2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
€827,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,471,700
Entries
922
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Shuvanov Gets Sammartino to Fold

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

Dario Sammartino opened to 2,500 and Dmytro Shuvanov in the cutoff made it 7,000 to go. Sammartino asked for the stack size of his opponent and made the call. On the {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop, Sammartino checked and called a bet of 7,000 to see the {4-Hearts} turn.

Sammartino checked once more and a second barrel worth 15,000 did the trick for Shuvanov.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
197,000 -8,000
Dmytro Shuvanov ua
Dmytro Shuvanov
90,000 18,000

Tags: Dario SammartinoDmytro Shuvanov

Konnikova Doesn't Back Down Against Kolev

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

Maria Konnikova started things off with an open in middle position. Boris Kolev called behind on the button and Florian Duta completed his big blind.

The flop was {7-Spades}{j-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Duta checked before Konnikova continued for 2,700. Kolev peeled and Duta moved aside.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} and Konnikova barreled for 11,600, which Kolev called. With an already chunky pot in the middle, Konnikova bet once more, making it 45,000 to see her cards. It was enough to get a snap-fold from Kolev and The PokerStars Ambassador chips up.

Player Chips Progress
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
250,000 55,000
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
119,600 19,600
Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
48,000 -2,000

Tags: Boris KolevFlorian DutaMaria Konnikova

Nose Survives Against Duta

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

Florian Duta opened to 2,300 under the gun and got a call from the player on his direct left before Gen Nose moved all in for 16,600. Everyone else passed and when the action came back to Duta, he made the call.

Gen Nose: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Florian Duta: {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Nose was the favorite preflop and he hit huge on the {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{q-Spades} flop. The {8-Spades} turn brought a sweat with the flush draw but the [7d on the river was a safe card and gave Nose a full house for the double.

Player Chips Progress
Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
50,000 -32,000
Gen Nose jp
Gen Nose
38,000

Tags: Florian DutaGen Nose

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Break Time

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

It's the final break of the day. There are 180 players remaining of 341 entries, who will return in 20 minutes.

Takashi Murata Eliminated

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Francesc Davila Ausina
Francesc Davila Ausina

A few minutes before the end of the level, Eder Takashi Murata was spotted all in for 21,000 on the river of a jack-high board. Francesc Davila Ausina was his sole remaining opponent and the Spaniard eventually called.

Takashi Murata tapped the table in defeat and rolled over {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a busted flush draw. Davila Ausina had that beat with {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for top pair and scored the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Francesc Davila Ausina es
Francesc Davila Ausina
105,000 105,000
Eder Takashi Murata br
Eder Takashi Murata
Busted

Tags: Eder Takashi MurataFrancesc Davila Ausina

Battle of the Marias

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Maria Ho
Maria Ho

Maria Ho was all in and at risk for 12,300 with the {8-Spades}{7-Spades} and Maria Lampropulos called with {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}.

Ho flopped a flush draw on {9-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}, but the {3-Diamonds} turn and {6-Diamonds} river were blanks to send Ho to the rail. This leaves just two Marias in today's field, as Maria Konnikova is also still in contention two tables over.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
100,000 -5,000
Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
72,000 24,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
Busted

Tags: Maria HoMaria KonnikovaMaria Lampropulos

Pupillo Eliminated by Alt

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Dinesh Alt
Dinesh Alt

Former big stack Nick Pupillo ended up all in and at risk for 15,300 on the {a-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds} turn and Dinesh Alt was the only opponent, who was left to act. Alt had just been moved to the table and reluctantly called.

Pupillo turned over {3-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Alt had that beat with the {a-Spades}{j-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
100,000 100,000
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
100,000 30,000
Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
85,000 85,000
Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
70,000 40,000
Afshin Taheri ir
Afshin Taheri
70,000 30,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
Busted

Tags: Dinesh AltNick Pupillo

Prusov Building

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Dmitry Prusov has had a productive day so far and has just won his latest pot in a hand versus two professional players, Fatima Moreira De Melo and Paul Michaelis.

On the {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop, Michaelis and Prusov checked to Moreira De Melo, who bet 3,500. Michaelis passed but Prusov made the call.

There was no further betting on the {q-Clubs} turn and on the {a-Spades} river, Prusov lead for 5,000. It was a fold from Moreira De Melo and Prusov added some more to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitriy Prusov ru
Dmitriy Prusov
91,000 21,000
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
39,000 -1,000
Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
37,500 1,500

Tags: Dmitriy PrusovFatima Moreira De MeloPaul Michaelis