTC+2

Barbero Binks an Ace and Doubles

frankvisser

Niveau 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Nacho Barbero open-raised his button to 35,000 and Day 2 chip leader Dominykas Mikolaitis made it 120,000 to go from the small blind. Barbero then responded with a four-bet jam to 435,000 and Mikolaitis made the call in an instant.

Nacho Barbero: A♥J♠
Dominykas Mikolaitis: J♣J♥

Barbero was in rough shape, but that all changed when the A♣3♣K♥ flop appeared. With Barbero hitting top pair, Mikolaitis was now looking for the only jack left in the deck or some runner-runner shenanigans. The 4♥ turn killed the dream of the latter happening, and the K♣ river decided the pot in Barbero's favor.

Barbero doubled up to an above-average stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dominykas Mikolaitis	1,325,000 -200,000	-200,000

Nacho Barbero	900,000 345,000	345,000

Tags: Dominykas Mikolaitis Nacho Barbero

2023-05-06 13:28 UTC+2

Conor Beresford Eliminated In 18th Place (€66,250)

AndrewK47

Niveau 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

In a heads-up pot with 170,000 in the middle on a flop showing 9♠5♦4♦, Roman Samoylov checked from under the gun to Conor Beresford on the button who bet out 65,000.

Samoylov put in a check-raise to 175,000 and after close to 30 seconds, Beresford moved all in for roughly 300,000 total. Samoylov rechecked his cards before making the call and the cards were on their backs.

Conor Beresford: K♥K♣
Roman Samoylov: 4♠5♠

Samoylov out-flopped the cowboys of Beresford with two pair, and when the board ran out 7♦8♣, it was the end of the road for Beresford as he was eliminated in 18th place.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Roman Samoylov	985,000 -135,000	-135,000
Conor Beresford	Eliminé

Tags: Conor Beresford Roman Samoylov

Niveau: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

2023-05-06 13:49 UTC+2

Alejandro Lococo Eliminated in 17th Place (€76,200)

frankvisser

Niveau 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A pot was playing out between Natan Chauskin in the big blind, Alejandro Lococo in the hijack, and Adrian Mateos in the cutoff.

On a flop of Q♦J♥7♣, Lococo fired a bet of 40,000 after a check from Chauskin. Mateos made the call, while Chauskin mucked his hand. The turn came the 5♦ and Lococo jammed the rest of his chips in. That amounted to 200,000, covering Mateos' 155,000 stack.

Mateos had to think long and hard about his decision, tossing in a few time bank chips every now and then. Eventually, he made the call to put himself at risk.

Adrian Mateos: K♠Q♠
Alejandro Lococo: A♦9♦

Mateos needed to fade an ace or diamond and he did so when the river brought the Q♥ to give him trips.

Lococo was left with two big blinds and they went in the very next hand when Lococo left himself a single T-5,000 chip after he raised to 40,000 from under the gun. Mateos was in the hijack this time and made an almost minimum three-bet to 65,000. The action folded back to Lococo, who threw in his last chip as well.

Alejandro Lococo: Q♠5♦
Adrian Mateos: A♠Q♣

Mateos flopped two pair on Q♦8♣A♥ and the 7♥ turn sealed the deal. The two players shared a handshake before Lococo left the field. There are now 16 players remaining and they have converged into two tables, without a redraw.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Adrian Mateos	600,000 325,000	325,000

Alejandro Lococo	Eliminé

Tags: Adrian Mateos Alejandro Lococo Natan Chauskin

2023-05-06 13:55 UTC+2

Camosci Clinches a Double-Up

frankvisser

Niveau 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Enrico Camosci put the majority of his 300,000 chips in from the button before Markkos Ladev went all in from the small blind. He covered Camosci, who quickly put in the rest as well.

Enrico Camosci: A♠J♣
Markkos Ladev: A♣10♦

Camosci's phone captured how the 9♣4♦K♦5♥4♣ board secured him his double-up and left Ladev with just over ten big blinds.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Enrico Camosci	640,000 -90,000	-90,000
Markkos Ladev	210,000 -265,000	-265,000

Tags: Enrico Camosci Markkos Ladev

2023-05-06 14:09 UTC+2

Heath Hits Quads, Doubles

frankvisser

Niveau 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In a 160,000 pot between Dominykas Mikolaitis in the big blind and Ben Heath in early position, both players checked the turn on the double-paired K♣9♠K♠9♣ board. The river came the A♠ and Mikolaitis now put a very small bet of 25,000 out.

