€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-24-2024 21:30 UTC+2

Douch Trending Downward

Tyler Foran

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Badr Douch opened 12,000 before Andras Nemeth put in a three-bet to 36,000. The action folded back around to Douch as he made the call.

The dealer spread a flop of 10♥8♦5♣, and Douch quickly folded to a continuation bet of 35,000 from Nemeth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	459,000 119,000	119,000
Badr Douch	212,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Badr Douch Andras Nemeth

02-24-2024 21:24 UTC+2

Boika Busts Montes; Damages Marki

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Cards had just been swept away and Aliaksei Boika was raking in a big pot, having just busted Bernat Capdevila Montes and doubled through Luca Marki.

PokerNews was informed Boika had a set of tens, Montes had a set of sixes, and Marki had ace-king on an ace-high board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	555,000 280,500	280,500

Luca Marki	245,000 210,000	210,000
Bernat Capdevila Montes	Busted

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Bernat Capdevila Montes Luca Marki

02-24-2024 21:24 UTC+2

Nolet Four-Bets

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Guillaume Nolet opened 12,000 in middle position, and Bert Stevens put in a three-bet to 40,000 from the small blind.

The action folded back to Nolet, and he put in a four-bet to 187,000, forcing Stevens to surrender his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Nolet	473,000 23,000	23,000
Bert Stevens	110,000 297,000	297,000

Tags: Bert Stevens Guillaume Nolet

02-24-2024 21:21 UTC+2

Blebea Doesn't Back Down

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Dan O'Hair

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Iulian-Remus Blebea opened to 15,000 from the hijack and just behind him, Govert Metaal three-bet to 31,000 from the cutoff.

Action folded back around to Blebea, who four-bet enough to put Metaal all in for his last 105,000.

Metaal went into the tank and used up a time extension before folding A♥J♠ face up — conceding the pot to Blebea.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian-Remus Blebea	206,000 52,000	52,000
Govert Metaal	105,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Govert Metaal Iulian-Remus Blebea

02-24-2024 21:15 UTC+2

New Table, Same Gear

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Oliver Weis had just been moved to a new table and was back in the action immediately as the Q♣9♥7♦ flop was on the felt. Badr Douch checked, and Weis fired a bet of 22,000 into the pot of about 33,000. Douch called.

The 6♣ hit the turn, and once Douch checked, Weis stayed aggressive with a bet of 68,000, which was enough to force the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	765,000 55,000	55,000

Badr Douch	265,000 94,000	94,000

Tags: Badr Douch Oliver Weis

02-24-2024 21:11 UTC+2

Trattou Sniffs Out Golenko's Bluff

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Dan O'Hair

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mario Trattou and Yevgeneiy Golenko were heads-up on a board of Q♣8♥4♠K♦ with a sizable pot already in the middle.

Trattou was in the small blind and checked-called a 42,000 bet from the Golenko, who was in the big blind.

The 5♣ completed the board and Trattou checked a final time, prompting a 65,000 bet from Golenko.

Trattou tanked for a bit, but eventually decided to call and Golenko tabled A♣J♣. Trattou excitedly turned over 9♦9♥ for a winning pair of nines and said, "This was you trying to bluff... I smelt it!"

"Don't try to bluff me," Trattou added as he collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Trattou	465,000 115,000	115,000
Yevgeneiy Golenko	110,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Mario Trattou Yevgeneiy Golenko

02-24-2024 21:07 UTC+2

Navarro Doubles Through Brouk

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Cards were on their backs and Mario Navarro was all-in for 73,000 and at risk versus Tomi Brouk.

Mario Navarro: A♠A♣
Tomi Brouk: Q♦Q♥

Navarro looked set for a double-up with aces versus queens and nothing changed on the 9♥3♦10♦4♣J♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomi Brouk	330,000 181,500	181,500
Mario Navarro	161,000 256,000	256,000

Tags: Mario Navarro Tomi Brouk

02-24-2024 21:07 UTC+2

Weis Keeps Firing

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Oliver Weis opened 13,000 in early position, and Stanislav Zegal called next to act before Igor Yaroshevskyy called in the small blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of A♥K♥7♦, and Yaroshevskyy check-folded to a bet of 18,000 from Weis, but Zegal made the call.

The 2♠ hit the turn, and Weis fired another shell of 58,000. This time Zegal surrendered as his cards hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	710,000 100,000	100,000

Stanislav Zegal	274,000 46,000	46,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	241,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Oliver Weis Stanislav Zegal

02-24-2024 20:58 UTC+2

Weissman Gets Job Done on Turn

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Joey Weissman opened to 6,000 from middle position and Ibrahim Ghassan defended his big blind.

Ghassan check-called a bet of 6,000 from Weissman on the 3♠2♠2♥ flop.

On the J♣ turn, Ghassan again checked to Weissman, who fired out a bet of 35,000, which led to a swift fold from his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	520,000 49,000	49,000

Ibrahim Ghassan	190,000 163,500	163,500

Tags: Ibrahim Ghassan Joey Weissman

02-24-2024 20:57 UTC+2

A Round of Counts

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Tyler Foran

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	944,000

Scott Margereson	874,000 305,000	305,000

Toni Kaukua	705,000 393,000	393,000
Hubert Baran-Osinski	700,000 40,000	40,000
Ihar Soika	632,000 32,000	32,000
Robin Ylitalo	626,000 139,000	139,000

Oliver Weis	610,000 70,000	70,000

Kyriakos Papadopoulos	564,000 441,000	441,000

Alexandru Papazian	500,000 303,000	303,000
Luis Faria	490,000 170,000	170,000
Joey Weissman	471,000 211,000	211,000

Luca Marki	455,000 42,000	42,000
Guillaume Nolet	450,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	450,000 40,000	40,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	405,000 80,000	80,000
Timothy Adams	330,000 165,000	165,000
Ka Kwan Lau	324,000 192,000	192,000
Maria Konnikova	308,000 129,000	129,000

Chris Dowling	150,000 60,000	60,000