€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
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
321
Players Left
55
Thiemer Bags Top Stack In Day 2 of €1,100 FPS Main Event
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The €1,100 France Poker Series (FPS) Main Event as part of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ continued today at Sporting Monte-Carlo on the French Riviera and after eight hours of play on Day 2, the returning field of 321 was whittled down to only 55 remaining contenders.
All players who returned today were automatically in the money and received a piece of the enormous €2,052,480 prize pool. Each player received a minimum of €1,650, although the big payouts are yet to come and will be decided over the next two days of play.
Germany's Frederik Thiemer bagged the chip lead with 2,760,000 heading into Day 3 and will look to continue his run as he eyes the €307,160 top prize. He’s followed by Stefan Dimitrov (2,675,000) and Ewen Trevidy (2,345,000) to round out the top three.
€1,100 France Poker Series Main Event Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederik Thiemer | Germany | 2,760,000 | 69 |
| 2 | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 2,675,000 | 67 |
| 3 | Ewen Trevidy | France | 2,345,000 | 59 |
| 4 | Rubens Sellam | France | 2,325,000 | 58 |
| 5 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 2,260,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Jason Wheeler | USA | 2,250,000 | 56 |
| 7 | Matthias Roth | Switzerland | 1,950,000 | 49 |
| 8 | Renat Bohdanov | Ukraine | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| 9 | Djamel Ouaret | France | 1,800,000 | 45 |
| 10 | Alessio Di Cesare | Italy | 1,765,000 | 44 |
Day 2 Action
The action got off to a hot start with more than 100 players being eliminated in the first level of play. UK’s Andrew Hulme was one of the early casualties as his pocket nines fell short to the kings of Ignacio Puebla Alija.
Soon after, Michal Mrakes found the exit when he flopped top pair with jack-ten but was up against the better kicker of Abedel Douair, who held ace-ten, and couldn’t find improvement.
Julien Sitbon was the story of the day when he was down to a single T-1,000 chip and managed to climb his way back to more than ten big blinds. Unfortunately, he couldn’t continue the comeback and was sent to the payout desk in 237th place.
Still in contention at the end of the day was PokerStars ambassador Benjamin Spragg who bagged an impressive stack of 1,580,000, good for 40 big blinds. "Spraggy," who is generally an online Twitch streamer on PokerStars will have his eyes set on the top prize to add to his over $200,000 in live tournament earnings.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (EUR) | Place | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €307,160 | 10-11 | €21,860 |
| 2 | €191,940 | 12-13 | €18,210 |
| 3 | €137,100 | 14-15 | €15,180 |
| 4 | €105,460 | 16-17 | €12,640 |
| 5 | €81,130 | 18-20 | €10,520 |
| 6 | €62,410 | 21-23 | €8,850 |
| 7 | €48,010 | 24-27 | €7,700 |
| 8 | €36,940 | 28-31 | €6,680 |
| 9 | €28,420 | 32-39 | €5,820 |
| 40-55 | €5,050 |
The 55 remaining players will return for Day 3 tomorrow, Saturday, April 29th at noon local time. Play will resume in Level 25 with blinds at 20,000/40,000 and a 40,000 big blind ante and continue until the field has shrunk down to the final table.
A champion will be crowned on Sunday, and final table action will be streamed on the PokerStars YouTube and Twitch channels.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews team continues to bring you updates throughout the tournament, along with updates from other events at EPT Monte Carlo.
Day 3 Seat Draw
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Recep Aydemir | Turkey | 484,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 2 | Karim Kaladjou | France | 1,000,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 3 | Ewen Trevidy | France | 2,345,000 | 59 |
| 1 | 4 | Inigo Naveiro | Spain | 1,175,000 | 29 |
| 1 | 5 | Ionut Decher | Romania | 660,000 | 17 |
| 1 | 6 | Clement Thumy | France | 345,000 | 9 |
| 1 | 7 | Djamel Ouaret | France | 1,800,000 | 45 |
| 1 | 8 | Andreas Vlachos | Greece | 1,605,000 | 40 |
| 2 | 1 | Thierry Kuhn-Foret | France | 1,065,000 | 27 |
| 2 | 2 | Alexey Losev | Russia | 165,000 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | Johann Greboval | France | 220,000 | 6 |
| 2 | 4 | Masaaki Izushima | Japan | 1,005,000 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 2,675,000 | 67 |
| 2 | 6 | Jason Wheeler | USA | 2,250,000 | 56 |
| 2 | 7 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 2,260,000 | 57 |
| 2 | 8 | Dmitry Shchepkin | Russia | 335,000 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | Simon Bouaksa | France | 345,000 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | Richard Heveli | Hungary | 1,080,000 | 27 |
| 3 | 3 | Corrado Martinelli | Italy | 575,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 4 | Tomas Patka | Slovakia | 1,575,000 | 39 |
| 3 | 5 | Rubens Sellam | France | 2,325,000 | 58 |
| 3 | 6 | Quentin Laugt | France | 1,520,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 7 | Atanas Malinov | Bulgaria | 1,670,000 | 42 |
