2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
332
Players Left
85

Royal Flush for Regonaschi Gets Paid Off

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On the river of a {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{2-Spades}{k-Hearts} board, Nicolas Vayssieres bet 5,000 and Marco Regonaschi then raised to 42,500. Vayssieres tanked for a while and eventually called.

Regonaschi announced a royal flush and tabled the {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} to won the pot. He has a very healthy stack now, though Hassan Fares on the same table boasts even more chips.

Player Chips Progress
Hassan Fares fr
Hassan Fares
415,000
283,500
283,500
Marco Regonaschi it
Marco Regonaschi
310,000
149,000
149,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
110,000
19,000
19,000
Nicolas Vayssieres fr
Nicolas Vayssieres
80,000
-123,500
-123,500

Tags: Hassan FaresMarco RegonaschiNicolas Vayssieres

Gamboa Doubles Through Spragg

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Just before the first break of the day, Benjamin Spragg defended the big blind and then bet big on the {a-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts} turn. Quilcate Gamboa reluctantly called all-in for the last 33,000 and the cards were flipped over.

Quilcate Gamboa: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}
Benjamin Spragg: {a-Diamonds}{4-Spades}

"Excuse me?!" a rather upset Spragg said as he was up against the top set. The {q-Clubs} river secured the double for Gamboa and vaulted both players on nearly the same stack.

Player Chips Progress
Quilcate Gamboa br
Quilcate Gamboa
110,000
42,000
42,000
Benjamin Spragg gb
Benjamin Spragg
105,000
-15,000
-15,000
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Tags: Benjamin SpraggQuilcate Gamboa

Calamusa Shows Sfez a Bluff

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a completed board of {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{10-Spades}, Lucas Sfez bet 19,000 out of the small blind. He was then put to the test by Pierre Calamusa in the cutoff, who raised it up to 70,000.

Sfez was stunned for a while and pondered about his next move before eventually folding. Calamusa flashed the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} for a bluff and then asked in French if Sfez had folded a jack. "No, I had a straight with eight seven," Sfez replied.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
310,000
40,000
40,000
Lucas Sfez fr
Lucas Sfez
110,000
34,000
34,000

Tags: Lucas SfezPierre Calamusa

Pham Jams Into Samsonova

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With some 50,000 in the middle to the {8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop, Huy Pham was facing a bet worth 38,000 by Natalia Samsonova and he then moved all-in for 86,000 total. Samsonova went deep into the tank with the slightly covering stack and eventually opted to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Didrik Mantor no
Didrik Mantor
365,000
132,500
132,500
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
275,000
-10,000
-10,000
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
210,000
5,000
5,000
Huy Pham vn
Huy Pham
170,000
132,500
132,500
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
110,000
-81,500
-81,500
Natalia Samsonova ua
Natalia Samsonova
74,500
14,500
14,500

Tags: Huy PhamNatalia Samsonova

Kempe Wasn't Folding

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Rainer Kempe opened to 4,500 in the hijack and Harpreet Gill just called from the small blind. Dylan Lambert re-raised to 21,500 from the big blind and Kempe responded with a four-bet to 49,500.

Gill frustratingly pushed his cards to the muck and Lambert took some time but ultimately did the same.

"I wanted to go all-in first," Gill said afterward.

"I wasn't folding," was Kempe's response.

Player Chips Progress
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
186,000
59,500
59,500
Dylan LAmbert li
Dylan LAmbert
132,000
57,000
57,000

Tags: Dylan LambertHarpreet GillRainer Kempe

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
485,000
155,000
155,000
Hassan Fares fr
Hassan Fares
445,000
30,000
30,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
320,000
Ferenc Deak hu
Ferenc Deak
290,000
25,000
25,000
Kamel Atoui fr
Kamel Atoui
290,000
30,000
30,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
275,000
65,000
65,000
Aylar Lie no
Aylar Lie
230,000
67,000
67,000
Danut Chisu ro
Danut Chisu
210,000
-20,000
-20,000
David Lopez LLacer es
David Lopez LLacer
170,000
22,500
22,500
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
150,000
34,000
34,000
Alexander Tkatschew at
Alexander Tkatschew
150,000
43,000
43,000
Mehdi Chaoui ma
Mehdi Chaoui
150,000
-15,000
-15,000
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
130,000
35,000
35,000
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
90,000
-20,000
-20,000
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
90,000
-150,000
-150,000
Pavel Veksler ua
Pavel Veksler
80,000
10,000
10,000
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
55,000
-21,500
-21,500
Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
28,000
-10,000
-10,000
Volodymyr Drokin ua
Volodymyr Drokin
Busted