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

02-20-2024 21:14 UTC+1

Ten Haven Takes It on the Turn

Ollie Garland

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

Balakrishna Patur raised to 2,000 from under the gun, Duco ten Haven three-bet to 7,000, sat to Patur's direct left, and Patur called.

Patur checked at the sight of 9♦K♦J♣, Ten Haven bet out 4,000 and Patur check-raised to 12,000. Ten Haven called.

Patur slowed down on the 8♥ turn as he checked and then folded to a bet of 25,000 from Ten Haven.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duco ten Haven	124,000 99,000	99,000
Balakrishna Patur	73,000 63,000	63,000

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02-20-2024 21:17 UTC+1

Rezaei Makes Full House to Bust Darie

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Matt Warburton

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

Armin Rezaei raised from the button and Vlad Darie moved all in with a relatively short stack from the small blind. Rezaei made the call and had his opponent covered as players flipped their cards.

Vlad Darie: A♥3♠
Armin Rezaei: K♣Q♠

The board ran out Q♦Q♥J♥A♠K♠. Rezaei made trip queens on the flop and a full house by the river to win the pot. Darie was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Armin Rezaei	70,000 70,000	70,000
Vlad Darie	Busted

Tags: Armin Rezaei Vlad Darie

02-20-2024 21:21 UTC+1

No Bueno

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Dan O'Hair

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

Jerome Finck opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 8,000 by Manuel Bueno in the big blind. Finck called.

Bueno continued for 3,000 on the 7♠K♣7♣ flop and Finck promptly raised to 10,000. Bueno tossed his hand into the muck and Finck added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome Finck	65,000 13,000	13,000
Manuel Bueno	29,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Manuel Bueno Jerome Finck

02-20-2024 21:28 UTC+1

Game Over for Miniucchi

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Down to the very last 4,000 in chips, Marcello Miniucchi was all-in from under the gun and Jonathan Abdellatif looked him up out of the small blind.

Marcello Miniucchi: A♠3♥
Jonathan Abdellatif: K♠J♥

One of his two live cards got there on the J♣8♣2♦6♥4♦ board to send the chips to Abdellatif.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Abdellatif	133,000 37,500	37,500
Marcello Miniucchi	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Abdellatif Marcello Miniucchi

02-20-2024 21:28 UTC+1

Betting Units and Their Current Owners

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Fournier	215,000 88,900	88,900

Valentin Oberhauser	145,000 79,500	79,500
Luca Bartolacci	125,000 73,000	73,000
Wei Huang	110,000 58,000	58,000

Timo Kamphues	100,000 100,000	100,000
Vlada Stojanovic	95,000 45,000	45,000
Lars Kamphues	80,000
Francesco Delfoco	75,000 10,000	10,000
Sergei Petrushevskii	65,000
Stefan Olofsson	42,000 22,000	22,000

02-20-2024 21:32 UTC+1

Talbot Cold Four-Bets

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Ollie Garland

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

Kilian Kramer raised to 2,100 from middle position, Oliver Weis, in the cutoff, three-bet to 5,700 and the action fell on Parker Talbot on the button.

Talbot, coming fresh off his second-place finish in the FPS High Roller for €334,180, responded with a cold four-bet to 46,000. Both Kramer and Weis folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	68,000 35,000	35,000

Parker Talbot	56,000 16,000	16,000

Kilian Kramer	37,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Kilian Kramer Oliver Weis Parker Talbot

02-20-2024 21:34 UTC+1

Abdellatif Shoves Turn

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Matt Warburton

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

Markku Koplimaa open raised from middle position, Jonathan Abdellatif three-bet to 5,300 from late position, and Koplimaa called.

The flop came 5♣A♦8♣. Koplimaa checked, Abdellatif bet 6,500 and Koplimaa called. The turn came the 7♣ and Koplimaa checked again. Abdellatif moved all in for the rest of his opponent's stack, around 23,000 effective. Koplimaa folded and Abdellatif took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Abdellatif	140,000 44,500	44,500
Markku Koplimaa	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Jonathan Abdellatif Markku Koplimaa

02-20-2024 21:35 UTC+1

Blebea Doubles Through Davenport

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Dan O'Hair

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

Matthew Davenport opened to 2,100 from early position and Iulian-Remus Blebea shoved for his last 21,200 from the hijack. Action folded back around to Davenport, who quickly called to put Blebea at risk.

Iulian-Remus Blebea: 10♠10♦
Matthew Davenport: A♠K♦

It was a race, but the 2♣9♥5♦4♦8♣ board ran out clean for Blebea — awarding him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian-Remus Blebea	45,000 19,000	19,000
Matthew Davenport	41,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Iulian-Remus Blebea Matthew Davenport

02-20-2024 21:35 UTC+1

Lofberg Sends Chips to Porto

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Bruno Porto made it 2,000 to go and Erwann Pecheux called. Simon Lofberg then jammed for around 15,000 out of the blinds and Porto isolated, Pecheux folded.

Simon Lofberg: 8♥8♠
Bruno Porto: J♥J♠

The 5♣3♦3♥5♦A♦ board failed to improve and that spelled the end for Lofberg.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Porto	120,000 120,000	120,000
Erwann Pecheux	25,000 25,000	25,000
Simon Lofberg	Busted

Tags: Bruno Porto Erwann Pecheux Simon Lofberg

02-20-2024 21:43 UTC+1

Hafner Hero Calls the River

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Ollie Garland

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

The pot stood at 22,900 with two players looking at a full board of 3♥2♥7♥10♣2♦.

Lukas Hafner, in the big blind, checked the action to Sebastian Gaehl, who was under the gun. Gaehl bet out 16,500 and Hafner went deep into the tank.

After mulling over his decision, Hafner made the call. Gaehl tabled K♠J♦ for king-high, while Hafner claimed this pot with J♠7♠ for second pair.