2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€1,100 French National Championship
Day: 2
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
Players Left 1 / 1,425
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Fontanel Doubles Melis; Busts Timofeev

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Denis Timofeev
Denis Timofeev

Luca Fontanel jammed into the big blind of Mario Melis, who snap-called and tabled the {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}. Fontanel was caught with the fingers in the cookie jar, holding the {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, and had to fork over 177,000 to his table neighbor on a board of {q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}.

Soon after, Fontanel got those chips and more back when he sent Denis Timofeev to the rail.

Denis Timofeev: {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Luca Fontanel: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The board came {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{4-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and that spelled the end for Timofeev.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Luca Fontanel fr
Luca Fontanel
920,000
739,000
739,000
Profile photo of Mario Melis it
Mario Melis
375,000
115,000
115,000
Profile photo of Denis Timofeev ru
Denis Timofeev
Busted

Tags: Denis TimofeevLuca FontanelMario Melis

Eliminated in 56th–71st Place (€3,200)

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Jan Bendik
Jan Bendik

The recent eliminations all received €3,200, and among them were PSPC champ Ramon Colillas, former EPT Monte Carlo Main Event winner Jan Bendik, Gianluca Speranza, and Swaziland's very own Kisohkumar Ramachandran.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Denis Timofeev ru
Denis Timofeev
Busted
Profile photo of Kisohkumar Ramachandran cz
Kisohkumar Ramachandran
Busted
Profile photo of Stanislau Shylkou by
Stanislau Shylkou
Busted
Profile photo of Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
Busted
Profile photo of Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
Busted
Profile photo of Thierry Giron fr
Thierry Giron
Busted
Profile photo of Patmaseelan Naicker za
Patmaseelan Naicker
Busted
Profile photo of Marc Isman fr
Marc Isman
Busted
Profile photo of John Mooney gb
John Mooney
Busted
Profile photo of Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Corentin Ropert fr
Corentin Ropert
Busted
Profile photo of Emil Bise ch
Emil Bise
Busted
Profile photo of Patrick Caveriviere fr
Patrick Caveriviere
Busted

Chen and Naicker Hit the Rail

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Emrah Cakmak
Emrah Cakmak

South Africa's Patmaseelan Naicker had around 110,000 left and, having first-in vigorish, shoved all of those on the button. Emrah Cakmak immediately came over the top from the small blind holding {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}, while Naicker was out-kicked with {a-Clubs}{2-Hearts}. There was no help for Naikcer on {j-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{q-Spades} and he hit the rail.

Dutchman Zhong Chen followed him closely after. While Chen had a sizable stack earlier in the day, he was down to his final 130,000 and shoved those in. Once again, it was a left-hand neighbor going for the knockout.

Zhong Chen: {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}
Vladyslav Pohribnyi: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{8-Spades}{a-Hearts}{2-Spades} to quicky decide things and Chen went off to collect €3,200 in prize money.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Emrah Cakmak fr
Emrah Cakmak
490,000
308,000
308,000
Profile photo of Vladyslav Pohribnyi ua
Vladyslav Pohribnyi
320,000
195,000
195,000
Profile photo of Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
Busted
Profile photo of Patmaseelan Naicker za
Patmaseelan Naicker
Busted

Tags: Emrah CakmakPatmaseelan NaickerVladyslav PohribnyiZhong Chen

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Break With 63 Remaining

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Four levels and 12 minutes have been played on Day 2 and the field of 214 survivors has been cut down to the last 63 hopefuls. They have just headed into their next 20-minute break and the next break will provide enough time to grab some dinner.

Mooney Busts; Balogh Doubles

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

John Mooney had been sticking around with a severe short stack for quite some time and his grind just came to an end with {q-Spades}{9-Hearts} against the {k-Hearts}{9-Clubs} of Shahar Levi. The board came {8-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and king-high was good enough to send Mooney to the rail.

Tamas Balogh was more fortunate when he got his 165,000 in with {a-Spades}{2-Spades}. Thierry Giron was way ahead preflop with {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}, but the {j-Spades}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades}{a-Diamonds} board gave Balogh a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shahar Levi il
Shahar Levi
600,000
220,000
220,000
Profile photo of Tamas Balogh hu
Tamas Balogh
340,000
182,000
182,000
Profile photo of Thierry Giron fr
Thierry Giron
180,000
124,000
124,000
Profile photo of John Mooney gb
John Mooney
Busted

Tags: John MooneyShahar LeviTamas BaloghThierry Giron