€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

04-29-2019 21:51 UTC+1

Easy Table for Brandl

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

PokerStars qualifier Benedikt Brandl has caught likely the most remarkable table line-up on a starting day of the European Poker Tour Main Event as he faces a host of big names including PSPC winner Ramon Colillas, runner-up Julien Martini, WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess, two-times WSOP Main Event finalist Antoine Saout, Ludovic Geilich, Dominykas Karmazinas and Aladin Reskallah.

Geilich has the biggest stack of them all so far and 90 minutes remain in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	240,000 40,000	40,000

Dominykas Karmazinas	165,000 112,000	112,000
Kalidou Sow	145,000 35,000	35,000
Aladin Reskallah	130,000 45,000	45,000
Ramon Colillas	125,000 7,000	7,000

Julien Martini	115,000 25,000	25,000
Antoine Saout	65,000 33,000	33,000
Ryan Riess	50,000 22,000	22,000
Benedikt Brandl	21,000

Tags: Aladin Reskallah Antoine Saout Dominykas Karmazinas Julien Martini Ludovic Geilich Ramon Colillas Ryan Riess Benedikt Brandl

04-29-2019 21:57 UTC+1

Chip Updates

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Danilo Velasevic	145,000 77,000	77,000
[Removed:510]	100,000 38,500	38,500
Arsenii Karmatckii	98,000 4,000	4,000

Manig Loeser	93,000 69,300	69,300

Paul Michaelis	50,000 11,000	11,000
Mohsin Charania	39,000 2,200	2,200

Orpen Kisacikoglu	32,000 4,200	4,200
Nick Petrangelo	16,200

04-29-2019 22:01 UTC+1

Kamar Doubles Through Lin

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Xia Lin raised to 2,200 and Ut Tam Vo called. Fady Kamar jammed for 16,000 and Lin reshoved to get Vo out of the hand, who folded face up.

Fady Kamar:
Xia Lin:

The board came and Kamar doubled with the six-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ut Tam Vo	65,000 27,000	27,000
Fady Kamar	36,000 6,000	6,000
Xia Lin	27,000

Tags: Xia Lin Ut Tam Vo Fady Kamar

04-29-2019 22:11 UTC+1

Riess Cold Four-Bets Over Martini and Karmazinas

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

It was a three-way battle between the button and the blinds. Julien Martini opened to 3,000 and Dominykas Karmazinas three-bet to 14,500 in the small blind, before Ryan Riess cold four-bet all in for a total of 59,600. Martini passed and Karmazinas asked for a count before tank-folding.

Riess offered to show one card the was turned over. "They were both the same" said Ludovic Geilich as Riess collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominykas Karmazinas	115,000 50,000	50,000
Julien Martini	99,000 16,000	16,000
Ryan Riess	78,100 28,100	28,100

Tags: Dominykas Karmazinas Julien Martini Ludovic Geilich Ryan Riess

04-29-2019 22:20 UTC+1

McQuilkin Takes On Vlad

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Theodore McQuilkin raised and picked up a single caller in Darie Vlad from one seat over. On the flop, McQuilkin checked and Vlad bet 5,700. McQuilkin opted for a check-raise to 20,200 and Vlad came along.

After the turn, McQuilkin bet big for 55,000 and forced a reluctant fold from his opponent. Further notables on the same table can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	175,000 45,000	45,000
Theodore McQuilkin	144,000 4,000	4,000
Darie Vlad	106,000 46,000	46,000
Manig Loeser	90,000 3,000	3,000

Chin Wei Lim	33,500 33,500	33,500

Tags: Darie Vlad Theodore McQuilkin

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

04-29-2019 22:28 UTC+1

Spano Runs Into Aces

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Robert Spano four-bet jammed his shorter stack and was snap-called by Thiago Signorelli Viana.

Robert Spano:
Thiago Signorelli Viana:

Spano flopped a queen, but unfortunately Signorelli Viana also spiked an ace to leave the Aussie with just one out after the flop. The turn and river brought no miracle and Spano headed to rail Sam Higgs in the €1,100 French Poker Championship.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thiago Signorelli Viana	125,000 42,000	42,000
Robert Spano	Busted

Tags: Robert Spano Sam Higgs Thiago Signorelli Viana

04-29-2019 22:32 UTC+1

Eliminations

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With under one hour to go, there have been a slew of eliminations since the last break. Of the bustouts listed below, Michael Soyza and Joao Simao have used their second and final bullets but all the others still have one re-entry available to use.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Simao	Busted
Mihai Ciubotaru	Busted
Albert Daher	Busted
Francesco Grieco	Busted
Lars Bonding	Busted
Roman Emelyanov	Busted
Philipp Gruissem	Busted
Mark Teltscher	Busted

Victoria Coren Mitchell	Busted

Chen An Lin	Busted
Dominik Nitsche	Busted
Tomas Jozonis	Busted
Rainer Kempe	Busted
Koray Aldemir	Busted
David Lehnen	Busted
Michael Soyza	Busted
Artur Martirosian	Busted

Liviu Ignat	Busted
Boris Kuzmanovic	Busted
Daniel Ghionoiu	Busted
Denys Shafikov	Busted

04-29-2019 22:40 UTC+1

Greenwood Eliminated by Miquel Munoz

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Luc Greenwood defended his big blind against a raise by Ramon Miquel Munoz and check-called a bet on the flop to leave himself around 8,000 behind to the turn. Greenwood checked and Miquel Munoz bet 10,000.

After some consideration, Greenwood called and found himself trailing with versus . The river was the blank and Greenwood was eliminated in the last level of Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Miquel Munoz	152,000 22,000	22,000
Luc Greenwood	Busted

Tags: Luc Greenwood Ramon Miquel Munoz

04-29-2019 22:48 UTC+1

Monster Clash Between Sow and Martini

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In one of the defining hands of the day, it all began with an open to 2,600 from Julien Martini. Kalidou Sow was sat on the button and three-bet to 7,500. Martini called and with everyone else out of the way, the two players went to the flop.

It came the and when Martini checked, Sow checked it back. The turn was the and following another check from Martini, Sow made it 8,600 to proceed. Martini called and the two players headed onto the river.

The dealer laid the down and Martini checked once more. This time the price to play was 26,500 but Martini wasn't done yet and moved all in for 97,500 in total. Sow was in a tough spot, with a similar stack size, Martini had just enough to send him to the rail and he went into the tank.

After a couple of minutes, he put a stack of chips over the line to signify the call and they turned their cards over.

Julien Martini:
Kalidou Sow:

It was trips for Sow but he had been bested on the river by Martini's full house and he leaves the table half an hour before the end of play. Martini meanwhile, has risen through the rankings and is one of the top stacks now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	218,000 119,000	119,000
Kalidou Sow	Busted

Tags: Julien Martini Kalidou Sow