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Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Players Left 202 / 1,011
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Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Arriving on the 6♣2♦2♠3♥ turn, Gerard Carbo bet 4,800 into a pot of 8,000 from the small blind. Vincenzo Dalessio weighed his options under the gun before moving in his remaining 13,000, and Carbo snapped him off with a covering stack.
Vincenzo Dalessio: 10♥10♦ 
Gerard Carbo: A♣2♣
Dalessio could not find a ten on the 7♦ river. Carbo's trips held, winning him the sizable pot and eliminating Dalessio.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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53,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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Busted |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Matthew Micallef squeezed in a three-bet to 3,000 on the button, which only Abdelkrim El Kandoussi called, in middle position.
Micallef tossed in another 3,000 on the 10♥J♣3♠ flop, seeing his opponent check-call. The 5♦ turn and 8♣ river were checked to showdown, where El Kandoussi tabled Q♠10♣ for a winning pair of tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,000 | |
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12,000
16,400
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16,400 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Four-way to the J♦5♣3♦ flop, it checked to Paraskevas Tsokaridis in the hijack, who bet 600. Maria Konnikova was the only interested party, and she called under the gun.
Tsokaridis sized up to 2,700 on the 2♠ turn, seeing Konnikova check-call again.
"Nines any good?" Tsokaridis inquired.
The 9♠ river then completed the board. Konnikova could not help but laugh as she checked once more, prompting Tsokaridis to fire a bet of 7,500. Konnikova quickly folded, giving up on the pot.
"Show the nines," she said as she passed her cards to the dealer.
"If I had nines, I would 100 percent show," Tsokaridis promised.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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63,000 | |
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22,500
6,600
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6,600 |
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Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Laurent Torres opened to 600 from under the gun, and Vicente Zamorano, one seat to his left, three-bet to 2,000.
The action folded back to Torres, who wasted no time in moving all in for roughly 46,000.
Zamorano went deep into the tank as cameras gathered around the table. After a few minutes had passed, he opted to find a better spot, and returned his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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42,500
42,500
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42,500 |
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41,000
41,000
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41,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Tom Vogelsang and John Mooney had built a 15,500 pot when they saw the 3♣Q♠9♣4♣4♠ river. Vogelsang bet 7,900 from early position, and Mooney called in the cutoff after some thought.
Vogelsang turned over 10♣8♣ for a flush, but Mooney tabled a higher flush with J♣5♣ to win the pot.
"Motown!" Mooney gleefully declared.
"I don't know what that is," Vogelsang admitted.
"Jackson Five. You'll get it when you get to be my age," Mooney explained as he raked in the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | |
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15,600
14,400
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14,400 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Alexander Kopylkov limped in under the gun, prompting the player in the cutoff to follow suit. David Lappin put an end to the limping party, raising to 1,000. Kopylkov called, but the second limper folded.
The dealer spread a Q♣5♥10♥ flop, and Kopylkov led out for 1,500. Lappin responded in kind, raising to 4,500. Kopylkov then put in another raise, making it 15,500 to go. Lappin studied his stack, the board, and his opponent before moving all in for 29,900, which Kopylkov called.
David Lappin: Q♠Q♥
Alexander Kopylkov: Q♦10♦
Kopylkov was drawing dead to running quads, but the 3♦ turn ensured Lappin wouldn't have to deal with that scenario.
The A♦ river completed the board, and Lappin scooped in a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,600
20,600
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20,600 |
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15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Toni Kaukua made it 500 to go in the hijack. Ramiro Petrone bumped up the price to 1,600 in the cutoff before Gerard Rubiralta shoved all in for 10,400 in the small blind.
Kaukua quickly mucked his hand, but Petrone looked Rubiralta up after some thought.
Gerard Rubiralta: J♠J♥
Ramiro Petrone: K♣Q♣
Rubiralta's jacks remained best across the A♥3♠2♥8♥9♠ runout, and he doubled up to a stack of over 100 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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36,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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29,000
15,500
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15,500 |
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21,700
10,700
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10,700 |
