€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 1a Started
€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 1a Started
The countdown to the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo is finally over and poker players from dozens of nations have journeyed for the card-playing festivities taking place at Sporting Monte-Carlo.
PokerNews is on-site to cover the tournament action and that coverage begins today with Event #1: €1,100 FPS Main Event, which kicks off at 12 p.m. local time.
The four-day PokerStars France Poker Series Main Event will feature four starting flights, the second of which will take place later today and the latter two playing out on April 25.
If the most recent FPS Main Event offering in Paris earlier this year was any indication, the event should draw a sizable field. Thanks to two additional starting flights in the French capital, the tournament set a new entry record, with the final tally being 4,149. Mateusz Moolhuizen defeated Blaz Zerjav in heads-up play to win the trophy and €470,830.
Action will kick off with blinds of 100/100/100 and levels lasting 40 minutes with 20-minute breaks every three levels. A 75-minute dinner break is currently scheduled to take place after the completion of Level 10 (approximately 7:40 p.m.) with late registration closing when play resumes.
Players are allowed two entries per flight and each flight will play until 15% of the field remains, at which point all players will be in the money heading to Day 2 (April 26).
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here on the Mediterranean coast and ready to provide updates of all of the EPT Monte Carlo action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Play is now underway with 58 players registered.
All four players seated at the table saw a flop of J♦Q♠5♥ where Jean Dufau bet 600 from the cutoff. Only Cedric Theveniaud called on the button.
The turn was the 7♥ and Dufau bet another 1,100. Theveniaud again called and the 3♠ fell on the river.
Dufau slowed down and checked, then Theveniaud bet 2,000. Dufau took about 30 seconds before he called.
Theveniaud showed K♠Q♣ for top pair and Dufau mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cedric Theveniaud |
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Jean Dufau |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Heads-up on a board of 4♣6♦8♥10♥ and around 4,000 in the pot, Nicolas Le Hech bet 2,100 from the button and Vladimir Lipnitskii called under the gun.
The river was the 9♥ and Le Hech bet 6,600. Lipnitskii quickly called, then mucked once Le Hech showed A♥7♥ for the nut flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nicolas Le Hech
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Vladimir Lipnitskii |
16,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
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Fulvio Ferrero led out for 1,100 from the small blind on a flop of Q♠2♦4♣ and Harrie Snijders called in the hijack.
The turn was the 5♥ and Ferrero bet another 2,600. Snijders again called.
Ferrero slowed down and checked the A♠ river as Snijders fired out 7,100. Ferrero took his time before turning over the A♣ and tossing it into the muck as Snijders took the pot without a showdown.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Harrie Snijders |
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Fulvio Ferrero | 18,000 |
Quentin Laugt opened to 300 from the hijack and Blaz Zerjav called from the button.
Zerjav called bets of 300 and 1,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read 8♦6♦6♣7♣K♣. Both players then checked through to showdown.
Laugt tabled J♦J♥ for jacks and sixes. Zerjav took another look at his cards and then mucked, conceding the pot.
At EPT Paris, Zerjav finished as the runner-up in the record-breaking FPS Main Event, finishing second out of 4,149 entries for €294,530.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Quentin Laugt | 31,700 | |
Blaz Zerjav | 28,400 |