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

05-01-2019 13:31 UTC+2

Celestino Moves on Aldemir

LisaY

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Ariel Celestino began the day with starting stack and has just won a pot that takes him a little over where he started. He opened the action from under the gun and got a call from the button before Koray Aldemir made up the difference from the big blind.

The flop fell and after Aldemir checked, Celestino continued for 3,500. Only Aldemir came along to see a land on the turn and after another check, Celestino moved all in. Aldemir snap-folded and despite losing that pot, he is in better shape after the first level, adding more than 16,000 to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	63,000 16,400	16,400
Ariel Celestino	35,000 3,600	3,600

Tags: Ariel Celestino Koray Aldemir

05-01-2019 13:32 UTC+2

Gicovanu Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Marius Gicovanu was spotted on his way out of the tournament area and there were no chips in front of his seat anymore while the pot was pushed to Georges Hanna. Gicovanu had been all in with and Hanna made the call with . The flop improved Hanna to a pair of kings and both the turn and river had been blanks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georges Hanna	110,000 53,400	53,400
Marius Gicovanu	Busted

Tags: Georges Hanna Marius Gicovanu

05-01-2019 13:34 UTC+2

Liow Loses a Flip

Yori Epskamp

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Malaysia's Marcuss Liow four-bet shoved preflop after a button three-bet from Xiqiang Chen and the latter called all in for 54,000 with . Liow had but missed on to be left with fewer than fifteen bigs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiqiang Chen	110,000 55,500	55,500
Marcuss Liow	22,000 -82,700	-82,700

Tags: Marcuss Liow Xiqiang Chen

05-01-2019 13:36 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts

Milko van Winden

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Govert Metaal	210,000 71,300	71,300
Maxi Lehmanski	133,000 108,100	108,100
Seth Davies	116,200 41,300	41,300
Timothy Adams	110,000 44,500	44,500

Fatima Moreira De Melo	109,000 -26,000	-26,000
Joao Vieira	73,200 5,200	5,200
Koray Aldemir	64,000 1,000	1,000
Mustapha Kanit	55,000 -12,000	-12,000
Ramon Colillas	46,000 -9,000	-9,000

Kristen Bicknell	45,500 -41,500	-41,500
Andreas Klatt	43,000 -12,600	-12,600
Celina Lin	42,000 -28,000	-28,000

05-01-2019 13:36 UTC+2

Haxton Holding On

LisaY

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

As mentioned just a few posts below, Isaac Haxton was down to fumes but he has managed to improve since then, tripling his stack to 15 big blinds. Just now he moved all in preflop and though Maria Konnikova thought about calling from the big blind, she opted to fold in the end and he scooped the blinds and ante. Though still near the bottom of the counts - could this be the start of a comeback for Haxton? Watch this space.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	107,500 2,500	2,500

Isaac Haxton	24,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Maria Konnikova

05-01-2019 13:37 UTC+2

Break

Yori Epskamp

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The 288 remaining players are on their first 20-minute break of the day. After the break, the total prize pool and payouts will be announced.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

05-01-2019 14:05 UTC+2

Bustouts From Before the Break

LisaY

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer, Charlie Carrel, Alan Lau, Pierre Calamusa, Duff Charette, Nicholas Pupillo, Lauren Roberts and Bryn Kenney were amongst the players to exit before the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Oliver Weis	Busted
Cedric Demore	Busted
Mikael Guenni	Busted
Ryan Tosoc	Busted
Yazan Mdanat	Busted
Ut Tam Vo	Busted
Marius Gicovanu	Busted
Christopher Frank	Busted
Chan Wai Leong	Busted
Marcuss Liow	Busted
Arnold Bellaiche	Busted
Paul Hoefer	Busted
Renan Bruschi	Busted
Charlie Carrel	Busted
Hrayr Grigoryan	Busted
Antonio Da Costa Ferreira	Busted
Even Sonsterudbraten	Busted
Hirotaka Nakanishi	Busted
Bryn Kenney	Busted
Lauren Roberts	Busted
Nicholas Pupillo	Busted
Duff Charette	Busted
Pierre Calamusa	Busted
Alan Lau	Busted

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Tags: Alan Lau Bryn Kenney Charlie Carrel Duff Charette Lauren Roberts Nicholas Pupillo Pierre Calamusa Steve O'Dwyer

05-01-2019 14:05 UTC+2

Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kristen Bicknell was eliminated just after coming back from the break. Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rustam Hajiyev	330,000 112,600	112,600
Armin Rezaei	260,000 145,000	145,000
Conor Beresford	205,000 9,500	9,500
Patrik Antonius	195,000 130,700	130,700

Erwann Pecheux	185,000 -5,200	-5,200
Corentin Ropert	175,000 65,300	65,300
Vamshi Vandanapu	160,000 -20,000	-20,000
Gabriele Lepore	140,000 56,000	56,000
Maria Konnikova	110,000 2,500	2,500

Ming Xi	105,000 105,000	105,000
Shyngis Satubayev	90,000 60,000	60,000
Diego Zeiter	76,000 51,700	51,700
Jack O'Neill	70,000 24,800	24,800
Alan Lau	45,000 -141,200	-141,200
George Wolff	38,000 -21,800	-21,800
Gaelle Baumann	25,000 -5,200	-5,200
Kristen Bicknell	Busted

Tags: Kristen Bicknell

05-01-2019 14:16 UTC+2

Guilbert and Chen Gone

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The seat of Johan Guilbert was filled with Maxi Lehmanski and Boris Kolev confirmed he had busted the Frenchman for 16 big blinds. "Ace ten versus ace queen, standard," Kolev grinned.

One table over, Zhong Chen got his last 13,500 in from the cutoff and Theodore McQuilkin called out of the small blind.

Zhong Chen:
Theodore McQuilkin: