€5,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

05-05-2025 20:22 UTC+1

Spragg Busts For a Second Time; Kyte Also Among Recent Bustouts

David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Marle Spragg quickly reentered on her second bullet but recently busted once again, bringing her tournament to an end.

Jon Kyte, who won the €1,100 PokerStars Open yesterday, was also sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantyn Holskyi	Busted
Marle Spragg	Busted

Rafi Elharar	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted
Felipe Ketzer	Busted
Aylar Lie	Busted
Cecile Ticherfatine	Busted
Aliaksandr Shylko	Busted
Jean Mikhael	Busted
Jay Choi	Busted
Muhyedine Fares	Busted
Malcolm Franchi	Busted

05-05-2025 20:27 UTC+1

Three Way All-In, Nobody Busts

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Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Dimitrios Anastasakis moved all in from under the gun for just 1,800, less than two big blinds. Alexey Badulin pushed all in over the top from late position for around 10,000 and Mustapha Kanit called on the button with both players well covered. The rest of the table folded and players flipped their cards.

Dimitrios Anastasakis: Q♦6♣ All in
Alexey Badulin: A♦3♦ All in
Mustapha Kanit: Q♠Q♥

The board ran out 7♦10♦8♠A♠9♣ to give Anastasakis a straight and a triple up. Badulin won the side pot with his pair of aces, taking chips from Kanit as he nearly doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustapha Kanit	37,000
Alexey Badulin	17,000 17,000	17,000
Dimitrios Anastasakis	7,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Alexey Badulin Dimitrios Anastasakis Mustapha Kanit

05-05-2025 20:35 UTC+1

Obreshkov Sends Out Gocer

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Alper Gocer moved all in for 23,000 from under the gun, Stoyan Obreshkov reshoved in early position, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Alper Gocer: A♦J♥ All in
Stoyan Obreshkov: A♥K♦

Gocer found himself dominated and couldn't catch up on the 3♦2♦9♠10♠7♦ board as he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stoyan Obreshkov	75,000 65,700	65,700
Alper Gocer	Busted

Tags: Alper Gocer Stoyan Obreshkov

05-05-2025 20:47 UTC+1

Calamusa Raises Blocking Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ari Engel open-raised to 2,200 from late position, Pierre Calamusa called on the button, and the player in the big blind called.

The flop came K♠A♦2♣ and action checked to Calamusa, who made it 3,000. Only Engel called. Both players then checked it back on the 8♥ turn.

The river was the Q♥ and Engel made a small blocking bet of 1,600. Calamusa wasn't having any of it and raised it up to 10,000. Engel folded and Calamusa took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	105,000 25,000	25,000
Ari Engel	26,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Ari Engel Pierre Calamusa

05-05-2025 20:47 UTC+1

Franchi's Big Blind Special Spells the End For Gill

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 9♠7♠Q♥, Harpreet Gill bet 3,500 from the hijack and Malcolm Franchi moved all in from the big blind. Gill quickly tossed in his last 15,000.

Harpreet Gill: K♣K♥ All in
Malcolm Franchi: Q♦9♥

Franchi had spiked two pair on the flop to leave Gill needing help with his pocket kings. The rest of the board ran out J♠A♣ and Franchi remained in the lead as Gill stopped to snap a photo of the board before making his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Malcolm Franchi	80,000 80,000	80,000
Harpreet Gill	Busted

Tags: Harpreet Gill Malcolm Franchi

05-05-2025 20:53 UTC+1

Chaudey Gets No Time

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Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of 3♥6♦3♣5♦ and Giovanni La Padula checked from the small blind. Christopher Chaudey bet 4,300 into a pot of around 11,000 and La Padula check-raised all in, putting his opponent under pressure for the rest of Chaudey's 36,000 chips.

"Sorry, I need a couple of minutes," said Chaudey as he went into the tank.

"TIME ON 22," shouted the dealer as soon as he's said it.

It became clear that La Padula had called time already and so Chaudey got the countdown from the floor. He folded his hand and La Padula scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni La Padula	65,000 30,000	30,000
Christopher Chaudey	36,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Christopher Chaudey Giovanni La Padula

05-05-2025 20:57 UTC+1

Angelov Flips Duta to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Florian Duta moved all in for 6,800 in the cutoff and Boris Angelov called in the small blind.

Florian Duta: A♣8♦ All in
Boris Angelov: 3♥3♦

The J♣6♠4♠J♦J♥ board provided no help to Duta, while Angelov improved to a full house to win the pot and send Duta to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Angelov	80,000 40,000	40,000

Florian Duta	Busted

Tags: Boris Angelov Florian Duta

05-05-2025 21:00 UTC+1

Players Heading on Final 20-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players in Day 1b of the Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break. There have now been 708 entries to the flight, and 375 players remain.

05-05-2025 21:16 UTC+1

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Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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05-05-2025 21:21 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Oger	224,200 103,100	103,100
Dan McGinnis	189,400 11,000	11,000
Yuliyan Kolev	183,000 103,000	103,000
Cesar Garcia	173,700 75,700	75,700

Julien Mariani	170,000 125,000	125,000
Malcolm Franchi	165,000 85,000	85,000
Aleksandr Shevliakov	160,000 57,800	57,800

Yulian Bogdanov	157,000 127,000	127,000
Patrick Bruel	155,000
Alon Huberman	155,000 61,200	61,200
Andras Nemeth	146,300 146,300	146,300
Manuel Cortada	145,000 145,000	145,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	143,000 98,000	98,000
Brian Kim	142,000 142,000	142,000
Shakhabiddin Muradov	130,000 25,000	25,000
Kestutis Jungevicius	127,000 6,000	6,000
Sebastian Malec	126,000 46,000	46,000

Aram Zobian	120,000 23,700	23,700
[Removed:528]	120,000 80,600	80,600
Pierre Calamusa	116,800 11,800	11,800
Eros Calderone	115,000 115,000	115,000
Andres Korn	112,000 27,000	27,000
Noah Boeken	111,000 24,000	24,000

Knut Karnapp	109,000
Jose Jaraiz	107,700 26,500	26,500

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