€1,100 FPS Main Event Day 1c | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-28-2023 01:36 UTC+1

Naveiro, Sellam Bag Big as 149 Advance After Day 1c in €1,100 FPS Main Event

Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Another flight of the €1,100 FPS Main Event as part of PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® wrapped up early Friday morning as Day 1c came to an end. The day began with 991 runners, making it the biggest by far of the four flights, and saw 149 advancing after the elimination Adrian-Remus Constantin, whose king-jack couldn't hold up against the queen-ten of Lampros Vlachos.

The four starting flights drew 2,138 players for a total prize pool of €2,052,480. Andre von Ins was close to bubbling when his pocket sevens were in bad shape against the tens of Jean-David Bensemhoun, but a flopped full house meant the Swiss player would advance with the others to Day 2.

Spain's Inigo Naveiro bagged the Day 1c chip lead with a stack of 684,000 and is followed closely by France's Rubens Sellam (503,000) and Yannick Galley (492,000), as well as Bulgaria's Stefan Dimitrov (478,000) and China's Biao Ding (470,000).

Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts

RANK	NAME	COUNTRY	CHIP COUNT	BIG BLINDS
1	Inigo Naveiro	Spain	684,000	137
2	Rubens Sellam	France	503,000	101
3	Yannick Galley	France	492,000	98
4	Stefan Dimitrov	Bulgaria	478,000	96
5	Biao Ding	China	470,000	94
6	Blaz Zerjav	Slovenia	457,000	91
7	Quentin Laugt	France	442,000	88
8	Philippe Magnus	France	437,000	87
9	Clement Michaud	France	431,000	86
10	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	431,000	86

There were plenty of notables in the Day 1c field who made it to bag-and-tag hour, including bestselling poker author Maria Konnikova, 2023 PSPC champion Aliaksandr Shylko and Kayhan Mokri, who just hours before finished 11th in €10,200 Mystery Bounty for €8,700.

Others who advanced to Day 2 include Gianluca Speranza, Danut Chisu, Leonardo Parmiggiani, Dinesh Alt and Boris Kolev. They will compete on Friday against Day 1a and 1b chip leaders Adrian Chabbi and Recep Aydemir and whoever bags the chip lead in Day 1d, as well as the rest of those who bagged.

Day 2 will see each of the players from the three starting flights returning at noon local time. Action will kick off on Level 16 with blinds of 2,000/5,000/5,000 and all players will be in the money. Payout information will be made available at the start of the day.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is ready to bring readers all the updates on Day 2 action here at EPT Monte Carlo in Monaco.

Tags: Adrian Chabbi Adrian-Remus Constantin Aliaksandr Shylko Andre von Ins Boris Kolev Danut Chisu Gianluca Speranza Jean-David Bensemhoun Lampros Vlachos Leonardo Parmiggiani Maria Konnikova Recep Aydemir Rubens Sellam Stefan Dimitrov Yannick Galley

04-27-2023 22:29 UTC+1

"Unbelievable": Geller's Set No Good as Zaffagnini Binks Gutshot

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Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Maya Geller was all in against Umberto Zaffagnini from a few seats over, who had her covered.

Maya Geller: 8♥8♣
Umberto Zaffagnini: A♠J♣

It looked like Geller would survive the flip as the flop of Q♠6♠9♥ kept her eights ahead and the 8♠ turn improved her to a set to have Zaffagnini drawing to a gutshot straight and backdoor flush. But the dealer then put down the 10♥ to give him the straight and mark Geller's elimination.

"Unbelievable," Geller sighed as she left the table.

Geller is the spouse of Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius, who appeared on the most recent episode of the PokerNews Podcast.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umberto Zaffagnini	240,000 240,000	240,000
Maya Geller	Busted

Tags: Maya Geller Patrik Antonius

04-27-2023 22:08 UTC+1

Vlachos Min-Check-Raises Kebe

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Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jimmy Kebe opened to 6,000 in the cutoff and Andreas Vlachos defended out of the small blind.

Vlachos checked on the flop of Q♣Q♠5♦ and Kebe continued for 4,000. Vlachos responded with a small check-raise to 8,000 and Kebe called.

The turn brought the 10♦ and Kebe sized up to 25,000. Vlachos folded without a fight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Vlachos	215,000 215,000	215,000
Jimmy Kebe	160,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Andreas Vlachos Jimmy Kebe

04-27-2023 21:01 UTC+1

State Scores Double Off Kassouf

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Andrew Knowles

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The action was picked up in a pot of roughly 90,000 on a completed board showing A♦4♠3♦K♠5♥. William Kassouf was deep in the tank on the button after Adrian State moved all in for 31,500 from the small blind.

"You have a missed flush draw or like ace-deuce here," said Kassouf as he asked the dealer to spread the pot.

