€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 14:23 UTC+1

Meunier Four-Bets All In

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Patrick Cole

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

Dimitar Yosifov limped from the hijack. Justin Steinbrenner in the cutoff limped along before Clement Meunier made it 21,000 from the button. Yosifov then reraised to 50,000.

Meunier took a moment before announcing all in for around 150,000. Yosifov tanked for a moment before finding the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clement Meunier	220,000 94,000	94,000
Justin Steinbrenner	150,000 10,000	10,000
Dimitar Yosifov	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Clement Meunier Dimitar Yosifov Justin Steinbrenner

05-01-2024 14:35 UTC+1

Tomas Calls Talbot's Bluff

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Josh Noy

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

Joao Tomas and Parker Talbot were heads up to the turn with A♠10♠K♠3♣ showing on the table. Tomas checked to Talbot from under the gun, and the PokerStars Ambassador fired 32,000.

Tomas called to see the 4♦ river, checking once more. Talbot slid out a bet of 119,000, representing almost all of his remaining stack. Tomas took some time before making the call.

Talbot turned over Q♣9♣ for a missed straight draw, while Tomas showed K♣Q♠ for top pair to take down a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Tomas	388,000 388,000	388,000
Parker Talbot	35,000 256,000	256,000

Tags: Joao Tomas Parker Talbot

05-01-2024 14:37 UTC+1

Bull Doubles Miniucchi

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Sava Krink

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

Robert Bull opened with a min raise of 8,000 from early position. Ramon Colillas called, and Marcello Miniucchi shoved all in with 52,000 from the small blind. After some consideration, Bull made the call, while Colillas contemplated his decision but ultimately folded.

Marcello Miniucchi: A♥Q♥ All in
Robert Bull: K♦8♣

Bull was clearly aiming for Miniucchi's bounty, but the board favored Miniucchi with 6♠3♦10♦4♥3♠, allowing him to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Bull	280,000 105,000	105,000
Ramon Colillas	240,000 122,000	122,000
Marcello Miniucchi	128,000 29,500	29,500

Tags: Marcello Miniucchi Ramon Colillas Robert Bull

05-01-2024 14:41 UTC+1

Jazayeri Eliminated Before the Bubble

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Josh Noy

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

Hiroshi Nishiyama opened to 10,000 from under the gun and called after Sean Jazayeri moved all in for 97,000 in the big blind.

Sean Jazayeri: A♦K♠ All in
Hiroshi Nishiyama: 10♥10♦

"That's a reasonable call," said Jazayeri as he flipped for his tournament life. The 8♠9♥6♣9♦4♥ runout was no help, leaving Jazayeri without any chips as the tournament moved to the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hiroshi Nishiyama	379,000 151,000	151,000
Sean Jazayeri	Busted

Tags: Hiroshi Nishiyama Sean Jazayeri

05-01-2024 14:43 UTC+1

Hand for Hand Play Begins

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Sava Krink

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

With the tournament field quickly whittled down to 113 players, the tournament director told the dealers to wrap up the current hand and hold off for hand-for-hand action. The players were just two bust-outs away from hitting the money.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

05-01-2024 15:04 UTC+1

Vazquez's Aces Triumph Over Toma's Bluff

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Sava Krink

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the bubble, Tsugunari Toma decided to raise to 300,000 from the hijack. Alejandro Vazquez then went all in with 254,000, prompting everyone else to fold.

Before the tournament director arrived to announce the hand, it was evident that Vazquez was very excited, while Toma seemed displeased. As it came to showdown, Vazquez revealed A♠A♥ and Toma showed 8♥2♠. It was bad timing for a bluff.

Unfortunately for Toma, the board didn't help his hand, allowing Vazquez to double up and become the owner of over 500,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Vazquez	524,000 415,500	415,500
Tsugunari Toma	270,000 270,000	270,000

Tags: Alejandro Vazquez Tsugunari Toma

05-01-2024 15:06 UTC+1

Rajkovic's Lucky Double

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Sava Krink

Level 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Adi Rajkovic went all in preflop with his remaining 10,000 after Robert Bull's open raise. Rui Bouquet and Bull both called.

The flop revealed Q♣J♠Q♠, prompting Bouquet to fold after Bull's bet. Now it was up to Rajkovic and Bull to wait until the tournament director signaled to reveal their cards.

In the meantime, Rajkovic told PokerNews, "Not the smartest move to go all in on the bubble. I don't know what I was thinking."

However, luck was on his side, as Bull turned J♥5♥, while Rajkovic had a third queen with K♠Q♥, securing him a triple-up as the turn and river failed to help Bull.