€10,200 Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-26-2023 20:10 UTC+2

Jiang Gets Paid on the River

Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sosia Jiang raised to 2,500 in early position and Jean-Noel Thorel defended from the big blind. The flop fell A♣10♠2♥ and Thorel check-called a bet of 2,000 from Jiang.

The 10♦ paired the board on the turn and both players checked to the 4♣ on the river. Thorel checked once more and Jiang tossed in a bet of 6,000. Thorel called and Jiang turned over A♥9♠ for the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sosia Jiang	1,315,000 1,215,000	1,215,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	64,000 -36,000	-36,000

Tags: Jean-Noel Thorel Sosia Jiang

04-26-2023 20:23 UTC+2

Premium Hands for Everyone

Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Paul Newey opened to 2,500 in early position and Ossi Ketola three-bet to 7,000 on his left. Felipe Ketzer was in the small blind and shoved all in for 58,500. Kayhan Mokri pushed all in for 114,500 in the big blind which put Newey in the tank. After using his last three time extensions, Newey called off his stack of 111,500 and Ketola got out of the way.

Felipe Ketzer: K♠K♣
Paul Newey: A♥K♥
Kayhan Mokri: Q♥Q♦

The flop came Q♣10♠2♣ and Mokri took the lead with a set of queens. The turn brought the J♥ and Newey made a straight to take over the pole position. However, the 2♥ paired the board on the river and Mokri improved to a full house to eliminate both of his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	295,000 195,000	195,000
Felipe Ketzer	Busted
Paul Newey	Busted

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Kayhan Mokri Ossi Ketola Paul Newey

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

04-26-2023 20:34 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts and New Entries

Adam Lamers

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	259,000 132,000	132,000

Guram Andronikashvili	204,000 104,000	104,000
Bruno Fitoussi	154,000 54,000	54,000
Sirzat Hissou	147,000 47,000	47,000
Sam Grafton	107,000 7,000	7,000

Dimitar Danchev	100,000

Nick Petrangelo	100,000
Felipe Ketzer	100,000 100,000	100,000
Paul Newey	100,000 100,000	100,000
Adrian Mateos	85,000 -15,000	-15,000

Timothy Adams	80,000 6,500	6,500
Pedro Marques	76,000
Andrew Chen	Busted

04-26-2023 20:52 UTC+2

Boika Shoves on Vieira

Adam Lamers

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Joao Vieira and Aliaksei Boika were heads-up in a pot with just under 50,000 in the middle. The flop came Q♥9♦7♥ and Vieira checked from the cutoff. Boika announced a bet of 12,000 on the button and Vieira called.

The 10♠ landed on the turn and Vieira checked again. Boika moved all in for 45,000 and Vieira asked for a count before dipping into the tank. After using two of his time extensions, Vieira finally mucked and Boika collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	223,000 -36,000	-36,000

Aliaksei Boika	117,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Aliaksei Boika

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

04-26-2023 21:05 UTC+2

Dimov Pips Dvoress to Double Up

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Daniel Dvoress opened to 3,500 under the gun and Ognyan Dimov reraised to 7,500 in the cutoff. Sirzat Hissou flat-called from the big blind and Dvoress four-bet shoved all in. Dimov called off his stack of 35,000 and Hissou stepped aside.

Ognyan Dimov: 10♠10♣
Daniel Dvoress: 9♠9♥

Dimov held the better of the two pocket pairs and the board of A♥Q♠7♣A♣6♠ posed no threat as he doubled through Dvoress.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan Dimov	80,000 80,000	80,000

Daniel Dvoress	51,500 51,500	51,500

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Ognyan Dimov Sirzat Hissou

04-26-2023 21:16 UTC+2

Greenwood Leaves Kulev with Crumbs

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Sam Greenwood and Alex Kulev were heads-up in a pot with around 90,000 in the middle already. A completed board of J♠7♥4♣K♦7♣ was spread across the felt and Greenwood checked from the small blind.

Kulev announced all in from the cutoff and Greenwood never hesitated before calling off his stack of 60,000. Kulev turned over K♣J♦ for top two but Greenwood held 4♠4♥ for a full house to double up. Kulev was left with just 1,500 after the hand but headed to the registration line shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	213,000 113,000	113,000
Alex Kulev	Busted

Tags: Alex Kulev Sam Greenwood

04-26-2023 21:20 UTC+2

Ketzer Sends Chaoui to the Rail

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel was in the big blind but was unaware and threw his cards to the muck. With some dead chips in the pot, Felipe Ketzer raised to 4,000 from the cutoff. Nick Petrangelo called on the button and Mehdi Chaoui three-bet to 16,000 in the small blind. Ketzer four-bet shoved all in which got Petrangelo to fold but Chaoui called off his stack of around 75,000.

Mehdi Chaoui: 9♥9♦
Felipe Ketzer: 10♥10♣

The flop of A♦8♠2♣ left Ketzer in the lead with his pair of tens. Chaoui found no help on the A♣, K♦ runout and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	204,000 104,000	104,000
Mehdi Chaoui	Busted

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Jean-Noel Thorel Mehdi Chaoui Nick Petrangelo

04-26-2023 21:21 UTC+2

Break Time

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The players are going on their one and only break of 20 minutes tonight. When they return, there will be four more levels before the bagging process begins.