€2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack
Day 1 Started
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack
Day: 1
Day 1 of the €2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack Starts at 4 P.M.
The 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour is coming to an end but there will be a new tournament today. The €2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack tournament will start at 4 p.m. later today.
The tournament will feature a €2,200 buy-in and it will be played in the freeze-out format. No reentries are allowed and players that bust out of the tournament would have to find something else on the schedule to play. Plenty of winners have been crowned at the EPT Monte Carlo already and the winner of this event will be crowned tomorrow.
Levels will be 30-minutes long and players start with 30,000 in front of them. The first level starts at 100/100 without a big blind ante and the second level has the same blinds but they will start with a big blind ante. They will play 15 levels before they bag and there will be a 20-minute break after every four levels. There will be a 75-minute break after level eight. Registration will be open until the start of level nine.
Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 min. | 100 | 100 | |
| 2 | 30 min. | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 | 30 min. | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 30 min. | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| Break | 20 min. | |||
| 5 | 30 min. | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 30 min. | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 30 min. | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 30 min. | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| Break | 75 min. | |||
| 9 | 30 min. | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 30 min. | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
| 11 | 30 min. | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 30 min. | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Break | 20 min. | |||
| 13 | 30 min. | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| 14 | 30 min. | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 15 | 30 min. | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
There are 24 players registered at the start of the day and the button starts in seat 6. Dealers were just instructed to start dealing when they have three or more players at their table and with that, cards are officially in the air for Day 1 of the €2,200 No Limit Hold'em Deep Stack event.
First Names
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Silver Outs Plozza to the Test Early
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The tournament has been going on for just 15 minutes and Max Silver already pushed all his chips to the middle.
It was a three-way hand where there was already about 8,000 in the middle and the flop read 
. Silver checked from the small blind and big blind Michael O'Grady checked as well. Moren Plozza bet 3,200 from late position and Silver went for the raise to 9,000.
O'Grady got out of the way but Plozza called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to see the 
river.
Silver pushed all in for about 18,300 and Plozza went into the tank. It took him a bit over a minute to fold and he showed 
. Silver said Plozza could pick one and he picked the 
.
O'Grady jumped in the conversation and he said he would've won the pot with his jack-ten.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
More Entries
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
30,000 | |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Grigoryan Rivers Maltez
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
There was a misunderstanding at one of the tables about if a raise was valid but when it was solved the status was the following.
Hrayr Grigoryan sat in early position and he had 4,600 in front of him while Fabrice Maltez sat in the big blind with 12,500 in the middle. Grigoryan called and the flop was dealt.
The flop came down 
and Maltez immediately pushed all in. A very quick call was made by Grigoryan and they opened up. Maltez flopped top two pair with 
and Grigoryan had second pair and a flush draw with 
.
The board ran out with the 
turn and the 
river and Grigoryan caught an early double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
2,400
2,400
|
2,400 |
Numbers Are Rising
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Only 24 players were registered when the first level started but that number is already up to 78 halfway through the second level. Registration will be open until the start of level nine after the dinner break.
There will be no reentry possible in the tournament and no players have busted out yet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |