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

05-02-2023 15:58 UTC+1

Petakovic Puts Bonomo in a Tough Spot

Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Milos Petakovic raised to 6,000 in early position and Justin Bonomo called from the cutoff. They went heads-up to a flop of 7h7d2c] and Petakovic continued with a bet of 10,000. Bonomo called and the 10♠ landed on the turn.

Petakovic sized up a bet of 31,000 on the turn and Bonomo still called. The 5♦ completed the board and Petakovic thought for a minute before announcing all in. Bonomo was left with a decision for his remaining 102,000 chips and went into the tank. After nearly three minutes, he finally ditched his cards and Petakovic collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milos Petakovic	314,000 196,500	196,500
Justin Bonomo	102,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Milos Petakovic Justin Bonomo

05-02-2023 15:57 UTC+1

Run It Twice?

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Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Back for Day 2 of the EPT Main Event in Monaco. Check out this sick hand!
— Alec Torelli (@AlecTorelli)

05-02-2023 15:52 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	463,000 3,000	3,000

Nicola Grieco	398,000 190,000	190,000

Jean-Marc Cristiani	362,000 75,000	75,000
Mike Watson	352,000 170,000	170,000

Jacob Amsellem	346,000 143,000	143,000
Kenan Taylor	320,000 88,000	88,000

Ramon Colillas	265,000 161,000	161,000
Harry Lodge	256,000 129,000	129,000
Magnus Carlsen	175,000 73,000	73,000
Sonny Franco	171,000 103,000	103,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	100,000 19,000	19,000
Benjamin Spragg	78,000 10,000	10,000

05-02-2023 15:47 UTC+1

Ladev Puts Suvarna To The Test

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Andrew Knowles

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a heads-up pot with close to 65,000 in the middle on a completed board showing A♥Q♠5♣8♥A♣, Santhosh Suvarna checked from under the gun to Markkos Ladev next to act who moved all in, covering the 34,500 remaining for Suvarna, who went deep in the tank.

After close to two minutes of thought, Suvarna reluctantly let his hand go and the pot was sent to Ladev who continues to climb the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	460,000 10,000	10,000

Santhosh Suvarna	34,500 164,500	164,500

Tags: Markkos Ladev Santhosh Suvarna

05-02-2023 15:46 UTC+1

Loeser Puetz Opponent to Sleep by Cracking Kings

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Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Manig Loeser was out of position in a heads-up pot against Christopher Puetz on a flop of Q♦J♥10♣.

Loeser checked and Puetz bet 4,500. Loeser check-raised to 14,500 and Puetz in turn three-bet jammed a stack of around 70,000. Loeser asked for a count and then called with a bigger stack.

Christopher Puetz: K♥K♣
Manig Loeser: 9♠8♥

Loeser was ahead with a flopped straight and the runout of K♦8♣ confirmed Puetz' elimination to earn the 2019 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event champion the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	215,000 22,000	22,000

Christopher Puetz	Busted

Tags: Christopher Puetz Manig Loeser

05-02-2023 15:45 UTC+1

Oui Oui

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Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

EPT Monte Carlo Main Event day 2, good start up to ~185k 1e level et nouvelle table avec le chess world champ… https://t.co/0GszEYZHs5
— Sylvain Loosli (@SylvainLoosli)

05-02-2023 15:31 UTC+1

Cotescu Takes Three-Bet Pot

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Andrew Knowles

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Domenico Gala opened the action to 5,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Sandra Cotescu in the small blind who three-bet to 19,000. Gala came along and the pair saw a flop of J♠6♦3♣.

Cotescu took over a minute before continuing for 27,000 and Gala quickly let his cards go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Domenico Gala	134,000 43,000	43,000
Sandra Cotescu	128,000 49,500	49,500

Tags: Domenico Gala Sandra Cotescu

05-02-2023 15:30 UTC+1

Ladev Check-Raises Danchev

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Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Dimitar Danchev opened to 5,500 from under the gun and Markkos Ladev defended out of the big blind.

Ladev checked on the flop of 4♦Q♥9♠ and Danchev continued for 4,000. Ladev check-raised to 12,000 and Danchev called.

Ladev then sized up to 30,000 on the 6♠ turn and was met with a snap-fold from his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	450,000 118,000	118,000

Dimitar Danchev	110,000 93,300	93,300

Tags: Dimitar Danchev Markkos Ladev

05-02-2023 15:26 UTC+1

Abecassis Leaves with a Message

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

There was a raise to 5,000 in early position and Tom-Aksel Bedell three-bet to 14,000 in the cutoff. Maduka Meragal four-bet to 30,500 and Kevin Abecassis five-bet ripped all in for 160,500 in the small blind. The action folded back to Meragal who asked for a count before making the call.

Kevin Abecassis: K♠K♣
Maduka Meragal: A♥K♥

The flop fell A♦7♣3♠ and Abecassis spiked an ace to take a big lead. The J♦ and 4♦ runout was no help for Abecassis who was bounced from the tournament.

"That's not a call," Abecassis said on his way out.

"Ya it is," Meragal piped back.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maduka Meragal	454,000 227,000	227,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	143,000 38,000	38,000
Kevin Abecassis	Busted

Tags: Tom-Aksel Bedell Maduka Meragal Kevin Abecassis

05-02-2023 15:15 UTC+1

Delgado Gets Caught Bluffing

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Vicente Delgado opened to 5,500 in early position and Kiryl Asaulenka three-bet to 16,500 on his left. The action folded back to Delgado who stuck in a four-bet to 50,000. Asaulenka called and the dealer fanned the flop of J♦10♥2♣.

Both players checked and the K♣ landed on the turn. Delgado counted out a bet of 40,000 and Asaulenka stuck around for the 4♦ on the river. Delgado announced a bet of 70,000 and Asaulenka instantly flicked in a chip to call. Delgado flung his cards to the muck and Asaulenka was awarded the pot without having to show his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kiryl Asaulenka	435,000 306,000	306,000
Vicente Delgado	138,000 106,500	106,500

Tags: Kiryl Asaulenka Vicente Delgado