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

02-21-2024 14:29 UTC+2

Filipovskyi Dodges the River to Double

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of K♣10♦8♦, Maksym Filipovskyi bet 13,000 from the hijack and Cristian Veres called under the gun.

The turn was the 5♦ and Filipovskyi moved all in. Veres confirmed the amount of 41,000 and slid the chips forward into the pot to call.

Filipovskyi turned over K♥J♥ for top pair, while Veres had A♦10♣ for a pair and flush draw. The 6♣ river missed Veres and Filipovskyi doubled up, stopping the dealer from taking in the cards so he can snap a photo of the board while Veres sat shaking his head.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksym Filipovskyi	130,000 62,000	62,000
Cristian Veres	90,000 -92,000	-92,000

Tags: Cristian Veres Maksym Filipovskyi

02-21-2024 14:27 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Runs Queens into Aces to Bust

Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 3,500 and action folded to Sergio Coutinho on the button, who reached for chips and produced a three-bet to 9,500.

Action folded back to O'Dwyer who pondered the spot for a moment, before announcing he was all-in, totaling 82,000. Coutinho made the quick call.

Steve O'Dwyer: Q♠Q♥
Sergio Coutinho: A♦A♠

O'Dwyer had been unfortunate to run his queens into an overpair and no help arrived on the 9♠6♣5♥J♦8♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Coutinho	340,000 72,000	72,000
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Sergio Coutinho Steve O'Dwyer

02-21-2024 14:26 UTC+2

Assorted Counts Before the First Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	295,000 239,000	239,000
Ihar Soika	230,000 64,500	64,500
Maxime Parys	230,000 45,000	45,000
Alexios Zervos	205,000 -65,000	-65,000
Samuel Ju	180,000 48,000	48,000
Eusebiu Jalba	175,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	140,000 50,500	50,500
Govert Metaal	130,000 -3,500	-3,500
Mark Buckley	130,000 18,000	18,000
Pierre Calamusa	130,000 -36,000	-36,000
Tobias Hausen	125,000 26,000	26,000
Nicolas Dumont	50,000 3,500	3,500

Nozomu Shimizu	45,000 -20,000	-20,000

02-21-2024 14:23 UTC+2

Tekle Mariam Knocks Out Aniulis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Henok Tekle Mariam raised it up from late position and subsequently called the three-bet shove by Evaldas Aniulis for 30,500 in the cutoff.

Evaldas Aniulis: J♣J♦
Henok Tekle Mariam: A♥J♥

The Dutch player instantly improved on the A♣10♦9♣ flop while the K♣ turn gave Aniulis some hope. However, nothing changed with the 3♥ river and Aniulis grabbed his smart phone to snap a picture.

"I would want to forget about it instantly," Tobias Hausen joked and another player replied "maybe it is for a backer, that he lost with a bad beat".

Player	Chips	Progress
Henok Tekle Mariam	235,000 43,500	43,500
Evaldas Aniulis	Busted

Tags: Evaldas Aniulis Henok Tekle Mariam Tobias Hausen

02-21-2024 14:23 UTC+2

Rabusseau Busts to Del Pino

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Off a severe short stack, Alexandre Rabusseau raised to 3,000 and then called all-in when Omar Del Pino pushed for 18,500 in the cutoff.

Alexandre Rabusseau: K♣Q♣
Omar Del Pino: A♠K♥

The A♥10♦5♣3♥10♣ board kept Del Pino ahead and sent Rabusseau to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar Del Pino	38,000 8,000	8,000
Alexandre Rabusseau	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Rabusseau Omar Del Pino

02-21-2024 14:21 UTC+2

Grafton Holds On to Bust Faraut

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Sam Grafton bet 5,500 from the hijack on a flop of 7♦2♠6♦ and Bryan Paris folded in the cutoff, but Patrick Faraut stuck around and called from the button.

The turn was the 3♣ and Grafton led out for another 10,000. Faraut then moved all in for 52,000.

"Tough spot," Grafton said as he tanked for more than a minute while cameras surrounded the table. He eventually called and turned over 8♠8♥, finding himself ahead of Faraut's A♦5♦.

Grafton needed to avoid Faraut's straight and flush draws on the river as the dealer turned over the K♣, securing the pot for Grafton. The stacks were counted down and Grafton barely had Faraut covered, sending him to the rail. "Unlucky, sir," Grafton told Faraut.

"Such a nitroll. I should've done this. Eights, let's go," Grafton said, motioning as if he was slamming his chips in the middle.

EPT Barcelona champ and Grafton's now-fellow Team PokerStars Pro Simon Wiciak has recently joined this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	120,000 95,000	95,000

Bryan Paris	120,000 -15,000	-15,000
Simon Wiciak	90,000 -25,000	-25,000

Patrick Faraut	Busted

Tags: Bryan Paris Patrick Faraut Sam Grafton

02-21-2024 14:21 UTC+2

Manolakis Spikes River

Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Manolakis Michail was all in in middle position for his last 12,500 chips and was looked up by Alessandro Minasi in the cutoff.

Michail Manolakis: J♦J♣
Alessandro Minasi: K♥K♣

It was looking game over for Manolakis as the 2♣4♥6♦Q♦ board ran out, but the J♥ river saw him hit one of his two outs and he doubled up to stay alive in the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro Minasi	97,000 -43,500	-43,500
Michail Manolakis	29,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Alessandro Minasi Michail Manolakis

02-21-2024 14:15 UTC+2

Lin Forces Out Anand

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Piotr Nurzynski raised to 3,000 and Jason Anand called on the button. Ruida Lin then three-bet to 16,500 in the small blind and Nurzynski folded, Anand called.

Lin instantly fired a bet worth 13,500 on the K♣K♠5♥ flop and that sent Anand into the tank. After one minute, Lin called the clock on him and a floor was called but no countdown came to place.

Ultimately, Anand folded and inquired with the floor how much time needed to pass before clock could be called.

Lin, in the meanwhile, explained that his other previous tabled had been playing slow and "I don't like to play slow".

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruida Lin	320,000 15,500	15,500
Jason Anand	95,000 5,000	5,000
Piotr Nurzynski	90,000 7,500	7,500

Tags: Jason Anand Piotr Nurzynski Ruida Lin

02-21-2024 14:12 UTC+2

Danchev Eliminates Anastasakis

Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Cards were on their backs and Dimitrios Anastasakis was getting out of his chair, after his 9♥9♣ had ran into Dimitar Danchev's Q♥Q♠, with the runout coming 8♣5♠K♠6♠2♦, sending Danchev over the 200,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar Danchev	209,000 64,000	64,000

Dimitrios Anastasakis	Busted

Tags: Dimitar Danchev Dimitrios Anastasakis

02-21-2024 14:12 UTC+2

More First Level Bust-Outs

Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiaze Li	Busted
Fernando Banda	Busted
Michael Rodrigues	Busted

Jakob Miegel	Busted
Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu	Busted
Traian Stanciu	Busted
Kalidou Sow	Busted
Diogo De Melo Cardoso	Busted
Yannick Schumacher	Busted
Ariel Sebban	Busted
Eugenio Ribaes Bastos	Busted
Nicolas Nabet	Busted
Rafael Navas	Busted
Shakhabiddin Muradov	Busted
Bogdan Berinde	Busted
Lautaro Guerra	Busted
Dennis Berglin	Busted
Aleksandr Lakhov	Busted
Guillaume Diaz	Busted
Wellington Lessa Guedes	Busted
Iurii Senchylo	Busted
Vladas Tamasauskas	Busted
Tan Le	Busted
Fernando De Almeida	Busted
Daniel Barriocanal	Busted

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