€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€2,052,480
Entries
2,138
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
991
Players Left
149
Naveiro, Sellam Bag Big as 149 Advance After Day 1c in €1,100 FPS Main Event
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Another flight of the €1,100 FPS Main Event as part of PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® wrapped up early Friday morning as Day 1c came to an end. The day began with 991 runners, making it the biggest by far of the four flights, and saw 149 advancing after the elimination Adrian-Remus Constantin, whose king-jack couldn't hold up against the queen-ten of Lampros Vlachos.
The four starting flights drew 2,138 players for a total prize pool of €2,052,480. Andre von Ins was close to bubbling when his pocket sevens were in bad shape against the tens of Jean-David Bensemhoun, but a flopped full house meant the Swiss player would advance with the others to Day 2.
Spain's Inigo Naveiro bagged the Day 1c chip lead with a stack of 684,000 and is followed closely by France's Rubens Sellam (503,000) and Yannick Galley (492,000), as well as Bulgaria's Stefan Dimitrov (478,000) and China's Biao Ding (470,000).
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inigo Naveiro | Spain | 684,000 | 137 | |
| 2 | Rubens Sellam | France | 503,000 | 101 | |
| 3 | Yannick Galley | France | 492,000 | 98 | |
| 4 | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 478,000 | 96 | |
| 5 | Biao Ding | China | 470,000 | 94 | |
| 6 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 457,000 | 91 | |
| 7 | Quentin Laugt | France | 442,000 | 88 | |
| 8 | Philippe Magnus | France | 437,000 | 87 | |
| 9 | Clement Michaud | France | 431,000 | 86 | |
| 10 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 431,000 | 86 |
There were plenty of notables in the Day 1c field who made it to bag-and-tag hour, including bestselling poker author Maria Konnikova, 2023 PSPC champion Aliaksandr Shylko and Kayhan Mokri, who just hours before finished 11th in €10,200 Mystery Bounty for €8,700.
Others who advanced to Day 2 include Gianluca Speranza, Danut Chisu, Leonardo Parmiggiani, Dinesh Alt and Boris Kolev. They will compete on Friday against Day 1a and 1b chip leaders Adrian Chabbi and Recep Aydemir and whoever bags the chip lead in Day 1d, as well as the rest of those who bagged.
Day 2 will see each of the players from the three starting flights returning at noon local time. Action will kick off on Level 16 with blinds of 2,000/5,000/5,000 and all players will be in the money. Payout information will be made available at the start of the day.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is ready to bring readers all the updates on Day 2 action here at EPT Monte Carlo in Monaco.
End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
684,000 | 684,000 |
|
503,000 | 3,000 |
|
492,000 | 492,000 |
|
478,000 | 342,000 |
|
470,000 | 20,000 |
|
457,000 | 457,000 |
|
442,000 | 442,000 |
|
437,000 | 437,000 |
|
431,000 | 387,000 |
|
431,000 | 31,000 |
|
429,000 | 239,000 |
|
419,000 | 419,000 |
|
414,000 | 344,000 |
|
411,000 | 411,000 |
|
410,000 | 410,000 |
|
397,000 | -3,000 |
|
387,000 | 387,000 |
|
360,000 | 360,000 |
|
359,000 | -141,000 |
|
357,000 | 22,000 |
|
354,000 | 354,000 |
|
354,000 | 219,000 |
|
345,000 | 345,000 |
|
|
341,000 | 341,000 |
|
330,000 | 140,000 |
Vlachos Spikes River to Eliminate Constantin on Money Bubble
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
There were three all-in-and-calls on the stone money bubble and the first was at Table 4 with Andre von Ins being at risk against Jean-David Bensemhoun.
Andre von Ins: 7♦7x
Jean-David Bensemhoun: 10♣10♥
Von Ins had the inferior pair, but that mattered little as the dealer put down the flop of 6♣6♥7♣ to give him a full house. The 6♠ turn created the possibility of the full house being counterfeited, but the safe Q♣ river secured his double to save him from elimination.
At Table 1, Adrian-Remus Constantin was at risk against Lampros Vlachos and the cards were flipped.
Lampros Vlachos: Q♠10♦
Adrian-Remus Constantin: K♣J♣
The flop landed 2♠K♠10♣ to give Constantin the lead with a pair of kings, but the A♠ turn increased Vlachos' outs with flush and straight draws. He hit them both as the dealer put down the J♠ to give Constantin a no-good two pair to mark his elimination on the money bubble.
The all-in at the third table was less climactic as both players held ace-king to result in a split pot.
Constantin's elimination marked the end of Day 1c as players bagged and tagged ahead of Day 2. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's events.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Hand-For-Hand Underway
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The floor as stopped the clock as hand-for-hand play begins with 150 players remaining and 149 advancing to Day 2.
Big Stacks as the Night Winds Down
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
500,000 | 305,000 |
|
|
450,000 | |
|
|
400,000 | 367,000 |
|
|
400,000 | |
|
|
350,000 |
Benedetto Check-Raises Claude
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Florent Claude opened to 12,000 on the button and Nicola Benedetto defended out of the big blind.
Benedetto checked on the flop of 5♦9♦A♥ and Claude continued for 10,000. Benedetto quickly check-raised to 26,000 and Claude laid it down without a fight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | |
|
|
55,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Dupu Loses Flip to Fall to Piet
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Paul Dupu was all in and at risk against the bigger-stacked Cyril Piet to his left.
Paul Dupu: AxKx
Cyril Piet: 8♠8♥
Dupu couldn't survive the flip as the board ran out 7♦6♦Q♣7♠5♦ to mark his elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | |
|
|
Busted |