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

02-20-2024 16:03 UTC+1

Saft Takes Some Off Chalot

Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The action was caught as Benjamin Chalot, in middle position, had a wager of 2,200 laying in front of him, while Jimmy Saft, in the cutoff, had raised to 6,200. Chalot chose to call.

The K♥6♠7♠ flop saw Chalot check and then fold to a continuation bet of 5,000 from Saft.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Chalot	126,000 126,000	126,000
Jimmy Saft	29,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Benjamin Chalot Jimmy Saft

02-20-2024 16:05 UTC+1

Abud Gets Booted by Ghanassia

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Cedric Ghanassia opened the action with a raise to 1,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Sajad Abud in the small blind. He jammed for his last 7,500 and Ghanassia asked for a count, then called after about thirty seconds.

Sajad Abud: J♣10♣
Cedric Ghanassia: Q♠J♠

Thanks to a board of A♦A♠K♥A♣6♥, the queen played to knock out Abud.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Ghanassia	43,000 43,000	43,000
Sajad Abud	Busted

Tags: Cedric Ghanassia Sajad Abud

02-20-2024 16:11 UTC+1

Assorted Counts in the Main Room

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ekrem Sanioglu	67,000 45,500	45,500
Bruno Ribeiro	62,000
Hwany Lee	58,000 58,000	58,000
Mercedes Osti	50,000 20,000	20,000
Paul Tedeschi	45,000 15,000	15,000
Armin Rezaei	38,000
Rachid El Yaacoubi	37,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	35,000
Max Neugebauer	35,000 5,000	5,000
Gerard Carbo	35,000 5,000	5,000
Jonathan Therme	34,000 4,000	4,000
Mihails Morozovs	33,000
Fabio Peluso	32,000 2,000	2,000
Konstantin Held	32,000

02-20-2024 16:14 UTC+1

Boulad Loses a Bunch to Huang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

In a duel hijack versus button, the flop showed A♣8♥7♣ and Wei Huang bet 1,800 for Jean-Pierre Boulad to call. The same action repeated on the J♦ turn for 3,500 and Huang then bet the 6♥ river for 11,000 with 15,000 behind.

Boulad went into the tank for a minute before he called but couldn't beat the 8♣8♠ for a flopped set by Huang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wei Huang	52,000 52,000	52,000

Jean-Pierre Boulad	48,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Jean Pierre Boulad Wei Huang

02-20-2024 16:23 UTC+1

Gomez Picks Off De Andrade

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Victor Gomez raised to 1,000 from the cutoff and Ricardo De Andrade defended in the big blind.

De Andrade check-called a bet of 1,200 from Gomez on the 6♠7♠5♦ flop.

The 9♣ turn checked through to the 7♥ on the river. De Andrade led out for 5,200 and Gomez didn't take long to toss in the call. De Andrade tabled A♠3♥ for ace high, while Gomez won this pot with Q♠9♠ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Gomez	41,400 41,400	41,400
Ricardo De Andrade	21,500 21,500	21,500

Tags: Victor Gomez Ricardo De Andrade

02-20-2024 16:24 UTC+1

Popa Doubles Moschitta; Busts Vincenti After

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jakub Michalak raised for Luca Moschitta to call and Razvan Popa then three-bet to 2,400, earning calls from both Michalak and Moschitta. On a flop of 8♥6♥2♥, the action checked to Popa and he bet 3,000. Michalak folded and Moschitta check-raised to 7,100 for Popa to quickly call.

That led them to the 3♥ turn on which Moschitta check-jammed for 11,000 and Popa called, having bet 5,500.

Luca Moschitta: K♥9♥
Razvan Popa: 10♥10♦

The river was an insignificant 8♣ and Moschitta doubled.

One hand later, Popa opened and Francois Vincenti three-bet to 3,500 off a shorter stack. Popa four-bet to 8,000 and called Vincenti's shove.

Francois Vincenti: J♣J♠
Razvan Popa: K♠K♥

The A♦9♥8♣2♣10♠ board brought no help and Vincenti departed right before the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Popa	81,000 81,000	81,000
Istvan Toth	60,000 26,000	26,000
Luca Moschitta	54,400 24,400	24,400
Jakub Michalak	25,000 25,000	25,000
Francois Vincenti	Busted

Tags: Francois Vincenti Jakub Michalak Luca Moschitta Razvan Popa

02-20-2024 16:27 UTC+1

Savinelli Has Top Pair

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Following a middle position open raise to 900, Paraskevas Tsokaridid called, then Carlo Savinelli three-bet to 3,300 from the button. Geoffrey Quenechen called in the small blind and Tsokaridid also called.

The flop came 6♦6♥3♦ and all three players checked. The turn was the A♦. Quenechen bet 5,000 and Savinelli called. The river was the 5♥ and both players checked. Quenechen showed K♦K♣ for pocket kings and Savinelli had A♥Q♣ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlo Savinelli	39,000 39,000	39,000
Geoffrey Quenechen	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Carlo Savinelli Geoffrey Quenechen Paraskevas Tsokaridid

02-20-2024 16:30 UTC+1

Karakousis Wins Flip to Double

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Following an open raise, Kartik Ved three-bet to 3,000 from the button and Georgios Karakousis four-bet all in for 12,000 from the small blind. Ved called and players flipped their cards, with Karakousis at risk.

Kartik Ved: A♥K♠
Georgios Karakousis: 9♦9♠

The board ran out 4♦7♠4♠7♥10♠. Karakousis held with his pocket nines to win the pot and double up his stack.