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

04-29-2024 21:04 UTC+1

Di Giacomo Flushes Out Colillas

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Claudio Di Giacomo opened to 2,200 from the cutoff and received calls from Ramon Colillas on the button and Selahaddin Bedir in the big blind.

The flop came A♠K♠5♠ and action checked around to Di Giacomo who fired a 3,500 continuation bet. Colillas called while Bedir got out of the way.

Di Giacomo bet 8,000 on the 3♦ turn and once again Colillas made the call.

On the 3♠ river Di Giacomo moved all in, covering Colillas who had roughly 20,000 behind. Colillas called and showed 8♠7♠ for a flopped flush but Di Giacomo tabled K♦Q♠ for a bigger flush made on the river to send Colillas to the rail in brutal fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Selahaddin Bedir	108,500 108,500	108,500

Claudio Di Giacomo	90,000 90,000	90,000
Ramon Colillas	Busted

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Ramon Colillas Selahaddin Bedir

04-29-2024 21:05 UTC+1

Players Heading for 20-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players in the Main Event are heading for their final 20-minute break of the day.

04-29-2024 21:23 UTC+1

Don't Miss Out on These Five Epic Activities at EPT Monte Carlo

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Sandra Barbour

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo is fast approaching, kicking off on April 24. The EPT has been visiting Monte Carlo for years, and this year's edition has the potential to be the most memorable yet, with a large number of participants expected. The exclusive principality on the Mediterranean Sea is sure to attract poker players from far and wide this spring.

However, as always, EPTs are not just about poker. The EPT will provide a full range of activities for players and their guests, ensuring that there is always something to do, whether you are at the poker table or not.

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Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

04-29-2024 21:30 UTC+1

Top Ten Stacks After Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aram Sargsyan	260,000
Kevinas Korsakas	225,000
Sergey Lebedev	210,000
Clement Michaud	206,500
Dylan Weisman	205,000
Giorgos Onisiforou	202,000
Benjamin Pitoun	195,000
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	193,000
Kayhan Mokri	181,000
Enis Rouissi	175,700

04-29-2024 21:40 UTC+1

Bigot Takes it on the Turn

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Patrick Cole

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Fabrice Bigot opened from early position to 2,500. Ivan Stankov called from middle position and they were heads up to a flop of K♣4♠K♦

Bigot check-called a bet of 4,000. On the A♣ turn, he checked once more, prompting a 13,000 bet from Stankov. Bigot paused for a moment before putting in the check-raise to 30,000. Stankov went into the tank before finding the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Bigot	115,000 115,000	115,000
Ivan Stankov	82,500 82,500	82,500

Tags: Fabrice Bigot Ivan Stankov

04-29-2024 21:52 UTC+1

Bogdan Doubles

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Patrick Cole

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action folded around to Natan Chauskin who opened from middle position to 2,500. Adrian State called in the cutoff before George Bogdan reraised to 18,000 from the button. The blinds and Chauskin folded. State went into the tank before moving all in for 120,000. Bogdan made the call as the covering stack.

George Bogdan: 10♣10♠ All in
Adrian State: J♥J♦

Bogdan had spades working for him on the 5♠6♠A♣ flop and another came on the 9♠ turn. He hit a flush on the Q♠ river to best State's jacks and secure a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Bogdan	170,000 170,000	170,000
Natan Chauskin	50,000 50,000	50,000
Adrian State	40,000 10,500	10,500

Tags: Adrian State George Bogdan Natan Chauskin

04-29-2024 21:56 UTC+1

Hassankashani Takes from Lebedev

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With two players seeing a board of J♦10♥6♥ and roughly 5,000 in the middle, Sergey Lebedev checked from the small blind and Arian Hassankashani bet 3,200 from under the gun. Lebedev check-raised to 10,000 and Hassankashani made the call.

Lebedev checked again on the 10♣ turn and Hassankashani bet 8,800. Lebedev made the call.

Both players checked the 3♦ river. Lebedev turned over J♥4♥ for two pair and a missed flush draw but Hassankashani turned over K♦10♠ for trip tens to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Lebedev	215,000 5,000	5,000
Arian Hassankashani	69,000

Tags: Arian Hassankashani Sergey Lebedev

04-29-2024 22:01 UTC+1

Sargsyan Makes Set, Busts Antoni and Kisacikoglu

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Matt Warburton

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of K♦8♥9♦ in a multiway pot with four players.

It checked to Orpen Kisacikoglu, who made it 5,500. Kisacikoglu picked up a call before Aram Sargsyan check-raised to 17,500. Besiana Antoni pushed all in for 26,000 and Kisacikoglu moved all in for a similar amount. Action folded back to Sargsyan who called both players with the bigger stack to make it a three-way all-in.

Besiana Antoni: K♣J♥ All in
Orpen Kisacikoglu: J♠10♠ All in
Aram Sargsyan: 9♥9♣

The turn came the 5♠ and river the J♣. Kisacikoglu missed his straight draw, Antoni made two pair, but Sargsyan had a set of nines to win the pot and add yet more to his stack, now worth around 250,000, putting him up there with the chip leaders.

Antoni and Kisacikoglu were both eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aram Sargsyan	250,000 10,000	10,000
Besiana Antoni	Busted
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Besiana Antoni Orpen Kisacikoglu

04-29-2024 22:15 UTC+1

Spragg Pips Murcia

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Marle Spragg opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Dumitru Pora on the button and Quentin Girardet in the small blind before Remy Murcia three-bet shoved for 24,600 from the big blind. Spragg re-shoved for approximately 32,000 and both Pora and Girardet got out of the way leaving Murcia at risk.

Remy Murcia: 9♥9♦ All in
Marle Spragg: 10♣10♥

Spragg's tens held up on the 7♦Q♣2♣3♥8♠ runout and she scored close to a full double up while Murcia was sent to the rail.