2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€2,200 French National Championship High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
62
Prize
€200,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€1,043,720
Entries
538
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Paez Doubles Through Lau

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Antoine Goutard raised from the cutoff and Alan Lau shoved in the small blind. Raul Paez did the same from the big blind for 1,310,000 in total. Goutard folded for Lau and Paez to battle it out.

Raul Paez: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Alan Lau: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for Paez's higher pocket to double him up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raul Paez es
Raul Paez
2,690,000
1,400,000
1,400,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
855,000
-1,310,000
-1,310,000

Tags: Alan LauAntoine GoutardRaul Paez

Lau Over Two Million

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Pablo Brito Silva raised to 160,000 from the cutoff and was called by Alan Lau in the big blind.

They both checked through the {8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{k-Hearts} on the flop and the {2-Clubs} on the turn to the {j-Diamonds} on the river. Lau bet 110,000, Silva raised to 550,000 and Lau tanked for a bit and then made the call.

Silva showed {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for the turned pair of deuces but those couldn't beat the {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} of Lau who had rivered a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pablo Brito Silva br
Pablo Brito Silva
6,640,000
-560,000
-560,000
Profile photo of Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
2,165,000
1,175,000
1,175,000

Tags: Alan LauPablo Brito Silva

Loic Dobrigna Eliminated in 6th Place (€43,100)

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Loic Dobrigna
Loic Dobrigna

Loic Dobrigna raised to 160,000 from the cutoff and Antoine Goutard shoved on the button. The blinds quickly folded and Dobrigna snap-called for the almost 2,000,000 he had behind.

Loic Dobrigna: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Antoine Goutard: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

The flop came {j-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} for Goutard to flop a straight draw.

The turn was the {5-Spades} for Dobrigna to still be ahead but the {q-Diamonds} on the river gave Goutard another win on the river to eliminate his opponent. This time is was Dobrigna's turn to fall victim to Goutard's amazing run in these preflop situations.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Antoine Goutard fr
Antoine Goutard
6,030,000
2,295,000
2,295,000
Profile photo of Loic Dobrigna fr
Loic Dobrigna
Busted

Tags: Antoine GoutardLoic Dobrigna

Romain Matteoli Eliminated in 7th Place (€32,250)

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Romain Matteoli
Romain Matteoli

Romain Matteoli had just lost a big pot to Pablo Brito Silva and now he shoved from the button for 815,000 in total. Silva asked for a count but then opted to fold in the small blind. Loic Dobrigna was last to act and he took about ten seconds before he decided to make the call with the slightly bigger stack.

Romain Matteoli: {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Loic Dobrigna: {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for Dobrigna to river the pair of jacks to confirm Matteoli's elimination.

"What did you fold?" the table asked Silva. Silva claimed to have laid down {k-}{q-}.

"Wow! Tight fold" the rest of the table remarked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pablo Brito Silva br
Pablo Brito Silva
7,200,000
1,535,000
1,535,000
Profile photo of Loic Dobrigna fr
Loic Dobrigna
1,800,000
570,000
570,000
Profile photo of Romain Matteoli fr
Romain Matteoli
Busted

Tags: Loic DobrignaPablo Brito SilvaRomain Matteoli

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Harry Lodge Eliminated in 8th Place (€22,340)

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Harry Lodge
Harry Lodge

Harry Lodge put his last 10,000 in from under the gun and Pablo Brito Silva raised to 200,000 from the hijack. The rest of the table folded so Lodge was playing for 100,000 in total and the rest of the blinds would go Silva's way already.

Harry Lodge: {a-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Pablo Brito Silva: {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{4-Spades} for Silva's pocket treys to eliminate Lodge from the tournament in eighth place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pablo Brito Silva br
Pablo Brito Silva
5,665,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
Busted

Tags: Harry LodgePablo Brito Silva

Silva Has a Third of Chips in Play

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Raul Paez raised to 130,000 from mid-position and was called by Pablo Brito Silva in the cutoff.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{a-Spades}, Paez continued with a bet of 125,000 and Silva called.

The turn was the {4-Spades}, Paez now check-called the 475,000 bet of Silva.

The river completed the board with the {10-Hearts}, Paez checked for the last time. Silva bet his whole stack of 100,000-value chips which covered Paez's stack. Paez dived deep into the tank, looked at his cards several times and his own stack. After about 5 minutes, the clock was called and the floor gave Paez a minute to consider his options. A warning was given when 30 seconds had passed. At ten seconds left, the floor started counting down and the hand was declared dead.

Paez tried to get Silva to show the bluff but Silva refused to show anything.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pablo Brito Silva br
Pablo Brito Silva
5,505,000
665,000
665,000
Profile photo of Raul Paez es
Raul Paez
1,290,000
-580,000
-580,000
Day 1 Chip Leader

Tags: Pablo Brito SilvaRaul Paez

Paez Doubles Through Lodge; Lodge Left With 10k

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Harry Lodge shoved from the cutoff and so did Raul Paez on the button with a similar stack while the rest of the table folded.

Raul Paez: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Harry Lodge: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {4-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for Paez's pocket tens to hold and double him up. After counting out the stacks, Paez had 860,000 behind, after paying Paez, Lodge had 10,000 left.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Raul Paez es
Raul Paez
1,870,000
1,010,000
1,010,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
10,000
-890,000
-890,000

Tags: Harry LodgeRaul Paez

More For Silva

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Pablo Brito Silva raised to 120,000 from mid-position and was called by Harry Lodge in the big blind.

They both checked through the {8-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs} flop and the {10-Clubs} on the turn to the {9-Diamonds} on the river. Lodge checked, Silva bet 225,000 and Lodge called after contemplating his options for a while. Silva tabled [qhd] and Lodge quickly mucked and paid off the bet.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pablo Brito Silva br
Pablo Brito Silva
4,840,000
565,000
565,000
Profile photo of Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
900,000
-405,000
-405,000

Tags: Harry LodgePablo Brito Silva