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

02-19-2024 03:03 UTC+2

Covrig Out Before the Money on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sergiu Covrig pushed a short stack of around 90,000 into the middle and Maciej Gut did so with the covering stack, forcing out all opponents.

Sergiu Covrig: 7♣7♠
Maciej Gut: 8♥8♦

"Seven seven is my favourite hand. I can feel it, it is coming," Covrig declared while filming the showdown with his smart phone.

However, there was no seven on the A♠K♥4♦5♠9♦ board to knock out the WSOP Europe bracelet winner. Adrian Mateos followed suit on a different table right after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maciej Gut	240,000 114,000	114,000
Sergiu Covrig	Busted
Adrian Mateos	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Maciej Gut Sergiu Covrig

02-19-2024 03:08 UTC+2

Toth Flipped Out by Lonis

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jesse Lonis raised from an early position to 22,000 and Istvan Toth in the small blind pushed all-in for 82,000. Clement Bonnant in the big blind asked for a count and inquired about the stack size of Lonis, too, but folded, while Lonis instantly called.

Istvan Toth: A♠K♦
Jesse Lonis: 10♦10♠

It was all but over for Toth with the 10♥9♦8♠ flop and the A♦ turn confirmed his elimination, as a meaningless 4♥ fell on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	240,000 40,000	40,000
Clement Bonnant	120,000 120,000	120,000
Istvan Toth	Busted

Tags: Clement Bonnant Istvan Toth Jesse Lonis

02-19-2024 03:16 UTC+2

Almeida Eliminates Steinbrenner

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Dan O'Hair

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Justin Steinbrenner opened for 165,000 from the hijack, leaving himself a short stack of 1,000-denomination chips behind, and Gonzalo Almeida shoved from the small blind for more. Action folded back to Steinbrenner, who called all in to put himself at risk.

Justin Steinbrenner: K♣Q♣
Gonzalo Almeida: A♥K♦

Steinbrenner found himself dominated, and the 5♠6♦7♦9♦9♥ runout provided no help — forcing him to surrender his stack to Almeida.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gonzalo Almeida	415,000 415,000	415,000
Justin Steinbrenner	Busted

Tags: Gonzalo Almeida Justin Steinbrenner

02-19-2024 03:21 UTC+2

The Tanking Has Commenced

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The floor staff has become more busy now as several tables have had players tanking. Clocks are being called albeit reluctantly as Day 1b is only three eliminations away from the finish line. The last player to bust was Nemanja Lukovic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nemanja Lukovic	Busted

Tags: Nemanja Lukovic

02-19-2024 03:28 UTC+2

Aissani Eliminated by Peluso to Set Up Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With 85 players remaining and several tables stalling, floor staff told the dealers to stop after the current hand as hand-for-hand mode was to commence early.

During this exact hand, Francesco Delfoco busted and further all-in action unfolded. Naim Ouachekradi raised to 32,000 in the cutoff and then folded when Demosthenes Kiriopoulos bumped it up to 162,000 in the big blind.

Last but not least, Mohamed Aissani had defended the big blind against cutoff aggression by big stack Fabio Peluso. The turn showed 6♦4♥2♣9♥ and Aissani had checked. Peluso pushed all-in and Aissani tank-called all-in for around 90,000.

Mohamed Aissani: 8♣7♦
Fabio Peluso: J♠10♥

"Let's go straight," Aissani said in French table chat but bricked the 6♣ river to leave the entire table stunned.

And just like that, the field was reduced to 83 players, thus ensuring hand-for-hand play on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Peluso	660,000 210,000	210,000
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	290,000 130,000	130,000
Naim Ouachekradi	120,000 120,000	120,000
Francesco Delfoco	Busted
Mohamed Aissani	Busted

Tags: Demosthenes Kiriopoulos Fabio Peluso Francesco Delfoco Mohamed Aissani Naim Ouachekradi

02-19-2024 04:15 UTC+2

The Bubble Bursts Eventually; 81 Advance on Day 1b

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Dan O'Hair

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

There were three all-in and call on separate tables as a small rail ran back and forth to see the action unfold once their own tables had been finished.

First to run was the forced all-in of Liviu Bartha for the last 15,000 out of the blinds, and he was up against Maria Konnikova.

Liviu Bartha: 5♣4♠
Maria Konnikova: K♠9♥

The Q♦7♣2♦6♥8♠ board gave Bartha a straight and the railbirds groaned.

In the meanwhile, Cedric Schwaederle had open-jammed from late position and Shakhabiddin Muradov called all-in for 193,000 in the small blind.

Shakhabiddin Muradov: A♠A♦
Cedric Schwaederle: 8♣7♣

"He has the best aces cracker," some of the chatter came from the rail.

The J♥8♥4♠ flop provided one eight and the crowd became more anxious. Nothing changed on the K♥ turn but the dreadful 8♦ river let the bubble burst. One more all-in was to come over on table three, however.

Milan Popovic was already all in for his last 7,000 from the small blind and Alessandro Pichierri raised all in from the cutoff. Everyone else folded.

Milan Popovic: K♦J♥
Alessandro Pichierri: 9♣9♥

The board ran out A♠2♠10♣3♣5♥ — keeping Pichierri's nines best and eliminating Popovic along with Muradov on the Day-2 bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro Pichierri	786,000 111,000	111,000
Cedric Schwaederle	610,000 610,000	610,000
Maria Konnikova	570,000 255,000	255,000

Liviu Bartha	40,000 105,000	105,000
Shakhabiddin Muradov	Busted
Milan Popovic	Busted

Tags: Cedric Schwaederle Liviu Bartha Maria Konnikova Shakhabiddin Muradov