€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-22-2023 20:07 UTC+1

Marques Rivers a Chop

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Adrien Amorella opened to 1,000 from under the gun and was called by Juan Segarra on his left. Andre Marques stuck in a three-bet to 3,500 in the hijack and both players called.

The flop came and the action checked to Marques who bet 6,000. Amorella called and Segarra stepped aside. The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river.

With a straight on the board, Amorella jammed all in and Marques quickly called. Amorella tabled and Marques showed which meant both players played the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrien Amorella	55,000
Andre Marques	33,500 3,500	3,500

Tags: Adrien Amorella Andre Marques Juan Segarra

02-22-2023 20:09 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Bradley	102,000 72,000	72,000
Paul Tedeschi	44,000
Boris Kolev	41,500
Marc MacDonnell	38,100 8,100	8,100
Ramon Colillas	36,200 5,800	5,800
Lander Lijo	35,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	30,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	29,500 500	500
Jack Corrigan	28,000 2,000	2,000
Sylvain Loosli	27,500 2,500	2,500

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	23,600 6,400	6,400
Lex Veldhuis	23,200 800	800

Jamil Wakil	Busted

Sow Bluffs Big, Talvard Sniffs It Out

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 12,500 chips already in the middle and a board reading , Kalidou Sow put in an overbet of 18,000 from the button after a check from under-the-gun player Antoine Talvard.

Talvard was thinking for a while before the clock was called on him. The floorman came over, but before the countdown had finished, Talvard made the call.

Sow could not show more than king-high with , while Talvard showed for the successful bluff catch.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Talvard	66,000 66,000	66,000
Kalidou Sow	20,000 7,500	7,500

Tags: Antoine Talvard Kalidou Sow

02-22-2023 20:18 UTC+1

Ricci Drags in Three-Bet Pot

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Martin Stausholm opened to 1,200 from middle position and was called by Woojong Ha from the hijack. Andrea Ricci then made it 4,500 from the small blind and both of his opponents called.

The flop checked through to the turn. Ricci bet 7,000 and won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Ricci	40,000
Martin Stausholm	31,000

Woojong Ha	19,000

Tags: Andrea Ricci Martin Stausholm Woojong Ha

02-22-2023 20:24 UTC+1

Derwiche Runs into Aces, Then Loses Another

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was an open to 2,000 before Imad Derwiche three-bet to 10,000 from the button. Jan Bednar called off his short stack from the big blind, and the original raiser folded.

Jan Bednar:
Imad Derwiche:

It was the ultimate preflop cooler for Derwiche but a delight for Bednar. The runout ensured the aces remained ahead.

The very next hand, more chips escaped Derwiche's stack. He opened to 1,500 from the cutoff and then called when Pierre Gineste made it 4,500 from the button.

The flop checked through to the turn. Derwiche bet 5,000 but folded when Gineste made it 11,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	61,000 61,000	61,000
Pierre Gineste	47,000 600	600
Jan Bednar	19,300 10,700	10,700

Tags: Imad Derwiche Jan Bednar Pierre Gineste

02-22-2023 20:29 UTC+1

Limped Pot Goes to Rocco

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Five players limped in and the dealer fanned the flop of . Michael Rocco took a stab at the pot with a bet of 1,000 on the flop. Merijn van Rooij folded on his left and the only player to call was Andreas Bolling in the small blind.

The paired the board on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Bolling checked again and Rocco dropped in a bet of 2,000. Bolling ditched his cards and Rocco raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Bolling	66,000
Michael Rocco	41,500 11,500	11,500
Merijn van Rooij	16,100

Tags: Andreas Bolling Merijn van Rooij Michael Rocco

02-22-2023 20:31 UTC+1

Wang Three-Bets Twice

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Michael Wang had amassed an enormous stack of around 150,000 chips when he got involved in a hand with Oleksii Koiev.

Koiev opened from middle position to 1,200, which Wang three-bet to 3,500 from the hijack. Koiev called and the two saw a flop: .

Koiev checked to Wang and he put out a continuation-bet of 3,200. Koiev raised that to 10,500 and Wang went into the tank. When he emerged, he announced that he was all-in, covering Koiev's 43,900 remaining chips. Koiev let out a sigh but called the bet.

Oleksii Koiev:
Michael Wang:

The board ran out an innocuous and Koiev doubled his already above-average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Koiev	96,300 96,300	96,300
Michael Wang	93,000 63,000	63,000

Tags: Michael Wang Oleksii Koiev

02-22-2023 20:36 UTC+1

Shylko Upends Costa with Aces

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three players were still in the hand on the river with the board reading . There were around 30,000 chips in the middle already and Aliaksandr Shylko ripped all in for roughly 24,000. Silvio Costa went into the tank for a couple of minutes before finally calling off his stack of around 21,000.

Federico Caroe quickly mucked his cards and Shylko tabled for the best two pair. Costa could only muster and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksandr Shylko	75,600 45,600	45,600
Silvio Costa	Busted

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Federico Caroe Silvio Costa

02-22-2023 20:36 UTC+1

Galindo Sinks Ibarrola

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was around 20,000 in the pot on the completed board. Humberto Lopes Galindo checked in the big blind before Alexis Ibarrola bet 6,500 from under the gun. Galindo jammed as the bigger stack and his opponent went into the tank.