Daria Krashennikova was all in preflop for around 40,000 against Theo Degrave, who had her well covered as players flipped their cards.
Daria Krashennikova: 8♣8♥
Theo Degrave: A♣K♠
The board ran out A♥2♦2♥7♦3♣. Degrave won the flip, pairing his ace on the flop and holding to eliminate Krashennikova from the tournament late in the day.
In the 876th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by Global Poker,Chad Holloway is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas alongside regular co-host Mike Holtz. However, Kyna England is up in Reno for the RunGood Poker Series (RGPS), so her Team Hotdog compatriot Lindsey Kludt fills in. The triumvirate discusses football/soccer superstar Neymar making headlines for playing online poker during a child's birthday party, for which he received a good amount of criticism. But was it warranted?
Chad then pays homage to Poker Hall of FamerCrandell Addington, who recently passed away. The Texan was there for the very first World Series of Poker (WSOP), and in this episode you'll get to hear the seven-time Main Event final tablist talk about the old days via an interview he did with PokerNews back in 2020.
A new PokerNews Podcast drops every Friday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Make sure to subscribe to not miss an episode!
Did you know the PokerNews Podcast is no longer just audio? That's right, we've added a video show as well that you can view on the PokerNews YouTube Channel.
The tournament director has made the accouncement for the final three hands of the day, after which the remaining players will bag and tag to return for Day 2.
In a hand that lasted nearly twenty minutes and had the dealer nearly nodding off, Sebastian Malec raised to 2,600 from the small blind, Candido Cappiello reraised to 11,000 from the big blind and Malec called.
The flop came 2♣K♦2♥. Malec checked and Cappiello bet 6,500, which Malec called.
The turn was the 2x and Malec checked again. Cappiello sized up to 14,000 and Malec once again went into the tank before making the call.
The river came the 4♠. Malec checked for a third time and Cappiello moved a stack of blues into the middle, representing the rest of his opponent's stack, around 60,000 effective. Another good few minutes went by, a neutral player stood up to comment on the time elapsed.
Malec eventually put his chips in the middle and showed 7♥7♠ for a full house, deuces full of sevens. Cappiello flipped over A♣K♣ for a full house, deuces full of kings to win the pot and chip up late in the day. Malec, meanwhile, was eliminated.
Day 1b of the €5,300 Main Event has reached a conclusion here at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo hosted at Sporting Monte-Carlo after ten hour-long levels of play.
The second of two starting flights attracted 739 entrants of which 239 players managed to find a bag by the end of the night. That brings the number of entrants so far to 1,132 between both flights, with 358 players advancing to Day 2, surpassing last year's Main Event which had 1,098 entrants. The prize pool currently stands at a staggering €5,572,650 and that number will continue to grow as late registration remains open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow.
By the end of the night Philipp Wenzelburger of Germany held the biggest chip stack in the room, finishing with 283,500, worth 189 big blinds going into Day 2. Wenzelburger is most closely followed by Kayhan Mokri (253,000) and Birger Ohl (229,000).
Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Philipp Wenzelburger
Germany
283,500
189
2
Kayhan Mokri
Norway
253,000
169
3
Birger Ohl
Germany
229,000
153
4
Selahaddin Bedir
Turkey
223,000
149
5
Aram Sargsyan
Armenia
222,500
148
6
Guillermo Gordo
Spain
222,500
148
7
Sergey Lebedev
Russia
215,500
144
8
Jamel Hassani
France
200,000
133
9
Sylvain Loosli
France
198,000
132
10
Daniyar Aubakirov
Kazakhstan
195,500
130
Kayhan Mokri
Other notables to bag big by the end of the second starting flight include PokerStars AmbassadorsFelix Schneiders (115,500), Simon Wiciak (79,000) and Andre Akkari (22,500) as well as Roman Hrabec (166,000), Ana Marquez (163,000), Mustapha Kanit (130,500) and Ankit Ahuja (103,500).
Further down the leaderboard are Nikita Luther (95,500), Marle Spragg (95,000), Daniel Dvoress (92,000), Arsenii Karmatckii (76,000), Joao Vieira (66,000), David Yan (52,500), defending champion Mike Watson (47,000) and Benny Glaser (37,000).
Mike Watson
Some familiar faces who entered Day 1b but fell before the end of the night include PokerStars AmbassadorsBenjamin Spragg, Jen Shahade, Ramon Colillas, Fintan Hand, Parker Talbot, Sebastian Huber and Maria Konnikova. Nacho Barbero, Jon Kyte, Ian Hamilton, Olga Iermolcheva and Dimitar Danchev also couldn't find a bag.
Day 1a and Day 1b survivors will combine on Tuesday, April 30th at noon local time for Day 2. Action will resume at Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for our continuing coverage of the Main Event.
