Thierry Gogniat three-bet and short-stack Elie Ghazal moved all in to see Gogniat isolate successfully and turn over the 
. Ghazal had a pair in 
, but was unable to hold up on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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170,000 | 37,000 |
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Busted |
The registration team has confirmed the total number of entries in this event at 777. 574 unique players signed up, with 201 players opting for a reentry. Two players no-showed, bringing the total number up to 777.
The total prize pool for this event will be €3,768,450 and payouts follow shortly.
From under the gun, Kilian Loefffler moved all in for exactly 20 big blinds and was called by Andrei Boghean. In the big blind, Javier Fernandez Alonso asked "how much areyou playing?" over to Boghean before moving all in over the top, forcing an instant fold from Boghean.
Kilian Loeffler: 
Javier Fernandez Alonso: 
"I folded king-jack," Amjad Nader in the last seat said and Loeffler wasn't happy about that. "Come on, don't say that. Guess I don't have much of a sweat," Loeffler added as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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310,000 | 171,000 |
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170,000 | -30,000 |
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Busted |
Vladimir Troyanovskiy three-bet all in out of the small blind and initial raiser Dario Sammartino in the cutoff reluctantly called.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy: 
Dario Sammartino: 
The board came 
and the ace-high was good enough to secure the double up for the Russian High Roller regular.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | -4,400 |
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37,000 | 11,000 |
With the board reading 
, Tom Hall was out of position and facing a bet of 6,000 from Federico Petruzzelli, which he called. On the river, Hall checked, Petruzzelli shoved, and Hall quickly called all in for 16,100.
Petruzzelli had an airball with and Hall doubled up with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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145,000 | -29,500 |
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60,000 | 30,000 |
Andreas Freund was in the cash game area and confirmed what had happened during his first hand, in which he was part of a double elimination. Alexandros Kolonias had raised first to act and Freund moved all in for 15 big blinds. Steve O'Dwyer reshoved after having just sat down, and Andre Haneberg in the big blind isolated.
Freund had pocker sevens, O'Dwyer showed pocket queens and Haneberg knocked them both out with pocket aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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190,000 | 59,200 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Among the first players in the pile of bustout slips that have poured in, the name of Steve O'Dwyer stands out. O'Dwyer, who won last night's 50K High Roller for €676,300, has not played more than 10 minutes in the Main Event.
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody and Julian Stuer are also among the first players to hit the rail today.
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Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
There were 13 new entries before the start of day 2 while all players gathered for the upcoming flipout madness, more details of that are to come. Among the new players were Ronny Kaiser, Tom Hall, PokerStars Team Pro Igor Kurganov, Mikita Badziakouski and Steve O'Dwyer among others.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
After two days with 10 levels of 60 minutes each, the 2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT €5,300 Main Event has attracted a field of 762 entries in total and at least 286 hopefuls will return to their seats in the Salle des Etoiles at Le Sporting when the cards get back underway at 12 p.m. noon local time. Until then, all poker enthusiasts that haven't played yet or busted just once can still (re)enter with a fresh stack of 30,000, which is good enough for some 19 big blinds at 800/1,600 and a big blind ante of 1,600.
Leading the hopefuls into Day 2 is Canada's Mark Demirdjian with 350,500, followed by Iranian businessman Ali Reza Fatehi (289,300) after both surged to the top of their respective flights by quite some margin. Alexandros Kolonias sits in third place overall with 238,000 and Maxim Panyak, who final-tabled this event under the umbrella of the PokerStars Championship one year ago here in Monaco, also bagged up a top five stack with 219,400.
Other notables and big stacks in a field filled with big names of the international poker circuit are Nick Petrangelo (213,000), Tsugunari Toma (204,500), Andrei Boghean (200,000), Jason Wheeler (195,000), David Peters (191,300), National Championship €1,100 Main Event runner-up Federico Petruzzelli (174,500), Argentina's second-ever WSOP bracelet winner Andres Korn (162,900), and Hossein Ensan (135,000).
Six PokerStars representatives made it through as well and Andre Akkari leads the pack with 119,000, followed by Team Online's Randy Lew (74,400), Leo Fernandez (66,700), Fatima Moreira De Melo (48,700), Celina Lin (28,200) and Jake Cody (18,300).
A total of five levels each will be played as the level duration increases to 90 minutes each from here on out and until the conclusion of the tournament, or until one table off the money, whichever of the two comes first. There will be a break after every level and no dinner break to conclude today's action at approximately 9 p.m. local time at the latest.
Once the cards will be in the air, a 30 second shot clock will be in play as well, giving each player as much time to act preflop and on every street. On top of that, all participants receive four time bank extensions worth 30 seconds each. The format has been very popular in the High Roller tournaments but hasn't been enforced that early into a tournament in a PokerStars sponsored Main Event yet.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action as it unfolds on the way to crown a new EPT champion at the Cote D'Azure.
