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

02-21-2024 15:25 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Volga Uyanik	429,000 106,500	106,500
Ihar Soika	400,000 75,000	75,000
Sergio Coutinho	374,000 6,000	6,000
Julien Martini	Busted

Tags: Ihar Soika Julien Martini

02-21-2024 15:23 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Hulme	Busted
Aurelien Six	Busted
David Li-Zheng	Busted
Mohamed Seghiri	Busted
Laurent Cessy	Busted
Giuseppe Cimelli	Busted
Juri Mereu	Busted
Marius Gicovanu	Busted
Yevheniia Bereziuk	Busted
Omar Del Pino	Busted
Ilija Savevski	Busted

Christophe Pommier	Busted
Masato Ohara	Busted
Fintan Hand	Busted
Erik Risberg	Busted
Adil Touri	Busted

Tags: Andrew Hulme Aurelien Six

02-21-2024 15:18 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Speranza	300,000 135,000	135,000
Hwany Lee	55,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Gianluca Speranza Hwany Lee

02-21-2024 15:11 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santhosh Suvarna	192,000 29,000	29,000
Reza Tabatabaei	60,000 30,000	30,000
Aurelien Russo	Busted

Tags: Aurelien Russo Reza Tabatabaei Santhosh Suvarna

02-21-2024 15:11 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Padraig O'Neill	180,000 30,000	30,000

Soenke Jahn	42,000 27,500	27,500

Tags: Padraig O'Neill Soenke Jahn

02-21-2024 15:09 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samantha Abernathy	142,000 22,000	22,000
Henri Kasper	30,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Henri Kasper Samantha Abernathy

02-21-2024 15:07 UTC+1

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".

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian-Dimitrie Duta	200,000 154,000	154,000
Guillaume Nolet	63,000 227,000	227,000

Tags: Florian Duta Guillaume Nolet

02-21-2024 15:06 UTC+1

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Grigorii Rodin	330,000 33,000	33,000
Barny Boatman	315,000 13,000	13,000

Samuel Ju	315,000 130,000	130,000
Sergi Reixach	280,000 10,500	10,500
Maxime Parys	255,000 25,000	25,000
Rikiya Jinbo	250,000 154,500	154,500
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	250,000 110,000	110,000
Artur Martirosian	220,000 67,000	67,000

Zhongxian Li	210,000 67,500	67,500
Pieter Aerts	210,000 124,000	124,000
Alexey Badulin	180,000 129,500	129,500
Francesco Delfoco	180,000 119,000	119,000
Duco ten Haven	180,000
Ami Barer	180,000 22,000	22,000
Virgile Turchi	170,000 5,500	5,500
Alexander Tkatschew	130,000 44,000	44,000
Matthew Davenport	130,000 19,500	19,500
Bryn Kenney	120,000 30,000	30,000
Timothy Adams	95,000 59,000	59,000
Marc MacDonnell	45,000 33,000	33,000
Paul Hoefer	40,000 14,000	14,000
Stefan Lehner	29,000 81,000	81,000

02-21-2024 15:03 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sirzat Hissou	170,000 44,700	44,700
Yulian Bogdanov	50,000 92,000	92,000
Aldo Nobile	50,000 15,500	15,500
Mateusz Moolhuizen	26,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Aldo Nobile Sirzat Hissou

02-21-2024 15:01 UTC+1

They Also Bit the Dust

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Sheils	Busted
Bart Lybaert	Busted
Gerald Bianchi	Busted
Mercedes Osti	Busted
Nikita Kuznetsov	Busted
Markku Koplimaa	Busted
Edouard Mignot	Busted
Thomas Santerne	Busted
Salih Gabrysch	Busted
Krisztian Kis	Busted
Charles Hilbert	Busted
Claas Segebrecht	Busted
Ludovic Kis	Busted
Adrian Chabbi	Busted
Georges Sultanem	Busted
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	Busted
Gediminas Uselis	Busted
Lars Tungel	Busted
Sebastien Guinand	Busted
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted
Matteo Cavelier	Busted