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

04-29-2023 22:33 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Yiannis Liperis	387,000 155,000	155,000

Georgios Karakousis	357,000
Tom Orpaz	311,500 143,500	143,500
Domenico Gala	292,000 220,000	220,000
Wei Jie Zheng	289,000
Denis Malyshev	267,000 77,200	77,200
Gilles Nigro	263,000 78,500	78,500
Tudor Lazar	243,500
Takumi Odani	228,000 39,000	39,000
Harry Lodge	216,000 24,500	24,500
Tsugunari Toma	211,000 48,900	48,900
Martin Jacobson	189,000 132,500	132,500
Dominik Nitsche	176,500 92,500	92,500

Lipp Finds a Double

Matt Hansen

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Matthias Lipp shoved from under the gun with his last 16,500 and Weiran Pu looked him up from the button. The blinds got out of the way and action was heads up with Lipp at risk.

Matthias Lipp: A♣K♠
Weiran Pu: K♣Q♥

The board ran out 3♣A♦J♠Q♣6♥ and Lipp flopped a pair of aces to secure the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weiran Pu	54,500
Matthias Lipp	38,000

Tags: Matthias Lipp Weiran Pu

04-29-2023 22:15 UTC+2

Martinez Drops Two in a Row

Adam Lamers

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Fabrice Maltez and Sergi Martinez were heads-up in a three-bet pot and the dealer fanned the flop of K♦7♦2♠. Both players checked and the K♠ landed on the turn. Maltez led out with a bet of 10,000 and Martinez just called.

The river was the 3♣ and Maltez slid out a bet of 55,000. Martinez thought for a moment but eventually folded his J♠J♦. Maltez let him choose one card and Martinez was happy to see the K♥ revealed.

On the next hand, Martinez opened to 4,000 and Vlado Banicevic reraised to 12,000 on his left. The action folded back to Martinez who called to see a flop of A♣Q♣Q♦.

Martinez checked to Banicevic who bet 6,000 and Martinez check-raised to 18,000. Banicevic called and the 9♠ rolled off on the turn. Martinez counted out a bet of 35,000 and Banicevic pushed all in for 126,000. Martinez went into the tank for around three minutes but eventually decided to fold once again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Maltez	304,500 41,500	41,500
Vlado Banicevic	226,000 -1,700	-1,700
Sergi Martinez	77,500 49,500	49,500

Tags: Fabrice Maltez Sergi Martinez Vlado Banicevic

04-29-2023 22:02 UTC+2

Chaoui Making Big Moves

Matt Hansen

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Roman Hrabec raised to 4,500 from the small blind before Mehdi Chaoui made it 20,000 from the big blind. Hrabec called and action was heads up.

The flop was 3♥7♣10♠ and Hrabec checked. Chaoui thought for a few moments before he tossed out 23,000 to force the fold and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Chaoui	224,000 175,000	175,000
Roman Hrabec	145,000

Tags: Mehdi Chaoui Roman Hrabec

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

04-29-2023 21:48 UTC+2

Jacobson Jams the River

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Azim Orunov opened to 3,000 in middle position and Martin Jacobson called from the cutoff. The flop came Q♣9♦2♣ and Orunov continued with a bet of 3,000 which Jacobson called.

The turn brought the Q♥ and Orunov checked this time. Jacobson fired out a bet of 6,000 and Orunov stuck around for the 8♦ on the river. Orunov checked once more and Jacobson jammed all in for 28,500. Orunov went into the tank for a couple of minutes but eventually relinquished his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Azim Orunov	61,500
Martin Jacobson	56,500

Tags: Martin Jacobson Azim Orunov

04-29-2023 21:44 UTC+2

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Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

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04-29-2023 21:32 UTC+2

Spraggy Bets the River

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Aurelien Russo raised to 3,000 from early position and Benjamin Spragg was the lone caller in the big blind.

The flop was 5♣10♦5♥ and Spragg check-called a bet of 1,500 from Russo. The turn came 6♥ and both players checked.

Spragg fired 4,000 on the 9♣ river and turned over K♠J♠ when Russo called. Russo turned over Q♥9♥ to take the pot with a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Spragg	102,000 42,500	42,500

Aurelien Russo	35,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Aurelien Russo

04-29-2023 21:31 UTC+2

Mustafov Doubles Through Teusl

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The action folded to Jessica Teusl on the button who made it 3,500 to go. Fahredin Mustafov ripped all in for 27,000 in the small blind and Teusl instantly called to put Mustafov at risk.

Fahredin Mustafov: A♦8♥
Jessica Teusl: 7♣7♦

The flop came J♦10♦6♦ and Mustafov picked up the best flush draw to go with his two over cards. The K♦ on the turn gave Mustafov his flush and Teusl was drawing dead to the 8♠ on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Teusl	65,000 -35,000	-35,000
Fahredin Mustafov	57,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Jessica Teusl

04-29-2023 21:25 UTC+2

PN Podcast: Guest Patrik Antonius Talks EPT, WSOP & Record Hand Against Eric Persson

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

On the latest PokerNews Podcast episode, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen give updates on the PokerNews Cup on Global Poker, as well as the Matt Berkey vs. Nik Airball grudge match. Additionally, they discuss Nate Silver being out at 538, Patrick Leonard going back-to-back in the PartyPoker Sunday Party, and poker players having their fines dismissed from the Watauga Social Poker Club raid.

As for Connor, he chats with the legendary Patrik Antonius, who shares his plans for both the PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® and 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), what it was like to capture his first Triton High Roller title, and of course, winning the largest pot ever broadcast on a US Live Stream. The new WSOP Thrill Team Ambassador also shares his thoughts on the current state of online poker. Don't miss your chance to hear from the Finnish poker legend!

Finally, Chad is headed down to Florida for the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown from April 28-May 2; while Jesse will head down to PokerGO Studio for the High Stakes Poker Live Stream.

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