€3,000 Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-02-2023 17:46 UTC+2

Nizzardelli Bluffs and Exits

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 1,000 ante

Priit Parmasto and Michele Nizzardelli were battling over a pot that had been three-bet preflop. On the 4♠5♦7♥ flop, Nizzardelli bet out 8,000 and Parmasto made the call. The same sequence happened on the 10♣ turn, but this time for an amount of 15,000.

Nizzardelli completed the triple barrel by putting his opponent all-in on the 8♣ river. Parmasto could not call any quicker as he had rivered a straight with his 6♦4♦. Nizzardelli let out a big sigh and shook his head as he could only show A♥K♥.

Not much later, Nizzardelli could be seen leaving the tournament area as he lost his other 18,500 chips as well in an unknown manner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Priit Parmasto	70,500
Michele Nizzardelli	Busted

Tags: Michele Nizzardelli Priit Parmasto

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 1,000

05-02-2023 17:35 UTC+2

Bitar Goes Back-To-Back

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ghassan Bitar and Boris Kolev were on a flop of A♣7♥3♠ in what is assumed to be a three-bet pot. Bitar bet out 4,200, which Kolev raised to 9,400. Bitar made the call and the pair was off to the 10♠ turn, which they both checked.

On the 9♦ river Bitar retook the betting lead with a big bet of 12,000 and this was enough to let Kolev make the fold, albeit after a little thank from the Bulgarian.

On the very next hand Bitar three-bet again. This time, Vahe Ter-Khachatryan was the initial raiser from the button. However, Ter-Khachatryan was not looking to get involved further and laid his hand down preflop, surrendering the 1,300 chips he had put in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ghassan Bitar	66,000
Boris Kolev	40,000 10,000	10,000
Vahe Ter-Khachatryan	25,200 2,700	2,700

Tags: Boris Kolev Ghassan Bitar Vahe Ter-Khachatryan

05-02-2023 17:25 UTC+2

Bazin Catches Up to Bust Kerim

Matt Hansen

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Alper Kerim open-jammed his last 9,400 and Olivier Bazin looked him up from the big blind.

Alper Kerim: K♦Q♦
Olivier Bazin: Q♥J♥

The board ran out 5♣J♦10♥8♦6♠ and Bazin flopped a pair of jacks to send Kerim to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Bazin	50,600 -2,800	-2,800
Alper Kerim	Busted

Tags: Alper Kerim Olivier Bazin

05-02-2023 17:13 UTC+2

Okada and Kehoe Check It Down

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Michel Bouskila, Zhewen Hu, Ken Okada, and Stephen Kehoe were four-way on a flop of A♣3♣Q♦. Bouskila and Hu checked from the blinds before Okada bet out 3,500 from the hijack. Kehoe was in the cutoff and was the only one who made the call.

The pair then checked through the turn K♣ and river 10♣.

''Do you have an ace?'', Kehoe asked. ''Yes'', said Okada, as he turned over his A♥8♦. Kehoe tabled A♦3♠ and it took Okada a while to realize he was beaten, as took down the pot with his two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meiri Aviv	119,000 119,000	119,000
Stephen Kehoe	47,000 47,000	47,000
Michel Bouskila	39,000 39,000	39,000
Ken Okada	30,700 30,700	30,700
Zhewen Hu	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Ken Okada Michel Bouskila Stephen Kehoe Zhewen Hu

05-02-2023 17:05 UTC+2

Don't Miss Out on These Five Epic Activities at EPT Monte Carlo

Matt Hansen

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

05-02-2023 16:59 UTC+2

Aparicio Appears Atop the Leaderboard

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With 25,000 chips in the middle, Angelique Grasso went all-in on a completed board of 8♥6♣6♥5♥K♠. The count was 16,500 and Ignacio Sole Aparicio thought about it for a bit before he made the call.

Angelique Grasso: J♣9♣
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	171,000
Angelique Grasso	Busted

Tags: Angelique Grasso Ignacio Sole Aparicio

05-02-2023 16:53 UTC+2

A Few Emerging Big Stacks From Around the Room

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Corel Theuma	129,000
Takumi Odani	110,000
Pascal Dayot	101,000
Fabrice Maltez	91,000
Gerard Carbo	90,000
Wagner Ripper	88,000 55,000	55,000

05-02-2023 16:46 UTC+2

Grafton Separates Himself from the Field

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

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 10♣5♥10♦. 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 8♥7♦ 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.