€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

05-01-2019 19:09 UTC+2

Zeiter Puts Pressure on Malinowski

Yori Epskamp

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

Diego Zeiter opened to 6,500 in the cutoff, Wiktor Malinowski three-bet to 20,000 on the button, Zeiter four-bet to 50,000, and Malinowski called. The flop brought and Zeiter continued for 34,000, met by a reasonably quick call from the Polish high staker.

The turn brought the and Zeiter moved all in, putting Malinowski for a decision for his final 125,000. He spent quite some time in the tank before open-folding .

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego Zeiter	400,000 130,000	130,000
Wiktor Malinowski	125,000 9,500	9,500

Tags: Diego Zeiter Wiktor Malinowski

05-01-2019 19:14 UTC+2

Karmazinas Doubles on the Feature Table

Yori Epskamp

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

Over on the feature table, Dominykas Karmazinas was all in for 48,500 with the and Dario Sammartino looked him up with the . The board came and Karmazinas doubled three spots away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	330,000 -109,500	-109,500

Dominykas Karmazinas	110,000 -130,000	-130,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Dominykas Karmazinas

05-01-2019 19:15 UTC+2

Catan Doubles Through Melogno

LisaY

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

Alll the cards were out with on display. Guy Catan had moved all in for 24,500 and the table chip leader Pablo Melogno was the one with a decision to make. He called and turned over a pair of tens with , which wasn't enough to beat Catan's top pair jacks with . "Champion!" Catan said as he got the much-needed double this close to the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Melogno	525,000 -115,000	-115,000
Guy Catan	73,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Guy Catan Pablo Melogno

05-01-2019 19:16 UTC+2

Celestino More Than Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

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

Jean-René Fontaine had also been in the hand and was out of the way when the completed board showed . Paul-Francois Tedeschi had checked and Ariel Celestino moved all in for 39,000, which sent Tedeschi into the think tank.

The clock was called on Tedeschi once more, who reluctantly called and was shown by Celestino. Tedeschi flashed for two pair and Fontaine said "I had a set of tens" in French.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ariel Celestino	275,000 195,000	195,000
Jean-René Fontaine	240,000 -120,000	-120,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi	130,000 -92,000	-92,000

Tags: Ariel Celestino Jean-René Fontaine Paul-Francois Tedeschi

05-01-2019 19:18 UTC+2

Martini Gets a Warning

Milko van Winden

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

Tamer Kamel limped from the hijack and Julien Martini put his big stack in the middle from the button. He had everyone at the table covered. The player in the big blind tanked for a while and Martini was talking to him while Kamel was also still in the hand. The player eventually folded and it was on Kamel.

Kamel though about it for another minute or so and Martini called the clock because he thought that he had enough time already. Kamel started to make a scene out of the situation and wanted a floor person present. Kamel called Martini ''an asshole'' for calling the clock and ''influencing the action'' in a multi-way pot.

Martini got a warning from the floor person for talking and the thirty-second countdown started. Kamel waited until his time ran out and he mucked his cards when his hand was declared dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	750,000 20,000	20,000

Tamer Kamel	120,000 -45,500	-45,500

Tags: Julien Martini Tamer Kamel

05-01-2019 19:21 UTC+2

Break

Yori Epskamp

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

With three players to go before the bubble bursts, the players are on a 30-minute break. After the break, they'll play one more level of 90 minutes before play is done for the day.

05-01-2019 19:45 UTC+2

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Valerie.Cross

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

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Tags: EPT Monte Carlo

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

05-01-2019 19:54 UTC+2

Coren Mitchell Ultra Short

Yori Epskamp

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

Two-time EPT champ Vicky Coren is one of the shortest stacks in the bubble phase. After posting both her 4,000 big blind and big blind ante, she was left with a mere 11,000. After a raise and a call, she opted to fold to continue her survival struggle with three big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victoria Coren Mitchell	11,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Vicky Coren

05-01-2019 20:01 UTC+2

Rabut Shows a Full House

Christian Zetzsche

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

Pablo Melogno raise-folded against a jam by Fatima Moreira De Melo but remains one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Ludovic Geilich has jumped above half a million and Remi Castaignon just had to forfeit a pot to drop below that threshold.

On a completed board of with 110,000 in the middle, Eric Rabut shoved for 85,000. Castaignon reluctantly folded and flashed his cards, Rabut returned the favor and showed for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Melogno	630,000 105,000	105,000
Ludovic Geilich	510,000 85,000	85,000

Remi Castaignon	475,000 -95,000	-95,000

Eric Rabut	195,000 136,800	136,800
Fatima Moreira De Melo	120,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Eric Rabut Fatima Moreira De Melo Ludovic Geilich Pablo Melogno Remi Castaignon