Pablo Gordillo had a wager of 25,000 in front of him from the big blind on a board of . Vanessa Selbst took awhile in the cutoff and then called. Gordillo checked the river and Selbst immediately checked back. Gordillo tabled and Selbst looked at her cards again with a sigh and then mucked.
The final 75-minute level of Day 2 has just begun. There is a chance with 258 players left and 231 making the money that everyone still in the tournament when the day ends, along with some eliminated late during the final level today, will earn at least a €7,560 minimum cash at the end of the level.
On a table with big stacks Maxi Lehmanski and Nicolas Chouity, Walter Treccarichi was just all in and at risk for around 15 big blinds with the and Alexandru Gavrilut reshoved from the button with . The board ran out and both players made a straight to chop it up less than 30 spots away from the money.
Jan Nakladal raised to 5,100 in the cutoff and snap-called the shove of Kitty Kuo, who had 32,300 in the big blind.
Kuo:
Nakladal:
The flop came , meaning Kuo had even more cards to dodge since her opponent picked up a double-gutter. Bricks on the turn and river ensured her survival, though.
Adrien Allain was the runner-up in the 2016 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Finale to collect €577,800. He is hoping to improve upon this haul with a win during the last ever EPT Main Event.
He was off to a good start on Day 2, but just doubled up Martin Kabrhel after declaring himself all in on a board reading . Kabrhel thought for under a minute before calling his remaining stack of 58,100. He doubled up after Allain turned over for top pair before he turned over for two-pair.
The next hand the duo battled again for smaller amounts. Allain opened the action on the flop and then folded to Kabrhel's raise to 11,600.
2015 November Niner Ofer Zvi Stern was running pretty good for most of the day and arrived at his new table, that also included Pierre Calamusa, with twice the average. But just now that is a mere 20 big blinds left. According to Janos Kurtosi and other players at the table, Kurtosi clashed with Stern in a six-bet pot.
Stern five-bet to 90,000 and then called the following shove for another 100,000 on top with pocket queens. Kurtosi showed pocket aces and held up to leave Stern short.
"I kept winning small pots, for 20-30,000," Ludovic Lacay said to a French blogger only moments ago when the previous hand didn't involve him. Lacay then sat down and raised to 5,000 from the cutoff after. Tobias Laubert on the button and the big blind called and the flop showed .
The player in the big blind checked and subsequently folded after Lacay had bet 9,000 and Laubert called. On the turn, Lacay made it 21,500 to go and received the call before firing a third barrel worth 57,000 on the river. Laubert folded and the pot was shipped to Lacay.
The Frenchman has not played a live event since the Main Event of the 2014 World Series of Poker, but seems poised to make a deep run here at the last ever EPT Main Event.