€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-30-2024 18:17 UTC+1

Rizzo Applies Pressure

Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nir Sharon opened from under the gun to 2,300. Action folded around to Leonardo Rizzo in the small blind who reraised to 3,600. Marco Regonaschi called in the big blind as did Sharon.

Rizzo then led out for 8,100 on the Q♣A♠10♥ flop, to which both Regonaschi and Sharon quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Regonaschi	91,000 91,000	91,000
Nir Sharon	80,000 52,000	52,000
Leonardo Rizzo	38,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Leonardo Rizzo Marco Regonaschi Nir Sharon

04-30-2024 18:12 UTC+1

Dwan Takes a Nice Pot

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Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jamie Dwan opened from under the gun to 2,100. Mohamadou Abilil called from early position and Emil Sudimak defended the big blind.

Sudimak checked the monotone 3♥10♥6♥ flop to Dwan who bet 2,000. Abilil called and Sudimak folded. Dwan check-called a 5,500 bet from Abilil on the 9♣ turn before leading for 2,500 on the 10♣ river. Abilil then reraised to 16,000 and Dwan snap-called.

He showed 6♣6♦ for a flopped set and Abilil showed A♦Q♠ for a ace-high bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamadou Abilil	70,000 70,000	70,000
Jamie Dwan	55,000 55,000	55,000
Emil Sudimak	37,500 37,500	37,500

Tags: Emil Sudimak Jamie Dwan Mohamadou Abilil

04-30-2024 18:07 UTC+1

Murcia Wins a Battle of the Blinds

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Remy Murcia limped in from the small blind and Harry Lodge checked his option in the big blind.

Murcia took the lead for 1,000 on the 9♣K♣4♥ flop. Lodge called.

The A♣ turn slowed down Murcia, who checked. Lodge bet out 2,000 and Murcia check-raised to 10,000. Lodge elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harry Lodge	85,000 85,000	85,000
Remy Murcia	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Harry Lodge Remy Murcia

04-30-2024 17:54 UTC+1

Top Ten Chip Counts After Break

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Perez	185,000 56,000	56,000
Maria Konnikova	173,000 173,000	173,000

Alexandros Michas	162,500 147,500	147,500
Mengshi Tian	160,000 54,600	54,600
Umberto Zaffagnini	150,000 61,000	61,000
Konstantinos Vavoulis	148,000 32,500	32,500
Jon Vallinas	147,500 112,500	112,500
Hicham Hachoumi	140,000 140,000	140,000
Georgi Sandev	140,000 140,000	140,000
Igor Pihela	139,000 139,000	139,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-30-2024 17:33 UTC+1

Tony G Calls Out Phil Hellmuth | Life Outside Poker Podcast

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 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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04-30-2024 17:30 UTC+1

Break Time

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The remaining 293 players have been sent on a 20-minute break.

04-30-2024 17:23 UTC+1

Saliba Wins Checked-Down Pot

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Besiana Antoni opened from middle position to 1,600. Vivian Saliba called in the hijack. Action folded around to Axel Junker who defended the big blind.

The 6♠A♥K♣ flop was checked around, as was the A♠ turn. Another round of knuckles ensued on the 4♠ river. Antoni tabled 10♦9♦ before Junker declared "queen-high" while tabling Q♣10♥. However, it was Saliba's 8♠8♥ that was good enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vivian Saliba	44,500 44,500	44,500
Besiana Antoni	42,500 17,500	17,500
Axel Junker	12,500 500	500

Tags: Antoni Besiana Axel Junker Vivian Saliba

04-30-2024 17:22 UTC+1

Birkestol Bests Lin at Showdown

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jianwei Lin raised from the cutoff, receiving a call from Orjan Birkestol, in the small blind.

Birkestol check-called a bet of 1,200 from Lin on the 4♥8♠A♦ flop.

The 2♣ turn and Q♣ river checked to a showdown, prompting Birkestol to table J♣8♥; his third pair was enough to see Lin's cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianwei Lin	78,000 78,000	78,000
Orjan Birkestol	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Jianwei Lin Orjan Birkestol

04-30-2024 17:13 UTC+1

Runcan Piles on the Pressure

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The pot stood at 19,000 with two players looking at a full board that read A♠J♥J♣7♠5♠.

Axel Junker, in the small blind, bet out for 3,300. Paul Runcan, in the hijack, moved all in putting Junker to the test for his effective stack of approximately 16,000.

Junker thought for some time before mucking A♦Q♣ face up, conceding the pot to Runcan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runcan	114,000 76,500	76,500
Axel Junker	13,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Axel Junker Paul Runcan