The Money bubble is looming and Shyngis Satubayev won't receive a portion of the prize pool. Having registered before the start of Day 2 for his second bullet in the event, Satubayev ran his stack all the way up to 250,000 and just five-bet jammed into Pablo Melogno.
Satubayev had four-bet to 75,000 to force out Massimo Mosele from one seat over and he called the shove of Satubayev with . Satubayev only had and the board came to leave the Kazakh drawing dead on the turn.
2018 EPT Sochi winner Arsenii Karmatckii will not be adding a Monegasque flag to his Hendon Mob page today. Left short after the previous clash with Paul-Francois Tedeschi, Karmatckii got it all in for 22,500 in middle position.
Ready to finish what he started, Tedeschi called from the cutoff and Roman Herold called from the small blind. They quickly checked it down on a board.
Karmatckii showed , Tedeschi and Herold the winner with to eliminate the Russian five places before the money.
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Seth Davies raised from middle position and a very short-stacked Victoria Coren Mitchell put her last 9,000 in the middle. All the other players got out of the way and they opened up.
Seth Davies:
Victoria Coren Mitchell:
The board ran out and Coren Mitchell was eliminated from the tournament just before the money was reached.
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On the bubble, two players found themselves all-in and at risk during the hand-over-hand phase. In the first hand, Christoph Vogelsang raised to 9,000 from the cutoff and Philippe Narboni three-bet to 29,000 from the small blind. James Romero went in the tank for two minutes before cold-calling from the big blind, while Vogelsang snap-folded his hand.
The flop came down and Narboni continued for 44,000. Once again, Romero tanked deeply and called just after getting the clock called on him.
The turn brought the and Narboni shoved all in for about 160,000. Romero double-checked his hand, then quickly called it off to put Narboni at risk.
Philippe Narboni:
James Romero:
The cards remained face-down until action on all tables had concluded. A sizable crowd gathered around the table to watch the river being dealt, and it was the to leave Narboni empty-handed.
Oshri Lahmani was the second player at risk and the crowd had first gathered on his table before moving over to see the previous showdown. Lahmani’s shove for 60,000 in the cutoff was called by big stack Pablo Melogno on the button.
“I want you to double up,” Melika Razavi from one table over said while filming all with her smartphone, to which Lahmani replied “thank you.”
Lahmani added “you can sit down everybody, I will double up.” Once the showdown took place, the following cards were turned over.
Oshri Lahmani:
Pablo Melogno:
The board came and Lahmani kept his promise to ensure no bubble chop. With Narboni eliminated, all other players are guaranteed at least €8,800 for their efforts.
A total of 337 players returned today to the Salle Des Étoiles here at Sporting Club Monte-Carlo for Day 2 of the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event. Of everyone in the room, nobody had fewer chips than Sio Hong Si. But that didn’t bother him in the least.
Just as Si’s short stack set him apart from the rest of the field, his journey here was unique among the competitors here in Monaco. Si lives in Macau, where he works as an activity coordinator and enjoys playing basketball. A year ago his friends got him into poker through a home game. He took to it quickly and began watching live streams from every EPT stop.
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Daniel Dvoress was in the blinds and got it all in for 62,000 after Gaelle Baumann got involved earlier from late position.
Daniel Dvoress:
Gaelle Baumann:
Both players flopped two pair on , keeping Baumann in the lead. Dvoress' final two cards in the tournament were the turn and river, making him one of the last players to collect the €8,880 min-cash.
A three-way all-in took place and the underdog took down the pot after hitting a one-outer on the river. Salvatore Donato was eliminated in the process.
The hand played out between Donato on the button, Viktor Katzenberger in the big blind and Diego Zeiter in early position. Zeiter had the lead going to showdown with against the of Donato and the of Katzenberger.
The board ran out and Katzenberger hit his one-outer on the river to stay alive in the tournament.
It has been a bad half an hour for Gaelle Baumann. After losing a flip against Francois Evard just now, she just busted her remaining chips in a pot against Masato Yokosawa.
Yokosawa opened the button to 10,000 and Baumann defended her big blind. On a flop, she check-raised all in over Yokosawa's 20,000 continuation bet with top pair but was in bad shape as Yokosawa out-kickered her by one with .
With no king on the turn and river, Bauman hit the rail in 112th.