Five More Hands
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
The clock was paused with 10:58 remaining in the level and tournament officials drew five more hands left to play before players bag up their chips for the night.
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,385,600
Entries
1,747
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
222
Players Left
57
Keating Falls Near the End of the Night
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Alex Keating moved all in for his last 200,000 from early position as action folded around to Diego Montone who called in the small blind.
Alex Keating: Q♠9♠
Diego Montone: 10♣10♦
Both players hit two pair on the K♣9♦K♥ flop, but Montone was still ahead with his pocket pair and Keating improved no further on the J♣ turn or 7♥ river. He went around the table giving his tablemates a fist bump before making his exit with just a few minutes left in the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
Busted |
Ponakovs Doubles Though Hansen
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Sindre Hansen opened to 40,000 on the button and Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet to 200,000 from the big blind, leaving himself just 35,000 behind. Hansen just called.
Ponakovs checked to Hansen on the J♦8♦7♣ flop and he bet enough to put Ponakovs all in. Ponakovs quickly called and hands were turned face up.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♣8♣
Sindre Hansen: A♠6♥
Ponakovs had way the best of it with his pair of eights. The 4♦ turn gave Hansen a sweat with a gutshot straight draw, but the 7♥ river bricked out and Ponakovs doubled his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
490,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
Picone Slips Further; Spencer Wins a Small One
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Igor Picone opened the action with a raise to 30,000 with the K♦10♦ and Atanas Pavlov three-bet to 90,000 one seat over in the hijack with the A♣10♣. The 8♠5♥2♥ flop was checked by Picone and Pavlov bet 75,000 to take it down right there.
Next to raise was David Kaufmann with the J♥5♥ on the button and he found a customer in Lewis Spencer in the big blind (A♦5♦). Spencer check-called 15,000 on the Q♠10♦5♠ flop, the 8♦ turn and 6♥ river brought no action for the Brit to win a small pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,230,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
795,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
595,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Cooler Ends In Unlikely Chop
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
The pot had already swelled to 225,000 with two players looking at a flop of 5♦2♠A♥.
Ami Barer, who was under the gun, check-called a bet of 50,000 from Eliot Hudon, in the cutoff.
The 4♥ turn checked through to the 3♦ on the river, putting a straight on the board. Barer moved all in, putting Hudon to the test for his last 500,000. Hudon thought for some time, burning through time banks before making the call.
Eliot Hudon: K♠K♣
Ami Barer: Q♣Q♥
Both players' premium pocket pairs were counterfeited by the board and the pot was chopped.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
650,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
||
Rabahie Shoves on Danchev
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Dimitar Danchev raised to 30,000 in middle position and Fouad Rabahie defended his big blind.
The flop came 2♥A♦5♦ and Danchev continued for 25,000. Rabahie called.
The J♣ fell on the turn and Danchev bet another 60,000. Rabahie again called and the 9♦ fell on the river.
Rabahie then announced he was all in and Danchev, with around 190,000 remaining, snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
190,000
-485,000
|
-485,000 |
|
||
Lipp Steals One With Queen-High
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Matthias Lipp made it 35,000 to go with the Q♣8♣ in an early position, Igor Picone called in the cutoff with 5♦5♣ and David Kaufmann defended the 8♦7♦ from the big blind. All three players checked the K♦J♥6♠ flop to head to the 4♥ turn.
Once more they knuckled it down to the J♦ river and this time, the preflop aggressor finally bet 30,000. Picone checked his cards again and folded, as did Kaufmann.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,110,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
975,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
|
||
|
|
685,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Hansen Pulls Ahead to Eliminate Ramella
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
In a blind versus blind confrontation, Jorge Ramella found himself all in and at risk for his last 140,000 against Sindre Hansen, in the small blind.
Jorge Ramella: A♦9♠
Sindre Hansen: K♠J♥
The first four cards came 4♥3♦Q♦10♠ giving Hansen's inferior holding an open-ended straight draw. The river landed the A♥ giving Hansen Broadway, and Ramella was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
Busted |
Flop Has Something For Everyone as Wakil Doubles
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Jamil Wakil moved all in for 150,000 from the cutoff and Zhongxian Li called on the button.
Jamil Wakil: 5♣5♦
Zhongxian Li: A♣J♣
Li made two pair on the A♠J♥5♥ flop, but Wakil also hit a set and held up on the 10♥ turn and 4♦ river to secure a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
340,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Ufano Doubles Through Vlastos
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Terry Vlastos opened to 30,000 from middle position and was called by Jorge Ufano in the small blind.
Ufano checked to Vlastos on the 2♥10♥10♦ flop and he continued for 40,000. Ufano then check-raised to 125,000. Undeterred, Vlastos announced he was all in and Ufano snap-called to put himself at risk for 630,000 total.
Jorge Ufano: A♠10♣
Terry Vlastos: J♥3♥
Ufano had the best of it with trips, and the 2♣ turn improved him to a full house to leave Vlastos drawing dead.
An irrelevant A♥ improved Vlastos to a second-best flush and Ufano doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
1,180,000
|
1,180,000 |
|
900,000
-625,000
|
-625,000 |