€1,100 FPS Main Event Day 1ab | 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-28-2022 14:55 UTC+1

PokerStars Team Pro Shahade Joins the Field

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jen Shahade	30,000 30,000	30,000

Kitty Kuo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jessica Teusl	30,000 30,000	30,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	30,000 30,000	30,000
Leo Margets	30,000 30,000	30,000
Zhong Chen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sofia Lovgren	30,000

04-28-2022 14:48 UTC+1

Fast Scoops a Three-Bet Pot

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

The cutoff raised it up to 1,400 and was called by the button. Dietrich Fast was in the small blind and squeezed to 5,500 but wound up getting called by just the big blind.

The flop fell and Fast led out with a bet of 6,500. His opponent in the big blind thought for a minute before reluctantly laying his hand down while Fast scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	45,500 16,000	16,000

Tags: Dietrich Fast

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-28-2022 14:33 UTC+1

Kolev Calls Pietrotti's Over-Bet

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Boris Kolev raised it up from early position and Jean-Clode Pietrotti three-bet from the big blind. Kolev called and they went heads-up to a flop of . With around 7,500 in the middle, Pietrotti open-shipped all in with the larger of the two stacks. Kolev thought for a moment and then flicked in a chip to signify a call for his stack of 22,000.

Boris Kolev:
Jean-Clode Pietrotti:

Kolev made the correct call with his pocket threes but still needed them to hold up. The on the turn and the on the river were no help to Pietrotti who sent over a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	52,500
Jean-Clode Pietrotti	26,500

Tags: Boris Kolev

04-28-2022 14:19 UTC+1

Boukrouma Flips vs Kessas

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Nicolas Bouquin opened to 1,000 in early position and was called by Eliott Kessas on his left. Salim Boukrouma re-raised to 6,000 on the button which got the blinds and Bouquin to fold. Kessas deliberated for a moment before shoving all in. Boukrouma quickly called off his stack of 24,500 and the cards were on their backs.

Salim Boukrouma:
Eliott Kessas:

It was a coin flip and the flop of left Boukrouma in the lead with his pocket tens. The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing as Boukrouma scored a double-up through Kessas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salim Boukrouma	51,500
Eliott Kessas	15,500

Tags: Eliott Kessas Salim Boukrouma

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

04-28-2022 13:59 UTC+1

Diaz Bullying with the Big Stack

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

After a limp from under the gun, Guillaume Diaz, the big stack at the table, raised to 1,600 from the next position. Alex Peffly three-bet to 4,000 from the cutoff and was flat-called by the button.

The action came back to Diaz who four-bet shoved all in. Peffly gave it some thought but decided to conserve his starting stack of around 30,000. The button also gave it some thought with slightly less chips but ditched his cards to the muck as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kacper Swiderski	112,000 112,000	112,000
Javier Sola	85,500
Guillaume Diaz	60,500 30,500	30,500
Daniel Rezaei	51,500 21,500	21,500
David Vella	38,500 38,500	38,500

Tags: Guillaume Diaz

04-28-2022 13:50 UTC+1

Puetz Hits the River to Bust Adinolfo

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Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

The player in the early position raised to 1,300 from the early position and Christopher Puetz called from the middle position. The players on the button and in the small blind after a lengthy tank from the latter player. Alessandro Adinolfo was sitting in the big blind and considered his options for a while too. In the end, he three-bet shoved for 13,100. The initial raiser contemplated for some time too before reluctantly folding. Puetz thought about it and then decided to four-bet jam for more for the other two players to quickly get out of their way.

Alessandro Adinolfo:
Christopher Puetz:

The flop came for both of them to hit top pair but for Puetz to stay ahead with the king-kicker.

The turn was the to give Adinolfo two pair but it also gave Puetz the higher flush draw.

The river completed the board with the to give both of them the flush but for Puetz to knock Adinolfo out of the tournament for now with the king-high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Puetz	50,000
Alessandro Adinolfo	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Adinolfo Christopher Puetz

04-28-2022 13:38 UTC+1

Hansen Rivers a Flush

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

A board of was spread across the felt and Sindre Hansen was the first to throw chips into the middle with a bet of 4,000. Both of his opponents called and the completed the board.