€1,100 FPS Main Event Day 2 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-30-2022 14:09 UTC+2

Bono Doubles Through Pihela Jr

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Farid Jattin in the small blind bet the flop for 20,000 and Alan Bono then moved all-in for 136,000. Igor Pihela Jr moved all-in over the top and Jattin folded.

Alan Bono:
Igor Pihela Jr:

The turn further improved Bono to a full house and Pihela Jr now needed an ace to chop. Instead, the fell on the river for Bono to make quads and double in style.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Jattin	350,000 49,000	49,000
Alan Bono	345,000 345,000	345,000
Igor Pihela Jr	150,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Arthur Bono Farid Jattin Igor Pihela Jr

04-30-2022 14:05 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Scafini	1,250,000 30,000	30,000

Laurent Cessy	940,000 200,000	200,000
Imad Derwiche	770,000 210,000	210,000
Fabio Peluso	750,000 122,000	122,000
Fabrice Maltez	710,000 347,000	347,000
Tsugunari Toma	700,000 211,000	211,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	670,000 150,000	150,000
Bruno Fitoussi	500,000 312,000	312,000
Ruslan Volkov	450,000 251,000	251,000
Antonio Crocetta	390,000 100,000	100,000
Fausto Tantillo	350,000 -71,000	-71,000
Luigi Shehadeh	310,000 152,000	152,000
Mihai Ciprian Hanu	310,000 105,000	105,000
Florian Duta	250,000 30,000	30,000
Bryan Paris	230,000 -95,000	-95,000
Espen Joerstad	125,000 -79,000	-79,000

04-30-2022 14:03 UTC+2

Garberg Turns a Set to Bust Hansen

Matt Hansen

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Sindre Hansen open-shoved for 108,000 and [Removed:388] called from the next seat over in the cutoff. Markus Garberg three-bet shoved to isolate and Benzerfa got out of the way. Action was heads-up and Hansen was at risk.

Sindre Hansen:
Markus Garberg:

The board ran out and the turned jack gave Garberg a set to send Hansen to the rail.

"I was glad to see the jack," Benzerfa said about his fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Garberg	605,000 138,000	138,000
[Removed:388]	495,000 -112,000	-112,000
Sindre Hansen	Busted

Tags: Markus Garberg Sindre Hansen

04-30-2022 14:01 UTC+2

Nyman Ousted by One-Outer on River

Brandon Bloom

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Kristen Nyman opened on the button and Braz Borges jammed in the small blind. The big blind folded and Nyman called for her stack of approximately 150,000.

Kristen Nyman:
Braz Borges:

The flop vaulted Nyman ahead, and the turn also gave her a flush draw. Nyman just needed to fade the eight of diamonds to secure the double, but unfortunately for her, the indeed spiked the river to give Borges the one out he needed while Nyman made her way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Braz Borges	545,000 293,000	293,000
Kristen Nyman	Busted

Tags: Braz Borges Kristen Nyman

04-30-2022 14:01 UTC+2

Cannistra Eliminated by Lukash

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Dario Cannistra open-jammed for the last 53,000 from under the gun and Maxime Colom called from one seat over. Ruslan Lukash then three-bet jammed to isolate out of the small blind and Colom folded.

Dario Cannistra:
Ruslan Lukash:

The Italian already waved goodbye on the flop and it was all over on the turn, which made the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruslan Lukash	525,000 125,000	125,000
Maxime Colom	200,000 25,000	25,000
Dario Cannistra	Busted

Tags: Dario Cannistra Maxime Colom Ruslan Lukash

04-30-2022 13:57 UTC+2

Peralta Leads the Pack With Massive Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The table of Eugenio Peralta is the next to break and the Italian may need a dozen racks to move all of his chips after he dragged in yet another big pot.

Three ways to the flop, Ruslan Lukash checked and Maxime Chilaud bet 20,000. Peralta called and Lukash then check-raised to 57,000 out of the big blind. Chilaud got out of the way while Peralta called. They headed to the turn on which Lukash bet 87,000 and Peralta called.

On the river, Lukash checked and Peralta bet 200,000 to force a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugenio Peralta	1,850,000 310,000	310,000
Ruslan Lukash	400,000 18,000	18,000
Maxime Chilaud	330,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Eugenio Peralta Maxime Chilaud Ruslan Lukash

04-30-2022 13:52 UTC+2

D'Anselmo Busts Vergoni, Doubles Through Minassian

Matt Hansen

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

A small crowd gathered around Table 6 and Giammarco Vergoni was gathering his things while wishing the table luck as the board showed .

Vergoni had gotten his small stack in with , but the nines and sevens weren't good enough to beat the of Nicola D'anselmo, who had also shoved for around 125,000. Jean-Paul Minassian had called both players and had them covered, but his wasn't good enough to score the double knockout.

D'anselmo picked up the pot to bring his chip stack back to good health while Minassian was left to look for a way back up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola D'Anselmo	281,000 191,000	191,000
Jean-Paul Minassian	108,000 -80,000	-80,000
Giammarco Vergoni	Busted

Tags: Giammarco Vergoni Jean-Paul Minassian Nicola D'anselmo

04-30-2022 13:50 UTC+2

Mokri Battles With Gicovanu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a three-bet pot to the flop, Marius Gicovanu continued for 38,000 and was called by Kayhan Mokri. The turn slowed down Gicovanu and he checked. Mokri bet 54,000 and that won the pot right there as both players held nearly even stacks around half a million. Their table broke right after as both headed different ways.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	520,000 292,000	292,000
Marius Gicovanu	510,000 -342,000	-342,000

Tags: Kayhan Mokri Marius Gicovanu

04-30-2022 13:48 UTC+2

Mameche Knocked Out by Demasi

Brandon Bloom

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Slimane Mameche moved all-in for 74,000 from early position and Simone Demasi isolated from middle position.

Slimane Mameche:
Simone Demasi:

The board ran out and Mameche made his way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Demasi	325,000 130,000	130,000
Slimane Mameche	Busted

Tags: Simone Demasi Slimane Mameche

04-30-2022 13:40 UTC+2

Forestiero Finds Aces for a Double

Matt Hansen

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Roberto Forestiero got it in for around 75,000 and Jacob Amsellem was the one to put him at risk. Once Forestiero turned over his cards, Amsellem was reluctant to show, which drew the ire of another player.

"If you're both in just show!" said the frustrated table mate.

Amsellem finally turned them over and had a lot of work to do.

Roberto Forestiero:
Jacob Amsellem:

The board ran out and the aces held to double through Amsellem.

The discussion about the slow flip continued as Forestiero dragged the pot.

"If you want drama, I'll take you out on the town, but if you're both in just turn them over," the frustrated opponent said as Amsellem did his best to ignore the conversation.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Amsellem	217,000 -154,000	-154,000

Roberto Forestiero	167,000 -3,000	-3,000

Tags: Jacob Amsellem Roberto Forestiero