€1,100 FPS Main Event Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-28-2023 17:42 UTC+2

Spragg Hits Quads in Preflop All-In Situation

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Peter Charalambous was sitting middle position and made the raise to 32,000. PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg was one seat over in the cutoff and he put in the three-bet to an even 100,000. The action folded back to Charalambous who made the four-bet shove. It covered Spragg's stack of around 430,000, who quickly made the call.

Benjamin Spragg: Q♣Q♠
Peter Charalambous: A♣K♦

It was a classic preflop flip for the two players, which was almost definitively decided in Spragg's favor when the flop came A♠Q♦Q♥. Quads for ''Spraggy'' meant that Charalambous had to catch running aces to win the pot.

The turn A♥ brought one of them for a tiny sweat, but Spragg faded the one-outer when the 3♠ river hit.

''We were always gonna get it in, weren't we?'' commented Charalambous while counting out the exact chips necessary to pay off Spragg.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Spragg	900,000 500,000	500,000

Peter Charalambous	115,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Peter Charalambous

04-28-2023 17:37 UTC+2

Facquet Scratches to Double Martinelli

Connor Richards

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Corrado Martinelli was all in and at risk against billiards professional Vincent Facquet.

Corrado Martinelli: K♣K♦
Vincent Facquet: 9♥9♣

Facquet couldn't hit a nine-ball as the board ran out 3♣8♠10♣J♠8♣ to earn Martinelli the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corrado Martinelli	430,000 313,000	313,000
Vincent Facquet	415,000 -425,000	-425,000

Tags: Vincent Facquet Corrado Martinelli

04-28-2023 17:27 UTC+2

Level 20 Bustouts (€2,880)

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Martin	Busted
Alessandro Siena	Busted
Adel Naoun	Busted
Patrick Lidon	Busted
Mickael Robalo	Busted
Oleh Okhotskyi	Busted
Ido Aboudi	Busted
Cyril Piet	Busted
Adrian Chabbi	Busted

Danut Chisu	Busted
Stephane Narboni	Busted
Emanuele Montipilier	Busted
Andrea Montrone	Busted
Salvatore Spataro	Busted
Ilya Nikiforov	Busted
Rachid Medjahdi	Busted
Henri Kasper	Busted
Yonatan Koko	Busted
Samiyel Duzgun	Busted
Alexandru Papazian	Busted
Jari Mahonen	Busted
Arseniy Meshcheryakov	Busted

04-28-2023 17:23 UTC+2

Roth Check-Jams On Karakousis

Andrew Knowles

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The action folded to Georgios Karakousis on the button who opened for 33,000 and only Matthias Roth made the call in the big blind.

The dealer fanned out a flop of 8♠6♥6♠ and both players checked their options to the K♣ turn. Roth checked a second time and Karakousis bet out 20,000, leaving 35,000 behind. Roth moved all in with the bigger stack and Karakousis quickly mucked his cards.

On the next hand Karakousis hit the rail when he couldn't spin up his short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Roth	870,000 757,000	757,000
Georgios Karakousis	Busted

Tags: Georgios Karakousis Matthias Roth

04-28-2023 17:22 UTC+2

Four-Bet Brings Results for Badel

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The action folded to Serge Badel in the cutoff, who made it 32,000 to go. Lukas Hafner was his neighbor on the button and he reraised to 95,000. Tomas Patka was in the big blind and mulled over his options, but eventually folded.

Badel slowly gathered some T-25,000 chips and slid them forward, for a four-bet worth 220,000. Hafner did not deem his hand good enough to put in the extra money and he let it go. Hafner requested his opponent to ''show the bluff," but Badel threw his cards into the muck, murmuring ''No bluff."

Player	Chips	Progress
Serge Badel	850,000 485,000	485,000
Lukas Hafner	720,000 607,000	607,000

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

04-28-2023 16:41 UTC+2

Break Time

Andrew Knowles

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 121 players are now on another 20-minute break. The action will resume shortly.

04-28-2023 16:40 UTC+2

Petti Binks Spade to Eliminate Stefanov

Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In a heads-up pot on a flop of 8♠8xQ♠, Milen Stefanov was all in and at risk against the bigger-stacked Giuseppe Petti.

Milen Stefanov: J♣8♣
Giuseppe Petti: A♠10♠

Stefanov was ahead with trips while Petti was looking to hit a spade. He was able to do so as the turn brought the 3♠ and the 4♦ river marked Stefanov's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Petti	800,000 625,000	625,000
Milen Stefanov	Busted

Tags: Giuseppe Petti Milen Stefanov

04-28-2023 16:32 UTC+2

Facquet Shoves On Guido

Andrew Knowles

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action was picked up in a heads-up pot with roughly 130,000 in the middle on a board showing K♠5♥2♦7♦.

Brice Guido bet out 165,000 from early position and Vincent Facquet shoved all in from the cutoff for just over the 580,000 effective stack of Guido, who went deep in the tank.

After almost a minute, Guido let his cards go and the pot was shipped to Facquet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Facquet	840,000 40,000	40,000
Brice Guido	580,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Brice Guido Vincent Facquet

04-28-2023 16:16 UTC+2

Bartov the Magnificent Falls to Rocha

Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Michael Bartov was all in and at risk against the bigger-stacked Lucas Silva Rocha across the table.

Michael Bartov: A♣K♣
Lucas Silva Rocha: K♥Q♠

Bartov had his opponent dominated, but that was little consolation as the flop landed 3♣Q♦9♠ to pair Rocha's queen. Nothing changed on the 7♥3♥ runout to mark Bartov's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Silva Rocha	210,000 -334,000	-334,000
Michael Bartov	Busted

Tags: Lucas Silva Rocha Michael Bartov