2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€712,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,768,450
Entries
777
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Kerignard Takes from Freund

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Andreas Freund raised it up first to act and was called by Yorane Kerignard on the dead button. On a flop of {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}, both players checked and Freund bet the {2-Diamonds} turn for 2,600, Kerignard called. The {10-Spades} river paired the board and Freund checked. Kerignard over-bet for 17,400 and Freund called once the clock had been called on him.

Kerignard rolled over {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for trips tens and that was enough to rake in a decent pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yorane Kerignard fr
Yorane Kerignard
84,000 24,000
Andreas Freund at
Andreas Freund
33,000 -27,000

Tags: Andreas FreundYorane Kerignard

Close Race for the Lead

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Maxim Panyak, Laurent Patroni and Aleksandr Sheshukov appear to be the current chip leaders, the latter had knocked out two opponents when his ace-seven got there to beat jacks and eights. And another player may take a stab at the overnight spotlight, as Gary Miller, known to be very aggressive at the tables, has turned up the three-betting machine.

Player Chips Progress
Laurent Patroni fr
Laurent Patroni
180,000 10,000
Maxim Panyak ru
Maxim Panyak
170,000 45,000
Aleksandr Sheshukov ru
Aleksandr Sheshukov
170,000 25,000
Gary Miller gb
Gary Miller
140,000 5,000

Tags: Aleksandr SheshukovGary MillerLaurent PatroniMaxim Panyak

Greenwood Joins the Party; Glaser Re-Enters

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

After winning the €100,000 Super High Roller yesterday for €1,520,000, it was back to earth with a bump for Sam Greenwood who has just bubbled the €50,000 Single Day High Roller.

Greenwood entered the Main Event with two levels left in the day, along with the re-entering Benny Glaser who explained ashen-faced how he had lost out kings into aces (and jacks) for "all the chips." He has two levels to grow his 30,000 stack once more.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
30,000 30,000
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
30,000 -40,000

Tags: Benny GlaserSam Greenwood

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Assorted Big Stacks

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Said Butba ru
Said Butba
175,000 25,000
Laurent Patroni fr
Laurent Patroni
170,000 5,000
Andrei Boghean ro
Andrei Boghean
166,000 6,000
Ali Reza Fatehi ir
Ali Reza Fatehi
Day 1B Chip Leader
148,000 -7,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
145,000 5,000
Aleksandr Sheshukov ru
Aleksandr Sheshukov
145,000
Honglin Jiang nz
Honglin Jiang
140,000 35,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
140,000 108,000
Gary Miller gb
Gary Miller
135,000 25,000
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
133,000 18,000
Ekrem Sanioglu fr
Ekrem Sanioglu
132,000 2,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
130,000 45,000
Franck Makaci fr
Franck Makaci
130,000 -30,000
Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
72,000 47,000
Andreas Klatt de
Andreas Klatt
Busted
Isabel Baltazar fr
Isabel Baltazar
Busted

Two Short Stacks Collide

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Kamel Amrane, who had won his entry to the €5,300 Main Event in a live satellite here in Monaco, was all in and at risk from the small blind for 9,100. In the big blind, PokerStars online qualifier Jens Vinther looked him up and the duo tabled the following cards.

Kamel Amrane: {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Jens Vinther: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

The board came {9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and the kicker played a crucial role to let Amrane double, leaving Vinther with a mountain to climb on an even short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Kamel Amrane fr
Kamel Amrane
20,000 20,000
Jens Vinther dk
Jens Vinther
7,000 7,000

Tags: Jens VintherKamel Amrane

Sammartino Suddenly Among Big Stacks

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Dario Sammartino was all smiles after he dragged in a pot while sending Gerard Ohresser to the rail and the board of {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades} was all but rushed away. Ohresser's cards were already in the muck and Sammartino had {K-Spades}{10-Spades} for the flopped nut straight tabled. According to other players at the table, Ohresser had gotten his chips in with ace-king for top pair only to find out that he was doomed indeed.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
150,000 35,000
Gerard Ohresser
Gerard Ohresser
Busted

Tags: Dario SammartinoGerard Ohresser

Moreira de Melo Chips Up

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Fatima Moreira De Melo
Fatima Moreira De Melo

The player from under the gun limped and Moreira de Melo raised to 2,700. Massou Cohen called in the hijack and the limper came along too.

The flop came {9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and the limper checked to Moreira de Melo who bet 3,000. Both players called.

The turn was the {6-Spades}. Again it checked to Moreira de Melo who bet 4,100. Cohen snap-called and the limper folded.

The pair checked the {j-Spades} river and Cohen showed {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, but lost out to the {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} of his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Fatima Moreira de Melo nl
Fatima Moreira de Melo
65,000 44,000
Massou Cohen fr
Massou Cohen
21,000 21,000

Tags: Fatima Moreira De MeloMassou Cohen

Schemion Sends Dodelande to the Rail

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

Ole Schemion raised to 2,000 in the hijack. Alexis Fleur three-bet in the small blind to 6,300 and Kevin Dodelande flat-called in the big blind. Schemion then four-bet to 17,500. Fleur folded and Dodelande moved all in. Schemion snap-called.

Ole Schemion: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Kevin Dodelande: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

There was a king on the {k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop, but no further help on the {3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} run-out and Dodelande was eliminated.

Schemion now sits on just under 100,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
90,000 20,000
Kevin Dodelande
Kevin Dodelande
Busted

Tags: Kevin DodelandeOle Schemion