Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,471,700
Entries
922
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Zeitoun Jams Into Razavi
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a flop of 
in a battle small blind versus button, Johann Zeitoun check-raised from 10,000 to 25,000 and Malikeh Razavi made the call to see the 
on the turn. Zeitoun moved all in and Razavi was sent into the think tank.
"He covers me? Can you please count?" Razavi requested and the all in was for 35,400. Razavi had that covered, but folded and said in table chat he had a set of fours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
40,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
Vandanapu Keeps Building; Assorted Counts
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Paul Hoefer raised to 2,200 in late position and received two calls, including Vamshi Vandanapu in the blinds. The flop was 
and Hoefer continued for 2,400. Vandanapu check-raised to 8,500 and Hoefer instantly released his hand.
Across the field, Jes Bondo is also closing in on the 200k mark and among the top stacks coming into the last level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
222,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
220,000 | |
|
||
|
195,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
156,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
||
|
126,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
120,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
115,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
106,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
95,000 | |
|
85,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
78,000 | |
|
70,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
60,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Hanna Builds Stack Further
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a flop of 
, Francesco Grieco checked and called a bet of 4,000 by table neighbor Georges Hanna. The 
followed on the turn and Grieco checked once more, which triggered a bet of 7,000 by Hanna. That was enough to win the pot uncontested, as Grieco folded.
The same table features big stacks and notables in Xavier Carriere, Evy Kvilhaug, Tomas Jozonis, Michail Karapanos and Josep Maria Galindo Lopez. One table over, Patrik Antonius battles with Timothy Adams and Charlie Carrel, among others.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
135,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
135,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
120,000 | |
|
115,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
||
|
105,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
75,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
55,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
50,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
||
|
48,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
196,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
190,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
167,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
138,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
|
67,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
38,500
-26,600
|
-26,600 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
31,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
A Double for Zeitoun
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Not one but two players with the last name are in contention on Day 1b and that includes Johann Zeitoun and his father Jean-Jacques. The former has a bigger stack while the latter just ended up all in for 13,500 with 
.
Philipp Gruissem made the call with 
and the 
board gave Zeitoun an unlikely straight to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Medina Takes From Antonius After River Hits For Both
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Charlie Carrel got the betting started by opening to 2,500 on the cutoff. Patrik Antonius was sat on the button and flat called after asking how much Carrel was playing behind (47,000). Luis Medina joined the two heavy-weights, defending his big blind.
On the 
flop, Medina and Carrel checked to Antonius who bet 4,000. Medina called and Carrel passed and the two headed to the turn. It was the and the action went check-check.
A river completed the board and Medina checked once more. Antonius set 13,000 over the line and Medina called.
Luis Medina:
Patrik Antonius: 
The Finn's two-pair wasn't enough to beat Medina's straight but he is still over the average, which is around 70,000 now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
79,000 | |
|
|
47,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Late Bust for Sukhorukov
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Dmitrii Sukhorukov open-shoved a little over 14,000 from middle position and Ivan Georgiev looked him up from the blinds.
Dmitrii Sukhorukov: 
Ivan Georgiev: 
There wasn't more than a gutshot for Sukhorukov on 
and he departed late in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
Busted |
Kenney and Tomovic Eliminated
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Bryn Kenney raised to 2,600 and was called by Eric Sfez and Denys Shafikov. James Romero in the cutoff three-bet to 12,000 and Kenney gave it some thought before moving all in for more than 70,000. That forced out Sfez and Shafikov, while Romero made the call.
Bryn Kenney:
James Romero: 
The board came 
and Kenney hit the rail in the last hands of the night.
One hand later, Aleksandar Tomovic got his last few big blinds in with 
and Moreno Plozza had that dominated with 
. The kicker played on the board and Tomovic also hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
227,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Last Three Hands
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The clock has been paused with 12 minutes remaining in the day. Three more hands will be played until chips are bagged and tagged for the night.