€2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

05-04-2019 11:22 UTC+2

Alexandre Reard Leads 29 Hopefuls to Day 2; Only 23 Will Cash

Milko van Winden

The second and final day of the €2,200 No Limit Hold'em Deep Stack will start at 12:30 p.m. local time and only 29 players are remaining out of the 160 that started. Play will continue until a new winner is crowned at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour (EPT). The champion will take home €72,170 but the money has yet to be reached. Alexandre Reard has the biggest stack. He bagged 358,000 after starting the day with 30,000 like everyone else.

Only 29 remain in the €2,200 Deep Stack but six of them will walk away from the tournament empty-handed. Twenty-Three players will end up in the money with the min cash standing at €3,600. The man with the best position at the start of Day 2 is Reard but he is closely followed by Yake Wu (300,000), Romain Piraux (297,000), and Sasan Tabib (291,000). Others that made it through to Day 2 includeJean-René Fontaine (212,000), Thomas Muehloecker (168,000), Georgios Kitsios (159,000), Maria Lampropulos (150,000), and 2018 EPT Sochi Main Event Champion Arsenii Karmatckii (126,000).

Ariel Celestino busted out of the Main Event in the last level of Day 3. The Brazilian finished in 32nd place, cashing for €17,310. He does have another shot at EPT Monte Carlo to improve on that score as he made it to Day 2 of the €2,200 Deep Stack as well. Celestino ended Day 1 with 188,000 and that is slightly above the average stack of 165,000. He needs to finish in 5th place or higher to improve on his Main Event score.

Levels will be 30 minutes long on Day 2 of the tournament, just like they were on Day 1. The tournament will restart in level 16 with blinds at 2,500/5,000 and a big blind ante of 5,000. A winner will be crowned today and someone will walk away with €72,170.

PokerNews will be on site to give you updates until there's a champion.

Tags: Alexandre Reard Ariel Celestino Arsenii Karmatckii Georgios Kitsios Maria Lampropulos Thomas Muehloecker

05-04-2019 13:17 UTC+2

Winfred Yu Left With Half a Big Blind

Milko van Winden

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Winfred Yu raised to 13,000 from the hijack and Thomas Muehloecker moved all in for his last 144,000 from the next seat. Yu called when it folded back to him.

Thomas Muehloecker:
Winfred Yu:

The board ran out and Muehloecker doubled up with a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	300,000 140,000	140,000
Winfred Yu	3,000 -128,000	-128,000

Tags: Thomas Muehloecker Winfred Yu

05-04-2019 13:33 UTC+2

Kitsios Doubles Twice on the Bubble

Milko van Winden

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Georgios Kitsios put his last 83,000 in the middle from early position and small blind Sasan Tabib pushed all in as well. Maria Lampropulos folded her big blind and they had to wait until the action on the outer tables had concluded.

Kitios had and he was in good shape against the of Tabib. He doubled up after the board ran out .

The very next hand he doubled up again with against .

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Kitsios	350,000 191,000	191,000
Sasan Tabib	240,000 -51,000	-51,000

Tags: Georgios Kitsios Maria Lampropulos Sasan Tabib

05-04-2019 13:39 UTC+2

Lampropulos Eliminates Lenoir on the Bubble

Milko van Winden

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Maria Lampropulos put Eric Lenoir at risk of elimination on the bubble. Lenoir was very short and the 2018 PCA Main Event champion had him covered.

Lampropulos also had the best hand with against his .

The board fell and Lenoir had some outs to hit his flush but he whiffed on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Lampropulos	150,000
Eric Lenoir	Busted

Tags: Eric Lenoir Maria Lampropulos

05-04-2019 14:28 UTC+2

Bust Out Bonanza

Milko van Winden

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The bubble burst not even half an hour ago and the field was almost cut in half. The latest casualties were Renjun Yang and Huidong Gu.

Gu lost his last 153,000 to Alexandre Reard. Reard opened and then called a shove with . Gu played and was in trouble.

The board ran out and Reard eliminated Gu.

There are now only twelve players left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Piraux	390,000 93,000	93,000
Roger Tondeur	343,000 126,000	126,000
Artur Koren	310,000 135,000	135,000
Aylar Lie	70,000 -40,000	-40,000
Renjun Yang	Busted
Huidong Gu	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Reard Huidong Gu Renjun Yang

05-04-2019 15:33 UTC+2

Wu Jams Queens Without Knowing It

Milko van Winden

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Enrico Rudelitz raised from the cutoff to 26,000 and small blind Yake Wu got his last 40,000 in the middle. Thomas Muehloecker four-bet to 120,000 and Rudelitz got out of the way.

Muehloecker tabled and Wu told the table he had only seen one card. He put the down, covering his second hole card. He removed it slowly and it revealed the for pocket queens.

The board fell and Wu won the hand with his pocket queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	400,000 -40,000	-40,000
Yake Wu	110,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Enrico Rudelitz Thomas Muehloecker Yake Wu

05-04-2019 16:24 UTC+2

Thomas Muehloecker Busts on the Final Table Bubble

Milko van Winden

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Thomas Muehloecker went all in from the under-the-gun position for about 200,000 and he was called by Georgios Kitsios from the button. The players in the blinds got out of the way and Muehloecker tabled . Kitsios had and they were flipping.

The board ran out and Muehloecker said ''too many outs''. That did seem the case as the river was the .

The clock has been paused and they're redrawing for the final table of nine.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Kitsios	1,050,000 270,000	270,000
Thomas Muehloecker	Busted

Tags: Thomas Muehloecker Georgios Kitsios

05-04-2019 16:35 UTC+2

Yake Wu Eliminated in 9th Place (€7,200)

Milko van Winden

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Yake Wu was very short for a very long time already and he just lost his last chips. He moved all in from the under-the-gun position for 77,000 and Enrico Rudelitz raised to 135,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way and they opened up.

Yake Wu:
Enrico Rudelitz:

The board fell and the pot was pushed to Rudelitz.

Wu was eliminated in 9th place missing out on the official final table. He did end up cashing for €7,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enrico Rudelitz	550,000 80,000	80,000
Yake Wu	Busted

Tags: Enrico Rudelitz Yake Wu

05-04-2019 16:58 UTC+2

Romain Piraux Eliminated in 8th Place (€9,030)

Milko van Winden

Level 23 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Alexandre Reard raised to 50,000 from middle position and small blind Romain Piraux went all in for 182,000. Viliyan Petleshkov raised all in himself and Reard got out of the way.

Piraux was dominated with against the of Petleshkov.

The board was dealt and Petleshkov eliminated Piraux in eighth place. He cashes for €9,020. All the other players are guaranteed to win at least five figures at the final table now.