Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€1,100 French National Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,382,250
Entries
1,425
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Left 1 / 1,425
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Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Dinesh Alt left the tournament area a few minutes before the first break and confirmed his elimination. Despite a good start in the first level, Alt then became short and lost more chips against a straight and flush draw. Ultimately, Alt flopped top pair and top kicker with ace-king and his opponent turned two pair with jack-nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Just before the end of the third level, several well-known players entered such as Gaelle Baumann, Kristen Bicknell, Ran Azor and Michael Soyza entered the tournament area with a ticket in their hand. The field has increased to 260 entries, of which 238 hopefuls remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Ivan Kalac entered not long ago and was just spotted dragging in the stack of Jiayu Ruan, who had his cards mucked already. Kalac had turned the nut straight with 
on a board of 
and Antonin Teisseire confirmed the action.
According to Teisseire, Ruan had opened to 500 and picked up two callers including Kalac. Teisseire three-bet to 3,000 and was called two ways, the Frenchman then folded on the flop with ace-king. Ruan had flopped the straight with 
but ended up second-best on the turn when the chips went in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
29,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Antoine Saout has been able to build his stack without showdown at the expense of a player in the small blind, who just now faced a river bet of 6,400 by Saout with the completed board showing 
. Saout called the clock on his opponent, who was given 30 seconds to act. With three seconds left, the fold followed and Saout dragged in the pot.
Early chip leader appears to be Alexandre Moreau, who scored the first knockout of the day as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Among those to run out of chips before the first break were Philippe Le Touche and Morgane Portier, while more notables entered the field with more than 230 entries by now. That includes Yan Li, Aylar Lie, Timur Margolin, Pierre Calamusa and Salvatore Camarda.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted |
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
On the tail end of a bigger pot between Michel Junior from Brazil and Julio Vechina Cacoilo, the latter bet 4,500 into a pot of around 7,000 and Junior made the call to get shown 
for the flush.
"Second nuts again, huh?" John Mooney chimed in, who has been doing well for himself early on, too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000 | |
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Among others, PokerStars ambassador Fatima Moreira de Melo has just entered the competition as the field has surpassed 200 entries. Notables that have been spotted in the field also include Eusebiu Jalba, Darie Vlad, Ryan Tosoc, and Antonin Teisseire,
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
Ekrem Sanioglu has been involved in many hands early on as usual, and his stack has taken a hit to be almost cut into half. In the latest hand he was part of four-way action that created a pot of around 5,000 to the 
. All four players checked and Sanioglu was first to show, revealing 
for top pair.
Serge Candin had that beat with 
for the superior kicker and claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
17,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
