2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 2
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

Satubayev Crashes Out Before the Money

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Pablo Melogno
Pablo Melogno

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 {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}. Satubayev only had {a-}{q-} and the board came {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{8-Hearts} to leave the Kazakh drawing dead on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Pablo Melogno uy
Pablo Melogno
640,000
520,000
520,000
Shyngis Satubayev kz
Shyngis Satubayev
Busted

Tags: Massimo MoselePablo MelognoShyngis Satubayev

No Comeback For Karmatckii

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Arsenii Karmatckii (at an earlier event)
Arsenii Karmatckii (at an earlier event)

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 {k-Clubs}{6-Spades}{2-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades} board.

Karmatckii showed {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, Tedeschi {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and Herold the winner with {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} to eliminate the Russian five places before the money.

Player Chips Progress
Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
222,000
-43,000
-43,000
Roman Herold de
Roman Herold
200,000
117,200
117,200
Arsenii Karmatckii ru
Arsenii Karmatckii
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Arsenii KarmatckiiPaul-Francois TedeschiRoman Herold

Play an EPT Main Event from your own home! (Sort of)

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The popularity of playing on the European Poker Tour is matched only by the popularity of sitting at home and watching it. What PokerStars Blog pioneered, PokerStars Live continued and for a good few years thousands of people get their updates from the tournament via moving pictures as well as in text form.

Hundreds of armchair poker fans have also made the transition from passive to active participants by winning online satellites or competitions to take their seats in live competition. But now here’s the chance to sample the EPT experience without ever leaving the comfort of your own home.

Click here to read the full article on the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: EPT Monte Carlo

Davies Eliminates Coren Mitchell

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Victoria Coren Mitchell

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: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Victoria Coren Mitchell: {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Coren Mitchell was eliminated from the tournament just before the money was reached.

Player Chips Progress
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
300,000
123,000
123,000
$25K Fantasy
Victoria Coren Mitchell gb
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Busted
EPT 2X Winner

Tags: Seth DaviesVictoria Coren Mitchell

Julien Martini On Life After Winning $3 Million in the PokerStars Poker Championship 2019

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Julien Martini famously came in 2nd in the 2019 PokerStars Player's Championship for just under $3 million. How has his life changed then? Is he playing more or less poker? How did he go from defeating Kate Hoang heads up for a World Series of Poker bracelet to dating her? What are his World Series of Poker plans? How has his poker game changed since his PSPC win? Watch to find out!

Tags: Julien MartiniKate Hoang

Philippe Narboni Bubbles the 2019 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Philippe Narboni bubbles 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT€5,300 EPT Main Event
Philippe Narboni bubbles 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT€5,300 EPT Main Event

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 {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}{10-Spades} 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 {9-Clubs} 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: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}
James Romero: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

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 {a-Clubs} to leave Narboni empty-handed.

Philippe Narboni Bubbles
Philippe Narboni bubbles the 2019 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event

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: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}
Pablo Melogno: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The board came {7-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts}{k-Spades}{5-Spades} 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.

Oshri Lahmani
Oshri Lahmani survives the bubble
Player Chips Progress
James Romero us
James Romero
625,000
255,000
255,000
Pablo Melogno uy
Pablo Melogno
560,000
-70,000
-70,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
150,000
-15,000
-15,000
Oshri Lahmani il
Oshri Lahmani
130,000
30,000
30,000
Philippe Narboni fr
Philippe Narboni
Busted

Tags: Christoph VogelsangJames RomeroPhilippe Narboni

From Macau to Monaco — for only $3

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Sio Hong Si
Sio Hong Si

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.

Click here for the full article at the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: Sio Hong Si

Dvoress Eliminated by Baumann

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress
Daniel Dvoress

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: {q-Spades}{9-Spades}
Gaelle Baumann: {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Both players flopped two pair on {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, keeping Baumann in the lead. Dvoress' final two cards in the tournament were the {10-Spades} turn and {10-Clubs} river, making him one of the last players to collect the €8,880 min-cash.

Player Chips Progress
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
310,000
95,000
95,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
Busted

Tags: Daniel DvoressGaelle Baumann

Katzenberger More Than Doubles With One Out; Donato Eliminated

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Viktor Katzenberger
Viktor Katzenberger

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 {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} against the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} of Donato and the {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} of Katzenberger.

The board ran out {8-Clubs}{6-Spades}{k-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{10-Spades} and Katzenberger hit his one-outer on the river to stay alive in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Katzenberger hu
Viktor Katzenberger
380,000
304,300
304,300
Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
150,000
-250,000
-250,000
Salvatore Donato it
Salvatore Donato
Busted

Tags: Diego ZeiterSalvatore DonatoViktor Katzenberger

Baumann Down, Then Out

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Gaelle Baumann
Gaelle Baumann

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 {3-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Spades} flop, she check-raised all in over Yokosawa's 20,000 continuation bet with top pair {k-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} but was in bad shape as Yokosawa out-kickered her by one with {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}.

With no king on the {j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} turn and river, Bauman hit the rail in 112th.

Player Chips Progress
Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
300,000
70,000
70,000
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
Busted

Tags: Gaelle BaumannMasato Yokosawa