2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€2,200 French National Championship High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
62
Prize
€200,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€1,043,720
Entries
538
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Kudzmanas Trying to Win Today

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The board read {j-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{q-Clubs} and Antoine Goutard had checked in mid-position. Marius Kudzmanas had won the €1,100 Freezeout two nights ago and quickly bet 45,000 and chatted away. The slightly intoxicated player from Lithuania has been making waves all day already, even receiving a one-round penalty earlier today. Goutard didn't believe Kudzmanas and called but mucked when Kudzmanas tabled {j-Spades}{10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
640,000 130,000
Antoine Goutard fr
Antoine Goutard
266,000 -109,000
David Peters us
David Peters
250,000 -17,000

Tags: Marius KudzmanasAntoine Goutard

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Bicknell Back With Some Help of the Ladies

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

The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 9,000 and Aladin Reskallah three-bet to 27,000 from mid-position. Kristen Bicknell called on the button and the initial raiser folded.

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{k-Hearts}, Reskallah continued with a bet of 20,000 which Bicknell called.

They both checked through the {6-Clubs} on the turn and the {3-Spades} on the river.

"You win," Reskallah said while flipping over {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}.

Bicknell tabled {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} to pick up the pot indeed.

Player Chips Progress
Aladin Reskallah fr
Aladin Reskallah
298,000 -38,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
297,000 203,000

Tags: Aladin ReskallahKristen Bicknell

Latest Selection of Chip Counts

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

There are currently 94 players left in the tournament and the field needs to be reduced to 81 for the day to end for today.

Player Chips Progress
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
377,000 222,000
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
345,000 45,000
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
300,000 135,000
Royston Drenthe nl
Royston Drenthe
280,000 109,000
Deividas Daubaris lt
Deividas Daubaris
230,000
Stefan Aerts be
Stefan Aerts
150,000 -35,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
136,000 73,000
Denis Timofeev ru
Denis Timofeev
105,000 -9,000
Wei Huang cn
Wei Huang
103,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
93,000 -73,000
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
53,000 -28,500
Dimitry Shchepkin ru
Dimitry Shchepkin
Defending Champion
Busted
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
Busted
Ali Reza Fatehi ir
Ali Reza Fatehi
Busted

Franco Doubles Through Bicknell

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

Kristen Bicknell had called the all-in of Sonny Franco for 61,000 from mid-position while Franco was sitting in the small blind.

Sonny Franco: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Kristen Bicknell: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board read {5-Spades}{a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Franco had hit a set of jacks on the turn to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Sonny Franco fr
Sonny Franco
130,000 66,500
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
94,000 -48,000

Tags: Kristen BicknellSonny Franco

Some Chip Counts After the Break

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
300,000 141,000
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
300,000 165,000
Antoine Goutard fr
Antoine Goutard
273,000 273,000
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
165,000 25,000
David Peters us
David Peters
136,000 21,000
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
130,000 52,000
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
127,000 -15,000
Lukasz Grossmann pl
Lukasz Grossmann
115,000 10,000
Ali Reza Fatehi ir
Ali Reza Fatehi
85,000 -15,000
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
80,000 -83,000
Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
77,000 -28,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
35,000 -125,000
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
Busted
Eusebiu Jalba ro
Eusebiu Jalba
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000