2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€939,840
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,204,050
Entries
1,073
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
631
Players Left
187
Players Left 1 / 1,073
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Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
80,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Egor Procop md
Egor Procop
48,000
48,000
48,000
Profile photo of Shyngis Satubayev kz
Shyngis Satubayev
43,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
37,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Loic Debregeas fr
Loic Debregeas
34,000
3,200
3,200
Profile photo of Jamie Flynn ie
Jamie Flynn
33,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Alejandro Lococo ar
Alejandro Lococo
33,000
7,400
7,400
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Profile photo of Florent Estegassy fr
Florent Estegassy
33,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Aleksandras Rusinovas lt
Aleksandras Rusinovas
32,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
32,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Jen Shahade us
Jen Shahade
32,000
32,000
32,000
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Profile photo of Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
30,000
30,000
30,000

Newey Up Early on Day 1b

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Andres Korn in the big blind and Paul Newey in the cutoff, the board showed {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. Korn checked and Newey then bet 900 for his opponent to call. The {8-Spades}{6-Spades} of Newey were good enough to win the pot as Korn mucked with some frustration.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
46,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Andres Korn ar
Andres Korn
20,300
20,300
20,300

Tags: Andres KornPaul Newey

Di Nicola Takes From Xanthopoulos

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

There were 4,800 in the middle to the {10-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} flop on which Ermanno Di Nicola bet 1,500 in the small blind. Pavlos Xanthopoulos called in the cutoff and then did so again for 3,000 on the {k-Diamonds} turn. Di Nicola fired a third barrel for 12,000 on the {7-Clubs} river and Xanthopoulos went into the tank.

No call by the Greek followed and Di Nicola earned the pot with his sheer aggression.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ermanno Di Nicola it
Ermanno Di Nicola
48,500
18,500
18,500
Profile photo of Pavlos Xanthopoulos gr
Pavlos Xanthopoulos
24,000
24,000
24,000

Tags: Ermanno Di NicolaPavlos Xanthopoulos

More Assorted Counts on Day 1b

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
43,000
13,500
13,500
Profile photo of Tibor Halatsch de
Tibor Halatsch
42,000
Profile photo of Espen Jorstad
Espen Jorstad
32,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Armin Rezaei at
Armin Rezaei
31,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
28,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Johannes Toebbe de
Johannes Toebbe
24,000
24,000
24,000
Profile photo of Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
17,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Vicente Delgado es
Vicente Delgado
13,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
12,500
17,500
17,500
Profile photo of Sandro Pitzanti nl
Sandro Pitzanti
10,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
8,000
4,200
4,200
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Mastelotto Further Increases His Big Stack on Day 1b

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Three ways to the {j-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}{k-Spades} river, Akan Kaya checked in the small blind and Gustavo Mastelotto made it 8,800 to go in the cutoff. Hicham Hachoumi on the button very reluctantly called and Kaya got out of the way.

Mastelotto tabled the {k-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for two pair, kings and fives, and that won the pot. The Brazilian moved up to three times the starting stack and has cemented his spot near the top of the leaderboard for now.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gustavo Mastelotto br
Gustavo Mastelotto
90,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Akan Kaya fr
Akan Kaya
19,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Hicham Hachoumi fr
Hicham Hachoumi
8,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Akan KayaGustavo MastelottoHicham Hachoumi

Hu Doubles Through Gomez Zapatero

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante
Gangzhou Hu
Gangzhou Hu

The {a-Spades}{10-Spades}{6-Spades}{k-Hearts} turn brought fireworks between Gangzhou Hu and Javier Gomez Zapatero with the latter betting 6,000 and then calling the shove by Hu.

Gangzhou Hu: {q-Clubs}{j-Spades}
Javier Gomez Zapatero: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Gomez Zapatero had turned a set of kings but the very same card had improved Hu to broadway. The river was a blank {3-Clubs} and Hu doubled for 31,300 to leave the Spaniard with a very short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gangzhou Hu fr
Gangzhou Hu
73,000
73,000
73,000
Profile photo of Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
2,600
2,600
2,600

Tags: Gangzhou HuJavier Gomez Zapatero

Ensan Runs Out of Time

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante
Hossein Ensan
Hossein Ensan

Akan Kaya limped in from middle position and Hossein Ensan called from the next seat over. A player in the cutoff made it 1,200 and both players called. The flop was {j-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades} and all three players checked to see {7-Clubs} on the turn. Kaya bet 1,700 and Ensan called while the cutoff got out of the way. The river was {3-Diamonds} and both players checked before Ensan mucked after Kaya turned over {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a pair of tens. Ensan had just 5,000 remaining at the end of the hand.

A few hands later, Kaya raised to 1,200 and Ensan committed the rest of it. Kaya called to put him at risk.

Hossein Ensan: {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Akan Kaya: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and the queens held to send the former WSOP Main Event champion to the rail in the early stages of Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Akan Kaya fr
Akan Kaya
29,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Akan KayaHossein Ensan

Karakashi Runs Into Kings; Doubles With Kings

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

A squeeze to 23,600 was in front of Denis Karakashi on the button and he then called the all-in by Morten Hvam to set ip the following showdown.

Morten Hvam: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Denis Karakashi: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and Hvam doubled for 33,300.

One hand later, Karakashi three-bet jammed for around 13,000 and Laurent Torres called.

Denis Karakashi: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Laurent Torres: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}

This time, Karakashi had the best of it on the {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{j-Spades}{j-Hearts} board and doubled back into contention.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Morten Hvam dk
Morten Hvam
68,000
68,000
68,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Laurent Torres fr
Laurent Torres
28,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Denis Karakashi it
Denis Karakashi
28,000
28,000
28,000

Tags: Denis KarakashiLaurent TorresMorten Hvam

Updated Counts in the Palmiers Room

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Almost half of the Palmiers Room is in play and several notables can be found there with the following chip counts at a glance.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jon Kyte no
Jon Kyte
97,000
97,000
97,000
Profile photo of Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
85,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Boris Kuzmanovic hr
Boris Kuzmanovic
70,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Guillaume Diaz fr
Guillaume Diaz
65,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Didrik Mantor no
Didrik Mantor
57,000
57,000
57,000
Profile photo of Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Daniel De Almeida br
Daniel De Almeida
44,000
44,000
44,000
Profile photo of Peter Turmezey hu
Peter Turmezey
42,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
42,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Sonny Franco fr
Sonny Franco
34,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Tamon Nakamura jp
Tamon Nakamura
33,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Eddie Saade au
Eddie Saade
32,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
29,000
29,000
29,000
Profile photo of Jessica Teusl at
Jessica Teusl
26,000
26,000
26,000
Profile photo of Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
26,000
26,000
26,000
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Profile photo of Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
14,000
14,000
14,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400