€1,100 FPS Main Event Day 1c | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-25-2024 15:46 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Renato Hysenbelli	139,800 94,800	94,800
Steven Martinez	131,500
Pedro Lourenco	129,000
Cyprien Chassagne	128,500 66,000	66,000
Fabrice Bigot	127,000 127,000	127,000
Alessandro Merelli	118,000 3,000	3,000
Elie Saad	101,000
Georges Yazbeck	100,000
Yves Piacentino	92,000 92,000	92,000
Andreas Vlachos	90,000 20,000	20,000
Daniel Ruiz	45,000 33,000	33,000

Luis Rayon Perez	32,000 2,000	2,000

Guillermo Sanz	30,000 5,000	5,000

Soraya Estrada	21,500 8,500	8,500

Second Break

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Sava Krink

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The 606 players remaining are now on their second 25-minute break and will return shortly.

04-25-2024 15:19 UTC+2

Benzerfa Wins a Flip to Bust Seri

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Youcef Benzerfa raised to 1,500 in early position, Pierangelo Seri moved all in for 11,300 in the small blind, and Benzerfa called.

Pierangelo Seri: 6♥6♦ All in
Youcef Benzerfa: A♠K♦

The flop came J♣Q♦A♥ and Benzerfa took the lead with a pair of aces. The rest of the board came J♦Q♠ and Benzerfa sent Seri to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youcef Benzerfa	60,000 32,000	32,000
Pierangelo Seri	Busted

Tags: Pierangelo Seri Youcef Benzerfa

04-25-2024 15:10 UTC+2

Shuali Flips Kyte to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jon Kyte was all in for around 15,000 from the big blind and up against Ksenia Shuali in early position.

Jon Kyte: A♣J♣ All in
Ksenia Shuali: 5♥5♦

Kyte needed to win the coin flip to stay alive but couldn't connect on the 9♥9♦3♦10♦4♣ board as Shuali took the pot to send Kyte to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ksenia Shuali	40,000 40,000	40,000
Jon Kyte	Busted

Tags: Jon Kyte Ksenia Shuali

04-25-2024 15:09 UTC+2

Morstoel Whiffs Against Thome

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Thor Morstoel and Julien Thome saw a flop of 5♣9♦A♦ where Morstoel got his last 10,000 in from middle position against Thome in early position.

Thor Morstoel: K♦J♦ All in
Julien Thome: A♠10♥

Thome was ahead with top pair, while Morstoel had a flush draw. The board ran out 4♠7♠ and Morstoel missed his draw and was eliminated.

On his way to the exit, tablemate Robert James mentioned to Morstoel that they had been chatting on social media earlier. "Lucky No. 4. Hopefully this is the one," James said to Morstoel as the two players shook hands.

Sehrii Leonov is also at this table with a stack of around 80,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serhii Leonov	80,000 80,000	80,000
Julien Thome	40,000 40,000	40,000
Robert James	30,000
Thor Morstoel	Busted

Tags: Julien Thome Thor Morstoel

04-25-2024 15:04 UTC+2

Soraya Estrada Back to Starting Stack

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Sava Krink

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Soraya Estrada raised from early position to 1,200 and got called from Benjamin Lebor in the small blind and Helina Tamm in the big blind.

On the J♦5♥3♦ flop Tamm took the lead and bet 1,200 and both Estrada and Lebor called.

All players checked the Q♣ turn.

Estrada made a bet of 5,600 on the A♦ river after Tamm and Lebor checked. Lebor tanked for a while but decided to fold and was followed from Tamm who also folded.

"What did you have?" asked Lebor.
Estrada answered confidently: "You need to pay if you want to see my cards."

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Lebor	86,000 86,000	86,000
Soraya Estrada	30,000

Helina Tamm	27,600 27,600	27,600

Tags: Benjamin Lebor Helina Tamm Soraya Estrada Gonzalez

04-25-2024 14:53 UTC+2

Kings into Aces

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Peter Waldemer and Apostol-Virgil Beg got into a preflop raising war that saw the former all in and at risk for his last 25,000.

Peter Waldemer: K♥K♦ All in
Apostol-Virgil Beg: A♦A♣

Waldemer was steaming as the cards went on their backs and showed further frustration, slamming his chips onto the table after the J♣10♠5♠10♥8♠ runout confirmed his departure.

Player	Chips	Progress
Apostol-Virgil Beg	53,000
Peter Waldemer	Busted

Tags: Peter Waldemer Apostol-Virgil Beg

04-25-2024 14:52 UTC+2

Boughareb Drills the Turn to Bust Zeeda

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Kamal Boughareb had a raise of 3,100 in front of him from middle position before Antonio Zedda reraised to 8,600 in the cutoff. Boughareb called.

The flop came Q♣2♣6♠ and Zedda bet 8,500. Boughareb then moved all in and Zedda called for around 23,000.

Antonio Zedda: A♠A♣ All in
Kamal Boughareb: A♦Q♣

Zedda was ahead with his aces against Boughareb's pair of queens, but the turn brought the Q♦ and Boughareb improved to trips to leave Zedda drawing to just one out on the river.

The 10♦ completed the board and Zeeda was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kamal Boughareb	65,000 25,000	25,000
Antonio Zedda	Busted

Tags: Antonio Zedda Kamal Boughareb

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

04-25-2024 14:48 UTC+2

Rios Flops Trips and Busts

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Alessandro Merelli opened to 1,200 from under the gun and Jorge Rios defended his big blind.

On the 10♠9♠9♥ flop, Rios check-raised to 5,200 over a bet of 1,700. Merelli called.

Rios, with around 28,000, fired out another 8,000 on the J♥ turn. Merelli jammed as the big stack. Rios didn't like it but he put in the rest of chips.

Jorge Rios: A♣9♣ All in
Alessandro Merelli: K♥Q♥

Rios' trips were behind as Merelli turned a straight. The K♣ river gave Merelli the checkmark to send out his opponent.