€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-01-2024 14:20 UTC+1

Kasper Flushes Pora Straight to the Rail

Patrick Cole

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was picked up with all in and call announced. Dumitru Pora was at risk in the big blind versus the covering stack of Henri Kasper.

Dumitru Pora: A♠3♠ All in
Henri Kasper: 8♦9♦

Both players hit the 3♥7♦6♦ flop. Pora's pair held across the 2♠ but the river 10♦ gave Kasper a straight flush. "Diamonds are my friend" said Kasper as Pora left the table. He apologised to his opponent and gave him a fist bump before he departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henri Kasper	120,000 90,000	90,000
Dumitru Pora	Busted

Tags: Dumitru Pora Henri Kasper

05-01-2024 14:18 UTC+1

Gathy Flips Out Hallay

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Josh Noy

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Axel Hallay moved all in from middle position and was at risk when Michael Gathy made the call.

Axel Hallay: A♠10♠ All in
Michael Gathy: K♣Q♠

Gathy connected with the 8♠8♣Q♣2♥3♠ runout, earning a bounty token while sending Hallay to the rail.

Parker Talbot also had a bounty token next to his stack, having earned recently at the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gathy	368,000 19,000	19,000

Parker Talbot	291,000 75,000	75,000

Axel Hallay	Busted

Tags: Axel Hallay Michael Gathy Parker Talbot

05-01-2024 14:16 UTC+1

Sandev Scoops Three Way All In

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Patrick Cole

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Hossein Ensan opened to 13,000 from the hijack. Georgi Sandev reraised all in for 53,500. Dominykas Karmazinas quickly moved all in and had both players covered. Ensan made the call.

Hossein Ensan: A♥K♦ All in
Georgi Sandev: A♦10♦ All in
Dominykas Karmazinas: A♣Q♠

"Good start" start Karmazinas said as the Q♣Q♦2♦ flop rolled off. The turn 7♠ left Ensan drawing slim but gave Sandev a flush draw. He hit it on the 4♦ turn to eliminate Hossein and triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgi Sandev	150,000 20,000	20,000
Dominykas Karmazinas	75,000 102,000	102,000
Hossein Ensan	Busted

Tags: Dominykas Karmazinas Georgi Sandev Hossein Ensan

05-01-2024 14:14 UTC+1

Grieco Chipping Up

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Josh Noy

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Mengshi Tian opened to 8,000 on the button and Nicola Grieco defended his big blind while still stacking chips from the previous hand.

Grieco checked the J♠K♠2♠ flop, calling when Tian continued for 8,000. Both players then checked the Q♥ turn.

The dealer turned over the A♠ river, where Grieco led out for 15,000. Tian did not take long to muck, with Grieco showing the 10♠ while adding even more chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Grieco	323,000 193,000	193,000

Mengshi Tian	262,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Mengshi Tian Nicola Grieco

05-01-2024 14:07 UTC+1

Big Pot for Tato

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Sava Krink

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Mallory Frere opened with a raise to 7,500 from the hijack, which was called by Igor Pihela in the cutoff. Bartolomeo Tato then made a three-bet to 23,000, which both players called.

On the 3♣K♠3♠ flop, Tato seized the initiative and bet 30,000. Frere and Pihela both opted to call.

Tato checked when the A♦ turn came, but Frere confidently bet 24,000. Pihela promptly called, as did Tato.

With no further action on the J♠ river, all players checked.

Tato, sitting in the big blind position, needed to reveal his cards first and proudly showed A♥A♣ for an full house. Tato also expressed disappointment that none of his opponents placed a bet on the river. The other players mucked their hands, and Tato scooped the sizable 235,000 pot, much to his delight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bartolomeo Tato	308,000 158,000	158,000
Igor Pihela	286,000 110,000	110,000
Mallory Frere	148,000 77,000	77,000

Tags: Bartolomeo Tato Igor Pihela Mallory Frere

05-01-2024 14:04 UTC+1

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Josh Noy

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

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Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

05-01-2024 13:57 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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Josh Noy

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joachim Haraldstad	Busted
Diego Gomez	Busted
Aviv Meiri	Busted
Jack Hardcastle	Busted
Clement Michaud	Busted
Florian Duta	Busted
Malcolm Traynor	Busted
David Dahan	Busted
Tom Kunze	Busted
Andrew Chen	Busted
Marton Czuczor	Busted
Michail Manolakis	Busted
Ramon Miquel	Busted
Florent Claude	Busted
Yuliyan Kolev	Busted
Enrico Coppola	Busted
Alon Huberman	Busted
Ehsan Amiri	Busted
Javier Gomez	Busted
Cristiano Guerra	Busted
Harry Lodge	Busted
Andrii Nikitin	Busted
Alex Lynskey	Busted
Ouassini Mansouri	Busted
Bogdan Simion	Busted

05-01-2024 13:50 UTC+1

Franco Finds the Triple

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Josh Noy

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Sonny Franco moved all in from the cutoff and was at risk once Romain Lewis shoved on the button. Andrija Robovic also committed his stack in the big blind, with all three hands turned up.

Sonny Franco: Q♠Q♥ All in
Romain Lewis: A♠K♦ All in
Andrija Robovic: 5♣5♥

The 9♦10♦J♠ flop saw Franco remain ahead, while the K♠ turn saw him improve to a straight. The 8♠ river changed nothing, as Franco tripled up while Lewis claimed the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Lewis	324,000 11,000	11,000
Andrija Robovic	185,000 70,000	70,000
Sonny Franco	182,000 89,500	89,500

Tags: Andrija Robovic Romain Lewis Sonny Franco

05-01-2024 13:49 UTC+1

Frere Sends Thiemer to the Rail

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Sava Krink

Level 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

After Bartolomeo Tato's opening raise from under the gun, Mallory Frere and Julien Sitbon both called. Frederik Thiemer, seated in the small blind, then went all in with his stack of 96,500 against three opponents. Everyone folded except Frere.

Frederik Thiemer: A♥Q♦ All in
Mallory Frere: Q♣Q♥

Thiemer needed to rely on hitting an ace or a straight, but the 10♦K♥3♠8♣7♥ board didn't bring him any help. Frere added over 100,000 chips to his stack as a result.