2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€1,100 French National Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€209,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,382,250
Entries
1,425
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Avdagic Wins a Flip Against Galindo Lopez

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A squeeze to 80,000 was in front of Enes Avdagic and Josep Maria Galindo Lopez made it 200,000 to go. Avdagic moved all in and Galindo Lopez called.

Enes Avdagic: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

The {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop improved Avdagic and he remained in the lead throughout the {j-Hearts} turn and {2-Clubs} river to double for 491,000.

Player Chips Progress
Enes Avdagic ba
Enes Avdagic
1,020,000
660,000
660,000
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez es
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez
637,000
-13,000
-13,000

Tags: Enes AvdagicJosep Maria GalindoJosep Maria Galindo Lopez

Schienagel Doubles Desmottes; Caron Triples After

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Bruno Caron
Bruno Caron

Dennis Schienagel raised to 30,000 and Jean Desmottes jammed for 159,000, which the German called after some consideration.

Desmottes tabled {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and Schienagel held {k-Spades}{2-Spades}. There was some uproar from the French players at the table when the flop fell {10-Spades}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts}, but Desmottes remained in contention on the {5-Diamonds} turn and {9-Diamonds} river run out.

Soon after, Giuliano Bendinelli raised to 30,000 first and Schienagel called from one seat over, as did Luigi Shehadeh on the button. Bruno Caron jammed for 103,000 in the big blind and that was called by Schienagel and Shehadeh.

On the {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop, Schienagel jammed and Shehadeh folded with 230,000 behind.

Bruno Caron: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Dennis Schienagel: {10-Spades}{5-Spades}

The {q-Clubs} turn gave Caron the check mark and the {3-Diamonds} river was a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Schienagel de
Dennis Schienagel
1,500,000
-100,000
-100,000
Giuliano Bendinelli it
Giuliano Bendinelli
700,000
230,000
230,000
EPT 1X Winner
Bruno Caron fr
Bruno Caron
340,000
140,000
140,000
Jean Desmottes fr
Jean Desmottes
340,000
120,000
120,000
Luigi Shehadeh it
Luigi Shehadeh
230,000
-220,000
-220,000

Tags: Bruno CaronDennis SchienagelGiuliano BendinelliJean DesmottesLuigi Shehadeh

Naicker and Levi Double

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Vladyslav Pohribnyi took a hit and lost half of his stack when his {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} could not crack the {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} of Patmaseelan Naicker on a board of {q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

One table over, Shahar Levi three-bet shoved for the last 179,000 with {a-Spades}{j-Hearts} and Sam Higgs in the cutoff called with {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}. On a {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} board, Levi spiked a jack to survive.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
700,000
-205,000
-205,000
Shahar Levi il
Shahar Levi
380,000
227,000
227,000
Patmaseelan Naicker za
Patmaseelan Naicker
230,000
40,000
40,000
Vladyslav Pohribnyi ua
Vladyslav Pohribnyi
125,000
-84,000
-84,000

Tags: Patmaseelan NaickerSam HiggsShahar LeviVladyslav Pohribnyi

Eliminated in 72nd–95th Place (€2,750)

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Maya Geller
Maya Geller

The following players got eliminated in 72nd–95th place and all received €2,750. Among the latest to depart were Maya Geller, Thierry Gogniat, and Leo Margets.

Player Chips Progress
Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
Busted
Morgane Portier fr
Morgane Portier
Busted
Hideki Izutsu jp
Hideki Izutsu
Busted
Davide Nughes it
Davide Nughes
Busted
Surendra Naidoo za
Surendra Naidoo
Busted
Arsenii Karmatckii ru
Arsenii Karmatckii
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Luca Famea it
Luca Famea
Busted
Mikhail Soltanov ru
Mikhail Soltanov
Busted
Wei Fan hk
Wei Fan
Busted
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
Busted
David Splettstoesser de
David Splettstoesser
Busted
Erwin Wiechers nl
Erwin Wiechers
Busted
Timur Azizov ua
Timur Azizov
Busted
Jean Bros fr
Jean Bros
Busted
Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
Busted
Andrei Silencov md
Andrei Silencov
Busted
Karoly Odor hu
Karoly Odor
Busted
Christian Van Dollen de
Christian Van Dollen
Busted
Thierry Gogniat fr
Thierry Gogniat
Busted
Christophe Meurant fr
Christophe Meurant
Busted
Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
Busted
Umberto Zaffagnini it
Umberto Zaffagnini
Busted
Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
Busted
Davor Lanini it
Davor Lanini
Busted

