€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1b | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-01-2023 15:56 UTC+2

Kassouf Takes One With Pressure

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Gianluca Speranza limped in from the cutoff and Olivier Paris called from the button before William Kassouf came along from the small blind. Vasileios Panagiotidis checked his option from the big blind and action was four ways.

The flop was 9♥8♥K♥ and action checked to Speranza for a bet of 600. Paris called but Kassouf made it 2,300 and that folded out the Panagiotidis. Speranza called and Paris got out of the way for a 10♦ on the turn.

Kassouf fired 5,000 on the turn and Speranza gave it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Paris	80,000
William Kassouf	35,500 14,200	14,200
Gianluca Speranza	35,200 -5,800	-5,800
Vasileios Panagiotidis	7,000

Tags: Gianluca Speranza Olivier Paris Vasileios Panagiotidis William Kassouf

05-01-2023 15:43 UTC+2

Follow the €100k Super High Roller Stream

Shirley Ang

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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05-01-2023 15:42 UTC+2

Zimmerman Spikes the River on Ketzer

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Joshua Zimmerman raised to 800 in early position and was called in one spot. Felipe Ketzer three-bet to 3,000 out of the small blind and Zimmerman four-bet shoved all in for 15,000. It folded back to Ketzer who quickly splashed in some chips to call.

Joshua Zimmerman: A♦K♣
Felipe Ketzer: K♠K♥

The flop came 5♠5♥5♣ and Zimmerman actually picked up an extra out. The 2♦ on the turn was no help but the A♠ on the river gave Zimmerman the better full house to return to a starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Zimmerman	31,000
Felipe Ketzer	8,300

Tags: Joshua Zimmerman Felipe Ketzer

05-01-2023 15:37 UTC+2

Castagnet Shows Up with Big Bets

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Fabrice Castagnet and Ryhor Karapanau were heads-up in a pot with around 6,500 in the middle. The flop read A♠9♣7♥ and Castagnet fired out a bet of 4,200 in the cutoff. Karapanau called on the button and the 3♦ rolled off on the turn.

Castagnet put together a bet of 8,500 on the turn and Karapanau gave it some thought before dumping his cards in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Castagnet	55,000
Ryhor Karapanau	43,500 -14,500	-14,500

Tags: Fabrice Castagnet Ryhor Karapanau

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

05-01-2023 15:26 UTC+2

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

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

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05-01-2023 15:24 UTC+2

Wellenbach Flushes Back Into It

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Scott Wellenbach was all in for his last 6,500 and Jimmy Kebe looked him up from two seats over before Nuri Hadioglu shoved with 27,700. Kebe thought better of it and got out of the way to make action heads up with Wellenbach at risk

Scott Wellenbach: Q♦Q♣
Nuri Hadioglu: A♠Q♠

The board ran out 6♣3♥10♣K♣J♣ and Hadioglu made a Broadway straight, but Wellenbach had the queen of clubs to triple up with a flush.,

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Kebe	31,200
Scott Wellenbach	21,100
Nuri Hadioglu	21,000

Tags: Jimmy Kebe Nuri Hadioglu Scott Wellenbach

05-01-2023 15:16 UTC+2

Okhotskyi Wins With Nines

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Lucas Scafini raised to 800 and Dinesh Alt called before Alexander Schmidt came along from the button and Oleh Okhotskyi called from the small blind.

The flop was K♠3♥7♣ and action checked to Schmidt on the button for a 1,500 bet. Okhotskyi called and Scafini came along before Alt got out of the way. The turn was 2♥.

All three remaining players checked the turn to see 9♥ on the river. Okhotskyi checked and Scafini fired 2,000 before Schmidt folded. Okhotskyi made it 6,300 and Scafini called to see Okhotskyi turn over 9♣9♦ to take the pot with a set of nines. Scafini mucked the losing hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleh Okhotskyi	56,000 56,000	56,000
Alexander Schmidt	44,000 44,000	44,000
Lucas Scafini	19,700 19,700	19,700
Dinesh Alt	12,000 -32,900	-32,900

Tags: Alexander Schmidt Dinesh Alt Lucas Scafini Oleh Okhotskyi

05-01-2023 15:16 UTC+2

Lewis Tops the Leaderboard Early On

Adam Lamers

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Lewis	116,000 86,000	86,000
Marc MacDonnell	56,000
Nacho Barbero	54,500 24,500	24,500

Marle Spragg	45,000 2,200	2,200

Antoine Saout	39,600
Martin Jacobson	39,300 7,300	7,300

Frederic Normand	33,000 33,000	33,000
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	30,000

05-01-2023 15:09 UTC+2

Beresford Steals One on the River

Adam Lamers

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Luiz Perez opened to 700 in the cutoff and Conor Beresford defended from the big blind. The flop came Q♥5♣3♠ and Beresford check-called a bet of 600 from Perez.

The turn was the 7♥ and both players checked to the 4♣ on the river. Beresford sized up a bet of 2,300 on the river and Perez was forced to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Beresford	51,000 51,000	51,000
Luis Perez	26,500 26,500	26,500

Tags: Conor Beresford Luiz Perez