2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
54
Prize
€107,290
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€390,100
Entries
83
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
83
Players Left
1

Up and Down for Reixach

Level 24 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Sergi Reixach limped the button and Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 300,000 for Reixach to call. The {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop brought a bet worth 200,000 by Thorel and the call by the Spaniard. On the {7-Spades} turn, Thorel slowed down and checked. Reixach now bet 300,000 with around 950,000 behind and won the pot right there.

Reixach then won a limped pot in which he bet the {8-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop for 200,000. Thorel check-called and check-folded the {a-Diamonds} turn when facing a bet worth 650,000 by Reixach.

Last but not least, Reixach min-raised the button and Thorel came along. They checked the {10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop and Thorel opted to check the {k-Spades} on the turn. Reixach bet 350,000 only for Thorel to check-raise, making it 850,000 total to go. The snap-fold of Reixach let some of his recent profit vanish.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
6,050,000
-490,000
-490,000
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
2,250,000
490,000
490,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSergi Reixach

Back and Forth, Not Much Changes

Level 24 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The chips have been going back and forth for a while with no big chip changes. The only hand that went to showdown was when Sergi Reixach limped on the button and Jean-Noel Thorel opted to check.

They both checked through the {3-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop to the {4-Clubs} on the turn. Thorel check-called the 100,000 bet of Reixach for both of them to check again when the {k-Diamonds} completed the board. Thorel showed the {6-Spades}{4-Hearts} for two pair.

"Two pair is good, I thought I was winning," Reixach remarked with a chuckle.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
6,540,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
1,760,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSergi Reixach

Level: 24

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Instead of a Split Pot, Thorel Scores the Double-Up

Level 23 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

Sergi Reixach raised to 165,000 from the button and Jean-Noel Thorel three-bet to 480,000. Reixach four-bet jammed with the bigger stack for Thorel to snap-call for the 3,200,000 he had behind.

Jean-Noel Thorel: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Sergi Reixach: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

When the players and railers saw the hole cards, they were all prepared for a split pot but the excitement grew with each card of the board that was being dealt as it ran out {5-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{k-Hearts} for Thorel to hit the runner-runner nut flush to double up to a big chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
6,500,000
3,425,000
3,425,000
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
1,800,000
-3,600,000
-3,600,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSergi Reixach

Belarmino De Souza Eliminated in 3rd Place (€49,930)

Level 23 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Belarmino De Souza
Belarmino De Souza

Sergi Reixach jammed his superior stack into the table short stack Belarmino De Souza, who more than happily called and had the best of it preflop.

Belarmino De Souza: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Sergi Reixach: {5-Spades}{4-Spades}

It was a potential shift in momentum with De Souza on the verge of doubling for nearly one million. However, Reixach picked up a flush draw on the {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop which he then instantly completed on the {j-Spades} turn. That made the {4-Hearts} river a formality and it was time to draw for the golden envelope once more.

Even De Souza was there and filmed with his smart phone. Two €10,000 bounties and the elusive €100,000 top prize were still up for grabs. Reixach peeled slowly and then celebrated vividly when he indeed nailed the €100,000 Mystery Bounty.

Moments later, De Souza headed to the payout desk to collect his cash prize of €49,930.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
5,400,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
Profile photo of Belarmino De Souza br
Belarmino De Souza
Busted

Tags: Belarmino De SouzaSergi Reixach

Triple Up for De Souza

Level 23 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel opened to 200,000 on the button and Sergi Reixach called in the small blind. Belarmino De Souza then pushed all-in out of the big blind for 285,000 and both his opponents called.

They checked it all the way on the {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} board and Reixach tabled the {7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. Thorel had the {k-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and De Souza tripled up with {j-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
4,300,000
-300,000
-300,000
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
3,075,000
-175,000
-175,000
Profile photo of Belarmino De Souza br
Belarmino De Souza
935,000
135,000
135,000

Tags: Belarmino De SouzaJean-Noel ThorelSergi Reixach

Thorel Gets Some Off Reixach

Level 23 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Sergi Reixach raised to 160,000 on the button and Jean-Noel Thorel called in the big blind. On the {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop, Thorel check-called for 125,000 and the {3-Diamonds} turn went check, check. After the {a-Clubs} river, Thorel bet 200,000 and Reixach folded while suspecting a bluff. Instead, Thorel rolled over the {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs} with a big smile and the words "no bluff".

Shortly after, Thorel limped the small blind and Reixach raised to 300,000. Thorel snap-jammed and the Spaniard folded, mentioning in table chat he let go of king-jack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
4,600,000
-775,000
-775,000
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
3,250,000
1,150,000
1,150,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSergi Reixach

More for Reixach

Level 23 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel limped in on the button and Sergi Reixach completed his small blind. Belarmino De Souza looked down at his cards and then opted to check.

The flop came {q-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}, it was checked to Thorel who bet 100,000 which only Reixach called.

They both checked through the {9-Diamonds} on the turn to the {5-Diamonds} on the river. Reixach bet 200,000 for Thorel to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
5,375,000
225,000
225,000
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
2,100,000
-170,000
-170,000
Profile photo of Belarmino De Souza br
Belarmino De Souza
800,000
-90,000
-90,000

Tags: Belarmino De SouzaJean-Noel ThorelSergi Reixach

Level: 23

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Reixach Takes an Even Bigger Chip Lead

Level 22 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Just before the level went up, Belarmino De Souza raised to 120,000 from the button and both Jean-Noel Thorel and Sergi Reixach called in the blinds.

They all checked through the {8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} flop to the {a-Diamonds} on the turn. It was checked to De Souza again but he now opted to bet 160,000. Thorel folded but Reixach raised it up to 500,000 which De Souza called.

The river completed the board with the {2-Diamonds} and Reixach barreled a bet of 500,000 into the pot. De Souza considered it for a bit and then called but mucked when Reixach tabled the {a-Hearts}{3-Clubs} for two pair, aces and treys.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
5,150,000
1,550,000
1,550,000
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
2,270,000
-30,000
-30,000
Profile photo of Belarmino De Souza br
Belarmino De Souza
890,000
-1,190,000
-1,190,000

Tags: Belarmino De SouzaJean-Noel ThorelSergi Reixach