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

04-30-2023 17:12 UTC+2

Mehal Makes the Wrong Call

Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Azzedine Mehal opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Samiyel Duzgun shoved his 415,000 stack in the middle from the button. It folded back to Mehal, who played just 10,000 less than his opponent.

He would spend the next several minutes in the tank with an agonized look on his face. After counting his stack and repeeking his cards, time was called by someone at the table. The countdown went down to the last three seconds and that is when Mehal made a hasty call.

Azzedine Mehal: 9♣9♥
Samiyel Duzgun: 10♦10♠

Mehal slammed his fist on the table and let out an expletive at the sight of the situation. He could not hit his two direct outs, nor made any other improvement to his hand on a board of 2♦7♣2♣Q♣A♥. The stacks were counted and he was confirmed to be eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samiyel Duzgun	880,000 69,000	69,000
Azzedine Mehal	Busted

Tags: Azzedine Mehal Samiyel Duzgun

04-30-2023 17:02 UTC+2

Czuczor Dominates Jiang

Adam Lamers

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Marton Czuczor raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Honglin Jiang shipped all in for around 300,000 in the big blind. Czuczor quickly called to put Jiang at risk and the cards were tabled.

Honglin Jiang: A♣10♣
Marton Czuczor: A♦J♥

The flop came J♣7♣4♦ and Czuczor moved even further ahead with a pair of jacks. The K♠ on the turn gave Jiang a straight draw but the 10♥ on the river was not going to cut it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marton Czuczor	1,525,000 425,000	425,000
Dan Djorno	1,380,000 599,000	599,000
Jeremie Zouari	675,000 559,000	559,000
Sergi Martinez	620,000 348,000	348,000
Marco Lupino	560,000 346,000	346,000
Chakib Mhiri	550,000 297,000	297,000
Honglin Jiang	Busted

Tags: Honglin Jiang Marton Czuczor

04-30-2023 16:56 UTC+2

Okamoto Knows When She's Beat

Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The chip leader at the start of today, Shinna Okamoto, was sitting in the hijack and three-bet a 50,000 open from early position Igor Pihela Jr. to 125,000. The action folded back to the initial raiser and he did not spend much time before he four-bet all in for roughly 550,000.

Okamoto spent even less time thinking about her decision, as her cards hit the muck before Pihela Jr. could finish his sentence.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiina Okamoto	1,315,000 209,000	209,000

Igor Pihela Jr.	750,000 577,000	577,000

Tags: Igor Pihela Jr Shiina Okamoto

04-30-2023 16:50 UTC+2

Aksoy Continues to Climb with the Elimination of Peyratoux

Adam Lamers

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Tinay Aksoy came into the day as one of the short stacks with less than 100,000 chips. However, he's gone on a heater thus far and has slowly run up a stack. Aksoy raised to 40,000 in middle position and Jean-Philippe Peyratoux jammed all in for 435,000 on his left. The action folded back to Aksoy who asked for a count before calling.

Jean-Philippe Peyratoux: A♦7♦
Tinay Aksoy: 10♠10♣

The flop came Q♥10♦5♠ and Aksoy flopped a set of tens, leaving Peyratoux drawing slim. The 9♣ and A♠ runout was not enough and Peyratoux became another victim.

Player	Chips	Progress
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	2,010,000 -130,000	-130,000
Tinay Aksoy	1,420,000 1,334,000	1,334,000
Takumi Odani	1,210,000 944,000	944,000
Sam Benoliel	645,000 443,000	443,000
Candido Cappiello	410,000 293,000	293,000
Tom Orpaz	380,000 45,000	45,000
Alexander Vuckovic	375,000 -13,000	-13,000
Jean-Philippe Peyratoux	Busted

Tags: Tinay Aksoy Jean-Philippe Peyratoux

04-30-2023 16:48 UTC+2

Players Who Cashed for €5,840

Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandro Hauser	Busted
Denis Malyshev	Busted
Marius Kudzmanas	Busted
Dominik Nitsche	Busted
Ricardo Caridade	Busted
Franck Kalfon	Busted
Ali Nikravesh	Busted
Amir Davoudi	Busted

04-30-2023 16:42 UTC+2

Trevidy Four-Bets, Again

Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Weiran Pu opened to 50,000 from under the gun before Terje Bremseth made it 125,000 to go from the next seat over. Ewen Trevidy was in the cutoff and made the four-bet squeeze to 600,000, all of his chips.

The action folded back to three-better Bremseth, who commented ''Third time, huh? Third f--king time'', before he forfeited his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ewen Trevidy	795,000 170,000	170,000
Terje Bremseth	575,000 298,000	298,000
Weiran Pu	495,000 84,000	84,000

Tags: Ewen Trevidy Terje Bremseth Weiran Pu

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

04-30-2023 16:36 UTC+2

Knezevic Eliminated as he Doubles Keat

Frank Visser

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The chips already went in preflop when the action was caught. Srdan Knezevic was in middle position and Liu Chun Keat was in the hijack, with the latter being at risk for his stack of 420,000.

Liu Chun Keat: K♥K♣
Srdan Knezevic: A♠J♣

Keat needed to fade the ace, which he accomplished when the board ran out 4♣5♥4♦Q♣7♠. Knezevic was left with only 35,000 chips, which he got in the next hand and could not spin up. He exited the tournament in 57th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chun Keat Liu	890,000 580,000	580,000
Srdan Knezevic	Busted

Tags: Liu Chun Keat Srdan Knezevic

04-30-2023 16:29 UTC+2

Petleshkov Doubles Through Ripper

Adam Lamers

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Viliyan Petleshkov raised to 40,000 in the hijack and was called by Wagner Ripper on the button and Azzedine Mehal in the big blind. The flop fell K♥6♠5♠ and Petleshkov continued with a bet of 55,000. Ripper ripped all in for 500,000 and Mehal thought for over a minute before opting to fold. Petleshkov instantly called off his stack of 315,000 and the cards were face up.

Viliyan Petleshkov: K♣K♦
Wagner Ripper: K♠J♥

The 7♣ on the turn meant Ripper was already drawing dead and the A♠ on the river secured the double for Petleshkov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viliyan Petleshkov	780,000 445,000	445,000
Azzedine Mehal	510,000 233,000	233,000
Wagner Ripper	185,000 -345,000	-345,000

Tags: Azzedine Mehal Viliyan Petleshkov Wagner Ripper

04-30-2023 16:24 UTC+2

Ripper Finds a Double as Field Thins

Frank Visser

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Wagner Ripper is still hopeful to make back-to-back final tables in the €2,200 FPS High Roller. He finished third in the iteration at EPT Paris for €136,050 and is looking to best that score here in Monte Carlo.

When Viliyan Petleshko raised his button to 40,000, Ripper ripped in his stack of 250,000 from the big blind and received an instantaneous call from Petleshko.

Wagner Ripper: Q♥Q♦
Viliyan Petleshko: 9♥9♠

Ripper was a huge favorite to double up and achieved that feat when the board ran out J♥6♠6♥J♠10♥, keeping his dream of a victory alive.