Colillas Eliminated by Baburin

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Ramon Colillas
Ramon Colillas

The action started with a raise by Morgan Aceto and Sergey Baburin three-bet from one seat over. Ramon Colillas then four-bet all in for around 350,000 in the big blind, which forced out Aceto and brought a call from Baburin with a near-identical stack.

Ramon Colillas: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Sergey Baburin: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

The board brought {q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Spades} and the stacks were counted. Baburin had 370,000 and Colillas was covered to head to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Morgan Aceto fr
Morgan Aceto
1,650,000
1,473,000
1,473,000
Sergey Baburin ru
Sergey Baburin
820,000
580,000
580,000
Ramon Colillas es
Ramon Colillas
Busted

Tags: Morgan AcetoRamon ColillasSergey Baburin

Castaignon Drags a Monster From Higgs

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Remi Castaignon
Remi Castaignon

After Sam Higgs had raised in middle position, Remi Castaignon three-bet to 140,000 on the button and Higgs paid the extra chips. The {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop got checked by both players.

On the {3-Clubs} turn, Higgs bet 230,000 and Castaignon called it off after about ten seconds.

The river brought the {2-Hearts} and Higgs considered his options.

"Five-hundred-seventy-five," he announced, followed by a lightning-quick call from Castaignon.

Defeated, Higgs flung {q-Spades}{j-Spades} open for middle pair with a queen blocker. Castaignon revealed {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} for a set of nines to scoop the near 2M chip pot off the Aussie and move into the lead.

Player Chips Progress
Remi Castaignon fr
Remi Castaignon
2,400,000
2,237,000
2,237,000
EPT 1X Winner
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
905,000
365,000
365,000

Tags: Remi CastaignonSam Higgs

Romero With the Barrels

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With three-way action on a {j-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop, Romain Meyer and Benny Glaser both checked to James Romero, who bet 80,000. Meyer and Glaser both came along with a call.

On the {3-Hearts} turn, Romero made it 260,000 after two checks and quickly got rid of Meyer. Glaser gave his left-hand neighbor an intense staredown before laying it down as well.

Player Chips Progress
James Romero us
James Romero
1,790,000
470,000
470,000
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
785,000
-180,000
-180,000
$25K Fantasy
Romain Meyer fr
Romain Meyer
486,000
317,000
317,000

Tags: Benny GlaserRomain MeyerJames Romero

Soltanov And Karmatckii No More

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Arsenii Karmatckii
Arsenii Karmatckii

Stefano Schiano raised the button and Mikhail Soltanov three-bet to 72,000 in the small blind, which Schiano called after some consideration. On the {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop, Soltanov continued for 55,000 and Schiano again reluctantly made his move, raised to 130,000. Soltanov moved all in for another 100,000 on top and was snap-called.

Mikhail Soltanov: {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Stefano Schiano: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}

The {5-Clubs} turn and {6-Diamonds} river were blanks.

A very similar scenario took place one table over as Arsenii Karmatckii got into a battle with Igor Tregoubov. Plenty of chips were in and the completed board showed {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Karmatckii shoved with {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and Tregoubov called with {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades} to knock out 2018 EPT Sochi champion Karmatckii.

Player Chips Progress
Igor Tregoubov ca
Igor Tregoubov
1,180,000
969,000
969,000
Stefano Schiano it
Stefano Schiano
1,000,000
410,000
410,000
Mikhail Soltanov ru
Mikhail Soltanov
Busted
Arsenii Karmatckii ru
Arsenii Karmatckii
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Arsenii KarmatckiiIgor TregoubovMikhail SoltanovStefano Schiano