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

04-30-2019 21:38 UTC+2

Three Barrels from Sow

LisaY

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Kalidou Sow barreled every street in a hand against Jonathan Proudfoot just now. The flop was already out and after Proudfoot checked to the PokerStars Ambassador, Sow bet 1,800 in position. Proudfoot called and the turn fell the . Once again, Proudfood check-called Sow's bet, this time for 4,600.

The last card dealt was the and when Sow bet 10,000, Proudfoot took his time before deciding to pass.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalidou Sow	77,000 31,000	31,000
Jonathan Proudfoot	28,500 -26,500	-26,500

Tags: Jonathan Proudfoot Kalidou Sow

04-30-2019 21:43 UTC+2

Lau and Scalzi Boost Their Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

A trio has emerged at the top of the counts in Alan Lau, James Romero and Antonio Scalzi.

Lau won a pot in which he fired two barrels worth 4,000 on the flop and 13,000 on the turn. The river was checked and his opponent showed , which Lau had beat with the .

Scalzi won a pot off Jason Wheeler to boost his stack. The completed board showed and Scalzi bet 8,000 into 11,000. Wheeler raised to 25,000 and Scalzi moved all in to force a reluctant fold from Wheeler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Lau	170,000 35,000	35,000
James Romero	165,000 70,000	70,000
Antonio Scalzi	155,000 107,000	107,000
Jason Wheeler	59,000 -28,500	-28,500

Tags: Alan Lau James Romero Jason Wheeler Antonio Scalzi

04-30-2019 21:45 UTC+2

Nemeth Doubles Through Zhou; Assorted Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

With the board already completed at and the pot up to around 24,000, it was Andras Nemeth who moved all in for his final 15,900. Lu Zhou, who's using Peppa Pig as a card protector, called after about a minute. Nemeth showed her the bad news with and doubled up.

Jose Maria Galindo, also at their table, is already up to 120,000 and one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez	120,000 5,000	5,000
Vamshi Vandanapu	110,000 110,000	110,000
Sam Grafton	107,000 -13,000	-13,000

Marcuss Liow	90,000
Ben Farrell	58,000 19,000	19,000
Andras Nemeth	56,000 -36,000	-36,000
Hossein Ensan	32,000 10,000	10,000

Dominik Nitsche	30,000
Johan Guilbert	25,000 1,000	1,000
Martin Staszko	25,000 25,000	25,000
Lu Zhou	24,000 24,000	24,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	20,000 -6,500	-6,500

Tags: Andras Nemeth Lu Zhou

04-30-2019 21:52 UTC+2

Nemeth Finishes Off Zhou

Yori Epskamp

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

After doubling through her just moments ago, Andras Nemeth was all in against Lu Zhou again and this time it was the latter one at risk. Zhou had three-bet to 8,000 preflop and called off a four-bet shove for 22,000 total.

Lu Zhou:
Andras Nemeth:

The board came down and Zhou departed in the eight level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	85,000 29,000	29,000
Lu Zhou	Busted

Tags: Andras Nemeth Lu Zhou

04-30-2019 21:56 UTC+2

Wang Left Short

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Luca Maccatrozzo ended up all in and at risk with the and Michael Wang looked him up with the slightly superior ace in . The board came and the Italian rivered a straight to send Wang below the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luca Maccatrozzo	22,000 -14,000	-14,000
Michael Wang	17,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Luca Maccatrozzo Michael Wang

04-30-2019 22:00 UTC+2

Cormio Eliminated by Travers

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Mauro Cormio raised the button and Dimitar Danchev called in the small blind. Ambrose Travers raised to 5,200 in the big blind and both opponents called to see a flop of . Danchev checked and Travers bet 4,500, Cormio shoved for 11,500 and, once Danchev had folded, Travers made the call.

Mauro Cormio:
Ambrose Travers:

The turn and the river failed to improve Cormio and he headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ambrose Travers	70,000 70,000	70,000
Dimitar Danchev	20,500 -26,500	-26,500

Mauro Cormio	Busted

Tags: Ambrose Travers Dimitar Danchev Mauro Cormio

04-30-2019 22:03 UTC+2

Updated Counts

LisaY

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The final break of the day is almost upon the players and here's how some of them are getting on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	160,000 113,000	113,000
Joey Weissman	135,000 97,000	97,000
Timothy Adams	110,000 81,500	81,500

Oleksii Mezhenkov	110,000 110,000	110,000
Jeff Hakim	95,000 57,000	57,000
Alexandre Reard	95,000 30,000	30,000
Philipp Gruissem	80,000 35,000	35,000
Pierre Merlin	80,000 15,000	15,000
Eusebiu Jalba	75,000 20,000	20,000
Remi Castaignon	65,000 13,000	13,000

Duff Charette	57,000 31,500	31,500
Andre Akkari	51,000 2,000	2,000

Fatima Moreira De Melo	50,000 -20,000	-20,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	50,000 50,000	50,000
Gaelle Bauman	46,500 46,500	46,500
Nariman Yaghmai	45,000 5,000	5,000
Tsugunari Toma	44,000 31,000	31,000
Joao Vieira	38,000 10,500	10,500
David Peters	36,500 36,500	36,500
Patrik Antonius	31,000 -1,000	-1,000

Pete Chen	29,500 29,500	29,500
Lauren Roberts	25,500 -4,500	-4,500
Thomas Boivin	20,000 20,000	20,000
Melika Razavi	18,500 -56,500	-56,500

04-30-2019 22:05 UTC+2

Time for a Break

LisaY

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Players are off on their last break of the day. Of the 545 runners, 328 remain and will return to play in 20 minutes.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-30-2019 22:30 UTC+2

Heidorn and Mosele Depart

Christian Zetzsche

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

Robert Heidorn jammed the button for the last 9,300 and Joao Vieira just called out of the small blind. Andreas Vlachos in the big blind gave it some thought and folded.

Heidorn rolled over and Vieira had the . The board came and that spelled the end for Heidorn.

Massimo Mosele also departed shortly after. The Italian got his last nine big blinds in with and Paul Newey had that dominated with . Nothing changed on the board and the Italian headed to the rail as well.