€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 2 Started
€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day 2 Started
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The 314 players who return for Day 2 of the PokerStars France Poker Series Main Event have already accomplished their first goal: make the money. Now the race to the title begins when action resumes at noon local time inside Sporting Monte-Carlo.
Gil Aboodi waited until the last of four starting flights to grab the chip lead, taking 889,000 into Day 2. He’s followed by Remy Murcia (869,000), Vladimir Erceg (762,000), Kevin Tedesco (699,000), and Stephen Nahm (644,000). Other top stacks include Clement Michaud (628,000), EPT champion Ognyan Dimov (524,000), Ankit Ahuja (446,000), Julien Sitbon (383,000), Gabi Livshitz (348,000), Simone Andrian (334,000), and Mateusz Moolhuizen (296,000).
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Gil Aboodi | United States | 889,000 | 178 |
2 | Remy Murcia | France | 869,000 | 174 |
3 | Vladimir Erceg | Serbia | 762,000 | 152 |
4 | Kevin Tedesco | France | 699,000 | 140 |
5 | Stephen Nahm | Canada | 644,000 | 129 |
6 | Clement Michaud | France | 628,000 | 126 |
7 | Christian Alilovic | France | 626,000 | 125 |
8 | Federico Macori | Italy | 624,000 | 125 |
9 | Eric Sfez | France | 551,000 | 110 |
10 | Come Thevenin | France | 525,000 | 105 |
Team PokerStars Pro and EPT Barcelona champion Simon Wiciak enters Day 2 with 190,000, while Jason Wheeler (130,000), EPT champions Davidi Kitai (108,000), Sebastian Malec (101,000), and Maria Lampropulos (97,000), as well as Team PokerStars Pro Felix Schneiders (74,000) have also guaranteed themselves a payday.
The action resumes with 13 minutes left on Level 16 with blinds of 2,000-5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. Levels are now 60 minutes long. The four starting flights attracted a total of 2,096 entries, building a prize pool of €2,012,160. Official payouts will be announced early in the day.
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Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The players are in their seats and Day 2 is now underway.
Benjamin Munoz raised to 10,000 on the button before Atanas Malinov three-bet to 40,000 in the big blind. Munoz then four-bet to 105,000, Malinov moved all in, and Munoz called for around 350,000.
Benjamin Munoz: A♣K♥
Atanas Malinov: J♥J♠
The flop came 7♦2♠J♣ and Malinov spiked top set. The A♦ fell on the turn too late for Munoz, who was already drawing dead and headed for an early exit by the time the 8♣ fell on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Atanas Malinov |
810,000
323,000
|
323,000 |
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Benjamin Munoz | Busted |
Abraham Serrano opened to 12,000 from middle position and was called by Eduard Barsegian from the small blind.
Barsegian check-called bets of 12,000 on the flop and turn before the river checked through to showdown.
On the A♥3♥5♣3♣J♦ board, Barsegian tabled 2♥2♦ but was bested by by Serrano, who rivered a pair of jacks with his J♥10♥.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Abraham Serrano |
220,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Eduard Barsegian |
215,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
Lucas Scafini bet 15,000 from under the gun on a flop of 3♠8♦6♠ before Damien Toullier moved all in for 55,000 in early position. Scafini called.
Damien Toullier: A♥8♥
Lucas Scafini: Q♠J♠
Toullier was ahead with top pair, while Scafini had a flush draw. The 9♠ fell on the turn and Scafini completed his flush. Toullier headed for the rail once the 10♥ completed the board as Scafini, who won this event in 2022, took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lucas Scafini |
530,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
Damien Toullier | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Michael Descote | Busted | |
Samy Boujmala | Busted | |
Vahe Martirosyan | Busted | |
Pavel Marecek | Busted | |
Ilya Smolko | Busted | |
Matthias Roth | Busted | |
Anita Mangini | Busted | |
Robert Schiffbauer | Busted | |
Laurent Chenet | Busted | |
Jon Kyte | Busted | |
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Danilo Colomba | Busted | |
Alexandru Lupascu | Busted | |
Thierry Giron | Busted | |
Maya Geller | Busted | |
Andreas Moser | Busted | |
Razvan Bara | Busted |
Silvio Mascia opened to 10,000 from the hijack and defending FPS champion Mateusz Moolhuizen called from the big blind. Moolhuizen led out for 10,000 on the 7♠5♦4♥ flop and folded out Mascia.
On a nearby table, Federico Fundaro raised to 11,000 from early position and was called by Gaspare Sposato on his direct left. Action folded to Mykyta Andrusiak in the big blind, and he three-bet to 46,000. Fundaro folded but Sposato called.
Andrusiak check-folded to a bet of 25,000 on the Q♥Q♠4♥ flop.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gaspare Sposato |
420,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Mateusz Moolhuizen |
310,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
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Mykyta Andrusiak |
250,000
-79,000
|
-79,000 |
Silvio Mascia |
240,000
123,000
|
123,000 |