€3,000 Mystery Bounty Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-03-2023 22:50 UTC+2

Chin Wei Lim Eliminated in 24th Place (€6,350)

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Chin Wei Lim raised to 40,000 from middle position and action folded around to Murad Akhundov, who called in the small blind.

The flop came 7♦10♠6♥. Akhundov checked and Lim bet 75,000. Akhundov raised to 275,000 and Lim pushed the rest of his chips into the middle. Akhundov made the call and cards were turned on their backs.

Chin Wei Lim: Q♣Q♠
Murad Akhundov: 10♥7♥

Lim had pocket queens and Akhundov had made two pair on the flop.

The turn came the 7♠ to give Akhundov the full house and leave Lim drawing to a queen. The river was the 5♠ to lock up the pot for Akhundov.

Lim was eliminated in 24th place for €6,350 (€9,350 including bounties).

Player	Chips	Progress
Murad Akhundov	1,200,000 575,000	575,000
Chin Wei Lim	Busted

Tags: Chin Wei Lim Murad Akhundov

Level: 24

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

05-03-2023 22:39 UTC+2

The Last Players to Have Busted Before the Final 24 (€5,550/€6,350)

Frank Visser

Level 22 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Busted
Christophe Benzimra	Busted

Gerard Carbo	Busted
Tudor Bartha Lazar	Busted

05-03-2023 22:35 UTC+2

Final Three Tables Seat Draw

Frank Visser

Level 22 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Table		Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Marc Boyer	France	485,000	24
1	2	Soraya Estrada	Spain	1,200,000	60
1	3	Luigi D'Alterio	Italy	715,000	36
1	4	Chin Wei Lim	Malaysia	350,000	18
1	5	Nicolas Julien	France	1,000,000	50
1	6	Andrea Crobu	Italy	100,000	5
1	7	Murad Akhundov	Azerbaigian	625,000	31
1	8	Matthias Lipp	American Samoa	1,400,000	70

2	1	Anton Kraous	Bulgaria	1,300,000	65
2	2	Michal Mrakes	Czech Republic	65,000	3
2	3	Will Kassouf	England	700,000	35
2	4	Ignacio Sole Aparicio		900,000	45
2	5	Aliaksei Boika	Slovenia	1,400,000	70
2	6	Stefan Dimitrov	Bulgaria	1,650,000	83
2	7	Mario Navarro Arrocha	Andorra	860,000	43
2	8	Jeremie Zouari	France	925,000	46

3	1	Francois Pradervand		370,000	19
3	2	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	1,050,000	53
3	3	Florian Montes	France	1,040,000	52
3	4	Evgenii Fidchuk	Ukraine	1,000,000	50
3	5	Bruno Lopes	France	210,000	11
3	6	Jon Ander Vallinas	Spain	1,600,000	80
3	7	Antoine Labat	France	475,000	24
3	8	Fabio Peluso	Italy	955,000	48

05-03-2023 22:35 UTC+2

Final Three tables Chip Count (full)

Frank Visser

Level 22 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Dimitrov	1,650,000 930,000	930,000
Jon Ander Vallinas	1,600,000 395,000	395,000
Matthias Lipp	1,400,000 300,000	300,000
Aliaksei Boika	1,400,000 50,000	50,000

Anton Kraous	1,300,000 200,000	200,000
Soraya Estrada	1,200,000 1,035,000	1,035,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	1,050,000 -225,000	-225,000
Florian Montes	1,040,000 940,000	940,000
Nicolas Julien	1,000,000 370,000	370,000
Evgenii Fidchuk	1,000,000 841,000	841,000
Fabio Peluso	955,000 636,500	636,500
Jeremie Zouari	925,000 625,000	625,000
Ignacio Sole Aparicio	900,000 485,000	485,000
Mario Navarro	860,000 -300,000	-300,000
Luigi D'Alterio	715,000 715,000	715,000
Will Kassouf	700,000 60,000	60,000
Murad Akhundov	625,000 502,000	502,000
Marc Boyer	485,000 -255,000	-255,000
Antoine Labat	475,000 -450,000	-450,000
Francois Padervand	370,000 294,000	294,000
Chin Wei Lim	350,000 320,000	320,000
Bruno Lopes	210,000 19,000	19,000
Andrea Crobu	100,000 -230,000	-230,000

Michal Mrakes	65,000 -10,000	-10,000

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05-03-2023 22:32 UTC+2

Final Three Tables Have Been Reached

Frank Visser

Level 22 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

After a flurry of eliminations, the tournament is now down to its final 24 players, distributed evenly over 3 tables.

05-03-2023 22:23 UTC+2

Konnikova Doubles Again, Then Busts

Matt Warburton

Level 22 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Shortly after quadrupling up her short stack, Maria Konnikova doubled up again. Action folded to Jeremie Zouari, who shoved from the small blind. Konnikova made the call in the big blind with fewer chips and players flipped their cards.

Maria Konnikova: K♠J♣
Jeremie Zouari: Q♣10♣

Konnikova was ahead preflop with her king high. The board ran out 5♥J♦A♦3♣3♦ to give her a pair of jacks on the flop and she held to double up her stack to over 300,000.

It looked like Konnikova was on the comeback. A few hands later, however, she was seen leaving the tournament room with a wave and a smile.

With that, the tables were redrawn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremie Zouari	300,000 -180,000	-180,000
Maria Konnikova	Busted

Tags: Jeremie Zouari Maria Konnikova

05-03-2023 22:15 UTC+2

Mrakes Attempts Squeeze and Kraous Doubles

Matt Warburton

Level 22 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Anton Kraous opened the action with a raise to 50,000 and Antoine Labat called on the button. Michal Mrakes then pushed all in from the small blind for around 600,000. Kraous called and Labat folded to leave two players in the pot, with Kraous at risk with slightly less chips.

Anton Kraous: A♠K♥
Michal Mrakes: Q♥10♣

The board ran out J♣3♠6♠5♦A♦. Mrakes couldn't find any improvement on the flop and Kraous hit a pair of aces on the river to seal the deal. He scooped the double up and Mrakes' stack was reduced to just a few big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Kraous	1,100,000 984,000	984,000
Michal Mrakes	75,000 -925,000	-925,000

Tags: Antoine Labat Anton Kraous Michal Mrakes

05-03-2023 22:10 UTC+2

Konnikova Quintuples in Heads Up Pot

Frank Visser

Level 22 : 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Jeremie Zouari opened from under the gun to 40,000 and Maria Konnikova called all in for her last two big blinds in the next seat over. Marc Boyer was in middle positon and called in a laughing fit, and Soraya Estrada and Murad Akhundov followed suit as well.

To everyone's but Konnikova's disappointment, Christophe Benzimra then jammed 530,000 in the middle and all the players who still had an option opted to fold.

Maria Konnikova: A♥9♠
Christophe Benzimra: 6♥6♣

A great spot for Konnikova, who had more than five times her bet in the middle of the table. The flop 7♣K♦2♦ remained clear for Benzimra, but Konnikova hit a 9♦ on the turn to pair up. Her pair remained the best on the Q♠ river and she celebrated the win with a cheer.