€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-28-2024 17:13 UTC+2

Cabanillas Wins Big Pot After Betting Three Streets

Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Marco Chiappetta Sabatino raised to 1,200 from early position and Enrique Rodriguez Cabanillas three-bet to 5,600. Dinesh Moorjani called from the big blind and Sabatino also called.

The flop came A♣3♥8♠. Action checked to Cabanillas, who bet 2,800. Moorjani folded and Sabatino called the bet.

The turn was the 6♥. Sabatino checked once more and Cabanillas bet 10,500. Sabatino called again.

The river brought the 2♠. Sabatino checked for the third time and Cabanillas bet 18,500. Sabatino eventually folded and Cabanillas won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enrique Rodriguez Cabanillas	56,000 56,000	56,000
Marco Chiappetta Sabatino	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Dinesh Moorjani Enrique Rodriguez Cabanillas Marco Chiappetta Sabatino

04-28-2024 17:03 UTC+2

Velasevic Fires Away in Battle of Big Stacks; Boivin Shoves on Gathy

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Derk van Luijk raised to 1,200 in the cutoff and Danilo Velasevic called on the button.

The flop came 4♠Q♥9♦ and Van Luijk checked to Velasevic who bet 2,300. Van Luijk called.

The turn was the 6♣ and Velasevic bet 7,300. Van Luijk again called to see the J♦ river. Velasevic bet 13,100 and Van Luijk folded this time.

At another table, Thomas Boivin bet 5,000 from the button on a board of 3♣7♠8♣A♣ and Michael Gathy raised to 12,000 in the cutoff.

Boivin called and the river was the 2♦. Gathy slowed down and checked as Boivin moved all in. Gathy, with around 20,000 remaining, quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danilo Velasevic	110,000 5,500	5,500
Derk van Luijk	100,000 5,000	5,000

Thomas Boivin	95,000 15,000	15,000
Michael Gathy	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Danilo Velasevic Derk van Luijk Michael Gathy Thomas Boivin

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

04-28-2024 16:50 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Natoptanyi	120,000 120,000	120,000
Derk van Luijk	105,000 20,900	20,900

Danilo Velasevic	104,500 104,500	104,500
Jeferson Pinow	95,000 95,000	95,000
Fabrice Maltez	90,000
Gary Mamou	89,000 19,000	19,000
Gianluca Cedolia	85,000 85,000	85,000
Ruslans Nagornijs	83,000 41,000	41,000
Adi Rajkovic	82,000 82,000	82,000
Alexey Badulin	81,500 81,500	81,500
Thomas Boivin	80,000 23,500	23,500
Amaury Mamou-Mani	79,000 79,000	79,000
Andrei Mjagkov	72,600 72,600	72,600
Christian Alilovic	72,000 8,000	8,000
Ognyan Dimov	71,000 71,000	71,000

Luc Lafontaine	70,900 14,100	14,100
Davidi Kitai	68,700 10,700	10,700

Maria Konnikova	67,400 4,600	4,600

Gabi Livshitz	66,500 7,900	7,900
Simeon Spasov	66,000 66,000	66,000
Michel Molenaar	62,000 28,000	28,000
Milos Skrbic	58,000 58,000	58,000
[Removed:467]	55,100 21,100	21,100
Elias Gutierrez	50,000 20,000	20,000

Alexandre Reard	49,500 49,500	49,500

Players Heading for 20-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players in the EPT Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break.

04-28-2024 16:29 UTC+2

Kitai Flopping a Full House

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Sava Krink

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Matthias Lipp three-bet to 4,000 from the big blind after Conor Beresford raised to 1,000 from the button, with Davidi Kitai also calling. Beresford bowed out of the hand, leaving Kitai to call from the small blind.

On the 7♥5♦7♦ flop, Kitai seized the initiative with a check-raise to 4,500 after Lipp bet 1,500.

The 7♣ on the turn prompted Lipp to make a another modest bet of 1,500, which Kitai called.

With no further betting on the 9♠ river, the hand proceeded to showdown. Kitai revealed his flopped full house with 5♣5♥, while Lipp's cards found their way into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	58,000 13,000	13,000

Matthias Lipp	36,000 36,000	36,000
Conor Beresford	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Conor Beresford Davidi Kitai Matthias Lipp

04-28-2024 16:28 UTC+2

Rubiralta Gets Paid by Hadioglu; Pronilow Picks Off Hamilton

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With around 20,000 in the pot on a board of 3♣2♦3♠5♥, Gerard Rubiralta bet 7,500 from the big blind and Nuri Hadioglu called on the button.

The river was the 7♥ and Rubiralta bet another 6,500. Hadioglu again called and Rubiralta showed 9♠9♣. Hadioglu mucked.

At the same time at another table, Ian Hamilton had shoved the river against Marc Pronilow with the board showing 5♣4♠9♥8♣8♥.

"Why would you bet so much on the flop if you had kings or aces," Pronilow wondered as he tanked for more than five minutes. The clock was eventually called and Pronilow allowed the countdown nearly to reach zero before calling for his last 11,000.

Hamilton showed A♥K♦ and Pronilow slammed down 10♠10♣ to win the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Rubiralta	65,000 7,500	7,500
Marc Pronilow	45,000 15,000	15,000
Ian Hamilton	26,000 14,000	14,000

Nuri Hadioglu	13,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Gerard Rubiralta Ian Hamilton Marc Pronilow Nuri Hadioglu

04-28-2024 16:23 UTC+2

Cañas Doubles Through Oliveira

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Rodrigo Cañas was all in preflop against Joao Oliveira, who had him well covered as players flipped their cards.

Rodrigo Cañas: A♦J♥ All in
Joao Oliveira: 8♥8♦

The board ran out 5♠10♦K♦3♥A♠. Canas picked up outs on the flop. He paired his ace on the river to win the pot and double up back to around starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Oliveira	27,100 27,100	27,100
Rodrigo Cañas	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Joao Oliveira Rodrigo Cañas

04-28-2024 16:23 UTC+2

Sekano Dodges the River to Double Off Charlier

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Around 12,000 was in the pot as Denis Charlier and Jabulane Sekano saw the turn on a board of A♦6♦4♥9♦.

Charlier then bet 10,000 from the hijack before Sekano moved all in for 22,800 in the big blind. Charlier tanked for around two minutes before he called.

Sekano turned over K♦7♦ for a flush and Charlier had 9♣9♥ for a set. Charlier needed the board to pair on the river to score the knockout, but he missed the 5♥ and Sekano doubled up.