€2,200 FPS High Roller Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-18-2024 18:03 UTC+2

Metaal Hammers Aniulis

Richard Hayes

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

Kyriakos Papadopoulos opened to 3,500 and was called by Evaldas Aniulis. Action folded to Govert Metaal who produced a three-bet jam for 23,900.

Papdopoulos folded and after some thought, Aniulis made the call to put Metaal at risk.

Govert Metaal: 8♦7♦
Evaldas Aniulis: 9♠9♦

Metaal was in trouble versus an overpair, but hope arrived on the A♥8♠Q♠ flop.

The 10♣ turn was a brick but the 8♥ rolled off on the river to give Metaal trip eights and send him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evaldas Aniulis	56,000 56,000	56,000
Govert Metaal	53,300 23,300	23,300

Tags: Evaldas Aniulis Govert Metaal Kyriakos Papadopoulos

02-18-2024 17:56 UTC+2

Odeen Holds On to Double Off Troyanovskiy

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David Salituro

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

Maria Ho raised to 2,200 in early position and received three callers to the 9♠8♦K♦ flop. Action then checked to Jerry Odeen who bet 3,500 in the cutoff.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 11,000 in the big blind and Ho folded. Odeen moved all in for 36,500 and Troyanovskiy quickly called.

Jerry Odeen: 8♠8♣
Vladimir Troyanovskiy: Q♦9♦

Odeen was ahead with his set of eights but needed to dodge Troyanovskiy's flush draw to stay alive. The 3♠ turn was safe, while the river was the Q♥ and Odeen doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Odeen	80,000 80,000	80,000
Maria Ho	65,000 65,000	65,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Jerry Odeen Maria Ho Vladimir Troyanovskiy

02-18-2024 17:52 UTC+2

Amorella Asks For it All

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Josh Noy

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

Jakob Miegel opened to 2,000 in early position and was quickly met with a three-bet to 6,800 by Adrien Amorella on his left. Miegel called to see the 6♦9♦4♣ flop.

Miegel checked to Amorella, who continued for 3,100. The call was made and the dealer turned over the Q♣ turn. Miegel took a moment before leading out for 2,000.

Amorella quickly raised all in, and Miegel mucked before the dealer could count the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakob Miegel	58,000 35,000	35,000
Adrien Amorella	43,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Jakob Miegel Adrien Amorella

02-18-2024 17:46 UTC+2

Asaulenka Doubles Through Angelov

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Richard Hayes

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

Boris Angelov opened to 2,100 and was met by a three-bet to 5,000 by Kiryl Asaulenka.

Action folded back to Angelov and he produced the four-bet jam for 23,000 more, covering Asaulenka. After a minute or so of thought Asaulenka made the call to put himself at risk.

Kiryl Asaulenka: Q♣10♠
Boris Angelov: K♣7♣

Angelov's king-high was ahead but the flop came Q♠3♦4♦ to give Asaulenka a pair of queens, a lead he would not relinquish on the 9♥10♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kiryl Asaulenka	34,500 34,500	34,500
Boris Angelov	11,100 47,900	47,900

Tags: Boris Angelov Kiryl Asaulenka

02-18-2024 17:45 UTC+2

Ace on the Turn Spells the End For Rolli

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David Salituro

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

Fabian Rolli moved all in for around 25,000 from middle position as Ludovic Da Cunha put him at risk in the small blind.

Fabian Rolli: 9♠9♦
Ludovic Da Cunha: A♦K♠

Rolli remained ahead with his two nines on the 6♣8♥6♠ flop, but Da Cunha spiked the A♣ on the turn to make two pair. The river was the 5♦ and Rolli sent the rest of his stack over to Da Cunha.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Da Cunha	80,000
Fabian Rolli	Busted

Tags: Fabian Rolli Ludovic Da Cunha

02-18-2024 17:37 UTC+2

Geci Wins a Flip on Da

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David Salituro

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

Peter Da had a raise to 4,500 in front of him from the big blind before Endrit Geci moved all in for 26,500 in the hijack. Da called.

Endrit Geci: A♠K♣
Peter Da: 8♥8♦

The flop came 3♠Q♥K♦ and Da let out a loud sigh as Geci took the lead with top pair. The board ran out Q♣9♣ and Da was left paying off the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Da	75,000 5,000	5,000
Endrit Geci	55,000

Tags: Endrit Geci Peter Da

02-18-2024 17:35 UTC+2

Todeschini Gets it Done on Turn

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Richard Hayes

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

Niclas Thumm raised to 2,500 and was called by Iulian-Remus Blebea, Daniele Todeschini on the button and Marco Silva in the big blind.

Action on the K♥3♦10♣ flop was checked to Blebea, who put out a bet of 2,200. Todeschini and Silva called, Thumm folded.

The turn was the 10♥, pairing the board, and action was checked to Todeschini on the button. He slid out a bet of 7,500, and that was sufficient to get folds from all of his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian-Remus Blebea	128,000 50,000	50,000
Marco Silva	78,000 45,400	45,400
Daniele Todeschini	69,000 69,000	69,000
Niclas Thumm	11,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Daniele Todeschini Iulian-Remus Blebea Marco Silva Niclas Thumm

02-18-2024 17:31 UTC+2

Van Zijp Zipping Up the Leaderboard

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David Salituro

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

Georgi Sandev moved all in for 5,000 from early position, Danny van Zijp reshoved with his massive stack in middle position, and the rest of the table folded.

Georgi Sandev: A♣7♣
Danny van Zijp: A♥Q♠

"Chop," Sandev pleaded as the flop came 4♣J♥4♦. Van Zijp improved to two pair on the Q♣ turn, then made a full house on the 4♥ river to seal Sandev's bustout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny van Zijp	120,000 120,000	120,000
Georgi Sandev	Busted

Tags: Danny van Zijp Georgi Sandev

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

02-18-2024 17:24 UTC+2

Continuation Bet Works For Sitbon

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Julien Sitbon raised to 2,000 in early position and action folded around to Saad Rabih in the big blind, who made the call.

The 6♣3♠10♠ flop saw Rabih check before Sitbon fired another 2,000 into the middle. Rabih did not take long to muck his hand, sending the pot to his left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	25,200 4,800	4,800
Saad Rabih	10,800

Tags: Julien Sitbon Saad Rabih