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

05-05-2025 15:02 UTC+1

"Lucky River" For Lin

David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

"Beautiful open, under the gun plus one," Ren Lin said as he raised to 800 in early position. Sofien Djaballah in the cutoff, button Virgile Turchi, and big blind Kestutis Jungevicius all called.

"Ay, ay, ay, no respect," Lin said heading to the K♠2♣10♦ flop. All four players checked to the K♣ turn, where Lin bet 2,500. Djaballah and Jungevicius both called, while Turchi got out of the way.

"Drawing dead, my friend," Lin said as the A♣ fell on the river. He then bet 8,500 and Djaballah folded, while Jungevicius called.

"Lucky river," Lin said, turning over 7♣6♣ for a flush. Jungevicius flashed A♥Q♣ before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kestutis Jungevicius	65,000 65,000	65,000
Virgile Turchi	60,000 33,600	33,600
Ren Lin	45,000
Sofien Djaballah	5,000

Tags: Kestutis Jungevicius Ren Lin Sofien Djaballah Virgile Turchi

05-05-2025 15:13 UTC+1

Said Holds On to Bust Golczyk

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Tahar Said and Lukasz Golczyk built a pot of around 10,000 as they went to a flop of 3♣5♠2♦. Golczyk then moved all in for 15,000 under the gun and Said called in the big blind.

Lukasz Golczyk: 6♣6♠ All in
Tahar Said: K♦K♠

Said showed a pair of kings, while Golczyk had a pair of sixes and a straight draw. The 5♥ turn was no help to Golczyk, while the river was the 2♠ and Said secured the pot to send Golczyk to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tahar Said	130,000
Lukasz Golczyk	Busted

Tags: Lukasz Golczyk Tahar Said

05-05-2025 15:15 UTC+1

Recent Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Tazon	Busted
Romain Lewis	Busted
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Busted
Georgi Georgiev	Busted
Adrian Mack	Busted
Philipp Wenzelburger	Busted
Markkos Ladev	Busted
Romain Delcroix	Busted
Remy Murcia	Busted
Aylar Lie	Busted
Santhosh Suvarna	Busted
Andrew Kelsall	Busted
Roman Hrabec	Busted
Daniel Kyosev	Busted

05-05-2025 15:25 UTC+1

Cai Makes Comeback After Longdin Missclicks

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Following an under-the-gun raise to 800, Haoran Cai moved all in from the next seat across for 10,700. Ian Longdin said "call" in the small blind and didn't see the shove, so was forced to put his chips in the middle.

Haoran Cai: 10♥10♠ All in
Ian Longdin: 9♦4♦

Longdin explained the situation to his confused opponent as the board ran out J♥8♦3♥6♣7♣. Cai held with his pocket tens to double up his stack.

The following hand, Cai raised to 1,000 from under the gun and Tiago Aguiar Ramos called on the button. The flop came 5♥J♦4♣ and Cai continued for 1,300, which Ramos called. Both players then checked it back on the 5♠ turn.

On the 9♥ river, Cai checked and Ramos bet 2,200. Cai check-raised to 12,100 and Ramos let his hand go to give Cai the pot. It was a great comeback for Cai, who was back close to starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tiago Aguiar Ramos	35,000 35,000	35,000
Haoran Cai	23,000 23,000	23,000
Ian Longdin	6,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Haoran Cai Ian Longdin

05-05-2025 15:25 UTC+1

La Padula Doubles Through Ticherfatine

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Following a middle position open-raise to 1,000, Giovanni La Padula three-bet to 3,000 from the next seat across. Cecile Ticherfatine then four-bet to 8,500 from the small blind and only La Padula made the call.

The flop came 9♣9♠7♦ and Ticherfatine gently placed out a bet of 6,000, which La Padula called. The turn came the J♣ and Ticherfatine bet 11,000, which was most of her opponent's stack. La Padula put the rest in the middle for a total of 14,800 and Ticherfatine called.

"You were supposed to fold," said Ticherfatine as she flipped over A♦K♠. La Padula flipped over 6♦6♠ and had the best of it.

The river was a blank and La Padula won the pot to double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cecile Ticherfatine	50,000 20,000	20,000
Giovanni La Padula	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Cecile Ticherfatine Giovanni La Padula

05-05-2025 15:26 UTC+1

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players are going on another 20-minute break.

The field has grown to 580 entries so far today, with 486 players remaining.

05-05-2025 15:46 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kestutis Jungevicius	133,000 68,000	68,000
Tahar Said	125,000 5,000	5,000
Knut Karnapp	110,000 110,000	110,000
Patrick Bruel	110,000 38,000	38,000
Aleksandr Shevliakov	102,200 102,200	102,200

Harvey Jackson	90,000 55,000	55,000
Arie Kliper	88,300 23,300	23,300
Pierre Calamusa	88,000 54,000	54,000
Benoit Albiges	85,000 40,500	40,500
George Rotariu	82,800 82,800	82,800
Aram Zobian	82,000 38,000	38,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	79,200 79,200	79,200
Noah Boeken	77,000 45,200	45,200

Imanol Cabello	75,400 4,600	4,600
Jon Vallinas	73,500 24,800	24,800
Ran Shahar	69,900 69,900	69,900
Yves Piacentino	68,700 17,600	17,600
Jose Jaraiz	68,200 20,200	20,200
Boris Angelov	66,000 36,000	36,000

Birger Ohl	64,900 32,900	32,900
Matthew Davenport	64,800 64,800	64,800

Arsenii Karmatckii	61,000 10,000	10,000

Vladimir Erceg	60,300 34,100	34,100
Danilo Velasevic	58,200 58,200	58,200
Bernd Gleissner	57,000 57,000	57,000

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

05-05-2025 15:59 UTC+1

Ho Wakes Up With a Monster to Double Off La Padula

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With around 20,000 in the pot, three players went to the turn with the board showing 9♠4♥4♠K♥. Giovanni La Padula then moved all in from the button, having his other two opponents covered.

Poseidon Ho called for his last 8,600 in the big blind, while Atanas Malinov in the big blind took a minute before folding.

La Padula showed K♣7♥ for two pair, but Ho turned over K♠K♦ for a full house. The river was the J♦ and Ho doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Poseidon Ho	36,000
Giovanni La Padula	35,000 14,000	14,000
Atanas Malinov	20,000 3,200	3,200

Tags: Atanas Malinov Giovanni La Padula Poseidon Ho

05-05-2025 16:10 UTC+1

Lin Shows Karam His Bluff

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Hala Karam open-raised to 1,000 from middle position, Ren Lin three-bet to 3,200 from the hijack and Karam called.

The flop came 3♥K♦J♥ and Karam checked. Lin bet 1,000 and Karam quickly called.

"Oh, snap call!" said Lin.

The turn was the 6♠ and Karam checked. Lin bet 8,000 and said "not bluff this time."

Karam asked if Lin would show one. Lin agreed and Karam folded her hand. Lin was about to muck, but Karam jumped out of her seat.

"You promised!" said Karam, who prompted Lin to show and revealed her own hand in exchange. Karam had AxQx and Lin showed 7♠4♠ for a bluff.

"I knew it!" said Karam.

"Ace-queen, you cannot call," replied Lin as he dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hala Karam	36,000 9,500	9,500
Ren Lin	35,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Hala Karam Ren Lin