€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-21-2024 21:35 UTC+2

Keating Hits the River to Bust Dato

David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Alex Keating raised to 8,000 in the hijack before Andrea Dato shoved for his last 27,000 in the cutoff. "You must be really strong," Keating said before calling.

Andrea Dato: A♣J♣
Alex Keating: Q♥9♣

Dato made two pair on the 2♣2♠J♠ flop and remained in the lead on the K♥ turn. The river, though, was the Q♠ and Keating improved to a better two pair as Dato let out an expletive before making an exit.

"Don't laugh at me. You have a problem? You were rooting for an ace to come. That's how vengeful you are. You just want to see me hurt," Keating joked with table neighbor Alexander van der Swaluw after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	520,000 60,000	60,000
Andrea Dato	Busted

Tags: Alex Keating Andrea Dato

02-21-2024 20:08 UTC+2

Pre-Dinner Bust-Outs

Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Oberlieben	Busted
Iurii Kondrat	Busted
Wouter Beltz	Busted
Duco ten Haven	Busted
Jacques Bellity	Busted
Michael Gathy	Busted
Jacques Der Megreditchian	Busted
Istvan Toth	Busted
Jeremie Zouari	Busted
Clark Rowe	Busted
Timo Kamphues	Busted
Frederic Normand	Busted
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	Busted
Luca Moschitta	Busted
Bernd Gleibner	Busted
Nicolas Tytgat	Busted

02-21-2024 19:29 UTC+2

All-Time Money Leader Kenney Among Recent Oustings

Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	Busted
Artur Martirosian	Busted

Stanislav Zegal	Busted
Sebastian Gaehl	Busted
Virgile Turchi	Busted
Geoffrey Quenehen	Busted
Julien Sitbon	Busted
Dorian Melchers	Busted
Jan Kesänen	Busted
Idir Haiche	Busted
Ulysse Harry	Busted
Max Petzelberger	Busted
Ka Kwan Lau	Busted
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Busted
Milos Petakovic	Busted
Aldo Nobile	Busted
Jonathan Therme	Busted
Ramesh Caussy	Busted

02-21-2024 19:24 UTC+2

Ropert Eliminated by Groenendijk

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Corentin Ropert pushed a short stack of around ten blinds from the hijack and was called by Julien Groenendijk on the button.

Corentin Ropert: Q♦9♦
Julien Groenendijk: 8♦8♠

The K♠6♣4♦5♦ turn gave Ropert a flush draw on top of his two overcards but Groenendijk was the one to improve to a straight with the 7♥ river.

The same table also features EPT Sochi Main Event champion Arsenii Karmatckii, Walter Treccarichi, and the two WSOP Europe Main Event runner-ups Gianluca Speranza as well as Ting-Yi "Eric" Tsai. Furthermore, last year's eighth-place finisher Johan Schultz-Pedersen is there, too, who earned €144,300 for the efforts in 2023.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Speranza	310,000 6,000	6,000
Ting-Yi Tsai	275,000 115,000	115,000
Walter Treccarichi	275,000 -43,500	-43,500
Julien Groenendijk	267,000 85,000	85,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	260,000 163,500	163,500

Iuri Maia Leite	191,000 159,000	159,000
Johan Schultz-Pedersen	180,000
Corentin Ropert	Busted

Tags: Arsenii Karmatckii Corentin Ropert Gianluca Speranza Johan Schultz-Pedersen Julien Groenendijk Walter Treccarichi

02-21-2024 18:46 UTC+2

Pre-Break Bust-Outs

Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Emilien Pitavy	Busted
Khazret Nebezhev	Busted
Miguel Faria	Busted
Roman Stoica	Busted
Reiji Kono	Busted
Simon Mattsson	Busted
Alberto Cigliano	Busted
Stefan Lehner	Busted

Louis Karam	Busted
Konstantyn Holskyi	Busted
Armin Rezaei	Busted
Badr Douch	Busted
Christophe Panetti	Busted
Daniel Moran	Busted
Luca Bartolacci	Busted
Marc MacDonnell	Busted
Georgios Skarparis	Busted
Jon Ander Martinez	Busted
Azamat Tulepbergenov	Busted
Dragos-Florin Anton	Busted

02-21-2024 18:18 UTC+2

Seire Snaps Off Mulder

David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Teun Mulder raised to 5,500 under the gun and received three callers, including Florian Duta in the cutoff, before Casimir Seire three-bet to 37,500 in the big blind. Mulder moved all in for 135,000 and everyone folded back to Seire who snap-called.

