2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
€194,310
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€1,163,448
Entries
678
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
581
Players Left
167

Cinque Rivers a Flush

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was heads up with around 8,000 in the middle and 53J6 on the board when Marc Boyer check-called a bet of 6,500 from Christian Cinque. The river was 6 and both players checked. Cinque turned over KQ to take the pot with a rivered flush and Boyer mucked his cards in frustration.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Cinque it
Christian Cinque
45,000
Marc Boyer fr
Marc Boyer
12,200

Kebe Flops Trips, Busts

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Florian Duta raised once it folded to his small blind and Jimmy Kebe three-bet his big blind to 2,700. Duta made the call and the AA6 flop was dealt. Duta checked to Kebe who decided to go for an overbet of 8,200. Duta put in the same amount and the dealer put out a turn.

On the 4 Kebe put the rest of his chips in and Duta snap check-called to put the Frenchman at risk.

Jimmy Kebe: A7
Florian Duta: 66

Kebe flopped trips but Duta had him crushed as he had flopped even better with a full house. Kebe needed to hit the last ace in the deck, a seven or a four to stay alive on this bullet. However, the Q completed the board and Kebe was off to the reentry desk.

Player Chips Progress
Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
82,500
39,500
39,500
Jimmy Kebe fr
Jimmy Kebe
Busted

Tags: Florian DutaJimmy Kebe

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

Goasdoue Gets Even More Chips to Add to His Stack

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Alan Goasdoue
Alan Goasdoue

Fellow countrymen Alan Goasdoue and Antoine Labat were in a pot worth 7,000. The board was completed up until the turn and read 526K. Goasdoue put out a bet of 3,000 and Labat check-called.

K was the river and Labat checked again. This time, Goasdoue put out a bulk of his chips, plenty to put Labat all-in. Labat did not have to think long before he mucked his cards, leaving himself just over 12,000 behind.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Goasdoue fr
Alan Goasdoue
108,000
78,000
78,000
Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
12,100
-17,900
-17,900

Tags: Alan GoasdoueAntoine Labat

Abdelmoumene Gets Away From It; Jiang Gets a Shove Through

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was heads up with 103453 on the board when Karim Abdelmoumene was in the tank after Christophe Larquemin shoved from the big blind. Abdelmoumene had 10,000 left and he commiserated over his options, but he opted to give it up and wait for a better chance.

Nearby, Sosia Jiang was all in for her last 22,700 and Jerome Arnaud was in the tank with more. He spent several moments trying to find the inspiration to call, but there was none and Arnaud tossed his hand in the muck. Before he folded, Arnaud showed the A.

Player Chips Progress
Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
95,000
95,000
95,000
Sosia Jiang nz
Sosia Jiang
37,000
10,000
10,000
Jerome Arnaud fr
Jerome Arnaud
36,200
36,200
36,200
Karim Abdelmoumene fr
Karim Abdelmoumene
10,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Christophe LarqueminJerome ArnaudKarim AbdelmoumeneSosia Jiang

Grafton Separates Himself from the Field

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Sam Grafton
Sam Grafton

The €3,000 Mystery Bounty Event has grown so big that the tournament is now split across two different rooms. The secondary room contains six tables or so for now, and Sam Grafton was spotted at one of them.

He played a hand against Sergi Enric Miralles Martinez and bet 1,100 from the button on a flop of 10510. Big blind Martinez made the call before the duo checked the 8 turn.

The 5 river brought the second pair on the board and Martinez checked for the third time. Grafton now put out a pot-sized bet of 5,500 and Martinez quickly called. Grafton tabled 87 for the turned two pair and he could rake in the pot as Martinez mucked his hand.

Grafton now plays over twice the starting stack and is off to a great beginning of his Mystery Bounty adventure.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
63,500
33,500
33,500
Sergi Enric Miralles Martinez es
Sergi Enric Miralles Martinez
20,500

Tags: Sam Grafton

Aparicio Appears Atop the Leaderboard

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With 25,000 chips in the middle, Angelique Grasso went all-in on a completed board of 8665K. The count was 16,500 and Ignacio Sole Aparicio thought about it for a bit before he made the call.

Angelique Grasso: J9
Ignacio Sole Aparicio: [qcd]

Grasso tried to run a bluff with his jack-high, but Aparacio sniffed it out with his pocket queens. ''Nice hand'', Grasso said to his executioner before he was seen leaving the tournament area.

Aparicio is now sitting on a whopping 171,000 chips, far and above the rest of the field.

Player Chips Progress
Ignacio Sole Aparicio es
Ignacio Sole Aparicio
171,000
Angelique Grasso fr
Angelique Grasso
Busted

Tags: Angelique GrassoIgnacio Sole Aparicio