€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 1b Started
€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 1b Started
Welcome to Day 1b of the €1,100 FPS Main Event, the second flight of the first tournament running as part of the PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®. The venue for this prestigious event is the stunning Sporting Monte-Carlo, where players can lap up the Mediterranean vibes while playing for top prizes that run into the hundreds of thousands.
Day 1a is already underway and PokerNews reporters are on the floor to bring you live updates as the tournament progresses. Day 1b, meanwhile, kicks off at at 6 p.m. local time. Late registration is open until midnight.
Players begin with 30,000 chips and blind levels start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Day 1b is slightly faster than 1a, with blind levels set at 30 minutes. There will be a 20 minute break every four levels until Level 14, at which point break times will be reduced to 15 minutes.
The most recent FPS Main Event was held at the EPT Paris, where Alan Goasdoue outlasted a field of 1,918 entries to take home €287,830. Venue limitations in Paris led to caps on the number of players who could enter, so the FPS Main Event in Monaco could well attract even larger numbers.
Date | Day | Time (IST) | Tournament |
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26-Apr | Wednesday | 1 p.m. | FPS Main Event Day 1a |
26-Apr | Wednesday | 6 p.m. | FPS Main Event Day 1b |
27-Apr | Thursday | 11 a.m. | FPS Main Event Day 1c |
27-Apr | Thursday | 6 p.m. | FPS Main Event Day 1d |
28-Apr | Friday | Noon | FPS Main Event Day 2 |
29-Apr | Saturday | Noon | FPS Main Event Day 3 |
30-Apr | Sunday | Noon | FPS Main Event Final Day |
Players may enter each flight a maximum of two times. The top 15 percent of players from each flight will advance to Day 2 and will be in the money.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates on Day 1b and the full FPS Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Day 1b of the FPS Main Event, running as part of the PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®, is now underway. Dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.
Elie Dib raised from the button, Thierry Aqua called in the small blind and Micah Bitton called in the big blind.
The flop came 5♦J♦4♥ and play checked to Bitton, who led out for 800. Dib called and Aqua folded. The turn was the 3♣ and Bitton bet out again, this time for 2,000. Dib called.
On the K♦ river, Bitton bet again for 3,500 and Dib once again called. Bitton flipped over 7♦9♦. His semi-bluff on the flop and turn paid off on the river. He made the flush and scooped the pot worth three streets of value.
Players are still taking their seats in Day 1b as tables start to fill.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Micah Bitton |
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Elie Dib |
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Joezer Tadger opened the action with a raise and was met by a three-bet from Yani Benitez, who made it 1,200. Tadger then four-bet to 2,500 and Benitez made the call.
Action slowed down on a flop of J♥5♥8♠, as both players checked it back. The turn was the 2♦. Tadger made it 2,900 and Benitez called.
The river was the 5♣ and both players checked again. Tadger showed A♠5♦. He'd picked up a pair of fives on the flop and made trips on the river.
"I thought you were gonna bet," said Tadger.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joezer Tadger |
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
Yani Benitez
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Gonzalo Serrano Ranero raised from middle position, Yani Benitez called and Joezer Tadger called in the big blind.
The flop came as wet as they get with J♥10♥Q♥. Tadger checked and Ranero made it 700 to call. Both other players called and action went to the turn.
The turn was the 7♣. Tadger checked again and Ranero bet out 2,000. Benitez raised to 6,500, Tadger got out of the way and Ranero called.
The river was the Q♣. Ranero checked, Benitez bet 6,000 and Ranero called. Benetiz showed 5♥6♥ for a flopped flush and scooped the pot, bringing himself back to well above the starting stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yani Benitez
|
37,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Gonzalo Serrano Ranero |
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
With stacks deep, it takes a serious hand, usually a cooler, to result in a bust this early on. That cooler came when Samuel Bifarella ran his pocket kings into Ivan Kalac's pocket aces.
Samuel Bifarella: KxKx
Ivan Kalac: A♥A♣
The board ran out 7♥10♣7♠2♠4♥ and Kalac's aces held. He doubled up and Bifarella was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ivan Kalac | 68,000 | |
Samuel Bifarella | Busted |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300