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

04-29-2023 17:20 UTC+2

Mrakes Gets It In

Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Michal Mrakes shoved for around 30,000 and Gilles Nigro looked him up from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and action was heads up.

Michal Mrakes: A♥5♦
Gilles Nigro: A♦A♣

The board ran out J♥4♣9♠7♥8♦ and the aces held to send Mrakes to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gilles Nigro	111,000 111,000	111,000
Michal Mrakes	Busted

Tags: Gilles Nigro Michal Mrakes

04-29-2023 17:17 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts and Late Entries

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Furman	188,000
Tom Orpaz	168,000 68,000	68,000
Alessandro Pichierri	163,400
Fabio Peluso	136,000
Harry Lodge	125,000 95,000	95,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	105,700 75,700	75,700
Pierre Calamusa	94,200 64,200	64,200
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	61,000 -21,000	-21,000
Davidi Kitai	30,000

Felipe Ketzer	30,000
Sylvain Loosli	24,000
Ana Marquez	15,300 -14,700	-14,700

04-29-2023 17:12 UTC+2

Tarantini Picks the Wrong Time to Bluff

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mauro Tarantini and Vlado Banicevic were heads-up in a pot with around 25,000 in the middle already. The board read J♣10♣6♣4♥ and Tarantini check-called a bet of 12,000 from Banicevic.

The 10♠ paired the board on the river and Tarantini decided to lead out with a bet of 15,500. Banicevic looked him up and Tarantini turned over K♥Q♣ for missed straight and flush draws. Banicevic held 8♣7♣ for a flush and raked in a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlado Banicevic	168,000 77,500	77,500
Mauro Tarantini	101,000

Tags: Vlado Banicevic Mauro Tarantini

04-29-2023 17:05 UTC+2

Knezevic Pressures Wisbrod

Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Srdan Knezevic limped in from early position before Barak Wisbrod raised to 3,500 from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Knezevic called to see a flop.

The flop was 8♠7♠2♣ and Knezevic bet 3,200. Wisbrod called and the turn was 3♠.

Knezevic fired another 3,200 at the turn and called when Wisbrod raised to 10,000. The river was 7♣ and Knezevic bet another 11,000 to force Wisbrod out of the pot with a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Srdan Knezevic	96,000
Barak Wisbrod	47,000

Tags: Barak Wisbrod Srdan Knezevic

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-29-2023 16:25 UTC+2

Break Time

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The players are going on their second 20-minute break and the field has grown to 750 entries with late registration still open for approximately four more hours. Day 1b will also be starting shortly at 6:00 p.m. local time and will have 20-minute levels.

04-29-2023 16:18 UTC+2

Josanu Finds a Double from Ripper

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There was a raise to 2,000 in early position and a player in middle position flat-called. Walter Ripper three-bet to 8,000 in the hijack and Ionut Josanu four-bet shoved all in for 21,400. The action folded back to Ripper who thought for a minute before making the call.

Ionut Josanu: A♠A♥
Walter Ripper: A♦10♥

The flop came 9♣7♦2♦ and Josanu was looking good for a double-up. The Q♦ on the turn gave Ripper a flush draw but the K♣ on the river bricked out as Josanu stayed alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut Josanu	48,000
Walter Ripper	43,500 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Ionut Josanu Walter Ripper

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Delfoco	26,500
Peter Larem	12,700

Tags: Francesco Delfoco Peter Larem

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.