€1,100 French National Championship Day 1b | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

04-27-2019 13:30 UTC+2

Early Exit for Colpitts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Jeffrey Colpitts final-tabled the opening €1,000 NLHE Event, however, this time he has been among the early casualties on Day 1b and will have to try again as of 6 p.m. local time for the final flight with levels of 30 minutes. On Colpitts' former table, Boubekeur Benhalima holds a commanding stack and Luca Marchetti has also already sent at least one opponent to the rail over on table one.

Further early casualties can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boubekeur Benhalima	80,000 80,000	80,000
Luca Marchetti	75,000 75,000	75,000
Jeffrey Colpitts	Busted
Nicolas Martin	Busted
Tariq Ullah	Busted
Shakhabiddin Muradov	Busted
Zorlu Er	Busted
Laurent Marc	Busted
Mikhail Kovalyuk	Busted

Tags: Boubekeur Benhalima Jeffrey Colpitts Luca Marchetti

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

04-27-2019 13:21 UTC+2

Ignatov Doubles With Aces Versus Kings

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

"That's the second time here, wow," Raffaello Locatelli exclaimed when he saw the all in showdown between Pavel Ignatov and Matthias Hansen. The cards of Hansen were already in the muck while he paid off the of Ignatov on a board of .

Hansen still has chips, though, but dropped down all the way to one third of the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Ignatov	49,000 49,000	49,000
Raffaello Locatelli	24,000 24,000	24,000
Matthias Hansen	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Matthias Hansen Pavel Ignatov Raffaello Locatelli

04-27-2019 13:13 UTC+2

Plozza Off to a Good Start

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

With 1,900 in the middle and the flop showing , three players including Sergio Castelluccio and Moreno Renzo Plozza checked. The turn brought a bet of 1,000 by Plozza and he picked up one caller. The turn was checked and Plozza mucked when being shown for a pair of tens.

Despite losing this small pot, Plozza is up for the day already and the same applies for Castelluccio, who busted just shy of making the cut for Day 2 last night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moreno Renzo Plozza	40,000
Sergio Castelluccio	36,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Sergio Castelluccio Moreno Renzo Plozza

04-27-2019 13:03 UTC+2

More and More Players Enter

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

The screens currently show 443 entries and that number is certain to grow further in the hours to come, as the late registration remains open until the start of level nine.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yan Li	30,000 30,000	30,000
Zorlu Er	30,000
Duff Charette	30,000 30,000	30,000
Antoine Saout	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gabriel Chiva	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pasquale Vinci	30,000 30,000	30,000
Francois Evard	30,000 30,000	30,000
Marcello Miniucchi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jeremy Palvini	30,000 30,000	30,000
Karolis Domarkas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Malek Grabsi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Denis Timofeev	30,000 30,000	30,000
Luca Moschitta	30,000 30,000	30,000

04-27-2019 12:58 UTC+2

Four Seat Open in Level Two

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Among the first four players to bust on Day 1b was Jean Napiot, and the list of casualties will be a long one when the day is done and dusted in the early morning hours on Sunday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Napiot	Busted
Romain Jacques	Busted
Gerard Ohresser	Busted
Shaul Meir	Busted

Tags: Jean Napiot

04-27-2019 12:54 UTC+2

Belatik Loses a Small Pot

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

On the heads-up turn of [9h8d2cJc, Michele Perego checked and called a bet of 1,200 by Anas Belatik with 2,000 in the middle until that point. The on the river was checked and Perego turned over for two pair, Belatik mucked for the inferior two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Perego	32,000 32,000	32,000
Anas Belatik	31,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Anas Belatik Michele Perego

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

04-27-2019 12:35 UTC+2

Closing in On 400 Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

More than mid-way through Day 1b, the field size of the first flight has already been surpassed with up to 387 entries and all but one table in the Salle Des Etoiles is in use right now. There are still empty seats everywhere as the tournament is kicking into gear, and several notables have entered or taken another shot.

Andreas Vlachos was not spotted in the 1a field, but the Greek is in action on 1b and just scooped a pot without showdown by betting for the size of the pot on the turn for 3,800. His sole remaining opponent folded and Vlachos raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Vlachos	32,000
Walter Treccarichi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Hiroyuki Noda	30,000 30,000	30,000
Dinesh Alt	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sergio Castelluccio	30,000 30,000	30,000
Parham Ahoor	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Andreas Vlachos

04-27-2019 12:30 UTC+2

Toma Takes From Raphael

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

EPT regular Tsugunari Toma has been able to build a profit early on after a clash with Guillaume Raphael. On a three-way flop of , Toma bet 600 and Raphael check-raised out of the big blind to 2,000. Only Toma came along and Raphael bet the turn for 2,300.