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

04-27-2019 21:17 UTC+2

Updated Counts

Milko van Winden

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Royston Drenthe	47,000 -17,000	-17,000
Jorden Verbraeken	42,000 12,000	12,000
Kalidou Sow	36,500 -12,500	-12,500
Davidi Kitai	30,000 30,000	30,000

Maria Konnikova	29,000 -3,000	-3,000

Paul Testud	Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-27-2019 21:25 UTC+2

Calamusa Doing Well

Milko van Winden

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Pierre Calamusa placed a bet of 10,000 on the board after his opponent checked to him. The pot had 14,200 in it and his opponent was thinking about the decision.

He ended up folding after a while and the pot was pushed to Calamusa who is now up to 67,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	67,000 67,000	67,000

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04-27-2019 21:36 UTC+2

€1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Champion Kudzmanas In the Field

Milko van Winden

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Marius Kudzmanas joined the field in the main tournament room. He took the €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em tournament down yesterday and he was crowned as the first champion of the EPT Monte-Carlo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	30,000 30,000	30,000

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04-27-2019 21:41 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Wiegerinck	Busted
Frederic Delval	Busted

Anton Serhiienkov Eliminated

Milko van Winden

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Anton Serhiienkov was eliminated from the tournament after he lost a preflop all-in with ace-king. He saw a player open to 1,200 and another three-bet to 5,400. Serhiienkov four-bet all in for a total of 10,800 and he was called by the player who three-bet.

Anton Serhiienkov:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Serhiienkov was sent to the rail as he is eliminated from the €1,100 French National Championship.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Serhiienkov	Busted

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04-27-2019 21:53 UTC+2

Chip Counts Americas Room

Milko van Winden

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	150,000 105,000	105,000
Gianluca Speranza	67,000 32,000	32,000
Ying Cheng	66,000 2,000	2,000
Pete Chen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Dietrich Fast	30,000 21,000	21,000
Deividas Daubaris	28,500
Yilong Wang	10,000 -20,000	-20,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-27-2019 22:00 UTC+2

Registration About to Close

Milko van Winden

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Players will only able to register the €1,100 French National Championship for the next level and the following break. Registration will close at the end of the break and that is the moment we will know how many players will make it through to Day 2 of the tournament.

04-27-2019 22:02 UTC+2

Kitai Sends One Home

Milko van Winden

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Davidi Kitai saw a player from early position move all in for 4,200 and he sat in the big blind when all the other players folded to him. He thought about it for a minute before calling.

Kitai showed and he was very happy to see that his opponent opened up .

Kitai started talking and he was calling for a deuce. ''Two two two two two two two two two two''.

The flop was and Kitai kept on rooting for a deuce. It did land on the turn when the dealer dealt the . The river was the and Kitai won the pot with his pair of deuces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	100,000 70,000	70,000

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