2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Fernandes No More

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Not to be confused with the Portuguese midfielder that plays for Manchester United, France's Bruno Fernandes saw his stack reduced to zero within two hands.

He first looked up the short stack shove by Tibor Halatsch for 12,200 with the {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and was up against {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. The board ran out {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{q-Hearts} and Halatsch stuck around.

Fernandes was then all-in from the button with the {q-Hearts}{j-Spades} and Justinas Jachimavicius had that crushed in the small blind with the {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. The {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} board brought no miracle escape for Fernandes, who quickly headed out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Justinas Jachimavicius lt
Justinas Jachimavicius
73,000 73,000
Tibor Halatsch de
Tibor Halatsch
26,000 -29,000
Bruno Fernandes fr
Bruno Fernandes
Busted

Tags: Bruno FernandesJustinas JachimaviciusTibor Halatsch

Chetrit Busts Glowny

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Grzegorz Glowny
Grzegorz Glowny

This year's EPT Prague Main Event champion Grzegorz Glowny has been struggling to chip up throughout Day 1b, and he got his last 25,000 into the middle against Michael Chetrit.

Grzegorz Glowny: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Michael Chetrit: {a-}{k-}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades}{7-Clubs} and Chetrit held on with big slick to bust the champ from the tournament as Day 1b nears its final stages.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Chetrit fr
Michael Chetrit
112,000 37,000
Grzegorz Glowny pl
Grzegorz Glowny
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Grzegorz GlownyMichael Chetrit

Alt Bad Beats Kitajima

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Dinesh Alt
Dinesh Alt

Three ways to the {8-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop, Hayato Kitajima bet 5,200 in the small blind. Dinesh Alt eventually raise to 15,000 in the big blind and that forced a fold from Noah Novick. Kitajima moverd all-in for little more and Alt called.

Hayato Kitajima: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Dinesh Alt: {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The {q-Diamonds} turn instantly improved Alt to the superior pair and the {4-Diamonds} river was a blank, sending Kitajima to the buy-in desk in order to re-enter.

Player Chips Progress
Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
140,000
Noah Novick us
Noah Novick
25,000
Hayato Kitajima jp
Hayato Kitajima
Busted

Tags: Dinesh AltHayato KitajimaNoah Novick

Kassouf Gets Away From One

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joseph Ayoub opened from middle position and William Kassouf raised to 5,100 from the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way and action was back on Ayoub.

Ayoub spent a few minutes in the tank before he three-bet to 12,000, giving Kassouf his turn in the tank. Kassouf was relatively quiet as he considered all of the possibilities before he finally tossed his hand in the muck to give up the pot.

Kassouf still took an opportunity to pry for information.

"Ace-king? Ace-queen?" he asked Ayoub, but his opponent completely ignored him.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Ayoub gb
Joseph Ayoub
63,400
William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
23,100 1,600

Tags: William KassoufJoseph Ayoub

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Assorted Counts After Dinner

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Catalin Rusu ro
Catalin Rusu
145,000 30,000
Jonathan Pastore fr
Jonathan Pastore
135,000 30,000
Kamel Atoui fr
Kamel Atoui
135,000 93,000
Timo Kamphues de
Timo Kamphues
100,000 15,000
Tomas Jozonis lt
Tomas Jozonis
92,000 62,000
Peter Turmezey hu
Peter Turmezey
85,000 30,000
Florent Estegassy fr
Florent Estegassy
72,000 28,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
70,000 -25,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
70,000 43,000
Romain Lewis fr
Romain Lewis
50,000 17,000
Tamon Nakamura jp
Tamon Nakamura
48,000 12,000
Francois Pirault fr
Francois Pirault
46,000
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
33,000 -17,000
Ionut-Flavius Voinea ro
Ionut-Flavius Voinea
32,000 -18,000
Ezequiel Waigel ar
Ezequiel Waigel
28,000
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
Busted
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
Busted

Roth Chips Up; Miscikowski Jams Into Mastelotto

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

On the heads-up turn of {10-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, Antal Roth checked and Vitalijs Korhs then bet 3,500 in the cutoff. Roth check-raised to 8,500 and Korhs tank-folded.

Soon after, table big stack Gustavo Mastelotto squeezed to 7,800 in the big blind. David Miscikowski then pushed for 32,000 and Mastelotto eventually folded.

The same table also features Bryan Paris and Balakrishna Patur as well.

Player Chips Progress
Gustavo Mastelotto br
Gustavo Mastelotto
230,000 70,000
Antal Roth hu
Antal Roth
55,000 55,000
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
46,000 28,000
David Miscikowski us
David Miscikowski
41,000 41,000
Balakrishna Patur us
Balakrishna Patur
32,000 -11,000
Vitalijs Korhs lv
Vitalijs Korhs
15,600 15,600

Tags: Antal RothBalakrishna PaturBryan ParisDavid MiscikowskiGustavo MastelottoVitalijs Korhs

Briffard Finds a Double

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action was heads-up and Victor Brifford got his last 8,500 into the middle from the big blind and Laurent Torres was the one to put him at risk from the button.

Victor Brifford: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Laurent Torres: {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and Brifford's set of queens was more than good enough to secure the double.

Player Chips Progress
Laurent Torres fr
Laurent Torres
66,900 16,900
Victor Briffard fr
Victor Briffard
19,500

Tags: Laurent TorresVictor Brifford

Wheeler Eliminated by Cai

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Jason Wheeler
Jason Wheeler

Three ways to the {7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Spades}{9-Clubs} river, Attila Koncz in the big blind and Ruoqin Cai in an early position both checked. Jason Wheeler moved all-in for the last 16,900 and Koncz went into the tank. The Hungarian eventually folded, which now had Cai mull over it for another minute.

Cai then called and Wheeler tabled the {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades} for a pair of sixes, which his opponent had beat with the {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} for a pair of tens.

Player Chips Progress
Danut Chisu ro
Danut Chisu
110,000 -10,000
Ruoqin Cai hk
Ruoqin Cai
95,000 95,000
Attila Koncz hu
Attila Koncz
35,000 35,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
Busted

Tags: Attila KonczJason WheelerRuoqin Cai