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

Chen Takes it on the River

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Pete Chen, back on his second bullet, has added to his stack after taking a pot on the river. Chen was playing against two opponents, one of which was Ivan Deyra who had position on him with the {7-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{q-Clubs} flop already down and another opponent sat in the blinds.

It checked to Deyra who made it 1,500 to play and both the player in the blinds and Chen came along. On the {9-Spades} turn, there was no further betting and the three headed to the river. An {8-Diamonds} came out and when checked to, Chen bet 4,000, which was enough to take it down without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
43,000
8,000
8,000
Ivan Deyra fr
Ivan Deyra
27,500
-4,500
-4,500

Tags: Ivan DeyraPete Chen

Speranza and Akkari Take a Hit

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Andre Akkari
Andre Akkari

On the heads-up turn of {10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}, Gianluca Speranza in the hijack checked and Sebastian Von Toperczer moved all in for 14,500 on the button. Speranza, who is already on the second bullet of the day, gave it some thought and sent his cards into the muck.

Andre Akkari also had to forfeit some chips one table over. He bet the {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{8-Spades} turn for 7,100 on the button and his opponent in the hijack check-called. The 510c] river was checked and Akkari mucked when his opponent flashed {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for the straight.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
49,000
-12,500
-12,500
PokerStars.fr
Sebastian Von Toperczer de
Sebastian Von Toperczer
41,000
41,000
41,000
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
21,000
21,000
21,000

Tags: Andre AkkariGianluca SperanzaSebastian Von Toperczer

Updated Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Eric Sfez fr
Eric Sfez
110,000
61,000
61,000
Arvydas Merfeldas lt
Arvydas Merfeldas
100,000
5,000
5,000
Kent Roed no
Kent Roed
100,000
100,000
100,000
Francesco Grieco it
Francesco Grieco
70,000
23,500
23,500
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
68,000
23,000
23,000
Milos Lalovic rs
Milos Lalovic
65,000
-4,000
-4,000
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
60,000
30,000
30,000
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez es
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez
50,000
20,000
20,000
Aristeidis Moschonas gr
Aristeidis Moschonas
48,000
21,000
21,000
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
46,000
15,000
15,000
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
38,000
8,000
8,000
Huidong Gu mo
Huidong Gu
35,000
35,000
35,000
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
31,000
31,000
31,000
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
30,000
Felix Bleiker ch
Felix Bleiker
30,000
30,000
30,000
Natalie Teh my
Natalie Teh
30,000
Paris Stavridis gr
Paris Stavridis
30,000
30,000
30,000
Paul Hoefer de
Paul Hoefer
30,000
30,000
30,000
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
29,000
29,000
29,000
Aleksandar Tomovic rs
Aleksandar Tomovic
22,000
22,000
22,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
19,000
-2,600
-2,600
Vlado Banicevic me
Vlado Banicevic
18,000
-10,000
-10,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
10,000
-20,000
-20,000
$25K Fantasy
Huijie Zhou cn
Huijie Zhou
Busted

Yaghmai Doubles, Diaz Disappointed

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

On an {8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{q-Diamonds} flop, Johnny Nedved and Yariman Naghmai checked to Gilbert Diaz who bet 5,000. Johnny Nedved check-raised to 11,000, Nariman Yaghmai shoved all in for 12,500 and Diaz let it go.

Nariman Yaghmai: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Johnny Nedved: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

The river was the {5-Clubs} and Yaghmai doubled up, while Diaz could only shake his head.

Player Chips Progress
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
40,000
Gilbert Diaz fr
Gilbert Diaz
16,000
16,000
16,000
Johnny Nedved be
Johnny Nedved
13,000
-17,000
-17,000

Tags: Gilbert DiazJohnny NedvedNariman Yaghmai

Antonius Below Starting Stack

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius

According to Sonny Franco, Patrik Antonius lost a big pot as Giovanni Rosadoni from one seat over doubled through him.

Antonius fell below the starting stack and raised it up to 900. Rosadoni called, the button raised to 4,200 and Andrei Konopelko flat-called in the big blind. All other players including Antonius folded and the flop of {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{5-Spades} was checked. Konopelko bet the {3-Hearts} turn for 5,000 and that won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Giovanni Rosadoni fr
Giovanni Rosadoni
70,000
70,000
70,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
18,000
3,500
3,500
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andrei KonopelkoGiovanni RosadoniPatrik AntoniusSonny Franco

More Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Guy Catan fr
Guy Catan
97,000
97,000
97,000
Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
92,000
92,000
92,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
74,000
22,000
22,000
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
53,000
11,000
11,000
$25K Fantasy
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
37,000
-6,000
-6,000
Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
36,000
6,000
6,000
EPT 1X Winner
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
35,000
-1,000
-1,000
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
31,000
-4,000
-4,000
Mario Mosböck at
Mario Mosböck
29,000
29,000
29,000
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
28,500
-500
-500
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
28,000
13,000
13,000
Adrian Delmas fr
Adrian Delmas
22,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
18,200
18,200
18,200
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
17,000
10,900
10,900

EPT Monte Carlo: Charlie Carrel Grows Up

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Charlie Carrel
Charlie Carrel

For a “former professional poker player” (and former garish dresser), Charlie Carrel has been putting on a stellar display so far at EPT Monte Carlo, final tabling three high rollers in a row for more than half a million euros.

But if it’s not poker, what does Carrel now consider his job? And what does he make of the current high roller world he’s still a crusher in? We caught up with him during his epic Monaco run to find out.

Click here to read the rest of this article by Jack Stanton at the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: Charlie Carrel

Updated Counts

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Sam Grafton is building nicely and just took a pot down on the flop after defending his big blind versus a late position open. He check-raised the 1,300 bet to 3,200 on the {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{3-Spades} board. He didn't meet any resistance and scooped the chips.

Below are some updated counts for you.

Player Chips Progress
Marcuss Liow sg
Marcuss Liow
90,000
17,000
17,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
77,000
3,000
3,000
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
68,500
18,000
18,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
54,000
29,000
29,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
35,000
21,500
21,500
$25K Fantasy
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
25,700
25,700
25,700
$25K Fantasy
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
19,000
-7,000
-7,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
18,800
-3,200
-3,200
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
15,600
5,600
5,600
Sergei Petrushevskii ru
Sergei Petrushevskii
14,300
14,300
14,300

Tags: Sam Grafton

Toma Short on Second Bullet

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Four ways to the {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop, action checked to Alexandre Reard on the button and he made it 1,000 to go. Tsugunari Toma check-raised to 3,200 in the under-the-gun position and Reard was the only caller. The {2-Diamonds} turn paired the board for the second time and Toma checked.

Reard made it 2,900 to go and that won the pot right there.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
65,000
65,000
65,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
12,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Alexandre ReardTsugunari Toma

Ramos Sends Bedell Out

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante
Felipe Ramos
Felipe Ramos

With the board reading {2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Diamonds}, Tom-Aksel Bedell was all in for his final 7,000 and Felipe Ramos was considering it for the vast majority of his remaining stack. He ultimately called it off.

Tom-Aksel Bedell: {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Felipe Ramos: {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

Bedell had fifteen outs coming into the river but whiffed all of them when the {a-Spades} got dealt.

"Nice call," Scott Wellenbach said to Ramos.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
24,000
5,000
5,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
Busted

Tags: Felipe RamosTom-Aksel Bedell