2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€1,100 French National Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€209,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,382,250
Entries
1,425
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Bicknell Doubles Through Fast

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

On a flop of {j-Spades}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts}, Dietrich Fast checked in the big blind and Kristen Bicknell bet 3,000. Fast check-raised to 20,000 and Bicknell glanced back over her shoulder to check the tournament info screen. She then called with very few chips behind and called the shove of Fast on the {a-Diamonds} turn for her last 4,700.

Kristen Bicknell: {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Dietrich Fast: {7-Spades}{3-Spades}

Fast had plenty of outs to score the knockout, but the {a-Clubs} river was not among them.

Player Chips Progress
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
57,000
27,000
27,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
9,000
-58,000
-58,000

Tags: Dietrich FastKristen Bicknell

Diaz Loses a Big One

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Guillaume Diaz and Bruno Caron
Guillaume Diaz and Bruno Caron

On the {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop, the action checked to Rudolf Domin on the button and he made it 6,500 to go. Defending champion Guillaume Diaz called, as did Bruno Caron from one seat over. The same then happened on the {9-Spades} turn for 18,000 and the {a-Clubs} fell on the river.

Diaz checked and Caron bet 45,000. Domin reluctantly folded and Diaz was sent into a world of pain. He was trying to get any reaction from Caron, who was hiding his face with the hands. Sergio Castelluccio called the clock after more than three minutes and Diaz mentioned in chat he had an ace.

Three seconds remained on his 30 seconds clock when Diaz made the call and Caron rolled over {a-Hearts}{a-Spades} for a set of aces. Domin said he had two pair with a king and Diaz replied "I had an ace, ace deuce of diamonds."

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Caron fr
Bruno Caron
280,000
280,000
280,000
Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
110,000
-35,000
-35,000
Rudolf Domin ru
Rudolf Domin
90,000
90,000
90,000
Guillaume Diaz fr
Guillaume Diaz
40,000
40,000
40,000
Defending Champion

Tags: Bruno CaronGuillaume DiazRudolf DominSergio Castelluccio

Assorted Counts

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

Renjun Yang appears to be among the current chip leaders with more than 10 times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Renjun Yang cn
Renjun Yang
310,000
310,000
310,000
Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
250,000
175,000
175,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Nikola Trajanov mk
Nikola Trajanov
170,000
170,000
170,000
Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
145,000
115,000
115,000
Eusebiu Jalba ro
Eusebiu Jalba
90,000
90,000
90,000
Sonny Franco fr
Sonny Franco
85,000
85,000
85,000
Corentin Ropert fr
Corentin Ropert
80,000
50,000
50,000
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
75,000
45,000
45,000
Jeremy Palvini fr
Jeremy Palvini
68,000
38,000
38,000
Jimmy Kebe fr
Jimmy Kebe
35,000
8,000
8,000
Deborah Haddad fr
Deborah Haddad
30,000
-65,000
-65,000

Tags: Renjun Yang

Assorted Casualties

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

Only 270 players out of 679 entries remain and among those to bust were Duff Charette, Antoine Saout and Triple Crown champion Davidi Kitai.

Player Chips Progress
Jerome Zerbib fr
Jerome Zerbib
Busted
Paul Guichard fr
Paul Guichard
Busted
Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
Busted
Zoltan Szabo hu
Zoltan Szabo
Busted
Duff Charette ca
Duff Charette
Busted
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
Busted
Pablo Brito Silva br
Pablo Brito Silva
Busted
Vladislav Naumov ru
Vladislav Naumov
Busted
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Antoine SaoutDavidi KitaiDuff Charette

Tosoc Eliminated by Sebag

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

The pocket sevens of Ryan Tosoc were already in the muck and Albert Sebag apologized to him.

"I am sorry, I had to call, you understand?" Sebag said and Tosoc just smiled and replied "it's okay, there is still Day 1c."

Sebag had raised to 11,000 and called the shove of Tosoc with {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades} to get there on the river of a {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{j-Clubs}{a-Clubs} board.

Player Chips Progress
Albert Sebag fr
Albert Sebag
105,000
Ryan Tosoc us
Ryan Tosoc
Busted

Tags: Albert SebagRyan Tosoc

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

The Rich Get Richer

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Philippe Le Touche
Philippe Le Touche

Josep Maria Galindo Lopez opened to 2,600 and big stack Philippe Le Touche called, both then called a three-bet by Benoit Martin. On a {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop, only Le Touche called a continuation bet for 11,000 by Martin and the latter then jammed the {3-} turn for 32,100. Le Touche reluctantly called and Martin, who was part of the three-way all in for Kristen Bicknell's straight flush, turned over {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} for kings.

Le Touche had the check mark with his {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and the {6-Clubs} river was a formality.

One table over, Jack Salter sent an opponent to the rail when he raised and called the three-bet shove with {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}. He faced {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and dodged a diamond draw on the turn to build his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Philippe Le Touche fr
Philippe Le Touche
280,000
65,000
65,000
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez es
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez
130,000
-10,000
-10,000
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
120,000
120,000
120,000
Benoit Martin fr
Benoit Martin
Busted

Tags: Benoit MartinJack SalterJosep Maria Galindo LopezPhilippe Le Touche

Assorted Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Albert Sebag
Albert Sebag

The field has been cut into more than half and slowly, it seems possible to take a closer look at some notable stacks with around 300 players remaining in the Salle des Etoiles.

Player Chips Progress
Philippe Le Touche fr
Philippe Le Touche
215,000
15,000
15,000
Lucas Sfez fr
Lucas Sfez
190,000
155,000
155,000
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez es
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez
140,000
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
120,000
25,000
25,000
Anatoly Korochenskiy ru
Anatoly Korochenskiy
105,000
105,000
105,000
Albert Sebag fr
Albert Sebag
105,000
Maria Lampropulos ar
Maria Lampropulos
85,000
55,000
55,000
Jimmy Lentilus fr
Jimmy Lentilus
70,000
50,000
50,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
67,000
37,000
37,000
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
41,000
6,000
6,000

Dmitriev Eliminated by Sinclair

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jack Sinclair
Jack Sinclair

Vladimir Dmitriev jammed for 19,800 and Jack Sinclair did so for 45,000 from one seat over to force out everyone else.

Dmitriev tabled {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Sinclair had that dominated with the {a-Spades}{k-Spades}. The board came {k-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Dmitriev headed to the rail.

Not long before the dinner break, Sinclair was down to a mere 12 big blinds and is back on track with an average stack now.

Player Chips Progress
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
67,000
54,000
54,000
Vladimir Dmitriev ru
Vladimir Dmitriev
Busted

Tags: Jack SinclairVladimir Dmitriev

Assorted Notable Casualties After Dinner

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Cecile Thabault fr
Cecile Thabault
Busted
Ibrahim Ghassan lb
Ibrahim Ghassan
Busted
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
Busted
Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
Busted
Romain Lewis fr
Romain Lewis
Busted
Lukasz Grossmann pl
Lukasz Grossmann
Busted
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
Busted
Raul Paez es
Raul Paez
Busted
Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
Busted
Luigi Shehadeh it
Luigi Shehadeh
Busted
Dragos Negrii ro
Dragos Negrii
Busted
Guy Goossens be
Guy Goossens
Busted
Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
Busted
Morgane Portier fr
Morgane Portier
Busted
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
Busted