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

02-21-2024 14:05 UTC+2

Greenwood Spikes River to Double

Richard Hayes

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

Dinesh Alt opened to 3,000 from middle position and action folded to Sam Greenwood, who pondered his options for a moment before shipping his remaining 22,000 chips into the middle.

Action folded back to Alt who made the quick call.

Sam Greenwood: A♠Q♦
Dinesh Alt: 9♥9♣

Alt was ahead in a race and looked set to eliminate Greenwood after the board came 8♥8♠K♥6♦, but the A♣ rolled off on the river and Greenwood secured the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	48,000 19,500	19,500

Dinesh Alt	17,000 -17,500	-17,500

Tags: Dinesh Alt Sam Greenwood

02-21-2024 14:06 UTC+2

Boulad Puts in a Five-Bet

David Salituro

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

Jean-Pierre Boulad raised to 3,000 in early position before Badr Douch three-bet to 8,000 in the cutoff. Action folded to Max Petzelberger in the big blind who four-bet to 20,000.

Boulad came back with a five-bet to 44,000 and Douch quickly folded, Petzelberger also gave up his hand as Boulad took down the pot unopposed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Pierre Boulad	140,000 35,500	35,500
Max Petzelberger	80,000 -20,000	-20,000
Badr Douch	55,000 -11,500	-11,500

Tags: Badr Douch Jean-Pierre Boulad Max Petzelberger

02-21-2024 14:10 UTC+2

Hudon Inflicts a Cooler on O'Neill

David Salituro

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

Eliot Hudon got his last 74,000 in the middle from the cutoff and was up against Padraig O'Neill in the big blind.

Eliot Hudon: K♦K♣
Padraig O'Neill: Q♠Q♣

The EPT Prague champ found himself dominated by Hudon's kings and found no help on the J♠3♥A♠5♦A♥ board before handing over a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eliot Hudon	150,000 83,500	83,500

Padraig O'Neill	90,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Eliot Hudon Padraig O'Neill

02-21-2024 14:12 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Jorgne	340,000 54,000	54,000
Gheorghe Fedorca	325,000 14,500	14,500
Nicholas Funaro	270,000 49,000	49,000
Christopher Dowling	184,000 46,500	46,500
Jan Kesänen	155,000 -58,000	-58,000
Dimitar Danchev	145,000 9,000	9,000

Gianluca Speranza	130,000 -4,000	-4,000
Andrew Hulme	125,000 100,500	100,500
Omar Lakhdari	110,000 41,000	41,000
Paul Vas Nunes	110,000 12,000	12,000
Harpreet Gill	110,000
Bryn Kenney	95,000 47,000	47,000
Sylvain Loosli	95,000 73,500	73,500

Ting-Yi Tsai	95,000
Robin Ylitalo	90,000 -71,000	-71,000

Robert Mather	90,000 25,000	25,000
Leon Sturm	90,000
Romain Lewis	70,000 11,000	11,000
Andy Wilson	65,000 65,000	65,000
Ramon Colillas	65,000 7,000	7,000

Razvan Belea	45,000 23,000	23,000

Julien Martini	43,000 22,000	22,000

Timothy Adams	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

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

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 14:15 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 14:21 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 14:21 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.