€25,000 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-04-2023 14:24 UTC+2

Greenberg Takes Multi-Way Pot

Andrew Knowles

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu opened the action from under the gun to 500 and it folded around to Robert Greenberg in the small blind and Arthur Conan in the big blind who both made the call.

On the flop of K♦9♦8♦, all three players checked around to the 9♥ turn. Greenberg checked again and Conan took the lead with a bet of 1,100, which only Greenberg called.

The 8♣ completed the board and both players checked to a showdown. Greenberg quickly tabled K♥5♥ for a pair of kings and took down the pot when Conan tossed his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Greenberg	64,000 -3,000	-3,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	44,000 7,500	7,500
Arthur Conan	43,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Arthur Conan Orpen Kisacikoglu Robert Greenberg

05-04-2023 14:30 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Beresford	50,000 50,000	50,000
Steve O'Dwyer	50,000

Philip Sternheimer	50,000 50,000	50,000

Davidi Kitai	50,000

Laszlo Molnar	50,000 50,000	50,000
Biao Ding	50,000 50,000	50,000
Daisuke Ogita	50,000 50,000	50,000
Sirzat Hissou	50,000 50,000	50,000

Thorel First to Exit

Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In a blind-on-blind battle, Nacho Barbero and Jean-Noel Thorel had already put in nearly 60 big blinds preflop. The pot was 11,800 as the 10♦8♠3♠ was dealt and Barbero checked his option. Thorel then fired for 10,000 before Barbero requested to take a look at his opponent's remaining chips.

Thorel had 20,400 behind, and Barbero, who was already playing a rather large stack, put him to the test by putting a stack of T-5,000 chips in the middle, enough to put Thorel all in. Thorel sighed while he quickly made the call.

Jean-Noel Thorel: 8♥6♥
Nacho Barbero: K♣K♦

Thorel had flopped middle pair, but was outclassed by the kings of Barbero. The turn 3♥ left Thorel with just the two remaining eights as outs, but a king came instead on the K♥ river.

Thorel was the first of the field to exit, but he wasted no time and immediately made use of his option for a single reentry and rejoined the fray.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	140,000 74,000	74,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Jean-Noel Thorel Nacho Barbero

05-04-2023 14:41 UTC+2

First Break

Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The clock is at 77 players, and all of them can enjoy their first 20-minute break of the day.

05-04-2023 14:54 UTC+2

Some Updated Chip Counts

Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	73,000 23,000	23,000
Shakhabiddin Muradov	68,300 18,300	18,300
Gilles Cadignan	67,000 17,000	17,000
Saar Wilf	60,000 10,000	10,000
Milos Skrbic	58,000 8,000	8,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	57,300 -9,700	-9,700

Dominik Nitsche	56,000 6,000	6,000
Sam Greenwood	55,000 5,000	5,000
Davidi Kitai	55,000 5,000	5,000

Christopher Chaudey	54,500 18,400	18,400
Pablo Silva	54,000 -200	-200
Mikhail Rudoy	54,000 5,200	5,200
Christoph Vogelsang	52,400 3,400	3,400
Joao Vieira	51,000 -5,500	-5,500

Dimitar Danchev	50,500 50,500	50,500

Viacheslav Goryachev	48,000 -2,000	-2,000
Paul Newey	46,700 -3,300	-3,300
Patrick Bruel	46,000 -4,000	-4,000
Fabiano Kovalski	46,000 -4,000	-4,000
Laszlo Molnar	45,800 -4,200	-4,200
Julien Sitbon	45,600 8,800	8,800
Masashi Oya	45,000 -5,000	-5,000
Yuan Li	44,000 -7,000	-7,000
Ben Heath	43,000 -7,000	-7,000
Adrian Mateos	35,000 -20,000	-20,000

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Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

05-04-2023 15:05 UTC+2

These Players Have Joined During the Break

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	50,000 50,000	50,000

Axel Hallay	50,000 50,000	50,000
Maria Ho	50,000 50,000	50,000

Hirokazu Kobayashi	50,000 50,000	50,000
Kayhan Mokri	50,000 50,000	50,000
Alexandru Papazian	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dario Sammartino	50,000 50,000	50,000

Gianluca Speranza	50,000 50,000	50,000
Barak Wisbrod	50,000 50,000	50,000
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	50,000 50,000	50,000

05-04-2023 15:19 UTC+2

Heath Raises a Flush, Miskolaitis Folds One

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

There was a 9,000 pot brewing between Ben Heat and Dominykas Mikolaitis. A completed board of 2♥6♥7♥9♥A♥ was in the middle and Heath checked from the big blind to Mikolaitis on the button.

He put out a bet of 3,000 and Heath responded with a raise to 18,000. Mikolaitis utilized one of his time bank chips before eventually finding the fold, putting Heath back above starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominykas Mikolaitis	60,000 2,700	2,700

Ben Heath	54,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Ben Heat Dominykas Mikolaitis

05-04-2023 15:23 UTC+2

Jozonis Goes Three Streets

Andrew Knowles

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

In a three-way pot with 3,000 in the middle on a flop showing K♥4♣2♥, Daisuke Ogita in the big blind and Cedric Schwaederle under the gun checked over to Tomas Jozonis in the cutoff who bet out 1,200. Both Ogita and Schwaederle made the call and the trio saw the 10♠ turn.

Action checked around again to Jozonis who elected on a size of 5,700. Ogita came along and Schwaederle bowed out. The J♠ completed the board and Ogita checked a third time to Jozonis who took a moment before tossing out a bet of 12,400. Ogita went in the tank, but after 30 seconds of thought, let his hand go and the pot was awarded to Jozonis.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Jozonis	68,000 18,000	18,000
Cedric Schwaederle	53,000 3,000	3,000
Daisuke Ogita	29,000 -21,000	-21,000

Tags: Cedric Schwaederle Daisuke Ogita Tomas Jozonis

05-04-2023 15:23 UTC+2

Akhundov Ascends With Sevens

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Murad Akhundov and Ilya Nikiforov had created a pot 5,000 preflop when the action was caught. On a flop of 5♥8♣10♠, Akhundov checked to Nikiforov, who bet 2,100 chips. Akhundov made the call before the pair checked down the Q♥ turn and 5♠ river.

Akhundov showed down 7♠7♣ and his pair sevens was enough to rake in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murad Akhundov	63,000
Ilya Nikiforov	46,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Ilya Nikiforov Murad Akhundov