€2,200 FPS High Roller | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-28-2024 13:05 UTC+2

Linaras Applies Pressure

Patrick Cole

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Javier Gomez opened from early position to 16,000. Stefan Dimitrov reraised in middle position to 45,000. Sokratis Linaras then made it 115,000.

Gomez tanked for a moment before finding the fold. The same applied to Dimitrov, who also considered the call but ultimately folded, leaving Linaras with a decent pot without having to see a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Gomez	450,000 -33,000	-33,000
Sokratis Linaras	350,000 350,000	350,000
Stefan Dimitrov	275,000 -43,000	-43,000

Tags: Stefan Dimitrov Sokratis Linaras Javier Gomez

04-28-2024 13:08 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Khalifa	Busted
Jose Nadal	Busted
Samiyel Duzgun	Busted
Anze Smajd	Busted
Charles La Boissonniere	Busted
Juan Gozalo Ares	Busted
Francois Romero	Busted
Benjamin Pollak	Busted
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted
Leo Worthington-Leese	Busted
Quentin Laugt	Busted
Endrit Geci	Busted
Christopher Wood	Busted
Josef Huber	Busted
Daniele Cuomo	Busted
Alexey Badulin	Busted
Igor Pihela Jr.	Busted
Matthew Khouri	Busted
Andrej Tekel	Busted
Simone Andrian	Busted
Anatoly Chen	Busted
Robin Gerard	Busted
Mario Navarro	Busted
Richard Dubini	Busted
Gianfranco Iaculli	Busted

Kaukua Keeps Climbing

Ryan Lashmar

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With three players seeing a board of 10♣7♥3♥ and roughly 50,000 in the middle, Toni Kaukua checked from the small blind, Alexandre Reard checked from the big blind and Kamel Marzouk bet 22,000 from the hijack. Both opponents made the call.

On the 10♠ turn Kaukua checked and Reard bet 48,000. Marzouk got out of the way while Kaukua made the call.

Both players checked the J♥ river. Kaukua tabled 8♦8♣ for tens and eights and Reard's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	930,000 435,000	435,000
Kamel Marzouk	637,000 -73,000	-73,000
Alexandre Reard	162,000 -136,000	-136,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Kamel Marzouk Toni Kaukua

04-28-2024 13:14 UTC+2

Tedeschi Stacks Asgoudakis, Leaves Moraes Short

Patrick Cole

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Rafael Moraes opened to 16,000 from the hijack. Erich Tedeschi reraised to 49,000 before Emmanouil Asgoudakis jammed all in from the big blind for 149,000.

Both Moraes and Tedeschi made the call. Moraes had both players covered.

Emmanouil Asgoudakis: 10♥10♦ All in
Erich Tedeschi: K♠K♥ All in
Rafael Moraes: 10♥10♦

Tedeschi's cowboys were in good shape on the 9♣J♥8♥ flop. The 4♠ turn and 4♣ river gave him two pair and sent Asgoudakis to the rail and left Moraes short.

Tedeschi remarked "this will make a good story."

Moraes couldn't spin up his stack and was eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erich Tedeschi	650,000 530,000	530,000
Rafael Moraes	25,000 -92,000	-92,000

Emmanouil Asgoudakis	Busted

Tags: Emmanouil Asgoudakis Erich Tedeschi Rafael Moraes

04-28-2024 13:20 UTC+2

Shylko Doubles

Patrick Cole

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Enis Rouissi called from under the gun. Action folded around to Aliaksandr Shylko who reraised to 75,000, leaving 6,000 behind. Rouissi made the call.

On the K♠6♣A♦ flop the remainder of Shylko's chips found their way into the middle and the players tabled their hands.

Aliaksandr Shylko: A♣9♦ All in
Enis Rouissi: 3♣3♥

Shylko was in a commanding lead to secure the double and he held through the 2♠ turn and 6♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enis Rouissi	500,000 92,000	92,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	150,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Enis Rouissi Aliaksandr Shylko

04-28-2024 13:20 UTC+2

Shylko Doubles

Patrick Cole

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Enis Rouissi called from under the gun. Action folded around to Aliaksandr Shylko who reraised to 75,000, leaving 6,000 behind. Rouissi made the call.

On the K♠6♣A♦ flop the remainder of Shylko's chips found their way into the middle and the players tabled their hands.

Aliaksandr Shylko: A♣9♦ All in
Enis Rouissi: 3♣3♥

Shylko was in a commanding lead to secure the double and he held through the 2♠ turn and 6♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enis Rouissi	500,000 92,000	92,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	150,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Enis Rouissi Aliaksandr Shylko

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

04-28-2024 13:28 UTC+2

Romanello Doubles Through Avanesyan

Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Roberto Romanello opened to 35,000 from under the gun, leaving just 4,000 behind. Yanis Avanesyan raised to 105,000 from middle position and all other players got out of the way.

With a payjump approaching, Romanello stalled until a player called the clock before putting in his remaining 4,000 to put himself at risk.

Roberto Romanello: 7♠7♣ All in
Yanis Avanesyan: A♥Q♥

It was a preflop flip that Romanello got the better of on the 9♥4♠6♠K♣2♠ runout to score a full double up through Avanesyan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yanis Avanesyan	675,000 386,000	386,000
Roberto Romanello	105,000 -16,000	-16,000

Tags: Roberto Romanello Yanis Avanesyan

04-28-2024 13:30 UTC+2

Places 120-143 (€3,790)

Josh Noy

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Emmanouil Asgoudakis	Busted
Arian Hassankashani	Busted
Tamer Kamel	Busted
Glen Cymbaluk	Busted
Jorge Rios	Busted
Andrea Rasulo	Busted
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	Busted
Vladimir Lipnitskii	Busted
Ermanno Di Nicola	Busted
Jonathan Pastore	Busted
Konstantyn Holskyi	Busted
Dumitru Pora	Busted
Sadri Saleh	Busted
Denis Charlier	Busted
Simeon Spasov	Busted
Arnaud Enselme	Busted
Oleh Okhotskyi	Busted
Christophe Benzimra	Busted

Malcolm Trayner	Busted
Dimitrios Asgoudakis	Busted
Georgios Vrakas	Busted
Omar Lakhdari	Busted
Timothy Chung	Busted
Luc Lafontaine	Busted

04-28-2024 13:35 UTC+2

Kaukua Passes One Million

Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5♦Q♠Q♣A♦10♣ and roughly 180,000 in the middle, Kamel Marzouk had bet 100,000 from the big blind only for Toni Kaukua to move all in from middle position, covering Marzouk who had about 300,000 behind. Marzouk went deep into the tank.

After nearly 5 minutes Kaukua called the clock. 30 seconds went by without Marzouk making a decision and his hand was declared dead allowing Kaukua to rake in a gargantuan pot without showdown.

Marzouk flashed the Q♦ from his hand for trip queens before sending his hand into the muck.