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

05-01-2023 22:21 UTC+1

Martirosian Shoves on Shylko

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Artur Martirosian and Aliaksandr Shylko were heads-up in a pot of around 22,000. A completed board of 8♥7♥2♠Q♥3♣ was spread across the felt and Martirosian checked the river.

Shylko tossed in a bet of 11,000 on the button and Martirosian pushed all in for just over 70,000. Shylko dipped into the tank for over a minute but opted to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	94,500 58,500	58,500

Aliaksandr Shylko	88,200 32,300	32,300

Tags: Artur Martirosian Aliaksandr Shylko

05-01-2023 22:26 UTC+1

Aces for Alt in Three-Way Shove

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Matt Hansen

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dinesh Alt raised to 2,500 from late position and Gianluca Speranza went all in for 17,500 from the button. Jose Pianaro Bazzo came along from the big blind, but Alt shoved 71,700. Bazzo called and action was three ways with Alt and Speranza at risk.

Gianluca Speranza: Q♦J♦
Dinesh Alt: A♦A♥
Jose Pianaro Bazzo: K♦K♣

The board ran out 4♥9♠6♦A♠5♣ and Alt picked up the giant pot with a turned set of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinesh Alt	165,000 94,500	94,500
Jose Pianaro Bazzo	22,500 22,500	22,500
Gianluca Speranza	Busted

Tags: Dinesh Alt Gianluca Speranza Jose Pianaro Bazzo

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

05-01-2023 22:41 UTC+1

Mateos Busted for the Second Time

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Adrian Mateos was on his second bullet of the day but was unable to build any sort of momentum from his starting stack of 30,000. Mateos got the last of his chips in the middle with A♦8♦ and was up against Daniel Myers with A♥K♥.

Neither player was able to connect with the board and Myers' ace-king high was good enough to eliminate Mateos for the final time in the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Myers	115,200 115,200	115,200
Adrian Mateos	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Daniel Myers

05-01-2023 22:51 UTC+1

Sammartino's Aces are Good for a Double

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dario Sammartino raised it up from the hijack and was just called by both of the blinds. The flop came 8♣7♠3♦ and Michele Nizzardelli led out with a bet of 3,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Sammartino raised to 12,000. Nizzardelli reraised to 60,000 and Sammartino stuck in the last of his 52,500 chips.

Dario Sammartino: A♣A♦
Michele Nizzardelli: Q♠Q♦

Sammartino was out front with his pocket aces and the 6♣ on the turn left it that way. The 8♦ paired the board on the river and Sammartino doubled up late on Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	113,000 70,000	70,000
Michele Nizzardelli	25,500 25,500	25,500

Tags: Michele Nizzardelli Dario Sammartino

05-01-2023 22:56 UTC+1

Some Late Night Big Stack Updates

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Hynam	330,000 330,000	330,000
Samy Boujmala	318,000 318,000	318,000

Jason Wheeler	255,000 5,000	5,000
Jean-Marc Cristiani	254,000 254,000	254,000
Benjamin Winsor	225,000 63,000	63,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	215,000 8,000	8,000
Julien Sitbon	201,000 58,000	58,000

05-01-2023 23:19 UTC+1

Kassouf Not Leaving with Any Chips Today

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

William Kassouf opened to 3,000 in early position and Arnaud Mattern defended from the big blind. The flop came 10♦9♦4♠ and Mattern checked to Kassouf who bet 6,000. Mattern check-raised all in and Kassouf went through all of the possible combinations out loud before calling off his stack of 27,000 chips.

William Kassouf: A♣10♥
Arnaud Mattern: 10♠9♣

Mattern flopped two pair for the lead and the 6♥, 8♥ runout was no help for Kassouf who was bounced from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arnaud Mattern	95,000

William Kassouf	Busted

Tags: Arnaud Mattern William Kassouf

05-01-2023 23:21 UTC+1

Last Four Hands of the Day

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The tournament clock has been paused and each table will play four more hands before the bagging process begins.

05-01-2023 23:23 UTC+1

Talbot Takes From Russo

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was heads up with 10,000 in the middle and 6♦9♦J♣5♥ on the board when Parker Talbot bet 12,000 from the small blind and Aurelien Russo called from the big blind. The river was 2♥ and Talbot fired 35,000. Russo called and then tossed the losing hand in the muck when Talbot turned over J♦9♣ to take the pot with jacks and nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	138,000 103,000	103,000

Aurelien Russo	128,000

05-01-2023 23:46 UTC+1

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samy Boujmala	339,000 21,000	21,000

Mitchell Hynam	316,000 14,000	14,000
Jean-Marc Cristiani	287,000 33,000	33,000
Antonio Calabro	255,000 99,000	99,000
Jason Wheeler	250,000 5,000	5,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	245,500 30,500	30,500
Kenan Taylor	232,000 232,000	232,000

Jose Astima	231,000 231,000	231,000
Corel Theuma	219,500 78,500	78,500
Artur Martirosian	215,500 121,000	121,000

Julien Sitbon	209,000 8,000	8,000
Bruno Desimoni	203,500 203,500	203,500
Jie Zheng	202,500 202,500	202,500
Yiannis Liperis	183,000 26,200	26,200
Dinesh Alt	182,000 17,000	17,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	181,000 181,000	181,000
Domenico Gala	177,000 96,000	96,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	176,000 176,000	176,000
Clement Thumy	174,000 174,000	174,000
[Removed:519]	171,500 171,500	171,500
Panagiotis Gavrilidis	170,500 170,500	170,500
Benjamin Winsor	169,500 55,500	55,500
Christopher Chaudey	168,000 19,000	19,000
Lucas Scafini	167,000 137,500	137,500
Daisuke Ogita	164,500 164,500	164,500

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