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

04-25-2024 19:14 UTC+1

Big Stacks After First Break

Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleh Okhotskyi	115,000 115,000	115,000
Conor Bergin	110,000 80,000	80,000
Laurent Chenet	90,000 90,000	90,000
Jean-Luc Labryga	90,000 90,000	90,000
Hamed El Mechraa	87,000 87,000	87,000
Andres Jeckeln	86,000 50,000	50,000
Timothy Chung	82,000 82,000	82,000
Serhii Tarnakin	82,000 82,000	82,000
Clement Meunier	80,000 80,000	80,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	74,500 74,500	74,500

04-25-2024 19:15 UTC+1

Kitai Doubles Through Barbuto

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Richard Hayes

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Davidi Kitai opened to 1,200 from middle position and was called by Patrick Afonso in the small blind.

Ivan Barbuto was in the big blind and he reached for chips and three-bet to 5,200. Kitai called; Afonso got out of the way.

On the J♦3♦4♥ flop, Barbuto checked to Kitai, who put out a bet of 4,000.

Barbuto quickly check-raised all in for around 20,000 and Kitai got his chips in the middle just as fast, with Kitai at risk.

Davidi Kitai: A♦2♦ All in
Ivan Barbuto: A♠K♦

Barbuto's ace-high was ahead but had a lot of outs to fade with Kitai holding the nut flush draw and a gutshot straight draw.

The 4♦ rolled off on the river to leave Barbuto drawing dead, who smacked the table in frustration.

The 9♠ completed the board and Kitai raked in a nice pot, while Barbuto was left on fumes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	52,000 52,000	52,000

Ivan Barbuto	1,700 8,300	8,300

04-25-2024 19:24 UTC+1

Grassi Gets Aggressive

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Samir Rahal raised to 1,500 on the button, receiving calls from both Giovanni Grassi and Kamal Sefrioui in the respective blinds.

The 9♥3♥2♣ flop saw the action check to Rahal, who bet out 3,100. Grassi check-raised to 9,800, Sefrioui folded, as did Rahal.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Grassi	54,000 18,800	18,800
Kamal Sefrioui	48,000 48,000	48,000
Samir Rahal	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Giovanni Grassi Kamal Sefrioui Samir Rahal

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-25-2024 19:40 UTC+1

Vieta Leaves Magnus Short

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Stefano Vieta, in the hijack, found himself all in and at risk for his remaining 11,500, against Philippe Magnus, in the big blind.

Stefano Vieta: 2♦2♥
Philippe Magnus: A♦4♣

The window card flashed the A♠, but the 2♣J♥ followed quickly behind. The 9♥ turn and J♣ river improved Vieta to a full house and he doubled up, leaving Magnus short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefano Vieta	24,000 24,000	24,000
Philippe Magnus	1,500 18,000	18,000

Tags: Philippe Magnus Stefano Vieta

04-25-2024 19:43 UTC+1

Kitai Continues to Build

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Davidi Kitai opened to 1,600 from middle position and was called by Vladislav Efremov in the next seat, before Thomas Pierlot produced a small three-bet to 3,500. Both Kitai and Efremov called.

The A♣Q♥4♥ flop and 5♠ turn were checked through by all players.

On the 2♣ river Kitai led out with a bet of 1,800. Efremov folded but Pierlot made the call.

Kitai showed Q♣10♦ for a pair of queens while Pierlot had 6♣6♦ for a pair of sixes, sending Kitai the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	70,000 18,000	18,000

Thomas Pierlot	46,000 46,000	46,000
Vladislav Efremov	32,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai Thomas Pierlot Vladislav Efremov

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-25-2024 19:51 UTC+1

Mitran Doubles Through Hachoumi

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Richard Hayes

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Marian Mitran was all-in for 13,200 and at risk versus Hicham Hachoumi.

Marian Mitran: 8♦8♠ All in
Hicham Hachoumi: A♠K♥

Mitran was ahead in a race, and Hachoumi was left drawing extremely thin after the 8♣9♠J♠ flop gave Mitran bottom set.

The 2♦ turn confirmed Hachoumi's fate and the A♦ river was irrelevant.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hicham Hachoumi	68,000 68,000	68,000
Marian Mitran	30,000

Tags: Hicham Hachoumi Marian Mitran

04-25-2024 19:55 UTC+1

Sefrioui Forces a Fold

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Ollie Garland

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Istvan Toth raised to 2,200 from the hijack, Kamal Sefrioui called on the button, as did the big blind.

The A♦6♦A♠ flop saw the action check to Sefrioui, who took the lead for 2,600. The big blind folded and Toth made the call.

The 3♦ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Toth check-called a bet of 2,400 from Sefrioui.

The A♥ river saw Toth check and then fold to a bet of 5,000 from Sefrioui.

Player	Chips	Progress
Istvan Toth	67,000 67,000	67,000
Kamal Sefrioui	45,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Istvan Toth Kamal Sefrioui

04-25-2024 19:59 UTC+1

Kitai Busts Afonso and Ciup in Double Knockout

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Richard Hayes

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Cards were on their backs and chips were in the middle in a three-way all-in between Davidi Kitai, Laurent Ciup and Patrick Afonso, with Kitai covering both players.

Laurent Ciup: 9♥9♠ All in
Patrick Afonso: J♦J♣ All in
Davidi Kitai: Q♦Q♣

Kitai was in great shape with his pocket queens and nothing altered on the K♣K♦7♣A♦10♥ runout, with Kitai scooping a huge pot.