€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-02-2023 12:23 UTC+1

Sammartino Picks Off The River Bluff In Multi-Way Pot

Andrew Knowles

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The action was picked up in a pot of roughly 35,000 on a board showing 9♣7♣4♠Q♥. Todd Peterson checked from the big blind, as did Dario Sammartino in early position and Clement Thumy on the button.

The 2♠ completed the board and Peterson took the lead with a bet of 17,000. Sammartino took a moment before tossing in chips for the call and Thumy quickly folded.

Peterson instantly tossed his cards to the dealer and Sammartino took down the pot without having to reveal his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	139,000 38,500	38,500
Clement Thumy	107,000 67,000	67,000
Todd Peterson	43,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Clement Thumy Dario Sammartino Todd Peterson

05-02-2023 12:26 UTC+1

Sitbon Calls to Eliminate Andrian

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Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A completed board of 9♣7♦6♣8♦5♦ was spread across the felt with a straight on board. Julien Sitbon and Simone Andrian were heads-up in a pot with around 28,000 in the middle. Sitbon led out with a bet of 16,500 in the small blind and Andrian jammed all in for just under 70,000.

Sitbon went into the tank for well over a minute as he started talking out loud. He eventually dropped in the chips to call and Andrian tabled Q♠Q♦ to play the board. Sitbon flipped over 4♦3♦ for a baby flush and Andrian was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	192,000 17,000	17,000
Simone Andrian	Busted

Tags: Julien Sitbon Simone Andrian

05-02-2023 12:36 UTC+1

Beresford Gets Trolled on His Way Out

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Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Conor Beresford was down to around a starting stack and got the last of his chips in the middle against the chip leader Samy Boujmala. Beresford flipped over pocket sixes but was well behind the pocket kings of Boujmala.

Beresford started making his way to the exit before a king-high flop hit the felt. Parker Talbot, sitting at the table next door, started to shout at Beresford.

"Hey, you went running sixes! Get back here!" The rest of the table played along and Beresford returned to the table to find out in fact he had been eliminated and many players burst into laughter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samy Boujmala	425,000 86,000	86,000

Conor Beresford	Busted

Tags: Conor Beresford Parker Talbot Samy Boujmala

05-02-2023 12:38 UTC+1

Wrong Call This Time for Magnus

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a battle between the blinds, [Removed:428] led out for 6,500 on the river with the board reading 9♦2♥8♣5♦Q♥ and Magnus Carlsen called.

Maloku showed 8♥5♠ for two pair and the chess prodigy mucked as fellow Norwegian Tom-Aksel Bedell playfully needled him a bit as his opponent raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:428]	115,000
Magnus Carlsen	60,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Magnus Carlsen

05-02-2023 12:38 UTC+1

Break Time

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day with the clocks showing 290 players remaining.

05-02-2023 12:41 UTC+1

Bryan Paris Wins Some, Loses More

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Day 2 sweat thread - down to 44k going into first break. Won a bunch of small pots then lost a 3b pot to give it ba… https://t.co/SirFmoxtBk
— Bryan Paris 📉🐻 (@bparispoker)

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

05-02-2023 13:18 UTC+1

Pilkington Runs Out of Chips

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Adam Lamers

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jessica Pilkington raised to 11,000 in early position, leaving just 2,000 chips behind. Tom Orpaz called from the cutoff and the rest of the table folded. The two players agreed to put the rest of the chips in the middle before the flop was dealt.

Jessica Pilkington: A♣K♠
Tom Orpaz: 5♥5♣

The flop came 4♠4♥4♦ and Orpaz stayed in front with his pocket fives. The 9♠ and 5♠ runout was no help to Pilkington who headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Orpaz	215,000 87,500	87,500
Jessica Pilkington	Busted

Tags: Tom Orpaz Jessica Pilkington

05-02-2023 13:23 UTC+1

Prizepool Announced

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Andrew Knowles

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The €5,300 EPT Main Event attracted a total of 1,098 entries to create a prizepool of €5,325,300 with the winner taking home €890,000 and the pretigious EPT trophy. The top 159 will make a minimum cash of €8,700. A full list of payouts are down below.

Place	Prize (EUR)	Place	Prize (EUR)	Place	Prize (EUR)
1	€890,000	10-11	€63,300	40-55	€17,250
2	€556,600	12-13	€52,750	56-71	€15,000
3	€397,450	14-15	€45,900	72-95	€13,050
4	€305,750	16-17	€39,950	96-119	€11,350
5	€235,150	18-20	€34,700	120-143	€9,850
6	€180,900	21-23	€30,200	144-159	€8,700
7	€139,150	24-27	€26,250
8	€107,050	28-31	€22,850
9	€82,350	32-39	€19,850

05-02-2023 13:25 UTC+1

Pardo Takes from Rodriguez

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Roberto Rodriguez opened to 4,000 in early position and Juan Pardo on the button, while Sam Greenwood defended his big blind.

Greenwood and Rodriguez both checked on the flop of 4♦9♠Q♥ and Pardo fired a bet of 4,000. Only Rodriguez called. Rodriguez checked again on the K♥ turn and Pardo bet 6,000. Rodriguez decided to hang onto his remaining 20,000 and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	210,000 22,500	22,500

Juan Pardo	185,000 28,000	28,000
Roberto Rodriguez	20,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Juan Pardo Roberto Rodriguez Sam Greenwood