2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Fast Shoves on Proudfoot

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Dietrich Fast and Jonathan Proudfoot
Dietrich Fast and Jonathan Proudfoot

Julien Veyssiere raised to 1,500 from the cutoff and Dietrich Fast called on the button. Jonathan Proudfoot three-bet to 7,000 in the small blind, Veyssiere folded, and Fast called. Both players checked the {j-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop.

On the {9-Diamonds} turn, Proudfoot checked, Fast bet 5,500, and Proudfoot called. The river brought the {4-Spades} and Fast shipped it in for 19,700. Proudfoot thought for a bit but couldn't find a call and gave it up.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Veyssiere fr
Julien Veyssiere
62,000
62,000
62,000
Jonathan Proudfoot gb
Jonathan Proudfoot
55,000
5,000
5,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
48,000
17,000
17,000

Tags: Dietrich FastJonathan Proudfoot

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Yokosawa Rises To the Top

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Masato Yokosawa
Masato Yokosawa

On the river of a board {q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{k-Diamonds}, Masato Yokosawa faced a bet of 13,500 by Thomas Lilamand and he called after some consideration. Lilamand flashed pocket nines and Yokosawa had that beat with {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for queens and sevens.

Player Chips Progress
Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
145,000
115,000
115,000
Thomas Lilamand fr
Thomas Lilamand
60,000
26,000
26,000

Tags: Masato YokosawaThomas Lilamand

What Patrik Antonius Plans to Change in Poker

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Patrik Antonius just hosted his own poker tournament series called the Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge. What did he learn about poker tournaments and what does he want to change about them? Antonius candidly explains what the problems are in poker and what he intends to do to change them.

Tags: Patrik Antonius

Bitan Boosted Through Bedell

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Three players were in on a {2-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop and following two checks, Tom-Aksel Bedell bet 3,200. There was one call and Franck Bitan raised all in for 20,200. Bedell tank-called and when the other opponent passed, they flipped their cards on their backs.

Franck Bitan: {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
Tom-Aksel Bedell: {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}

Bitan had got it in good and just needed to fade ten outs in order to stay in the competition. The {q-Clubs} turn was a safe card and the river was a brick too, the {q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Franck Bitan fr
Franck Bitan
46,000
46,000
46,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
26,500
-21,500
-21,500

Tags: Tom-Aksel Bedell

Jiaming on the River

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

On a {q-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop, Huan Jiaming bet 2,100, Malikeh Razavi three-bet to 7,500, Jiaming clicked it back to 13,000, and Razavi called. Both players checked the {2-Hearts} on the turn.

On the {3-Hearts} river. Razavi quickly check-called a bet of 8,000 from Jiaming. The Chinese player showed {q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for the rivered two pair and with loud dismay, Razavi mucked her hand.

Player Chips Progress
Huan Jiaming cn
Huan Jiaming
110,000
110,000
110,000
Melika Razavi ir
Melika Razavi
75,000
32,000
32,000

Tags: Malikeh RazaviHuan Jiaming

Kvilhaug Sends Satubayev to the Rail

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Evy Kvilhaug
Evy Kvilhaug

Table two was in need of new players as just five were seated after the elimination of Shyngis Satubayev. The latter got his stack in after the {4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop and Evy Kvilhaug looked him up.

Shyngis Satubayev: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Evy Kvilhaug: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The {3-Clubs} turn and the {10-Spades} river were blanks and that was it for Satubayev.

"Kings again?" Georges Hanna asked and Kvilhaug replied with a yes.

"You said you didn't have kings?!" Hanna almost immediately followed up and Kvilhaug smiled.

Player Chips Progress
Georges Hanna lb
Georges Hanna
127,000
77,000
77,000
Evy Kvilhaug no
Evy Kvilhaug
110,000
82,000
82,000
Shyngis Satubayev kz
Shyngis Satubayev
Busted

Tags: Evy KvilhaugGeorges HannaShyngis Satubayev

Castaignon Versus Bicknell

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Kristen Bicknell opened to 1,800, Remi Castaignon three-bet to 6,200 behind her, and Bicknell called. The flop was {q-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Bicknell check-called 4,500 from Castaignon.

The turn was the {5-Spades} and Bicknell check-folded to a second barrel of 11,500.

Player Chips Progress
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
55,000
-2,500
-2,500
Remi Castaignon fr
Remi Castaignon
52,000
22,000
22,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kristen BicknellRemi Castaignon