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

04-28-2024 14:58 UTC+2

Kostadinov Doubles Through Goncalves

Josh Noy

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

Kostadin Kostadinov opened to 24,000 from under the gun and found a call from Mathieu Goncalves in the cutoff.

Kostadinov continued on the J♦9♦Q♠ flop, firing a bet of 33,000. Goncalves took some time before announcing all in, with Kostadinov quickly calling for his tournament life.

Kostadin Kostadinov: J♠J♣ All in
Mathieu Goncalves: Q♦10♠

Kostadinov flopped a set of jacks and held through the 10♣ turn and 3♦ river to earn the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Goncalves	613,000 -107,000	-107,000
Kostadin Kostadinov	325,000 163,000	163,000

Tags: Kostadin Kostadinov Mathieu Goncalves

04-28-2024 15:01 UTC+2

Briotti Wins Battle of the Big Stacks

Ryan Lashmar

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

Jun Beum Chun opened to 25,000 from middle position and Tommaso Briotti called from the cutoff.

The flop came 10♥3♥2♣ and Chun fired a 75,000 continuation bet that was called by Briotti.

Chun slowed down with a check on the 10♦ turn and Briotti bet 69,000. Chun made the call.

On the 4♣ river Chun checked once more and Briotti bet 255,000, sending Chun into the tank.

After roughly four minutes, Chun opted to fold and Briotti took down a sizable pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	1,870,000 50,000	50,000
Tommaso Briotti	1,110,000 170,000	170,000
Jun Beum Chun	890,000 -41,000	-41,000
Antoine Labat	390,000 254,000	254,000
Francisco Benitez	255,000 123,000	123,000
Bernat Capdevila Montes	185,000 -223,000	-223,000
Mohammad Nakdali	168,000 -177,000	-177,000

Tags: Jun Beum Chun Tommaso Briotti

04-28-2024 15:08 UTC+2

Schemion Gets Stacked

Patrick Cole

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

Action was picked up on the turn of 8♠4♠J♣4♠ with Ole Schemion facing a bet of 160,000 from Claudio Di Giacomo. He took a moment before raising all in for around 250,000. Di Giacomo snap-called and the players tabled their hands.

Ole Schemion: A♠A♣ All in
Claudio Di Giacomo: J♠J♦

Schemion ran into a full house and was drawing to two outs only. The 7♦ river meant Di Giacomo would claim the rest of Schemion's stack and send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Di Giacomo	850,000 553,000	553,000
Ole Schemion	Busted

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Ole Schemion

04-28-2024 15:09 UTC+2

Rockets For Lagan

Patrick Cole

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

Action folded around to Paul Lagan on the button who opened to 25,000. Javier Gomez called from the small blind and Ravi Sheth defended from the big blind.

The 10♥9♠9♥ was checked around before Gomez led the 3♥ turn for 22,000. Both Sheth and Lagan called. Gomez checked the [8c[ river and Sheth fired a bet of 65,000. Lagan made a quick call and tabled A♠A♥. Sheth showed K♣10♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Sheth	1,195,000 -15,000	-15,000
Paul Lagan	750,000 370,000	370,000
Javier Gomez	195,000 -255,000	-255,000

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

04-28-2024 15:21 UTC+2

Labat Pips Benitez

Ryan Lashmar

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

Francisco Benitez open-shoved for 136,000 from the hijack and was called by Antoine Labat in the big blind who had a covering stack to put Benitez at risk.

Francisco Benitez: Q♥J♠ All in
Antoine Labat: K♦Q♣

Benitez was in rough shape with a smaller queen and couldn't catch up on the 7♠5♠4♦5♥2♦ runout resulting in his elimination while Labat scooped a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Labat	480,000 90,000	90,000
Francisco Benitez	Busted

Tags: Antoine Labat Francisco Benitez

04-28-2024 15:27 UTC+2

Nitsche Busts After Pay Jump

Josh Noy

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

David Djian opened to 35,000 in the cutoff before Dominik Nitsche three-bet to 240,000, leaving just 25,000 behind. Action folded back around to Djian, who called and started to reveal his hand thinking Nitsche was all in.

The hand continued to the A♦10♦J♣ flop, where Nitsche checked the tournament clock on the bubble of a pay jump. "I don't know what to do," said Nitsche before betting 15,000. Djian made the call.

The dealer flipped over the 9♣ turn and Nitsche checked. Djian bet and Nitsche called his last 10,000 after confirming that the pay jump was acquired.

Dominik Nitsche: A♠8♠ All in
David Djian: 9♠9♥

"I have some equity," said Nitsche as he waited for the river. The 4♥ sealed his exit from the tournament, seeing his chips get added to Djian's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Djian	610,000 395,000	395,000
Dominik Nitsche	Busted

Tags: David Djian Dominik Nitsche

04-28-2024 15:27 UTC+2

Sitbon Doubles

Patrick Cole

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

Julien Sitbon moved all in from under the gun for 88,000. Action folded around to Alex Sampirisi who reshoved all in for around 200,000 from the button. The blinds folded and the players showed down.

Julien Sitbon: A♠9♦ All in
Alex Sampirisi: A♦2♦

Sampirisi's ace was dominated and found no help on the J♣4♣10♠ flop. The 8♥ turn upgrades Sitbon's hand to a straight draw and he paired up on the 9♥ river to secure the double.

Sampirisi subsequently bust a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	180,000 84,000	84,000
Alex Sampirisi	Busted

04-28-2024 15:30 UTC+2

Places 72-95 (€5,000)

Josh Noy

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Oshri Lahmani	Busted
Francisco Benitez	Busted
Ole Schemion	Busted
Jack Corrigan	Busted
Govert Metaal	Busted
Eric Sfez	Busted
Victor Ilyukhin	Busted
PIetro Pellegrino	Busted
Milos Skrbic	Busted
Cristiano Guerra	Busted
Blaz Zerjav	Busted
Clement Michaud	Busted
Michail Manolakis	Busted
Pierre Basile	Busted
Franco Polidori	Busted
Kamel Marzouk	Busted
Gediminas Uselis	Busted
Philippe Magnus	Busted
Aliaksandr Shylko	Busted
Viliyan Petleshkov	Busted
Jin Hoon Lee	Busted
Konstantinos Piladakis	Busted
Ivan Stankov	Busted
George Rotariu	Busted

04-28-2024 15:43 UTC+2

Vallinas Knocks Out Masini

Ryan Lashmar

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

In a preflop confrontation Eric Masini was all in from the button for roughly 213,000 and was up against Jon Vallinas in the small blind who covered him.

Eric Masini: A♥9♣ All in
Jon Vallinas: A♦Q♥

Vallinas was in great shape with a bigger ace and remained ahead on the K♣6♥J♦5♦A♠ runout to send Masini to the rail and take the pot.