€2,200 FPS High Roller Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-29-2023 15:06 UTC+2

Brito Silva Doubles Through Nataf

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Patrick Nataf was seen counting out the chips to pay Pablo Brito Silva after a shove of 28,200.

Pablo Brito Silva: Q♠Q♣
Patrick Nataf: A♠K♥

The board ran out 4♥2♣9♦8♥2♥ and the pocket queens held to bring Brito Silva's stack back to life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Brito Silva	57,800 57,800	57,800
Patrick Nataf	43,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Pablo Brito Silva Patrick Nataf

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-29-2023 15:26 UTC+2

Chaoui Takes With Tens

Matt Hansen

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was heads up with a small pot and 7♥2♣7♦ on the board when Alexandre Moreau bet 2,500 and Mehdi Chaoui called.

The turn was 4♣ and Moreau fired another 3,000. Chaoui raised to 8,200 and Moreau called to see A♥ on the river.

Moreau bet another 4,000 on the river and Chaoui called while turning over 10x10x. Moreau flashed the losing hand and sent it into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Moreau	61,000
Mehdi Chaoui	49,000

Tags: Mehdi Chaoui Alexandre Moreau

04-29-2023 15:32 UTC+2

Vaskresenski Employs the Min-Check-Raise

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Maksim Vaskresenski opened to 1,200 in early position and was called by Daniele Sunzeri on the button. The flop came 6♥5♣3♣ and Vaskresenski continued with a bet of 1,200 which Sunzeri called.

The turn was the 4♠ and Vaskresenski checked this time. Sunzeri tossed in a bet of 2,300 and Vaskresenski check-raised to 4,600. Sunzeri called and the 9♥ completed the board.

Vaskresenski checked again and Sunzeri checked it back this time. Vaskresenski tabled Q♥Q♦ and Sunzeri was unable to beat it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Vaskresenski	57,000 17,500	17,500
Daniele Sunzeri	8,800

Tags: Daniele Sunzeri Maksim Vaskresenski

04-29-2023 15:40 UTC+2

Plenty of Action Leads to Naoun More than Doubling Up

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aurelien Russo started the action with a raise to 1,500 in early position. Samy Salah three-bet to 4,500 on his left and Leonardo Patacconi four-bet shoved all in for 10,600 in the hijack. Adel Naoun flat-called from the cutoff and Milos Skrbic made a tough laydown on the button. Aurelien also tanked for a bit before folding as well. Salah five-bet ripped all in and Naoun called off his stack of 27,600.

Leonardo Patacconi: 9♥9♣
Adel Naoun: A♠A♦
Samy Salah: A♣K♠

The board ran out Q♠10♣2♥7♥8♥ and Naoun's pocket aces held on for a double-up plus the elimination of Patacconi. Skrbic and Russo both claimed they folded pocket jacks after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adel Naoun	67,500
Samy Salah	32,000
Aurelien Russo	29,000
Leonardo Patacconi	Busted

Tags: Adel Naoun Aurelien Russo Leonardo Patacconi Milos Skrbic Samy Salah

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-29-2023 15:55 UTC+2

Barbero Shoves Into Dicchi's Aces

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Lucas Dicchi raised to 1,600 in middle position and was called by the small blind. Nacho Barbero reraised to 6,500 in the big blind and only Dicchi called.

The flop came K♣7♠2♦ and Barbero continued with a bet of 3,400. Dicchi called and the 10♠ landed on the turn. Barbero announced all in and Dicchi instantly called off his stack of 15,100.

Barbero flipped over K♥9♠ for top pair but it was no match for the A♥A♣ of Dicchi. The river was the 6♣ and Dicchi held on to double-up through Barbero.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Dicchi	52,000 52,000	52,000
Nacho Barbero	35,100 35,100	35,100

Tags: Lucas Dicchi Nacho Barbero

04-29-2023 15:56 UTC+2

Daoud Picks Up Aces

Matt Hansen

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Frederic Daoud was all in for around 25,000 and Tom Orpaz was the one to put him at risk.

Frederic Daoud: A♥A♠
Tom Orpaz: A♣Q♣

The board ran out 8♥2♣4♦3♦Q♦ and Daoud held on with aces to secure the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Orpaz	100,000 16,500	16,500
Frederic Daoud	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Frederic Daoud Tom Orpaz

04-29-2023 16:09 UTC+2

Karakas Flops Three Queens

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There was a raise to 1,600 in the hijack and it was called by the small blind. Erkan Karakas also tagged along from the big blind to see a flop of Q♥Q♣8♣. The action checked to the hijack who continued with a bet of 1,500. The small blind folded and Karakas check-raised to 4,500 which his opponent called.

The turn was the 9♦ and Karakas dropped in a bet of 30,000. His opponent mulled it over before calling off his stack of around 16,000. Karakas tabled K♠Q♠ while his opponent was left drawing slim with 10♠9♠. The river was the 2♥ and Karakas held on to send his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erkan Karakas	72,000

Tags: Erkan Karakas

04-29-2023 16:10 UTC+2

Aces vs. Kings

Matt Hansen

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Francesco Delfoco was all in for his last 12,000 and Peter Larem was the one to put him at risk from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and action was heads up.

Francesco Delfoco: A♦A♣
Peter Larem: K♥K♣

The board ran out 6♦5♠3♠8♦6♣ and the aces held to secure the double for Delfoco.