Heath threw in a time bank chip before he raised that to a massive 390,000, leaving himself only 5,000 chips behind. Mikolaitis also tanked for a while before he put in a stack of chips to signify a call.

Heath showed 9♦9♣ for the turned four of a kind. ''Wow!'' Quan Zhou exclaimed. Mikolaitis, however, could only show a hero call with A♥Q♦. This marks Mikolaitis' first time with a stack of under one million on Day 3, while Heath doubled up, almost reaching that figure himself.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ben Heath	945,000 725,000	725,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	925,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Ben Heath Dominykas Mikolaitis

2023-05-06 14:15 UTC+2

Final Two Table Chip Counts

AndrewK47

Niveau 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mikita Badziakouski	1,400,000 345,000	345,000
Roman Samoylov	1,210,000 225,000	225,000
Daniel Dvoress	970,000 307,000	307,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	925,000 485,000	485,000
Ben Heath	910,000 -35,000	-35,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	900,000 -25,000	-25,000

Natan Chauskin	820,000 145,000	145,000
Nacho Barbero	750,000 -150,000	-150,000
Enrico Camosci	565,000 -75,000	-75,000
Steve O'Dwyer	550,000 -155,000	-155,000

Felipe Ketzer	370,000 -320,000	-320,000
Adrian Mateos	345,000 -255,000	-255,000

Tomas Jozonis	225,000 -270,000	-270,000
Saar Wilf	175,000 -130,000	-130,000
Markkos Ladev	170,000 -40,000	-40,000
Quan Zhou	140,000 -40,000	-40,000

2023-05-06 14:24 UTC+2

Markkos Ladev Eliminated in 16th Place (€76,200)

frankvisser

Niveau 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Markkos Ladev and Adrian Mateos were involved in a blind-on-blind pot. On the 3♣J♠2♦J♣ board, Ladev check-called a 30,000 bet from Mateos.

The river fell the 4♠ and Ladev checked again. Mateos put him to the test for his final 100,000 chips, which sent Ladev into the tank. After a while, he made the call for his tournament life.

Mateos showed down 6♦5♥ for the rivered straight. ''Do I have to show?'' Ladev asked. After an affirmative answer was given, he showed that he had called with just a pair of ducks: Q♥2♣.

The hero call did not bear fruit and Ladev was eliminated as the first player from the final two tables.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Adrian Mateos	525,000 180,000	180,000

Markkos Ladev	Eliminé

Tags: Adrian Mateos Markkos Ladev

2023-05-06 14:33 UTC+2

Quan Zhou Eliminated in 15th Place (€87,650)

frankvisser

Niveau 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Quan Zhou had been playing less than ten big blinds for almost the entire day. He put his last 125,000 in the middle from middle position and the action folded to Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind. He doubted what to do for a bit, but eventually put in the calling chips.

Quan Zhou: A♦10♠
Steve O'Dwyer: A♠4♥

Zhou was a favorite preflop, but the J♣A♥4♥ flop reversed that role in O'Dwyers' favor. His two pair held on the 8♥ turn and 3♣ river, and Zhou was ousted from the tournament, taking €87,650 back to Hong Kong.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Steve O'Dwyer	900,000 350,000	350,000

Quan Zhou	Eliminé

Tags: Quan Zhou Steve O'Dwyer

2023-05-06 14:39 UTC+2

Saar Wilf Eliminated In 14th Place (€87,650)

AndrewK47

Niveau 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Saar Wilf moved all in from the cutoff for 125,000 and was called by Mikita Badziakouski in the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and the cards were shown.

Saar Wilf: J♠10♠
Mikita Badziakouski: K♣J♦

Wilf was out-kicked and in need of help to stay alive, but when the board ran out 7♣6♠5♣K♦4♦, it was the king-jack for Badziakouski that held up to send Wilf out in 14th place.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mikita Badziakouski	1,550,000 150,000	150,000
Saar Wilf	Eliminé

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Saar Wilf