Hand-For-Hand
Hand-for-hand play is now underway with 64 players remaining and 63 advancing to Day 2.
Hand-for-hand play is now underway with 64 players remaining and 63 advancing to Day 2.
Peter Jorgne was all in and at risk on the stone money bubble against Maher Achour, who had him covered. As it turned out, both players had the same hand with Jorgne holding K♥9♥ and Achour holding K♦9♦ to result in a split pot.
At another table, Mathieu His was all in and at risk against Conor Beresford to his immediate right.
Mathieu His: A♦Q♥
Conor Beresford: 10♥10♠
His couldn't pull ahead in the flip as the board ran out J♠9♦3♣6♠5♠ as the room erupted in cheer as the money bubble burst.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Conor Beresford |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Maher Achour |
231,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Peter Jorgne |
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Mathieu His | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adrian Chabbi |
513,000
513,000
|
513,000 |
|
||
Leon Sturm |
438,000
378,000
|
378,000 |
Francois-Xavier Vincenti |
406,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
Rachid El Yaacoubi |
373,000
373,000
|
373,000 |
Jon Kyte |
339,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
|
||
Tomas Kolarik |
336,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
Ken Okada |
332,000
332,000
|
332,000 |
Dario Cannistra |
327,000
327,000
|
327,000 |
Conor Beresford |
314,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Mathias Bayer |
314,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
Yonatan Koko |
311,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
Vicente Delgado |
305,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Emanuele Montipilier |
294,000
294,000
|
294,000 |
Michael Bartov |
294,000
257,000
|
257,000 |
Andrew Chen |
292,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
Laurent Cessy |
288,000
288,000
|
288,000 |
Henri Kasper |
283,000
283,000
|
283,000 |
Frederic Breton |
277,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Ana Marquez |
270,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Antoine Saout |
269,000
269,000
|
269,000 |
Jorge Ufano Pardo |
263,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
Benjamin Spragg |
253,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
Maher Achour
|
241,000
241,000
|
241,000 |
Marec Boyer |
238,000
238,000
|
238,000 |
Domenico Gala |
236,000
236,000
|
236,000 |
An action-packed first flight of the €1,100 FPS Main Event as part of PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® wrapped up early Thursday morning as 63 players out of 420 entrants advanced to Day 2. Leading the pack is Spain's Adrian Chabbi with 513,000, while Germany's Leon Sturm and France's Francois Vincenti are not far behind with respective stacks of 438,000 and 406,000.
Also in the top 10 end-of-day chip counts are Norway's Jon Kyte (339,000) and the United Kingdom's Conor Beresford (314,000), who brought the day to an end when he eliminated Mathieu His on the stone money bubble.
RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Adrian Chabbi | Spain | 513,000 | 103 | |
2 | Leon Sturm | Germany | 438,000 | 88 | |
3 | Francois Vincenti | France | 406,000 | 81 | |
4 | Rachid El Yaacoubi | France | 373,000 | 75 | |
5 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 339,000 | 68 | |
6 | Tomas Kolarik | Czech Republic | 336,000 | 67 | |
7 | Ken Okada | Japan | 332,000 | 66 | |
8 | Dario Cannistra | Italy | 327,000 | 65 | |
9 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 314,000 | 63 | |
10 | Mathias Bayer | Germany | 314,000 | 63 |
Benjamin Spragg is also among the players who will return on Day 2 after the PokerStars ambassador bagged a decent stack of 253,000 worth 51 big blinds. Marle Spragg and fellow PokerStars pro Parker Talbot were both in the Day 1a field as well but neither was able to make it to bag-and-tag time.
Other notables who found bags include Tom Orpaz, Jason Wheeler, Jessica Teusl, Antoine Saout, Ana Marquez and Vicente Delgado, all of whom will return for Day 2 on April 28.
But there are still two more flights (not including the currently underway Day 1b) that will take place on April 27 and will follow similar structures to today's flights. Day 1c will kick off at 11 a.m. local time, while the turbo Day 1d will get underway at 6 p.m.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here on the Monaco coast and will be back tomorrow to provide updates on the FPS action.
€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 1a Completed