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

05-01-2024 17:24 UTC+1

Tian Triumphs, Sow Struggles

Sava Krink

Level 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Noah Boeken initiated the action with a raise to 16,000 from the hijack. Mengshi Tian responded by going all in, prompting Kalidou Sow to request a chip count before also pushing all in. Boeken, no longer interested in participating, folded.

Mengshi Tian: A♣K♦ All in
Kalidou Sow: A♥J♦

Both players landed an ace on the A♦6♦7♠8♦6♥ board, but Tian's kicker prevailed. He doubled up, while Sow lost a significant amount of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	358,000 96,000	96,000
Kalidou Sow	220,000 130,000	130,000
Noah Boeken	160,000 83,500	83,500

Tags: Kalidou Sow Mengshi Tian Noah Boeken

05-01-2024 17:23 UTC+1

Places 72-95 (€3,430)

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Josh Noy

Level 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduards Rakuss	Busted
Leonard Maue	Busted
Patrick Clarke	Busted
Damien Pilkington-Lewis	Busted
Bartolomeo Tato	Busted
Mohamadou Abilil	Busted
Carlos Ribeiro	Busted
Nina Krasilnikova	Busted
Alexandros Michas	Busted
George Ana	Busted
Fabrice Maltez	Busted
Guillaume Nolet	Busted
Carl Shaw	Busted
Alex Kulev	Busted
Antonio Buonanno	Busted

Mats Ullereng	Busted
Adi Rajkovic	Busted
Yiannis Liperis	Busted
Vidar Oie	Busted
Walter Treccarichi	Busted
Marcello Miniucchi	Busted
Ambrose Ng	Busted
Vitalijs Korhs	Busted
Sergey Lebedev	Busted

05-01-2024 17:22 UTC+1

Boivin Wins Flip to Leave Gaehl Short

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Patrick Cole

Level 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up with all in and call announced. Sebastian Gaehl in the big blind had Thomas Boivin in middle position covered slightly.

Thomas Boivin: 8♣8♦ All in
Sebastian Gaehl: A♣4♣

Boivin's pocket pair held across the 2♣J♦10♠6♣Q♦ runout to secure the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	630,000 493,500	493,500
Sebastian Gaehl	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Sebastian Gaehl Thomas Boivin

05-01-2024 17:22 UTC+1

Boivin Wins Flip to Leave Gaehl Short

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Patrick Cole

Level 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up with all in and call announced. Sebastian Gaehl in the big blind had Thomas Boivin in middle position covered slightly.

Thomas Boivin: 8♣8♦ All in
Sebastian Gaehl: A♣4♣

Boivin's pocket pair held across the 2♣J♦10♠6♣Q♦ runout to secure the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	630,000 493,500	493,500
Sebastian Gaehl	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Sebastian Gaehl Thomas Boivin

05-01-2024 17:17 UTC+1

Lewis Takes From Sitbon, Knocks Out Sandev

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Josh Noy

Level 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Georgi Sandev was already all in on the button and at risk against two opponents when the dealer flipped over the turn card of the 3♣Q♠7♥K♠ board.

With a significant side pot already built, Romain Lewis called a bet of 55,000 from Julien Sitbon to see the 5♦ river.

Lewis checked to Sitbon, who took a moment before checking back and all three hands were tabled.

Sandev showed A♥10♣ for ace-high, while Lewis revealed Q♣Q♦ for a set of queens. Sitbon avoided losing more chips, as he showed 6♠6♥ for a pair. Sandev wished everyone good luck on his way to the payout desk, while Lewis raked in a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Lewis	795,000 471,000	471,000
Julien Sitbon	370,000 278,000	278,000
Georgi Sandev	Busted

Tags: Georgi Sandev Julien Sitbon Romain Lewis

05-01-2024 17:09 UTC+1

Sow Stacks Maue

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Patrick Cole

Level 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop of 5♣A♦4♦. Most of Leonard Maue's chips were in the middle already and Kalidou Sow was asking for the rest of them. The clock was called on Maue and as soon as a member of the floor appeared he put in his last chips with a flush draw and gutshot.

Leonard Maue: 9♦3♦ All in
Kalidou Sow: A♠9♠

Sow held across the 10♠ turn and 3♠ river to scoop Maue's stack and his bounty token.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalidou Sow	350,000 110,000	110,000
Leonard Maue	Busted

Tags: Kalidou Sow Leonard Maue

05-01-2024 17:02 UTC+1

Nadal Shoves Pre

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Patrick Cole

Level 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action folded around to Jose Nadal who opened to 17,000 from the button. Nicola Grieco then raised to 47,000 out of the small blind.

Nadal, after a moment of thought, moved all in for 248,000. Grieco went into the tank before finding the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Grieco	325,000 2,000	2,000

Jose Nadal	300,000 233,000	233,000

Tags: Jose Nadal Nicola Grieco

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

05-01-2024 16:50 UTC+1

Kulev's Double Misfortune

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Sava Krink

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The pot had swelled to around 210,000 on the 7♣10♣4♥9♠Kx board when PokerNews began covering the action. Alex Kulev, with over 200,000 chips left, decided to go all in, which was promptly called by Jack Corrigan. Kulev revealed 9♥8♣, while Corrigan showed A♠A♣. Unfortunately for Kulev, Corrigan doubled up, leaving Kulev with only 60,000 remaining.

A few hands later, Kulev found himself all in again, this time against Michael Gathy, who had opened from under the gun.

Alex Kulev: 2♣2♠ All in
Michael Gathy: A♥K♠

The board revealed 8♥9♠K♦5♦6♦, giving Gathy a pair of kings and marking the end of Kulev's run in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Corrigan	535,000 360,500	360,500
Michael Gathy	400,000 220,000	220,000

Alex Kulev	Busted

Tags: Alex Kulev Jack Corrigan Michael Gathy

05-01-2024 16:49 UTC+1

Franco Eliminates Two Players

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Patrick Cole

Level 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was picked up with all in and call announced. Bartolomeo Tato was all in from early position, Carlos Ribeiro from the button and Sonny Franco called, covering both players.

Bartolomeo Tato: K♥Q♥ All in
Carlos Ribeiro: 7♠7♥ All in
Sonny Franco: A♦K♠

Franco improved to top pair and secured two bounty tokens on the 9♠Q♠A♣5♠4♥ board.