Main Event Day 2 | 2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT

04-30-2018 17:35 UTC+2

Di Giorgio Busts to Kerignard

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Andre Haneberg raised and short stack Armando Di Giorgio just flat-called on the button. Yorane Kerignard moved all in from the big blind and Haneberg folded, Di Giorgio called it off with his short stack.

Armando Di Giorgio:
Yorane Kerignard:

The board came and that was it for the Italian. "I had ace seven," Haneberg said with a smile on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Haneberg	370,000 95,000	95,000
Yorane Kerignard	115,000 -11,000	-11,000
Armando Di Giorgio	Busted

Tags: Andre Haneberg Armando Di Giorgio Yorane Kerignard

04-30-2018 17:36 UTC+2

Yan Doubles Through Petruzzelli

Yori Epskamp

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

After Federico Petruzzelli had raised, David "MissOracle" Yan shoved for 65,000 and Petruzzelli snap-called.

[Removed:17]:
Federico Petruzzelli:

The window card was the , followed by to give Yan the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Federico Petruzzelli	310,000 -70,000	-70,000
[Removed:17]	140,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Federico Petruzzelli

04-30-2018 17:37 UTC+2

Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The 125 remaining Main Event players are on a 20-minute break.

04-30-2018 17:38 UTC+2

Photos: PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT €5,300 Main Event Day 2 Photos

Yori Epskamp

Photos by Neil Stoddart / PokerStars.

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

04-30-2018 17:57 UTC+2

Play Down Until 120

Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Level 14 has started with 125 players remaining. Play for the day will end when there are 120 players left, one table shy of the money bubble.

04-30-2018 18:02 UTC+2

Danchev Busts Trofimov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The cards were all but rushed away while Dragos Trofimov shook hands with table neighbor Dimitar Danchev, the board of still showing. Trofimov had shoved all in for just 23,000 with queen-ten and Danchev's ace-queen remained the best hand after all community cards were dealt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar Danchev	185,000 100,000	100,000

Dragos Trofimov	Busted

Tags: Dimitar Danchev Dragos Trofimov

04-30-2018 18:09 UTC+2

Peters Clips Reeves, Claims Chip Lead

Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

In one of the final hands of the day, David Peters claimed the overall chip lead in a big hand against Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves in a clash between high stakes giants that left the latter biting the dust. A sizable pot was already created after David Peters had three-bet an open to 18,000. Behind him, Reeves four-bet to 44,000, the initial raiser folded and and Peters called.

Both the flop and turn went check/check. The on the river, however, made things interesting as Peters overbet shoved all in, effectively putting Reeves to a decision for all of his remaining 153,500 in chips.

It was a tough spot for Reeves, who burned two of his timebank chips before slapping in a call. Peters quickly showed for aces up, Reeves mucked his hand but was forced to show his .

With the pot, Peters moved up to over 600,000 in chips and claimed the overall chip lead as the day drew to a close.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	603,500 412,200	412,200

Lucas Reeves	Busted

Tags: David Peters Luke Reeves

04-30-2018 18:10 UTC+2

Lascar and Lampropulos Bust to End Day 2

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The field has been reduced to just 120 hopefuls and thus the clocks have been stopped to bag and tag nine players away from the money as previously announced by the tournament floor.

The last two casualties were David Lascar and Maria Lampropulos, who were ousted on neighboring tables at almost the same time.

First it was Lascar that open-shoved for 26,000 first to act and Jason Wheeler in the big blind used his last two remaining time bank extensions before making the call.

David Lascar:
Jason Wheeler:

The board came and Lascar headed to the rail.

Lampropulos raised to 7,500 and was called by two-time WSOP Main Event finalist Antoine Saout in the big blind. Saout bet the flop for 8,000 and Lampropulos called. After the turn, Saout bet 16,000 and Lampropulos shoved for what appeared tobe 40,000, the instant call of Saout followed.

Maria Lampropulos:
Antoine Saout:

Only a jack could help 2018 PCA champion Lampropulos, but instead it was the blank that fell on the river to end Day 2 with 120 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	350,500 215,500	215,500
Jason Wheeler	90,000 -225,000	-225,000
David Lascar	Busted
Maria Lampropulos	Busted

Tags: Antonie Saout David Lascar Jason Wheeler Maria Lampropulos

04-30-2018 18:20 UTC+2

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	603,500

Maxim Panyak	494,500 44,500	44,500
Nicolas Dumont	483,000 -17,000	-17,000

Said Butba	475,000 45,000	45,000
Nick Petrangelo	463,000 -97,000	-97,000
O.N	452,000 42,000	42,000
Dan Abouaf	440,500 30,500	30,500
Ali Reza Fatehi	435,500 -94,500	-94,500

Boutros Naim	430,000
Eric Qu	403,500 289,500	289,500
Mark Demirdjian	395,500 -114,500	-114,500

Javier Fernandez	393,500 -6,500	-6,500
Alexis Fleur	351,000 71,000	71,000
Antoine Saout	350,500
Conor Beresford	342,000 132,000	132,000
Ali Chaieb	341,000 273,600	273,600
Rainer Kempe	323,000 141,000	141,000
Alexandros Kolonias	321,500 -48,500	-48,500
Krisztian Gyorgyi	321,000 240,900	240,900
Eric Sfez	309,000 -91,000	-91,000
Andre Haneberg	301,500 -68,500	-68,500
Gavin O'Rourke	296,000 101,000	101,000
Federico Petruzzelli	293,500 -16,500	-16,500
Brian Altman	289,000 79,000	79,000
Ole Schemion	285,000 20,000	20,000

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