2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€307,160
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€2,052,480
Entries
2,138
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
255
Players Left
38

Kings No Good; Allouche Eliminated

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Monte Carlo Branding
Monte Carlo Branding

Guy Allouche raised to 2,000 from early position and picked up calls from Vu Hoang and Amir Redjeb in late position, as well as players in both the small and big blind.

The flop came JJ4. Action checked to Allouche, who made a large bet of 8,000. Redjeb pushed all in for 25,500 and all other players folded apart from Allouche, who made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Allouche at risk.

Guy Allouche: KK
Amir Redjeb: AJ

Allouche had pocket kings but Redjeb had made trips with his jacks. Allouche needed a king to survive. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 4, meaning Allouche was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Amir Redjeb
58,000
58,000
58,000
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Guy Allouche
Busted

Tags: Amir RedjebGuy AlloucheVu Hoang

Kings Versus Aces Results in Early Bustout

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Samuel Bifarella
Samuel Bifarella

With stacks deep, it takes a serious hand, usually a cooler, to result in a bust this early on. That cooler came when Samuel Bifarella ran his pocket kings into Ivan Kalac's pocket aces.

Samuel Bifarella: KxKx
Ivan Kalac: AA

The board ran out 710724 and Kalac's aces held. He doubled up and Bifarella was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Ivan Kalac
68,000
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Samuel Bifarella
Busted

Tags: Ivan KalacSamuel Bifarella

Welcome to Day 1b of the €1,100 FPS Main Event

Monte Carlo Tournament Room
Monte Carlo Tournament Room

Welcome to Day 1b of the €1,100 FPS Main Event, the second flight of the first tournament running as part of the PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®. The venue for this prestigious event is the stunning Sporting Monte-Carlo, where players can lap up the Mediterranean vibes while playing for top prizes that run into the hundreds of thousands.

Day 1a is already underway and PokerNews reporters are on the floor to bring you live updates as the tournament progresses. Day 1b, meanwhile, kicks off at at 6 p.m. local time. Late registration is open until midnight.

Players begin with 30,000 chips and blind levels start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Day 1b is slightly faster than 1a, with blind levels set at 30 minutes. There will be a 20 minute break every four levels until Level 14, at which point break times will be reduced to 15 minutes.

The most recent FPS Main Event was held at the EPT Paris, where Alan Goasdoue outlasted a field of 1,918 entries to take home €287,830. Venue limitations in Paris led to caps on the number of players who could enter, so the FPS Main Event in Monaco could well attract even larger numbers.

DateDayTime (IST)Tournament
26-AprWednesday1 p.m.FPS Main Event Day 1a
26-AprWednesday6 p.m.FPS Main Event Day 1b
27-AprThursday11 a.m.FPS Main Event Day 1c
27-AprThursday6 p.m.FPS Main Event Day 1d
28-AprFridayNoonFPS Main Event Day 2
29-AprSaturdayNoonFPS Main Event Day 3
30-AprSundayNoonFPS Main Event Final Day

Players may enter each flight a maximum of two times. The top 15 percent of players from each flight will advance to Day 2 and will be in the money.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates on Day 1b and the full FPS Main Event.

Tags: Alan Goasdoue