€25,000 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-03-2024 20:04 UTC+2

Heath Pays Off Satubayev

Ollie Garland

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ben Heath raised from middle positon and Shyngis Satubayev defended in the big blind.

Satubayev check-called a bet of 11,000 from Heath on the K♥Q♦J♠ flop.

The 2♠ turn checked through to the J♣ on the river. Satubayev took the lead for 11,000 and Heath made a frustrated call. Satubayev tabled A♠Q♠, winning him this hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shyngis Satubayev	400,000 351,500	351,500
Ben Heath	160,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Ben Heath Shyngis Satubayev

05-03-2024 19:53 UTC+2

Lipp Gets Three-Bet Jam Through

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mauricio Sanchez opened to 12,000 from middle position and Matthias Lipp three-bet jammed for around 120,000.

Sanchez took some time to consider the spot, before sending his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mauricio Sanchez	325,000 70,000	70,000
Matthias Lipp	150,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Matthias Lipp Mauricio Sanchez

05-03-2024 19:50 UTC+2

Top Ten Chip Counts Following Dinner Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Masashi Oya	840,000 360,000	360,000
Daniel Rezaei	711,000 211,000	211,000
Andrew Chen	520,000 10,000	10,000
Sergey Lebedev	497,000 157,000	157,000
Felipe Boianovsky	472,000 164,000	164,000
Artur Martirosian	469,000 133,000	133,000

Rafael Moraes	445,000 359,000	359,000

Mounir Tajiou	426,000 71,000	71,000
Vladyslav Martynenko	392,000 32,000	32,000
Kayhan Mokri	391,000 129,000	129,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

05-03-2024 18:53 UTC+2

Tony G Calls Out Phil Hellmuth | Life Outside Poker Podcast

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Life Outside Poker w/ Connor Richards is a new podcast for PokerNews that focuses on poker players with successful careers and lives outside of poker.

For the third episode, Connor spoke with high-stakes poker player, politician and entrepreneur Antanas "Tony G" Guoga. In the interview, Tony G spoke about growing up in Lithuania, founding PokerNews in the early 2000s, getting into European politics later in life and his favorite televised poker moments.

He also opened up about clashing with players like Phil Hellmuth in televised games and even issued a heads-up challenge to the Poker Brat. Will Hellmuth take him on, or is he, like Tony G said, "afraid to ever play me again?"

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Tony G by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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05-03-2024 18:35 UTC+2

Dinner Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The 49 remaining players have been sent on a 70-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 7:45 p.m. local time.

05-03-2024 18:28 UTC+2

Chen Takes It on the River

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Ollie Garland

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The pot stood at 47,000 with two players looking at a full board of 10♠J♠6♣Q♠7♦.

Bogdan Capitan, in the big blind, chose to check and then fold to a bet of 20,000 from Andrew Chen, who was in early position. With this pot, Chen eclipsed the 500,000 chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chen	510,000 100,000	100,000
Bogdan Capitan	300,000 182,500	182,500

Tags: Andrew Chen Bogdan Capitan

05-03-2024 18:24 UTC+2

Mokri Takes Most of Teltscher's Chips With Trips

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mark Teltscher raised to 11,000 from late position, Kayhan Mokri called on the button and Enrique Rodriguez called in the big blind.

The flop came 4♦Q♣Q♠. Action checked to Mokri, who bet 8,000. Only Teltscher made the call. The turn was the 4♠. Teltscher checked and Mokri bet 19,000, which Teltscher called.

The river came the 3♣. Teltscher checked and Mokri bet 100,000. Teltscher went into the tank, using two time bank cards before making the call for almost his entire stack.

Mokri showed K♥Q♥ for trip queens to win the pot and take most of Teltscher's stack, leaving him with just 9,000 left to play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	520,000 340,000	340,000
Mark Teltscher	9,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Kayhan Mokri Enrique Rodriguez Mark Teltscher

05-03-2024 18:23 UTC+2

Badziakouski Good at Showdown

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski opened to 10,000 in early position and was faced with a three-bet to 25,000 from Andras Nemeth in the cutoff. Badziakouski called.

On the 7♣K♠7♠ flop, Badziakouski check-called a bet of 11,000 from Nemeth.

The 4♠ turn and Q♥ river were checked through by both players.

Badziakouski showed 8♠8♦ for a pair of eights, and Nemeth mucked his hand.