€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-19-2024 22:28 UTC+1

Baumann Loses Small Pot to Big Hand

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Gaelle Baumann had opened from middle position and Andrei Konopelko had defended the big blind, creating a pot of 6,000 chips.

Konopelko then check-called Baumann's 4,800-chip bet on the 9♦4♦6♥ flop before both players checked the A♠ turn.

The 3♦ river was also knuckled by both players, and Andrei Konopelko showed A♣K♦ for top pair, much to the surprise of Baumann.

She took a few more looks at her cards before throwing them to the muck, awarding the pot to Konopelko.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	95,000 5,000	5,000
Andrei Konopelko	80,000 57,300	57,300

Tags: Andrei Konopelko Gaelle Baumann

02-19-2024 22:38 UTC+1

Flip Turns Into Quads for Smith

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Elliot Smith in middle position got his stack of 35,000 in the middle against Evgenii Fidchuk on the button.

Elliot Smith: 9♠9♥
Evgenii Fidchuk: A♥K♣

Fidchuk sprung ahead when he flopped trips on Q♥A♣A♠, but the A♦ turn locked up the pot for him as he made four of a kind. The 9♣ river put some salt in the wound of Fidchuk, who quickly headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elliot Smith	99,000 32,000	32,000
Evgenii Fidchuk	Busted

Tags: Elliot Smith Evgenii Fidchuk

02-19-2024 22:44 UTC+1

Troyanovskiy Hero-Calls At the Wrong Time

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With the turn showing 7♣5♣2♠6♥, Antoine Camors bet 11,500 out of the small blind and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called in the big blind. Carmors then jammed the J♠ on the river and Troyanovskiy went into a brief tank.

With around 27,000 behind, Troyanovskiy opted to call all-in and Camors exposed his 5♠5♥ for a set of fives. Troyanovskiy flashed his 8♠2♣ for the bottom pair and exited the tournament area without word.

There was some utter confusion by the other players at the table before Gediminas Uselis explained that there had been an open-raise and a call by Camors in the small blind. Troyanovskiy squeezed in the big blind, then checked back the flop before calling the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Camors	165,000 165,000	165,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted

Tags: Antoine Camors Gediminas Uselis Vladimir Troyanovskiy

02-19-2024 22:49 UTC+1

Yea Triples Up

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Steve Yea had gone all in preflop from the small blind for 22,500 and was looked up by both Fouad Rabahie in the big blind and Samantha Abernathy under the gun, who also created a 25,000 side pot in the process.

Rabahie then shoved when the Q♥J♥7♠ flop fell, forcing Abernathy to save the 60,000 chips she had behind and create a heads up showdown.

Steve Yea: K♥K♦
Fouad Rabahie: A♣Q♣

Yea's kings held on the subsequent 8♣10♦ runout and he secured a big triple-up. Rebahie, meanwhile, shipped the side pot to minimize his losses and stayed above the 100,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fouad Rabahie	125,000 33,000	33,000
Steve Yea	68,700 45,000	45,000
Samantha Abernathy	60,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Fouad Rabahie Samantha Abernathy Steve Yea

02-19-2024 22:51 UTC+1

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Grigorii Rodin	290,000 43,600	43,600
Stephane Guelpa	200,000 48,000	48,000
Gediminas Uselis	195,000 6,000	6,000
Pierre Calamusa	195,000 35,000	35,000
Dan Laidlaw	185,000 10,900	10,900
Jose Manuel Gonzalez	150,000 105,000	105,000
Alex Kulev	135,000
Mark Buckley	130,000 65,000	65,000
Abhinav Iyer	130,000 85,000	85,000
Roman Hrabec	125,000 22,000	22,000
Ramon Miquel	95,000 50,000	50,000
Fintan Hand	90,000 3,000	3,000
Fabrice Bigot	70,000
Steve Yea	65,000 41,300	41,300
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	55,000 55,000	55,000
Nozomu Shimizu	48,000 3,000	3,000
Marle Spragg	19,000 6,900	6,900

Julien Martini	18,000 49,000	49,000
Conor Beresford	Busted

02-19-2024 22:56 UTC+1

No Fun for Funaro

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The pot had grown to a size of 10,000 chips when Mehdi Rebai jammed his final 7,000 in the middle from the big blind on a completed board of 9♣2♥2♠J♦9♦.

The action was on Frank Funaro in the hijack, and he thought it over for a bit before flicking in the call.

Rebai opened Q♣9♥ for a full house, outmatching the A♥5♠ of Funaro, who called with ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Funaro	63,000 2,000	2,000
Mehdi Rebai	24,000

Tags: Frank Funaro Mehdi Rebai

02-19-2024 22:59 UTC+1

Martini Takes One and Gives One Up

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ben Heath opened to 2,400 and then folded when Julien Martini jammed for 16,600 from the hijack.

The following hand, Martini opened to 2,500 and then decided to fold after Miguel Faria three-bet to 5,400 from the cutoff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Faria	260,000 10,000	10,000
Ben Heath	73,000 43,000	43,000
Endrit Geci	71,000 4,000	4,000
Julien Martini	19,500 1,500	1,500
Steve O'Dwyer	17,000

Tags: Ben Heath Julien Martini Miguel Faria

02-19-2024 23:01 UTC+1

Assorted Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sabare Atmani	Busted
Alex Keating	Busted
Jerome Zerbib	Busted
Atanas Malinov	Busted
Jon Ander Vallinas	Busted
Thomas Clack	Busted
Laszlo Molnar	Busted

02-19-2024 23:01 UTC+1

Double for Speranza

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was caught on the river, with 42,000 in the pot on the A♣6♥10♥2♠A♠ completed board.

Gianluca Speranza checked from the small blind before Mustafa Simsek bet 22,500 from the hijack. Speranza then moved all in for 45,000 and Simsek immediately grimaced. He thought over his options for quite some time before putting in the call.

Speranza tabled A♥Q♠ and took in the pot as he bested Simsek's J♣J♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Speranza	132,000 105,000	105,000
Mustafa Simsek	12,500 32,500	32,500

Tags: Gianluca Speranza Mustafa Simsek

02-19-2024 23:02 UTC+1

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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