Marius Kudzmanas joined the field in the main tournament room. He took the €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em tournament down yesterday and he was crowned as the first champion of the EPT Monte-Carlo.
Pierre Calamusa placed a bet of 10,000 on the board after his opponent checked to him. The pot had 14,200 in it and his opponent was thinking about the decision.
He ended up folding after a while and the pot was pushed to Calamusa who is now up to 67,000.
Natalie Teh opened to 1,200 from the hijack and she was called by the players in the cutoff, button, small blind, and big blind.
The flop fell jack-nine-six with two hearts on there and the player on the big blind lead out for 3,000 after the small blind had checked. Teh raised to 9,500 and it folded back to the player on the big blind. He moved all in, covering Teh, and she called.
Teh was playing and her opponent in the big blind had .
The turn was a blank, but the river was the seven giving her opponent a pair to knock her out of the tournament.
Jeffrey Brouwer just got eliminated from the tournament after losing pocket queens against pocket kings. He played Day 1b earlier today and this flight is no success for him either.
Luca Dal Cerro limped from the under-the-gun position and so did two other players. Gianluca Speranza limped as well from late position and so did the player in the small blind. Jessica Drissi bumped it up to 2,400 from the big blind and Dal Cerro three-bet to 6,400 after his preflop limp.
All other players got out of the way and when it was back on Drissi she moved all in for 14,100. She was called within a second and they opened up. It was a coin flip as Drissi had and Dal Cerro had .
The flop was safe as the dealer spread out , but Dal Cerro hit the on the turn. The river was the and Drissi hit her straight on the turn to double up her stack.
Ying Cheng opened with a limp from early position and Frederic Delval raised to 1,100 from late position. It folded back around to Cheng and she called the raise.
The flop fell and Cheng checked to Delval. He put in another bet of 1,300 and he was called.
The turn was the and Cheng check-called another bet from Delval. He sized it 1,700 this time.
The river completed the board and Cheng checked to Delval for the last time. A bet of 1,100 from Delval was enough to make Cheng fold and he took down the pot.
He offered Cheng to open up one card but she refused. He then claimed that he had .