€50,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-18-2024 20:52 UTC+1

Ladev Catches Coleman's River Bluff

Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was on the river on a board of 2♥4♣7♦J♠9♥. David Coleman checked and Markkos Ladev bet 32,000. Coleman responded with a check-raise all in, putting his opponent under pressure for their entire stack.

Ladev weighed it up before calling all-in. Coleman showed 8♥7♥ for a pair of sevens that he'd turned into a bluff. Ladev flipped over A♠9♦ for a pair of nines, succcessfully catching the bluff to double up his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	455,000 205,000	205,000
David Coleman	120,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: David Coleman Markkos Ladev

02-18-2024 20:43 UTC+1

O'Dwyer Picks Off Hissou's Bluff

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Patrick Cole

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was picked up on the monotone flop of 8♣4♣Q♣ where Steve O'Dwyer checked from the big blind to Sirzat Hissou in the cutoff. Hissou bet 45,000 and O'Dwyer called.

The 4♦ turn brought checks from both players, before O'Dwyer bet 16,000 on the 7♥ river. Hissou asked O'Dwyer if he had any green chips behind. O'Dwyer shook his head, prompting Hissou to put him all in for 80,000.

O'Dwyer then put all of his time banks into the middle. He used most of them before finding the correct call with 9♥9♦ and Hissou tabled K♠9♠ for king high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sirzat Hissou	550,000 159,000	159,000
Steve O'Dwyer	225,000 128,000	128,000

Tags: Sirzat Hissou Steve O'Dwyer

02-18-2024 20:36 UTC+1

Stevens Runs Into Mokri's Aces

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Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Following an open raise, Kayhan Mokri called on the button, then Bert Stevens moved all in for around 100,000. The original raiser folded and Mokri quickly called. Stevens was at risk as players turned their cards.

Bert Stevens: K♦Q♦
Kayhan Mokri: A♦A♠

"Oh c'mon man," said Stevens, "You even have the suit."

The board ran out 3♠2♠A♥7♣7♦. Mokri flopped a set and then made a full house by the river, aces full of sevens. Stevens was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	670,000 148,000	148,000
Bert Stevens	Busted

Tags: Bert Stevens Kayhan Mokri

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

02-18-2024 20:22 UTC+1

Marques Takes on Turn

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Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Pedro Marques opened from the cutoff to 9,000. Markkos Ladev called on the button and Sam Greenwood completed in the big blind.

Greenwood checked the A♠6♠Q♥ flop to Marques who bet 18,000. Ladev called and Greenwood quickly folded. On the 8♦ turn, Marques continued to barrel, this time sizing up to 50,000. Ladev snap-folded and Marques took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	420,000 190,000	190,000

Markkos Ladev	250,000 9,000	9,000
Pedro Marques	200,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Sam Greenwood Pedro Marques Markkos Ladev

02-18-2024 20:17 UTC+1

Suvarna Busts to Greenwood

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Santhosh Suvarna raised to 9,000, Orpen Kisacikoglu called on the button, then Sam Greenwood three-bet to 30,000 from the small blind. Suvarna moved all in for around 125,000, Kisacikoglu folded, and Greenwood made the call with the bigger stack. Players flipped their cards.

Santhosh Suvarna: A♦J♦
Sam Greenwood: A♥Q♠

The board ran out 2♥2♣9♦K♥7♥. Greenwood held with ace-queen high to win the pot, while Survana was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	610,000 209,000	209,000

Santhosh Suvarna	Busted

Tags: Orpen Kisacikoglu Sam Greenwood Santhosh Suvarna

02-18-2024 20:15 UTC+1

Brewer Puts Kulev in the Blender

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Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action folded to Chris Brewer who opened the button to 8,000. Alex Kulev reraised from the small blind to 34,000. Brewer took a moment before making the call.

Kulev led the 10♥K♠10♠ flop for 24,000. Brewer made the call. The A♣ turn was checked by both players before the dealer flipped the 8♥ river. Kulev used a time bank before firing a bet of 125,000. Brewer used most of his 30 seconds before reraising Kulev all in.

Kulev proceeded to go deep into the tank. He flicked out two time banks and continued to think. It was only after Kulev used 6 time banks before ultimately making the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Brewer	625,000 164,000	164,000

Alex Kulev	115,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Chris Brewer

02-18-2024 20:06 UTC+1

Astedt Claims Pot With Turn Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Niklas Astedt raised to 9,000 from the button, David Coleman called in the small blind, and Santhosh Suvarna called in the big blind.

The flop came 4♠10♥7♥ and action checked to Astedt, who continued for 8,000. Coleman and Suvarna both called. The turn was the A♦. Players checked to Astedt again, who sized up to 38,000. Coleman and Suvarna folded and Astedt claimed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	600,000 62,000	62,000
David Coleman	380,000 85,000	85,000
Santhosh Suvarna	121,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: David Coleman Niklas Astedt Santhosh Suvarna

02-18-2024 19:50 UTC+1

Pardo Busts Martirosian, Chips Up to Over 1M

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of 7♥3♠8♠2♠ and Artur Martirosian moved all in. Juan Pardo called and players flipped their cards.

Martirosian had Q♥Q♦ and was well ahead as Pardo turned over A♥8♥ for a pair of eights.

The river, however, brought the A♣ to give Pardo two pair, aces and eights. Martirosian was eliminated and Pardo chipped up to a touch over 1,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	1,050,000 235,000	235,000

Artur Martirosian	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Juan Pardo

02-18-2024 19:45 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts Following Break (full)

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	815,000 96,500	96,500

Thomas Boivin	801,000 151,000	151,000
Duco ten Haven	778,000 118,000	118,000
Sirzat Hissou	709,000 11,000	11,000
Pieter Aerts	633,000 434,500	434,500
Niklas Astedt	538,000 52,500	52,500
Kayhan Mokri	522,000 98,000	98,000
David Coleman	465,000 235,500	235,500
Chris Brewer	461,000 160,000	160,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	460,000 85,000	85,000
Nikita Kuznetcov	420,000 45,000	45,000
Stephen Chidwick	414,000 1,000	1,000
Sam Greenwood	401,000 132,000	132,000

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	361,000 89,000	89,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	357,000 72,000	72,000
Tobias Duthweiler	334,000 84,000	84,000
Tamas Adamszki	305,000 172,000	172,000
Markkos Ladev	259,000 77,500	77,500
Dimitar Danchev	258,000 15,500	15,500

Joao Vieira	250,000 45,000	45,000
Tsugunari Toma	246,000 4,000	4,000
Artur Martirosyan	244,000

Timothy Adams	230,000 105,500	105,500
Pedro Marques	229,000 229,000	229,000

Teun Mulder	227,000 149,000	149,000

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