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

04-29-2019 18:44 UTC+2

Latest Bustouts

LisaY

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Amongst the latest casualties are Jean-Noel Thorel and Yake Wu. Both of them used their re-entry, so it is safe to say that was the last we will see of them for today. They will be able to register again tomorrow if they choose.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel	Busted
Yake Wu	Busted
John Mooney	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted
Felix Bleiker	Busted
Mazin Khoury	Busted
Nicola D'Anselmo	Busted
Duff Charette	Busted

Tags: Yake Wu Jean-Noel Thorel

04-29-2019 18:42 UTC+2

Kisacikoglu Eliminated

LisaY

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu opened the action and called a three-bet by Dmitry Prusov who had position on him. No one else got involved and the pair went heads up to the flop.

On the board, Kisacikoglu check-raised Prusov's 6,000 continuation bet to 12,000. Prusov thought about his options and elected to move all in over the top for a total of 32,100. It was a quick call from the Turk and when the cards were flipped over, he had the best of it.

Dmitry Prusov:
Orpen Kisacikoglu:

It was top two pair versus an over pair but the turn changed everything, making Prusov top set and reducing Kisacikoglu's outs to zero. The river was inconsequential.

Kisacikoglu was left with 1,700 chips but lost those to Luc Greenwood in the very next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitriy Prusov	70,000
Luc Greenwood	26,000	-4,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Tags: Orpen Kisacikoglu Dmitry Prusov Luc Greenwood

04-29-2019 18:37 UTC+2

Lai Eliminated by Er

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Zorlu Er had lost a big portion of his impressive start and just recovered some chips when he sent Eric Lai to the rail.

Lai was all in for just 4,900 with the and Er had him dominated with . The board came and one seven was not enough for Lai to avoid the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zorlu Er	50,000	-48,000
Eric Lai	Busted

Tags: Eric Lai Zorlu Er

04-29-2019 18:35 UTC+2

Main Event Day 1a Pictures

Christian Zetzsche

The pictures are courtesy of Neil Stoddart / PokerStars.

04-29-2019 18:31 UTC+2

Bignon's Good Call Sends Soltanov Out

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

With already 20,000 in the middle and the turn showing , Eric Bignon checked and Mikhail Soltanov moved all in for the last 10,400. Bignon reluctantly called and Soltanov immediately said "good call" before revealing his for a pair of jacks.

Bignon was ahead with and the river changed nothing anymore.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Bignon	73,000	22,000
Mikhail Soltanov	Busted

Tags: Eric Bignon Mikhail Soltanov

04-29-2019 18:30 UTC+2

Akkari Under Pressure

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Andre Akkari from the under-the-gun position and Ludovic Geilich in late position created a big pot and headed to the river. Akkari had checked and faced a bet of 20,000 by Geilich, which ultimately forced a fold from the PokerStars ambassador.

With the arrival of Ryan Riess not long ago and Kristen Bicknell just now, it will get even tougher for the Brazilian to boost up his stack again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	110,000	15,000
Ryan Riess	45,000	18,000
Kristen Bicknell	30,000	30,000
Andre Akkari	12,000	-43,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Kristen Bicknell Ludovic Geilich Ryan Riess

04-29-2019 18:23 UTC+2

Kitai Doubles Through Grigoryan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Not long ago, Davidi Kitai had been down to one third of the starting stack after folding to a shove, but he has now moved back to more than he started with after winning a flip against Hrayr Grigoryan.

Davidi Kitai:
Hrayr Grigoryan:

The board came and Kitai said "it's a new tournament", he doubled for 16,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hrayr Grigoryan	43,000	43,000
Davidi Kitai	34,000	34,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai Hrayr Grigoryan

04-29-2019 18:21 UTC+2

Minicuci Eliminated by Bignon

LisaY

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Renato Minicuci got the last of his chips in with and was called by Eric Bignon who had . All in for his tournament life behind, but very much live, Minicuci lost ground when an ace fell on the flop and couldn't find any help on the turn or the river, sending his chips over to Bignon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Bignon	51,000	-8,000
Renato Minicuci	Busted

Tags: Eric Bignon

04-29-2019 18:18 UTC+2

More Counts

LisaY

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	162,000	47,000
Kalidou Sow	103,500	-1,500
Ramon Colillas	73,000	-12,000
Florian Duta	66,000	-9,000
Maria Lampropoulos	62,500	27,500
Victoria Coren Mitchell	39,000	500
Fatima Moreira De Melo	36,000	13,200

04-29-2019 18:15 UTC+2

Yu Chips Up, Er Gone

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Table 21 broke and Zorlucan Er was no longer there. Winfred Yu showed up with a far bigger stack on his new table and confirmed he had sent Er to the rail when he raised with and flopped the nut straight in a three-way pot. Er went broke with for top pair only and will have to re-enter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Winfred Yu	70,000	25,000
Zorlucan Er	Busted

Tags: Winfred Yu Zorlucan Er