| 3 | 8 | Otto Lemke | Germany | 455,000 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | Biao Ding | China | 135,000 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Anatoly Chen | Russia | 1,675,000 | 42 |
| 4 | 3 | Stylianos Kollatos | Greece | 355,000 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | Brice Guido | France | 260,000 | 7 |
| 4 | 5 | Maher Achour | Tunisia | 1,720,000 | 43 |
| 4 | 6 | Giuseppe Petti | Italy | 1,120,000 | 28 |
| 4 | 7 | Alija Puebla | Spain | 1,310,000 | 33 |
| 4 | 8 | Alessio Di Cesare | Italy | 1,765,000 | 44 |
| 5 | 1 | Samuel Ju | Germany | 1,330,000 | 33 |
| 5 | 2 | Braz Borges | Portugal | 850,000 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | Renat Bohdanov | Ukraine | 1,900,000 | 48 |
| 5 | 4 | Carl Costa | France | 445,000 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | Serge Badel | Switzerland | 235,000 | 6 |
| 5 | 6 | Milos Petakovic | Serbia | 1,220,000 | 31 |
| 5 | 7 | Aram Sargsyan | Armenia | 1,565,000 | 39 |
| 5 | 8 | Jeremy Palvini | France | 750,000 | 19 |
| 6 | 1 | Matthias Roth | Switzerland | 1,950,000 | 49 |
| 6 | 2 | Frederik Thiemer | Germany | 2,760,000 | 69 |
| 6 | 3 | Georgi Abuladze | Estonia | 1,335,000 | 33 |
| 6 | 4 | Adel Rahou | France | 620,000 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | Benjamin Spragg | United Kingdom | 1,580,000 | 40 |
| 6 | 6 | Simone Demasi | Italy | 475,000 | 12 |
| 6 | 7 | Youcef Benzerfa | France | 1,050,000 | 26 |
| 6 | 8 | Angelo Sisto | Italy | 175,000 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | Lewis Pilkington | United Kingdom | 800,000 | 20 |
| 7 | 2 | Ken Okada | Japan | 1,290,000 | 32 |
| 7 | 4 | Alfonso Simone | Italy | 1,130,000 | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | Maksym Mamon | Switzerland | 610,000 | 15 |
| 7 | 6 | Hicham Hachoumi | France | 920,000 | 23 |
| 7 | 7 | Omar Del Pino | Spain | 415,000 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Umberto Zaffagnini | Italy | 1,025,000 | 26 |
End Of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,760,000 | 260,000 |
|
2,675,000 | 1,765,000 |
|
2,345,000 | 1,385,000 |
|
2,325,000 | -75,000 |
|
2,260,000 | 60,000 |
|
2,250,000 | 100,000 |
|
1,950,000 | 800,000 |
|
1,900,000 | 550,000 |
|
1,800,000 | 800,000 |
|
1,765,000 | -235,000 |
|
1,720,000 | 1,720,000 |
|
1,675,000 | 1,337,000 |
|
1,670,000 | 1,445,000 |
|
1,605,000 | 1,485,000 |
|
1,580,000 | |
|
1,575,000 | 917,000 |
|
1,565,000 | 765,000 |
|
1,520,000 | 1,080,000 |
|
1,335,000 | 365,000 |
|
1,330,000 | 30,000 |
|
1,310,000 | 1,066,000 |
|
1,290,000 | 958,000 |
|
1,220,000 | -480,000 |
|
1,175,000 | 35,000 |
|
1,130,000 | -70,000 |
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Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Spragg's Psychological Warfare Bears Fruit
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
''It'd be sad to bust the last hand,'' Benjamin Spragg exclaimed before he raised it to 65,000 from under the gun. Everyone agreed but button Alexey Losev, who dared to make a call.
The flop fell 7♠3♠2♦ and Spragg pushed all in for Losev's last remaining 165,000. Losev chose to save his final four big blinds for tomorrow as he folded his Q♥10♥ face-up. Spragg returned the favor and showed the table the overpair of 9♣9♦.
With that, Day 2 has reached its conclusion with all tables starting the bagging and tagging process. Stay tuned for a complete chip count and a recap of the entire day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,580,000 | 680,000 |
|
165,000 | -264,000 |
Kaladjou Gets Paid With Broadway
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Hicham Hachoumi raised from the cutoff and Karim Kaladjou called on the button to get things heads-up.
Hachoumi checked on the 10♥3♥K♣ flop and Kaladjou checked back. Hachoumi then bet 65,000 on the 4♥ turn and Kaladjou called. Hachoumi checked on the Q♣ river and Kaladjou bet 130,000. Hachoumi called, only to muck when his opponent turned over A♠J♠ for rivered Broadway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000 | 914,000 |
|
|
800,000 | 300,000 |
Final Three Hands of Day 2
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The floor has announced that there are three more hands to be played today.
Some Big Stacks
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
2,400,000 | 800,000 |
|
|
2,200,000 | 2,055,000 |
|
|
2,150,000 | -250,000 |
|
|
2,000,000 | 1,260,000 |
Bodanov Busts Vlachos
Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Lampros Vlachos and Renat Bohdanov were heads-up on a flop of 5♦6♠4♠. Bohdanov put out a small continuation-bet and Vlachos responded by check-raising all in for his last 300,000. Bohdanov instantly called and their cards were revealed.
Lampros Vlachos: 7♥6♦
Renat Bohdanov: A♥6♥
Both players had the same pair, with Bohdanov having the better kicker, but Vlachos had outs to a straight. Two face cards completed the board, however, with the K♥ turn and Q♣ river Bohdanov's pair held up and Vlachos had to leave the tournament area in the late stages of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000 | -350,000 |
|
|
Busted |