€25,000 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-05-2023 14:37 UTC+1

Silva Scores Double Up

Andrew Knowles

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Harold Ichbia opened to 5,500 from under the gun and it folded around to Pablo Brito Silva in the cutoff who moved all in for 20,000. Markkos Ladev elected on a raise to 37,000 from the small blind and Ichbia quickly got out of the way.

Pablo Brito Silva: Q♦Q♣
Markkos Ladev: K♥Q♥

Silva was in great shape, and when the board ran out 10♣9♣3♣4♣K♣, it was the queens that made a flush to secure the double up for Silva.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harold Ichbia	135,000 109,500	109,500
Markkos Ladev	130,000 80,000	80,000
Pablo Brito Silva	51,000

Tags: Harold Ichbia Markkos Ladev Pablo Brito Silva

05-05-2023 14:34 UTC+1

Badziakouski Raises the Flop

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Mikita Badziakouski was already sitting among the chip leaders when he made the raise to 5,000 from under the gun. Adrian Mateos was in the cutoff and three-bet to 15,000. Badziakouski matched the bet and a flop was dealt.

The 9♦J♥10♥ would be the last cards dealt this hand, as Badziakouski check-raised Mateos' 12,500 continuation-bet to 40,000. Mateos quickly folded and Badziakouski added even more chips to his stack, solidifying his position among the top.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	370,000 171,000	171,000
Adrian Mateos	141,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Mikita Badziakouski

05-05-2023 14:27 UTC+1

Akhundov Lives to Fight Another Day

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Florian Guimond opened to the minimum of 5,000 from the hijack. Murad Ahkhundov in the cutoff had been maneuvring a small stack all day and fired his last 30,000 chips in the middle for an all-in.

Guimond asked for a count, thought for a bit, and opted to fold for the twelve big blind shove.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Guimond	141,000 61,000	61,000
Murad Akhundov	41,000 8,500	8,500

Tags: Florian Guimond Murad Ahkhundov

05-05-2023 14:22 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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Andrew Knowles

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Puetz	Busted
Pedro Marques	Busted

Santhosh Suvarna	Busted
Mikhail Rudoy	Busted
Carl Shaw	Busted
Pedro Neves	Busted
Arthur Conan	Busted
Sosia Jiang	Busted
Lander Lijo	Busted
Patrik Jaros	Busted
Pieter Aerts	Busted
Patrick Bruel	Busted

05-05-2023 14:13 UTC+1

Grafton Gets Some Back

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Patrick Bruel and Sam Grafton had arrived on the flop when the action was caught. With 20,000 in the middle, Bruel bet 5,500 into the 20,000 pot from under the gun. Grafton was in the cutoff and made a raise to 16,000. Bruel thought for a bit but called within his allotted time.

On the 2♠ turn Grafton downsized a bit to 15,500, but the smaller bet still made Bruel opt to check-fold his hand. Grafton has not had the hottest of starts on Day 2, but he won some chips back with this pot to put himself over the 200,000 mark again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	200,000 39,500	39,500

Patrick Bruel	70,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Patrick Bruel Sam Grafton

05-05-2023 14:12 UTC+1

Yosifov Puts Pressure On Mateos

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Andrew Knowles

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Dimitar Yosifov opened the action to 5,000 from the cutoff and only Adrian Mateos made the call on the button.

The flop came 10♠9♠2♥ and Yosifov continued for 8,000, which Mateos called. On the J♦ turn both players tapped the table and the dealer put out the 10♣ river.

Yosifov took a moment before sliding in a bet of 30,000 and Mateos went in the tank. After just under 30 seconds of thought, Mateos let his hand go and the pot was sent to Yosifov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	170,000 2,000	2,000

Dimitar Yosifov	105,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Dimitar Yosifov

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

05-05-2023 13:59 UTC+1

Some Break Chip Count Updates

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	345,000 19,000	19,000

Ben Heath	320,500 92,000	92,000
Alejandro Lococo	287,000 74,500	74,500

Patrik Antonius	235,000 151,000	151,000

Justin Bonomo	228,000 196,000	196,000

Juan Pardo	222,000 80,000	80,000
Conor Beresford	220,000 144,500	144,500
Dominik Nitsche	212,500 180,500	180,500
Erik Seidel	180,000 130,000	130,000

Nacho Barbero	176,000 40,000	40,000
Adrian Mateos	172,000 12,500	12,500

Ramon Colillas	170,000 22,500	22,500
Sam Grafton	160,500 62,500	62,500

Seth Davies	153,500 22,500	22,500

Orpen Kisacikoglu	145,000 94,000	94,000
Davidi Kitai	125,000 31,500	31,500

Nick Petrangelo	110,000 77,000	77,000
Pieter Aerts	76,000 26,000	26,000
Daniel Dvoress	75,000 25,000	25,000

Johan Guilbert	55,500 57,500	57,500
Dario Sammartino	50,000 2,000	2,000
Isaac Haxton	47,000 47,500	47,500
Christoph Vogelsang	15,500 31,500	31,500

05-05-2023 13:40 UTC+1

The First Break Has Arrived

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Frank Visser

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

The 81 remaining players are now on a 20-minute break.

05-05-2023 13:40 UTC+1

O'Dwyer Adds Some More

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Frank Visser

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

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 4,500 from the button before Dimitar Danchev made it 19,000 to go from the big blind. O'Dwyer paid the extra 14,500 and a flop was dealt.

Q♦8♣J♦ was spread across the table and Danchev continued betting by putting 11,000 chips in the middle. O'Dwyer was not ready to abandon the hand yet and he called for the same amount.

Danchev slowed down on the 9♥ turn and checked to O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer chose to take over the betting lead and fired 23,000. A quick fold from Danchev followed, putting O'Dwyer in the top echelons of the chip counts. He now plays over 300,000, more than double average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	302,500 55,000	55,000

Dimitar Danchev	71,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Dimitar Danchev Steve O'Dwyer