€25,000 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-02-2024 15:41 UTC+1

Volkov Takes It at Showdown

Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The pot stood at approximately 8,000 with two players looking at a board of Q♣4♥J♠2♠.

Anton Volkov, who was under the gun, checked the action to Markkos Ladev, in middle position, who checked back.

The A♣ river checked to a showdown. Volkov was first to table as he showed A♥3♥, having rivered top pair. Ladev elected to muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Volkov	78,000 78,000	78,000
Markkos Ladev	45,000 9,800	9,800

Tags: Anton Volkov Markkos Ladev

05-02-2024 15:47 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts from the Field

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	105,000 59,000	59,000

Nacho Barbero	58,000 13,000	13,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	47,000 8,000	8,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	46,000 6,000	6,000
Paul Newey	38,000 38,000	38,000
Stephen Chidwick	36,100 9,900	9,900
Antoine Labat	31,000 9,000	9,000
Sam Grafton	30,000 30,000	30,000

Juan Pardo	25,500 25,500	25,500

05-02-2024 15:49 UTC+1

Bonomo Wins Battle of the Blinds

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Richard Hayes

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Action folded to Justin Bonomo in the small blind, who completed. Matthias Lipp checked his option in the big blind.

On the 7♣10♠6♣ flop, Bonomo led out with a bet of 300 and Lipp called.

The 8♣ turn was checked through by both players.

On the 4♥ river, Bonomo led out with a bet of 500, only to be faced with a raise to 2,000 by Lipp. Bonomo then increased the bet size to 5,000, and after some thought, Lipp called.

Bonomo showed 9♣5♦ for the ten-high straight and Lipp mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	112,000 7,000	7,000

Matthias Lipp	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Justin Bonomo Matthias Lipp

05-02-2024 15:52 UTC+1

Break Time

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The remaining 134 players have been sent on another 20-minute break.

05-02-2024 16:00 UTC+1

Complete Guide to the 2024 EPT Monte Carlo - Everything You Need to Know

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

05-02-2024 16:20 UTC+1

Duthie Gets Four-Bet Through

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

British poker legend and EPT founder John Duthie has joined the action, and he opened to 1,000 from the hijack.

Action folded to Brian Kim on the button, who produced a three-bet to 3,300.

Action folded back to Duthie, who took some time to consider his next move, disposing of a time bank, before he reached for chips and produced a four-bet to 12,500, leading to a swift fold from Kim.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Kim	84,000 28,000	28,000
John Duthie	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Brian Kim John Duthie

05-02-2024 16:25 UTC+1

Mokri Doubles Up Capriles

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Ollie Garland

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The pot stood at approximately 15,000 with three players looking at a flop of A♠7♠6♦.

Kayhan Mokri, in the small blind, led out for 5,200. Miguel Capriles, called from early position and the player in the cutoff folded.

The 5♥ turn saw Mokri bet again, this time for 9,000. Capriles raised to 20,000 and Mokri three-bet jammed for Capriles' effective stack of 41,000. Capriles snap-called.

Miguel Capriles: 6♠6♣ All in
Kayhan Mokri: A♦K♥

The river landed the 7♣ and Capriles' set ensured his full double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Capriles	97,000 47,000	47,000
Kayhan Mokri	12,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Miguel Capriles Kayhan Mokri

05-02-2024 16:34 UTC+1

Schemion Gets Four-Bet Jam Through

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ole Schemion opened to 800 in the cutoff and was called by Govert Metaal in the small blind.

Dimitar Danchev was in the big blind, and produced a three-bet to 2,800. Schemion considered his options, and moved all in for around 11,000. Metaal got out of the way quickly, as did Danchev after a brief period of thought.