Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€3,000 Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€1,163,448
Entries
678
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
581
Players Left
167
Mullet and Kalfon Apply Pressure; Konnikova Chipping Up
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Flavien Mullet raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Antonio Queijeiro three-bet to 7,500 from middle position. The rest of the table got out of the way and Mullet called to see a flop. The flop was J♥A♠10♦ and both players checked to see 3♣ on the turn. Mullet fired 7,000 and Queijeiro got away from it.
On the next hand, Franck Kalfon raised to 2,700 and Shakhabiddin Muradov called from the button before Mullet came along from the big blind. The flop was J♣2♠8♥ and Mullet checked before Kalfon fired 3,700. Both players went into the muck and Kalfon took the pot.
Meanwhile, Maria Konnikova has been chipping up at the same table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
111,000
70,200
|
70,200 |
|
91,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
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52,300
52,300
|
52,300 |
|
39,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
39,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Beresford's Final Barrel
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Matthew Khouri opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 2,500. Conor Beresford was enjoying a nice glass of wine in the big blind and decided to bump it up to 8,800. Khouri made the call and a flop was dealt.
6♥6♦9♦ emerged from the deck, on which Beresford made a continuation-bet of 6,500. Khouri was not ready to let go and made the call.
The 9♥ turn was checked by both players before Beresford took a good look at his cards again on the 10♣ river. What he saw apparently prompted him to go all in for his last 18,400 chips. Khouri, who only played 2,800 more, asked for a count. After the amount was confirmed, he made the call.
Beresford tabled K♣7♠ for the bluff with his king kicker, but Khouri had the better hand with A♣Q♣ for an ace kicker. ''Of course,'' Beresford exclaimed, as he left to enjoy the rest of his wine elsewhere.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
Busted |
Is Tonkaaap the Razz King?
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Ripper Takes From Kamel
Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Tamer Kamel raised to 2,400 from middle position and Wagner Ripper called from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and action was heads up.
The flop was 2♠3♣9♠ and both players checked to see 10♦ on the turn.
Wagner fired 3,000 on the turn and Kamel called. The river was 7♦.
Both players checked the river and Wagner turned over J♦10♠ for a pair of tens. Kamel mucked his cards and Wagner took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
55,100 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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Ruefenacht Makes the Fifth Bet
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Pascal Ruefenacht was under the gun and had a single T-5,000 chip in front of him for a raise to an unknown amount, and Daniel Kysoev put in the same chip for a call. Antonino Venneri then made it 8,000 to go from cutoff before Georgios Karakousis put in the cold four-bet to 20,000 from the big blind for his entire stack.
Ruefenacht followed up with a five-bet jam for 41,200 and everyone else folded after some deliberation.
Georgios Karakousis: A♠10♠
Pascal Ruefenacht: Q♣Q♦
Karakousis was at risk with the worse hand but that all changed on the 8♠A♥6♠ flop. No queen was seen on the J♥6♦ runout, and Karakousis, who is on his third bullet, more than doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | |
|
51,500
44,500
|
44,500 |
|
42,000 | |
|
21,200 |
Lots of Kings for Kudzmanas
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Thomas Eychenne got it all in for around 30,000 and Marius Kudzmanas was the one to put him at risk. The rest of the table was out of the way and the cards were already turned up.
Thomas Eychenne: A♦Q♠
Marius Kudzmanas: K♥K♣
The board ran out 9♣9♥K♠8♥K♦ and Kudzmanas flopped a full house to send Eychenne to the rail before the river provided the overkill quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,500
70,500
|
70,500 |
|
Busted |
Chun Keat Liu Wins One Shortly After Break
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
On a board of 9♥4♠10♠4♦, big blind Chun Keat Liu had checked to Julien Voinson in the hijack. Voinson made a bet of 10,000 into the already sizable 13,500 pot. Liu responded by clicking it back to 28,000, after which Voinson added his last chips to that bet. Liu snap called and there was a showdown.
Julien Voinson: 9♠8♠
Chun Keat Liu: K♣4♥
Liu had turned trips to outdo Voinson's top pair. No nine appeared on the 5♥ river and Liu took out his opponent and raked in a big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
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|
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Busted | |