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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Small Showdown Pot for Kuzmanovic Against Di Giacomo

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Claudio Di Giacomo opened the action with a raise to 1,700 in the cutoff and was called by Boris Kuzmanovic in the big blind. The {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop was checked by Kuzmanovic, who then called a bet worth 1,500 by Di Giacomo. Both opted to check the {2-Clubs} turn and Kuzmanovic led the {2-Hearts} river for 1,800.

Di Giacomo called and mucked once he was shown the {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades} but it was only a very minor dent into the big stack of the Italian.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
167,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Vicent Bosca Ramon es
Vicent Bosca Ramon
157,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Boris Kuzmanovic hr
Boris Kuzmanovic
58,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Boris KuzmanovicDi Giacomo

Ganaye Among Recent Eliminations

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Sebastien Ganaye was already all-in preflop and four opponents stuck around. They checked to the {q-Spades}{j-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{9-Clubs} turn on which Michael Rodrigues in the small blind check-called a bet worth 3,600 by Bennani Chakib on the button. Both active players checked the {3-Spades} river and Rodrigues revealed the {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for a king-high straight.

That ended up as the winning hand for the main and side pot as Ganaye's {10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and the {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts} of Chakib were no good.

In the meanwhile, the seats formerly taken by Melika Razavi and Tom-Aksel Bedell in the Salle des Etoiles are empty and both have been eliminated as well.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Rodrigues pt
Michael Rodrigues
52,000
52,000
52,000
Profile photo of Bennani Chakib ma
Bennani Chakib
43,000
43,000
43,000
Profile photo of Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
Busted
Profile photo of Melika Razavi ir
Melika Razavi
Busted
Profile photo of Sebastien Ganaye
Sebastien Ganaye
Busted

Tags: Bennani ChakibMichael RodriguesSebastien Ganaye

Malaurie Doubles Through Zarbo

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

On a flop of {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Spades}, the remaining 36,400 of Christophe Malaurie ended up in the middle and he was looked up by [Removed:511] from two seats over in the cutoff.

Christophe Malaurie: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
[Removed:511]: {k-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

The bare top pair of Zarbo had very little equity and his stack was cut in half once the {7-Diamonds} turn and {3-Hearts} river completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Karim Abdelmoumene fr
Karim Abdelmoumene
180,000
143,000
143,000
Profile photo of Christophe Malaurie fr
Christophe Malaurie
82,000
Profile photo of [Removed:511] fr
[Removed:511]
35,000

Tags: Christophe Malaurie

Rezaei in the Danger Zone

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

In a preflop contest, it was Japan's Hayato Kitajima who ended up as the player at risk for a mere 13,200. He faced 2021 EPT Prague Main Event final tablist Armin Rezaei in the following showdown.

Hayato Kitajima: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Armin Rezaei: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

The {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{4-Spades} board kept the superior pocket pair in the lead and Rezaei was reduced to a mere 4,200, which he doubled shortly thereafter.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
110,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Hayato Kitajima jp
Hayato Kitajima
28,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
16,000
Profile photo of Armin Rezaei at
Armin Rezaei
9,500
30,500
30,500

Tags: Armin RezaeiHayato Kitajima

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
Profile photo of Danut Chisu ro
Danut Chisu
110,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Ruoqin Cai hk
Ruoqin Cai
95,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Attila Koncz hu
Attila Koncz
35,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
Busted

Tags: Attila KonczJason WheelerRuoqin Cai

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
Profile photo of Laurent Torres fr
Laurent Torres
66,900
16,900
16,900
Profile photo of Victor Briffard fr
Victor Briffard
19,500

Tags: Laurent TorresVictor Brifford

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

Tags: Antal RothBalakrishna PaturBryan ParisDavid MiscikowskiGustavo MastelottoVitalijs Korhs

Assorted Counts After Dinner

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

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

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
Profile photo of Joseph Ayoub gb
Joseph Ayoub
63,400
Profile photo of William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
23,100
1,600
1,600

Tags: William KassoufJoseph Ayoub