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

04-27-2019 18:51 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Remi Castaignon	30,000 30,000	30,000

Yilong Wang	30,000 30,000	30,000
Eric Sfez	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ekrem Sanioglu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pierre Merlin	30,000
Glenn Cymbaluk	30,000

Fernandez Takes One Down

Milko van Winden

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Julian Fernandez opened from early position with a raise to 300 and he was three-bet by his neighbor, Eric Abbas. The three-bet was to 1,300 and it folded all the way around to initial raiser Fernandez. He called the bet to see the flop.

The flop fell and Fernandez checked to Abbas and he continued with another bet of 1,300. Fernandez opted to go for the check-raise and he bumped it up to 3,700. Abbas thought about it for a minute before letting go of his hand.

Fernandez showed a as he took down the pot.

They are seated at the same table as Nick Pupillo and Dutch football player Royston Drenthe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Fernandez	33,000
Nick Pupillo	30,000
Royston Drenthe	30,000
Eric Abbas	27,000

Tags: Eric Abbas Nick Pupillo Royston Drenthe Julian Fernandez

04-27-2019 19:02 UTC+2

Team PokerStars in the Mix

Milko van Winden

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Ambassadors Maria Konnikova, Kalidou Sow, and Ramon Colillas joined the tournament as well. They are all repping the Red Spade. Konnikova and Sow are seated in the cash game area, while Colillas just sat down in the Americas Room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	30,000 30,000	30,000

Maria Konnikova	30,000 12,900	12,900

Kalidou Sow	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Kalidou Sow Maria Konnikova Ramon Colillas

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

04-27-2019 19:11 UTC+2

Rousseau More Than Doubles After Long Hand With Sow

Milko van Winden

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The board read and there was 2,600 in the middle in a three-way pot between Kalidou Sow from the big blind, Louis Elbaz from middle position and Jerome Rousseau from late position.

Sow and Elbaz had 8,100 laying in front of them and Rousseau had pushed all in for 23,000. Sow tanked for four minutes before the clock was called on him. He eventually folded when he had a couple of seconds left and Elbaz took his time as well.

After about half a minute the clock was called again and before someone from the tournament staff arrived at the table a call was made by Elbaz.

Elbaz showed but that wasn't good enough against the of Rousseau. The river was the and Rousseau his hand won him the pot.

Sow claimed to have folded two pair as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome Rousseau	56,700 56,700	56,700
Kalidou Sow	27,000 -3,000	-3,000
Louis Elbaz	14,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Jerome Rousseau Kalidou Sow Louis Elbaz

04-27-2019 19:22 UTC+2

Colillas Takes One Down Without Showing

Milko van Winden

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The board read and a player to Ramon Colillas right checked to him. Colillas checked behind to see the river.

This time Colillas faced a bet of 5,000 and he quickly called. His opponent mucked and so did Colillas as he already took down the pot after his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	38,300 8,300	8,300

Tags: Ramon Colillas

04-27-2019 19:33 UTC+2

Counts Americas Room

Milko van Winden

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisa Sibgatova	45,000 14,000	14,000
Gianluca Speranza	35,000 35,000	35,000
Mark Wiegerinck	30,000
Aladin Reskallah	22,000 -8,000	-8,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

04-27-2019 19:38 UTC+2

Counts Cash Game Area

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Some ten tables are running and several players are waiting in line to join the action. Below are some of the notables in contention in the cash game area with PokerStars Ambassador Maria Konnikova among them.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ariel Celestino	45,000 45,000	45,000
Hiroyuki Noda	40,000 40,000	40,000
Maria Konnikova	32,000 2,000	2,000

Mohsin Charania	31,000 31,000	31,000

Walter Treccarichi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Salvatore Camarda	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sergej Barbarez	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Maria Konnikova

04-27-2019 19:43 UTC+2

Sow and Rousseau Tangle Again

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

On the river of a completed board of , Kalidou Sow bet 7,500 into a pot of 22,000 and faced Jerome Rousseau once more, who he had tangled with previously. Rousseau called and Sow flashed for trips kings to win a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalidou Sow	49,000 22,000	22,000
Jerome Rousseau	40,000 -16,700	-16,700

Tags: Jerome Rousseau Kalidou Sow