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

Feb 21, 2024

Soika Finishes His Martini

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Julien Martini was spotted all-in and at risk for his last 29,000 in the cutoff and one of the table big stacks looked him up in Ihar Soika on the button.

Julien Martini: A♣K♠
Ihar Soika: 9♦9♥

Along with his two overcards, Martini also flopped a flush draw on 8♣7♣2♣. However, the 5♠ turn and 10♠ river were both blanks to send the French poker pro out of the tournament.

Soika pulled ahead of Sergio Coutinho on the same table and two tables over, Volga Uyanik is another big stack.

Tags: Ihar Soika Julien Martini

Feb 21, 2024

Hulme Eliminated By Six, Six Also Eighty-Sixed

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Aurelien Six on the button and Andrew Hulme in the big blind got their chips in preflop, with Hulme's 25,000-chip stack being at risk.

Andrew Hulme: A♣J♣
Aurelien Six: A♥K♥

Both players paired on the 9♣J♦K♣ flop, but Six remained ahead on the 5♠Q♠ runout. He eliminated Hulme and chipped up to about 85,000 chips.

Shortly after, however, Six was also seen leaving the tournament area empty-handed, like many others.

Tags: Andrew Hulme Aurelien Six

Feb 21, 2024

Speranza Pulls Off Turn Three-Bet Bluff

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board read 2♥7♦2♣10♦ and around 50,000 was in the middle, in a battle between Gianluca Speranza in the small blind and Hwany Lee on the button.

Speranza had put out a bet of 24,000, only to be faced with a raise to 59,500 by Lee.

Speranza pondered the position for a while, and ultimately moved all in for another 190,000.

Lee, who had 55,000 left behind, went deep into the tank. After around three minutes, he sighed and made the fold.

Speranza exhaled deeply, looking relieved, and turned over A♦9♠ for ace-high and raked in a chunky pot. Lee tapped the table in acknowledgement of his opponent's aggressive play.

Tags: Gianluca Speranza Hwany Lee

Feb 21, 2024

Russo Eliminated by Suvarna

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Aurelien Russo was already all-in and at risk, awaiting his fate while a small side pot had emerged between Reza Tabatabaei in the big blind and Santhosh Suvarna from under the gun. The two active players checked the A♥10♦10♣5♣ turn and 8♣ river for all cards to be revealed.

Tabatabaei flashed his 2♠2♥, Russo had the 7♠7♣ whereas Suvarna's A♣J♦ earned the main and side pot.

Tags: Aurelien Russo Reza Tabatabaei Santhosh Suvarna

Feb 21, 2024

O'Neill Shoves on Jahn

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 8♠8♦6♠, Soenke Jahn bet 5,000 from the hijack before Padraig O'Neill raised to 13,000 on the button.

Jahn called and the 7♣ fell on the turn. O'Neill then announced he was all in.

Jahn had just over 40,000 behind and spent a minute twirling his chips before his fingers and leaning over the table before tossing his cards into the muck.

Tags: Padraig O'Neill Soenke Jahn

Feb 21, 2024

Kasper Bluffs Abernathy

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Henri Kasper in the small blind and Samantha Abernathy in the cutoff were heads up on a completed board of 7♦9♥A♥2♣5♦.

With around 60,000 in the pot, Kasper made a bet large enough to put Abernathy all-in. Abernathy thought about it for a bit and then stuck in the 41,000 chips she had left for a call.

Kasper immediately tapped on the table and showed his K♠10♠ for king-high. Abernathy played A♦J♠ for top pair and doubled up, while Kasper was left with a starting stack.

Tags: Henri Kasper Samantha Abernathy

Feb 21, 2024

Aces No Good for Nolet

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Florian Duta opened to 4,000 under the gun and was met with a three-bet to 12,500 by Guillaume Nolet two seats along.

Duta thought for a while and then produced a four-bet to 27,000. After quite a bit of thought, Nolet just called.

The flop came K♣2♠Q♠ and Duta slid out a bet of 9,000, which Nolet called.

On the 5♥ turn Duta continued with a bet of 17,000 and Nolet again called, again after a fair bit of thought.

On the 8♣ river Duta emptied the clip and moved all in for 47,500. Nolet thought about it, but made a reasonably quick call.

Duta showed K♦K♥ for top set and Nolet had A♦A♣ for a pair of aces in a complete cooler.

As he raked in the pot, Duta said "Unlucky, I thought so, it was either aces or queens".

Tags: Florian Duta Guillaume Nolet

Feb 21, 2024

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Feb 21, 2024

Hissou Seeks Value on the River

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sirzat Hissou raised to 4,000 in early position before Aldo Nobile three-bet to 12,000 on the button. Hissou called once action got back to him.

The flop came 2♠K♣J♣ and Nobile continued for 11,000. Hissou called again and they both checked the K♠ turn.

The river was the 9♣ and Hissou led out for 8,000. Nobile called, only to muck once Hissou showed J♥6♥ for two pair. Nobile got out of his seat and paced around the table muttering to himself for a few moments while Hissou stacked up the chips.

FPS Main Event champion Mateusz Moolhuizen and Yulian Bogdanov are also at this table.

Tags: Aldo Nobile Sirzat Hissou

Feb 21, 2024