Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
On the flop of with 2,200 in the middle, Julien Sitbon checked out of the big blind and Tamer Kamel bet 1,200 from under the gun. Sitbon elected to check-raise to 3,100 and was called.
After the turn, Sitbon continued for 3,100 and Kamel raised it up to 7,900 with about as much behind. Sitbon glanced over at the stack and moved all in, prompting a fold from Kamel.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julien Sitbon |
49,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Tamer Kamel |
7,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Isabel Baltazar jumped back in for her second attempt on Day 1b while Ran Azor and Upeshka De Silva re-entered after having busted on Day 1a.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Studer |
40,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Benny Glaser |
38,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Isabel Baltazar |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ran Azor | 30,000 | |
Andrey Andreev | 30,000 | |
Upeshka De Silva |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Yorane Kerignard | Busted |
Ekrem Sanioglu and Stanislav Koleno limped, and Stephane Le Pelletier then raised to 1,200. Benny Glaser called on the button. Sanioglu called while Koleno folded.
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the . It checked to Glaser who bet 1,300 and Le Pelletier was the only caller. The river was the and both players checked. Le Pelletier turned over for a rivered pair of queens and Glaser winced.
"Lucky river," he said as his hand slid into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephane Le Pelletier
|
38,000 | |
Benny Glaser |
33,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Federico Petruzzelli finished second in a flip out tournament to miss out on the Platinum Pass and did so again after finishing runner-up to Guillaume Diaz in the National Championship €1,100 Main Event. Petruzzelli sat down for his first attempt in the Main Event and eventually busted right away in a clash with Andrei Boghean.
As relayed by Philipp Kaempf, there was a raise to 500 and two callers before Boghean three-bet to 3,000 out of the small blind. Only Petruzzelli called and the flop fell . Boghean continued for 3,000 and was called, before running fours brought bets of 8,600 and the shove of Boghean. Petruzzelli called it down with the for straight draw and the inferior full house on the river, bowing out to the pocket kings of Boghean.
"That was the best run out in your life," Kaempf joked when the hand was done and dusted.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrei Boghean |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Federico Petruzzelli | Busted |
After a raising war preflop, Omar Lakhdari had 4,100 in front of him and Lily Kiletto called to his direct right. The pair, who are sharing lifetime combined winnings of $2 million between the two of them, saw the flop together. Lakhdari continued his aggression and Kiletto called.
On the turn, Lakhdari now bet 5,000 and Kiletto check-called once again, leaving herself with 15,000 behind. The river was the and Lakhdari put enough chips in to put Kiletto at risk. The American opted to preserve the rest of her stack and folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Omar Lakhdari |
50,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Lily Kiletto | 15,000 |
According to Julien Sitbon, the remaining few chips of Tamer Kamel vanished with pocket nines veruss pocket kings and the Brit was sent to the rail. The two current biggest stacks are Bahram Chobineh and Yehoram Houri with more than three times the starting stack.
New entries include two-time EPT Main Event champion Victoria Coren-Mitchell and Jason Wheeler on his second entry for Day 1b.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bahram Chobineh |
105,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Yehoram Houri |
90,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Victoria Coren Mitchell |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Jason Wheeler |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Alexis Fleur | Busted | |
Marius Pertea | Busted | |
Martin Weiemann | Busted | |
Upeshka De Silva | Busted | |
Giuseppe Zarbo | Busted | |
Tamer Kamel | Busted |
In a battle small blind versus button, Claudio Di Giacomo moved all in for 8,400 on the river of a board and his fellow countryman Leonardo Patacconi called. Di Giacomo showed for a straight and Patacconi mucked .
One hand later, Pattacconi raised to 500 in the cutoff and Di Giacomo three-bet to 2,200 on the button. Pattaconi moved all in for 4,600 and received a snap-call.
Leonardo Patacconi:
Claudio Di Giacomo:
The board came and Patacconi, who was already on the way out of his seat, sat back down after improving to a runner runner flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Claudio Di Giacomo | 23,000 |
On a Ekrem Sanioglu check-called a bet of 4,600 from Benny Glaser and the river was the . Sanioglu checked again and Glaser bet 9,400. Sanioglu called and Glaser turned over for ten-high. Sanioglu showed for a set of fives and took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ekrem Sanioglu |
62,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Benny Glaser |
25,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Gary Miller and Sirzat Hissou busted on the first starting day and opted to buy back in for Day 1b, while Paul-Francois Tedeschi, National Championship €1,100 Main Event winner Guillaume Diaz and Patrick Bruel only now jumped in.
Felix Bleiker took on fellow countryman Christophe Panetti and the latter check-called a bet of 4,600 on the turn with 10,200 behind. Panetti then checked the river and Bleiker simply slid forward 35,000 to push his opponent all in. That was enough to force a fold, as Panetti quickly sent his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Felix Bleiker | 68,000 | |
Gary Miller |
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Paul-Francois Tedeschi | 38,000 | |
Guillaume Diaz | 30,000 | |
Patrick Bruel | 30,000 | |
Nicolas Chouity | 24,000 | |
|
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Sirzat Hissou |
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Martin Finger |
24,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
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