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

04-28-2024 13:45 UTC+2

Nasreddine Falls to Gonzalez

Ryan Lashmar

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

Rodolfo Gonzalez opened from the button, Rania Nasreddine moved all in for her last 33,000 and Gonzalez called with a covering stack to put Nasreddine at risk.

Rania Nasreddine: K♦10♣ All in
Rodolfo Gonzalez: 8♥6♦

Nasreddine was ahead on the 2♥2♣10♥ flop but Gonzalez picked up some outs in the form of a flush draw on the 9♥ turn. The flush came in on the J♥ river and Nasreddine was sent to the rail while Gonzalez took the pot.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Alexandre Reard was recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodolfo Gonzalez	495,000 156,000	156,000
Rania Nasreddine	Busted
Alexandre Reard	Busted

Tags: Rania Nasreddine Rodolfo Gonzalez

04-28-2024 13:52 UTC+2

Avanesyan Busts

Patrick Cole

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

Eduard Simonyan opened from early position too 20,000. Action folded around to Yanis Avanesyan who went all in for 26,000. Javier Fernandez made it 80,000 from the big blind and Eduard Simonyan folded.

Yanis Avanesyan: 7♣9♥ All in
Javier Fernandez: 5♠5♦

Avanesyan didn't hit either of his two overcards on the K♣J♥6♣ and Fernandez's pocket pair held through the A♦ turn and 3♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduard Simonyan	625,000 -45,000	-45,000
Javier Fernandez	350,000 35,000	35,000
Yanis Avanesyan	Busted

Tags: Eduard Simonyan Javier Fernandez Yanis Avanesyan

04-28-2024 13:57 UTC+2

Places 96-119 (€4,350)

Josh Noy

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Axel Hallay	Busted
Alexandre Reard	Busted
Yanis Avanesyan	Busted
Ihar Soika	Busted
Mattia Tagliavini	Busted
Renat Bohdanov	Busted
Gerald Eisele	Busted
Tigran Harutyunyan	Busted
Mateusz Moolhuizen	Busted
Jonathan Silva	Busted
Agostino Ascone	Busted
Diego Angeli	Busted
Costas Myrianthous	Busted
Sergio Aguero	Busted
Theo Degrave	Busted
Redouane Bougheraba	Busted
Felipe Boianovsky	Busted
Rania Nasreddine	Busted
Mykhailo Sezonenko	Busted
Emika Senda	Busted
Rafael Moraes	Busted

Nikola Sekler	Busted
Oleksii Ievchenko	Busted
Christophe Malaurie	Busted

04-28-2024 13:58 UTC+2

Kostadinov Doubles

Patrick Cole

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

Fiodor Martino opened to 20,000 from middle position. Mathieu Goncalves called from the hijack. Action folded around to Kostadin Kostadinov in the small blind who moved all in for 81,000.

Martino called and Goncalves folded.

Kostadin Kostadinov: A♦K♥
Fiodor Martino: 8♣8♦

The K♠6♥A♠ flop was about as good as it gets for Kostadinov and Martino could not find either of his two outs across the 7♦ turn and 6♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kostadin Kostadinov	162,000 49,000	49,000
Mathieu Goncalves	150,000 -24,000	-24,000
Fiodor Martino	120,000 -79,000	-79,000

Tags: Mathieu Goncalves Kostadin Kostadinov Fiodor Martino

04-28-2024 14:02 UTC+2

Break Time

Patrick Cole

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

The remaining 87 players have been sent on a 25-minute break.

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

04-28-2024 14:35 UTC+2

Top Ten Stacks After First Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	1,820,000 595,000	595,000
Jon Vallinas	1,320,000 795,000	795,000
Eduard Simonyan	1,225,000 555,000	555,000
Ravi Sheth	1,210,000 802,000	802,000
Tommaso Briotti	940,000 679,000	679,000
Jun Beum Chun	931,000 646,000	646,000
Sokratis Linaras	925,000 575,000	575,000
Jamie Dwan	848,000 408,000	408,000
Yuliyan Kolev	736,000 599,000	599,000
Mathieu Goncalves	720,000 570,000	570,000

04-28-2024 14:43 UTC+2

Zerjav Busts

Patrick Cole

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action folded around to Blaz Zerjav who jammed all in for 78,000 from the cutoff. Ioannis Poullos made the call from the big blind as the covering stack.

Blaz Zerjav: Q♦10♥ All in
Ioannis Poullos: K♦9♠

The 5♣4♠4♣ flop kept Poullos's king ahead, and he stayed ahead through the J♥ turn and 4♦ river to secure Zerjav's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Poullos	300,000 6,000	6,000
Blaz Zerjav	Busted

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Ioannis Poullos

04-28-2024 14:48 UTC+2

Catch Up on EPT Winners So Far in Monte Carlo 🏆

Josh Noy

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

https://twitter.com/PokerStarsBlog/status/1784563843550605759

04-28-2024 14:52 UTC+2

Petrone Busts Pellegrino

Patrick Cole

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action folded around to Mathieu Di Meglio who opened to 25,000 from the hijack. Ramiro Petrone called in the cutoff. Pietro Pellegrino then moved all in for 190,000 from the big blind. Di Meglio folded and Petrone called.

Pietro Pellegrino: A♣K♣ All in
Ramiro Petrone: J♣J♦

Petrone flopped a set on 3♠J♠9♦ leaving Pellegrino drawing slim. The 2♦ turn confirmed his exit and Petrone boated up on the 3♣ river to secure the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramiro Petrone	825,000 611,000	611,000
Mathieu Di Meglio	275,000 115,000	115,000
PIetro Pellegrino	Busted

Tags: Mathieu Di Meglio Pietro Pellegrino Ramiro Petrone