€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-30-2024 17:27 UTC+1

Turchi Flops the Nuts to Bust Lorenzon

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Virgile Turchi raised to 6,500 in early position, Alberto Lorenzon moved all in for 22,000 in the cutoff, and Turchi called.

Alberto Lorenzon: A♥4♥ All in
Virgile Turchi: A♦J♥

Lorenzon was dominated and fell further behind as the Q♦K♠10♥ flop gave Turchi the nut straight. The board ran out 4♠7♥ and Lorenzon was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Virgile Turchi	130,000 12,000	12,000
Alberto Lorenzon	Busted

Tags: Alberto Lorenzon Virgile Turchi

04-30-2024 17:20 UTC+1

Mamut Gets it in Good, Busts to Benitez

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Matt Warburton

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nikolai Mamut raised to 6,500 from late position, Matthias Lipp three-bet to 15,000 from the button, then Francisco Benitez four-bet from the big blind for 42,000. Mamut moved all in for around 74,000, Lipp folded, and Benetiz made the call as the bigger stack. Players revealed their cards.

Nikolai Mamut: A♣K♣ All in
Francisco Benitez: A♦2♦

The board ran out Q♦9♠5♦7♦K♥. Benitez made a flush on the turn to leave Mamut drawing dead with his ace-king. He left the table and Benitez added to his stack of around 230,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	225,000 95,000	95,000
Nikolai Mamut	Busted

Tags: Francisco Benitez Matthias Lipp Nikolai Mamut

04-30-2024 17:08 UTC+1

Pollak Takes Most of Lakhdari's Chips

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Matt Warburton

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Benjamin Pollak raised to 6,000 from middle position, Omar Lakhdari reraised from the small blind and Pollack called.

The flop came 6♠8♥10♠ and Lakhdari moved all in for for 37,500. Pollak called without much hesitation and flipped over Q♣10♣ for top pair. Lakhdari had 7♦6♦ for a pair of sixes with a gutshot straight draw.

The turn came the 10♥ and river was the K♣. Pollak took the pot with trip tens and Lakhdari was left with just 1,000 chips. Shortly after, Lakhdari was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	125,000 54,500	54,500
Omar Lakhdari	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Omar Lakhdari

04-30-2024 16:23 UTC+1

Dromzee Misses Outs and Hits the Rail

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Matt Warburton

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Emin Agaev raised to 6,000 from under the gun, Luke Appleton called, then Richard Dromzee moved all in from the big blind with a short stack of 24,000. Agaev isolated to 60,000 and Appleton folded.

Richard Dromzee: A♦Kx
Emin Agaev: 10♦9♦

The board ran out 7♦J♦Q♦3♠10♠. The flop brought a flush draw for Dromzee and gave Agaev a made flush. Agaev held to win the pot and Dromzee was eliminated.

"Putain!" said Dromzee as he huffed away from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emin Agaev	290,000 236,000	236,000
Richard Dromzee	Busted

Tags: Emin Agaev Luke Appleton Richard Dromzee

04-30-2024 16:07 UTC+1

Recent Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lander Lijo	Busted
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Thomas Santerne	Busted
Simeon Naydenov	Busted
Vladas Tamasauskas	Busted
Ryan Connelly	Busted
Mikael Berrio	Busted
Philip Ward	Busted
Kamal Boughareb	Busted
Jun Beum Chun	Busted
Felipe Boianovsky	Busted
Yurii Oliinyk	Busted
Sonny Franco	Busted
Sergey Lebedev	Busted
Kilian Kramer	Busted
Daniel Rezaei	Busted
Josef Snejberg	Busted
Michel Molenaar	Busted
Ole Roed	Busted
David Yan	Busted
Carlos Martinez	Busted
Imanol Vergara	Busted
Umberto Ruggeri	Busted
Diego Zeiter	Busted
Adrian State	Busted

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04-30-2024 16:01 UTC+1

Tomescu Busts Two Short Stacks

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Matt Warburton

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Santiago Nadal moved all in for 18,500 from early position. Ran Ilani already had his chips in the middle from the small blind following the last hand. George-Mircea Tomescu called in the big blind and had both players covered.

Ran Ilani: Q♥9♠ All in
Santiago Nadal: J♣J♦ All in
George-Mircea Tomescu: K♣7♣

The board ran out A♦5♦10♠K♥3♥. Tomescu paired his king on the turn and held to win the pot. Ilani and Nadal were both knocked out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
George-Mircea Tomescu	210,000 169,500	169,500
Ran Ilani	Busted
Santiago Nadal	Busted

Tags: George-Mircea Tomescu Santiago Nadal Ran Ilani

04-30-2024 16:00 UTC+1

Olechnowicz Stuns Metaal on the River

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of Q♦A♠8♦, Aaron Olechnowicz bet 5,000 from the hijack before Govert Metaal raised to 13,000 in the cutoff.

Olechnowicz called and the turn was the 5♥. Olechnowicz then led out for 33,000 and Metaal tanked for a minute before calling.

The river was the 10♥ and Olechnowicz moved all in. Metaal snap-called for around 70,000 and flipped over Q♠Q♣ for a set.

Olechnowicz, though, had K♣J♣ for a rivered straight and sent Metaal crashing to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Olechnowicz	430,000 190,000	190,000
Govert Metaal	Busted

Tags: Aaron Olechnowicz Govert Metaal

04-30-2024 15:48 UTC+1

Jalba Shoves Into Gordo's Pair

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Guillermo Gordo raised to 4,500 in middle position and received one caller before Eusebiu Jalba moved all in for 25,000 on the button. Gordo reshoved and the rest of the table got out of the way.

"Please have nines," Jalba said as they went to turn over their cards.

Eusebiu Jalba: Q♥10♥ All in
Guillermo Gordo: Q♣Q♠

Gordo didn't have two nines but instead showed Jalba the bad news with his queens. The board ran out 4♠9♦5♣4♥5♥ and Jalba was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillermo Gordo	160,000 17,000	17,000
Eusebiu Jalba	Busted

Tags: Eusebiu Jalba Guillermo Gordo

04-30-2024 15:47 UTC+1

Kane Busts to Peluso

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Matt Warburton

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Michael Kane was all in preflop from the button against Fabio Peluso in the big blind. Kane was at risk as the cards were turned.

Michael Kane: K♦Q♣ All in
Fabio Peluso: A♥K♥

The board came 5♠7♣J♠2♠J♦. Peluso held with his ace-king high and the pair of jacks on the board to win the pot. Kane was eliminated from the tournament.