€1,100 FPS Main Event Day 1b | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-26-2023 20:28 UTC+1

Pihela's Pocket Fives Hold Up and Mazza Eliminated

Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Sylvain Mazza raised to 1,200 from middle position and Igor Pihela called. Georgi Abuladze reraised to 2,500 and picked up two more callers.

When action got back around to Mazza, he shoved all in. Pihela also moved all in. The others vacated the pot to leave just two players, with Mazza at risk.

Sylvain Mazza: A♠Q♥
Igor Pihela: 5♥5♠

The board ran out 7♠6♠K♦9♥8♣ and Pihela's pocket fives held. Mazza was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Pihela	62,000 62,000	62,000
Sylvain Mazza	Busted

Tags: Georgi Abuladze Igor Pihela Sylvain Mazza

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-26-2023 20:45 UTC+1

Tadger Doubles His Short Stack

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Deborah Nizard raised from middle position and Joezer Tadger moved all in for around 7,000 chips. Nizard made the call and two players flipped their cards, with Tadger the player at risk.

Joezer Tadger: A♠J♥
Deborah Nizard: A♣6♣

Neither player improved when the board ran out K♠3♦8♣7♥2♥ and so Tadger held with his ace high and jack kicker. He doubled up and survived to see more hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Deborah Nizard	20,000 5,000	5,000
Joezer Tadger	19,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Deborah Nizard Joezer Tadger

04-26-2023 20:55 UTC+1

Allouche Wins One With Pocket Sixes

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Guy Allouche made a large opening raise to 4,500 from early position. He was called by Emmanuel Rouvet on the button.

The flop came J♣2♣8♠, Allouche bet 5,500 and Rouvet called.

At this point, action slowed down considerably. The turn came the 8♥ and both players checked. The river was the 3♥ and both players checked back again.

Allouche showed 6♥6♣ for a pocket pair and Rouvet said, "You're good" and mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emmanuel Rouvet	54,000 54,000	54,000
Guy Allouche	41,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Emmanuel Rouvet Guy Allouche

04-26-2023 21:06 UTC+1

Players Head for Second Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players in Day 1b of the FPS Main Event are heading for their second break of the day. There are now 127 players remaining out of 190 entrants and there's still a couple more hours of late registration to go. When action resumes, blinds will be on 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante.

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-26-2023 21:42 UTC+1

Scafini Chips Up to More Than 100,000

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Matt Warburton

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

Ivan Kalac raised from late position and was called by Lucas Scafini on the button.

The flop came 5♠6♥7♥, Kalac checked and Scafini bet. Kalac made the call and the turn came the 8♠. Kalac checked again and Scafini bet 10,000, which Kalac once again called. The river was the 10♥ and both players checked.

Kalac showed 7♣8♣ for two pair and Scafini showed Q♣4♣ for the low end of the straight. With that, Scafini continued to chip up and brought his total stack to well above 100,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Scafini	112,000 112,000	112,000
Ivan Kalac	39,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Ivan Kalac Lucas Scafini

04-26-2023 21:56 UTC+1

Whitlow Makes Full House to Eliminate Waki

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Matt Warburton

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

Fabio Peluso open raised to 2,200 from early position. Yasuhiro Waki called, as did Judy Whitlow in the small blind and Paul Daragon in the big blind.

The flop came 9♣Q♠7♥ and Judy Whitlow led out for 3,000. Daragon folded and the preflop aggressor, Peluso, raised to 8,500. Waki called, as did Whitlow.

The turn was the 6♦ and action folded around to Peluso, who bet out 5,000. Waki then moved all in for a touch over 30,000 chips. Whitlow announced her call and Peluso got out of the way. Players flipped their cards, with Waki at risk.

Yasuhiro Waki: Q♣10♠
Judy Whitlow: 7♠7♦

Waki had top pair and Whitlow had a set of sevens. The river came the 6♣ to further improve Whitlow's hand, giving her the better full house with sevens full. She chipped up to over 100,000 and Waki was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Judy Whitlow	115,000 115,000	115,000
Yasuhiro Waki	Busted

Tags: Fabio Peluso Judy Whitlow Paul Daragon Yasuhiro Waki

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

04-26-2023 22:11 UTC+1

Noja Busted By Ranero

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Matt Warburton

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Gonzalo Serrano Ranero raised from late position to 2,400 and Danielle Noja pushed all in with a short stack of around 10,000 chips. Ranero immediately made the call and players flipped over their cards.

Danielle Noja: 8♦10♦
Gonzalo Serrano Ranero: A♥5♣

The board ran out 5♦5♥6♦J♠6♠. Ranero flopped trips and Noja had a flush draw on the flop. He failed to improve and Ranero held up. Noja was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gonzalo Serrano Ranero	58,000 36,000	36,000
Danielle Noja	Busted

Tags: Danielle Noja Gonzalo Serrano Ranero