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

05-02-2023 16:37 UTC+2

Abdelmoumene Gets Away From It; Jiang Gets a Shove Through

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was heads up with 10♠3♥4♦5♦3♠ 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	95,000 95,000	95,000
Sosia Jiang	37,000 10,000	10,000
Jerome Arnaud	36,200 36,200	36,200
Karim Abdelmoumene	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Christophe Larquemin Jerome Arnaud Karim Abdelmoumene Sosia Jiang

05-02-2023 16:32 UTC+2

Goasdoue Gets Even More Chips to Add to His Stack

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Fellow countrymen Alan Goasdoue and Antoine Labat were in a pot worth 7,000. The board was completed up until the turn and read 5♥2♠6♠K♣. 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	108,000 78,000	78,000
Antoine Labat	12,100 -17,900	-17,900

Tags: Alan Goasdoue Antoine Labat

05-02-2023 16:23 UTC+2

New Influx of Players in the Break

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	30,000

Martin Jacobson	30,000
Kalidou Sow	30,000
Conor Bergin	30,000
Ana Marquez	30,000
Andrew Chen	30,000
Igor D'Ursel	30,000
Omar Del Pino	30,000
Axel Hallay	30,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

05-02-2023 16:03 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

After two hours of play, the 240 seated players can now enjoy a 20-minute break.

05-02-2023 16:00 UTC+2

Kebe Flops Trips, Busts

Frank Visser

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 A♦A♠6♠ 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: A♣7♣
Florian Duta: 6♦6♥

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	82,500 39,500	39,500
Jimmy Kebe	Busted

Tags: Florian Duta Jimmy Kebe

05-02-2023 15:56 UTC+2

Cinque Rivers a Flush

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was heads up with around 8,000 in the middle and 5♣3♦J♦6♣ 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 K♦Q♦ to take the pot with a rivered flush and Boyer mucked his cards in frustration.

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

05-02-2023 15:45 UTC+2

Botez Jumps Ahead Early

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Olivier Bazin limped in from early position and Florian Duta followed suit from the next seat over. Yoni Khalifa called from the small blind and Alexandra Botez checked her option.

The flop was 2♣K♠Q♦ and Botez took it down with a bet of 600. The small pot adds to an early run for Botez that has doubled her starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandra Botez	66,500 36,500	36,500
Olivier Bazin	53,400
Florian Duta	43,000
Yoni Khalifa	14,000

Tags: Alexandra Botez Florian Duta Olivier Bazin Yoni Khalifa

05-02-2023 15:40 UTC+2

State Brought Back Down After Unavoidable Cooler

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Cutoff Gregory Donabedian opened from the cutoff, and Adrian State three-bet from the small blind. More bets went in until eventually Donabedian was all in for 22,100, covered by State.

Gregory Donabedian: A♦A♠
Adrian State: K♣K♥

Donabedian immediately flopped an ace on A♣J♣8♠ and the hand was as good as over. With only backdoors to hit, the turn was a big brick in the way of the 2♠. State sighed as he hit a worthless set on the K♦ river, and he cut out the chips to pay Donabedian.

After an early double-up he is now back to just over starting stack.