2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€712,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,768,450
Entries
777
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Lai and Butba Go to War Early on

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Anson Tsang took a decent chunk out of the stack of Ekrem Sanioglu and one table over, Eric Lai did the same with Said Butba.

Lai's bet of 6,000 on the river of a completed board of {4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} was called by Butba, who couldn't beat the {A-Spades}{5-Spades} of the Frenchman. One hand later, Lai opened to 300 and Butba three-bet to 1,100, Lai called. On the {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop, Lai checked and Butba claimed back some of the losses when forcing a fold with a bet of 2,000.

Back to Tsang's table, Pierre Calamusa had sat down and was about to get his chips. The dealer checked his ticket and informed him that he was in fact one table over. "Nice playing with you," another player at the table joked while Calamusa grabbed his belongings and headed to the correct seat.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
42,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Eric Lai fr
Eric Lai
42,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
30,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Said Butba ru
Said Butba
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of Ekrem Sanioglu fr
Ekrem Sanioglu
18,000
18,000
18,000

Tags: Anson TsangEkrem SaniogluEric LaiPierre CalamusaSaid Butba