€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-01-2024 11:25 UTC+1

Hennen Busts Pardo

Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Rutger Hennen opened to 11,000 under the gun, and action folded to €100,000 Super High Roller 3rd place finisher Juan Pardo, who glanced at the clock before moving his short-stack of 45,000 into the middle.

Action folded back to Hennen, who made the quick call.

Juan Pardo: Q♠Q♣ All in
Rutger Hennen: 4♥4♠

Pardo looked in great shape for a double-up, but was up out of his chair after the A♦3♣4♣ flop, and no unlikely escape was provided by the 9♠ turn and 10♦ river. Pardo wished the table good luck as he departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rutger Hennen	240,000 134,000	134,000
Juan Pardo	Busted

Tags: Juan Pardo Rutger Hennen

05-01-2024 11:26 UTC+1

Moraes Folds Out Baltateanu

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

PokerStars Ambassador Rafael Moraes opened to 10,000 from the button. Silviu Baltateanu defended his big blind to the J♥7♥4♣ flop.

Baltateanu check-called for 21,000 and then folded to a bet of 45,000 on the A♣ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Silviu Baltateanu	395,000 49,000	49,000
Rafael Moraes	240,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Rafael Moraes Silviu Baltateanu

05-01-2024 11:30 UTC+1

Early Day 3 Eliminations

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Carbotti	Busted
Tudor Zapsa	Busted
Tigran Harutyunyan	Busted
Andrea Bensaid	Busted
Jin Hoon Lee	Busted
Philippe Souki	Busted

05-01-2024 11:30 UTC+1

Shylko Calls Off to Bosch

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Oliver Bosch had raised on the button before Aliaksandr Shylko reraised to around 100,000 in the big blind, leaving himself just 10,000 behind. Bosch instantly moved all in.

Shylko used up a time bank as he looked around at other tables before calling.

Aliaksandr Shylko: K♠Q♦ All in
Oliver Bosch: A♥6♥

The flop came A♦J♣2♥ and Bosch hit top pair, while Shylko was looking to complete a straight draw. The 8♦ turn was no help, while the river came the J♥ and the 2023 PSPC champion was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Bosch	380,000 17,000	17,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	Busted

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Oliver Bosch

05-01-2024 11:34 UTC+1

Mariwalla Knocks Out Carbotti

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Giuseppe Carbotti open-shoved for 28,000 from under the gun and was called by Rohit Mariwalla who coverd him from middle position.

Giuseppe Carbotti: Q♦J♥ All in
Rohit Mariwalla: A♥J♣

The board ran out K♥6♥9♠2♥6♣. Neither player had connected with the board and Mariwalla's ace-high was good enough to take the pot while Carbotti was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rohit Mariwalla	240,000 99,000	99,000
Giuseppe Carbotti	Busted

Tags: Giuseppe Carbotti Rohit Mariwalla

05-01-2024 11:36 UTC+1

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Josh Noy

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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05-01-2024 11:37 UTC+1

Rouissi Fires All Three Streets

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Three-handed on a flop of 5♦K♣3♣, Enis Rouissi bet 16,000 from under the gun and Candido Cappiello called in the hijack, as did big blind Vladimir Troyanovskiy.

The turn was the K♠ and Rouissi bet another 31,000. Only Cappiello called this time and he and Rouissi went heads-up to the 3♥ river.

Rouissi then slid forward 100,000 and Cappiello snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enis Rouissi	650,000 254,000	254,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	580,000 50,000	50,000
Candido Cappiello	180,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Candido Cappiello Enis Rouissi Vladimir Troyanovskiy

05-01-2024 11:39 UTC+1

Seibt Calls Down Mroz

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of A♠J♦8♦ and 25,000 in the middle, Alexander "Wolfgang Poker" Seibt bet 7,000 from the small blind and Tomasz Mroz check-raised to 16,000 from the big blind. Seibt made the call.

On the 2♠ turn Seibt check-called a 17,000 bet from Mroz.

Seibt check-called another bet from Mroz on the Q♠ river, this time for 21,000. Seibt tabled A♦10♣ for top pair and Mroz mucked.

"Nice hand" Mroz told his opponent, giving Seibt a fist bump as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Seibt	180,000 58,000	58,000
Tomasz Mroz	92,000 83,000	83,000

Tags: Alexander Seibt Tomasz Mroz

05-01-2024 11:41 UTC+1

Spragg Uses Time Banks Wisely

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Marle Spragg was under the gun with 12,000 left. She opened to 10,000 with 144 players left and a €1,300 pay jump at 143rd.

Stefan Dimitrov was in middle position and three-bet to 25,000.

Action folded back to Spragg, who burnt through all her six time banks, glancing at the clock throughout, hoping to see someone had busted.

As she flicked in the last time bank, she joked "I'm not sure I want to win now, I've got no time banks left" and Dimitrov responded "You can always fold". Spragg flicked in her last chips as her time ran out.

Marle Spragg: A♥5♥ All in
Stefan Dimitrov: K♣J♠

Spragg was ahead and her double-up was confirmed by the 6♣10♣9♥2♠8♣ runout, Spragg successfully negotiating the pay jump.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Dimitrov	145,000 24,000	24,000
Marle Spragg	30,000 71,000	71,000

Tags: Marle Spragg Stefan Dimitrov

05-01-2024 11:42 UTC+1

Hoefer Runs into Aces

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Marius Gierse opened to 10,000 from middle position and snap-called when Paul Hoefer jammed for around 90,000 from the big blind.

Paul Hoefer: A♠J♣ All in
Marius Gierse:A♥A♦

Hoefer was in rough shape and needed to go runner-runner after Gierse made top set on the A♣K♦2♦ flop. The 6♦ turn and 6♥ river filled Gierse up and Hoefer departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	320,000 137,000	137,000
Paul Hoefer	Busted

Tags: Marius Gierse Paul Hoefer