Milos Petakovic raised from the button and Marco Regonaschi went all in from the big blind for around six big blinds. Petakovic called and players flipped their cards.
Marco Regonaschi: A♥2♣
Milos Petakovic: K♠J♦
The board came 6♥4♦3♥A♥8♠. Regonaschi paired his aces to double up.
After several rounds of hand for hand that resulted in double ups for the short stacked players, Uri Netanel raised from under the gun, Moritz Bleiker called and Francesco Zappala moved all in from middle position for 25,000. He was called by Tahar Said, Netanel and Bleiker.
The flop came 6♥5♠10♠ and all three players checked, clearly looking to cooperate on the bubble. The turn was the 10♦ and players checked. The river was the A♣ and once again players checked it back.
After a pause while the other tables finished up, the hand was announced and players flipped their cards.
Zappala showed A♦2♥ for a pair of aces. That would have been enough against two of his opponents, but Tahar Said flipped over A♠J♠ for a pair of aces with the jack kicker.
Zappala was eliminated on the bubble. The rest of the 71 remaining players bagged and tagged ready to come back for Day 2, when they will all be in the money.
Day 1d, the final starting flight of the €1,100 FPS Main Event, running as part of PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®, has now concluded.
Of the 473 entrants, 71 players made it through to join the rest of the pack for Day 2. Francesco Zappala busted on the bubble after shoving a short stack and losing out to Tahar Said, who had a pair of aces with a higher kicker.
At the conclusion of Day 1d, Milos Petakovic of Serbia bagged up 926,000 chips, putting him far out in front as the chip leader across all flights.
Dalibor Dula was second in chips with 557,000 and Lucas Silva Rocha bagged the third place stack. Simone Demasi finished the flight in fourth and Moritz Bleiker rounds out the top five.
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Milos Petakovic
Serbia
926,000
185
2
Dalibor Dula
Czech Republic
557,000
111
3
Lucas Silva Rocha
Brazil
544,000
108
4
Simone Demasi
Italy
524,000
104
5
Moritz Bleiker
Switzerland
522,000
104
6
Ken Demlakian
Australia
506,000
101
7
Arnaud Enselme
France
500,000
100
8
Alfonso Simone
Italy
432,000
86
9
Samiyel Duzgun
Switzerland
385,000
77
10
Joshua Zimmerman
Hong Kong
371,000
74
There were 2,138 entries across all four starting flights, making for a prize pool of €2,052,480. A total of 321 players made it through to Day 2 and they have all made the money.
Those who made it through Day 1d will join Day 1a chip leader Adrian Chabbi, Day 1b chip leader Recep Aydemir, and Day 1c chip leader Inigo Naveiro. Other notables who made it through earlier flights include Maria Konnikova, 2023 PSPC champion Aliaksandr Shylko, Dinesh Alt and Boris Kolev, among others.
Boris Kolev
Day 2 kicks off at noon local time. Blinds will start at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante, and payouts will be announced at the start of the day.
Stay tuned to for live updates as the PokerNews live reporting team follow the action for Day 2 and beyond.