Teun Mulder: A♠J♣
Casimir Seire: J♦J♥

Mulder needed to pair his ace to stay alive but none arrived on the 10♦10♥6♠2♥4♦ board to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Casimir Seire	300,000 175,000	175,000
Florian Duta	140,000 140,000	140,000
Teun Mulder	Busted

Tags: Casimir Seire Florian Duta Teun Mulder

02-21-2024 18:07 UTC+2

Mulder Has the Superior Straight

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

There was only a small main pot with a completed board and cards revealed over on table 20. The stacks of Teun Mulder and Alexander Wurz were counted as it was a close affair on the 9♦8♠2♠4♦10♠ runout.

Wurz's 7♥6♠ for the bottom end of the straight ended up being no good as Mulder had Q♣J♦ for the nut straight. He also covered the 54,000 of Wurz to reduce the field by one.

Player	Chips	Progress
Teun Mulder	140,000 -18,000	-18,000
Alexander Wurz	Busted

Tags: Alexander Wurz Teun Mulder

02-21-2024 18:04 UTC+2

Spencer Scores a Double Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The action started with a raise to 5,000 by Gonzalo Almeida and Kevin Fernandez Ferrer then pushed all-in from one seat over in the hijack. Pierre Merlin called all-in out of the cutoff for around four blinds and the action then reached Lewis Spencer in the small blind.

"How much is the bigger one?" Spencer inquired and the shove by Fernandez Ferrer was for 37,000 total, which the Brit just called. Almeida got out of the way and the cards were revealed.

Pierre Merlin: 4♥4♣
Kevin Fernandez Ferrer: A♦K♣
Lewis Spencer: Q♦Q♣

Merlin took the lead with the 7♣4♠3♦ flop for a potential quadruple up and retained it on the 8♣ turn. He only needed to dodge a queen but the Q♥ fell on the river to give Spencer the superior set for a double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lewis Spencer	265,000 65,000	65,000
Gonzalo Almeida	245,000 119,500	119,500
Jamie Nixon	120,000 120,000	120,000
Ka Kwan Lau	115,000 17,000	17,000
Kevin Fernandez Ferrer	Busted
Pierre Merlin	Busted

Tags: Gonzalo Almeida Kevin Fernandez Ferrer Lewis Spencer Pierre Merlin

02-21-2024 17:55 UTC+2

Laidlaw Eliminated by Keating

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alex Keating opened the action with a raise to 5,000 from middle position and Dan Laidlaw responded with a shove for around 40,000 from the next seat. It folded back to Keating who asked for a count, but then called before an exact amount was given.

Dan Laidlaw: A♥K♦
Alex Keating: 10♦10♣

The flip went to Keating thanks to a board of Q♣5♣4♥8♣3♦ and he then jokingly mentioned "I won five out of five flips today, my mum would have 500k now, I am playing so bad".

Timo Kamphues replied "I have never seen you lose a flip" before they carried on with more table chatter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	135,000 59,000	59,000
Dan Laidlaw	Busted

Tags: Alex Keating Dan Laidlaw Timo Kamphues

02-21-2024 17:54 UTC+2

Elimination Train Continues

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Fuchs	Busted
Jerome Brion	Busted
Peterson Machado	Busted
Abhinav Iyer	Busted
Samuel Prieto	Busted
Adi Rajkovic	Busted
Gonzalo Veiga	Busted
Michael Uguccioni	Busted
Daniel Koloszar	Busted
Kenny Hallaert	Busted

Carlos Ribeiro	Busted
Romain Locquet	Busted
Sven Andersson	Busted
Dan Laidlaw	Busted
Hwany Lee	Busted