After close to two minutes, a player at the table called the clock and Kassouf was given 30 more seconds to act. As the clock hit two seconds, Kassouf tossed in chips for the call. State rolled over A♠2♠ for the rivered straight and the exact hand Kassouf predicted.

"I knew it had to be that or missed diamonds," said Kassouf as he shook his head and recounted his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian State	160,000 99,000	99,000
William Kassouf	18,500 -34,000	-34,000

Tags: Adrian State William Kassouf

04-27-2023 18:12 UTC+1

Belea Puts Kassouf To The Test

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Andrew Knowles

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

William Kassouf opened to 3,500 from early position and it folded to Razvan Belea in the cutoff who three-bet to 9,100. The rest of the table got out of the way and Kassouf made the call.

The flop fanned out K♣4♥3♦ and Kassouf checked to Belea who continued for 3,400. Kassouf took a moment before sliding forward a check-raise to 15,400.

"I've got king-queen. If you have ace-king or aces you're ahead. If not I have you beat," said Kassouf just before Belea made the call.

The 8♦ hit the turn and Kassouf kept up the aggression with a bet of 25,000, which again Belea called.

On the 10♥ river Kassouf elected on a check over to Belea.

"Why did you check now?" said Belea as he pondered his decision.

"I only get called by better if I shove. I have king-queen I told you," replied Kassouf.

Belea eventually moved a stack of chips forward and announced all in, covering the roughly 35,000 remaining for Kassouf, who went deep in the tank.

"I can't beat anything you would shove with. You must have me beat right?" asked Kassouf.

After close to a minute of thought, Kassouf eventually made the fold and Belea tabled A♥A♠ to show Kassouf he made a good fold.

"That's what I put you on," said Kassouf as Belea stacked up his newly acquired chips and jumped into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Belea	335,000 185,000	185,000

William Kassouf	35,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Razvan Belea William Kassouf

04-27-2023 17:44 UTC+1

Medjahed Goes Runner-Runner to Eliminate Michelet

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Abdelkader Medjahed opened from under the gun and Nelson Michelet three-bet jammed a stack of 17,000 from the small blind. Medjahed called with a bigger stack.

Nelson Michelet: 10♥8♣
Abdelkader Medjahed: 3♦3♠

Michelet stood up from his seat anticipating a bustout, but sat back down when the dealer fanned the flop of 7♣J♦9♥ to give him the nut straight and have Medjahed drawing to just a runner-runner full house or quads.

That's exactly what happened as the dealer first put down the 3♥ on the turn and then the J♠ on the river to send Michelet to the rail in an unbelievable fashion. A look at a poker odds calculator shows that Medjahed was less than 3% to win the hand once the flop came down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdelkader Medjahed	65,000 65,000	65,000
Nelson Michelet	Busted

Tags: Abdelkader Medjahed Nelson Michelet

04-27-2023 16:50 UTC+1

Caza Hides and Takes a Pot

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Marco Caza opened to 2,200 from under the gun and Samuel Bifarella gave him a stare from the next seat, leading Caza to jokingly hide his face beneath his shirt. Bifarella called, as did Ronald Steinmetz on the button and the player in the big blind.

The big blind checked on the Q♣6♥J♠ flop and Caza continued for 4,700. Only Steinmetz called. Caza then sized up to 6,500 on the K♠ turn, which was enough to bring a fold from his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Caza	75,000 75,000	75,000
Ronald Steinmetz	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Marco Caza Ronald Steinmetz Samuel Bifarella

04-27-2023 16:06 UTC+1

State Gets Max Value On River In Multi-Way Pot

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Andrew Knowles

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Adrian State opened to 2,000 from middle position and Andreas Moser in the cutoff, Alexandru Boboc in the small blind and Jerome Zerbib in the big blind all made the call.

The flop fanned out J♥9♣3♠ and action checked to State who continued for 2,500, which Moser and Zerbib came along. On the K♣ turn Zerbib checked again and State kept up the aggression with a bet of 7,500, which only Moser called.

The 3♣ completed the board and State took a moment before sliding in 14,400, leaving only 1,000 behind and Moser went deep in the tank.

After close to a minute of thought, Moser tossed in the chips for a call and State tabled K♠Q♠ for top pair. Moser rechecked his cards and tossed them into the muck as the dealer sent State the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome Zerbib	93,000 93,000	93,000
Alexandru Boboc	64,000 64,000	64,000
Adrian State	61,000 61,000	61,000
Andreas Moser	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Adrian State Alexandru Boboc Andreas Moser Jerome Zerbib

04-27-2023 14:10 UTC+1

Kassouf Can't Find The Last Barrel

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Andrew Knowles

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a heads-up pot with just over 17,000 in the middle on a board showing J♥8♠7♦4♦, William Kassouf fired from early position with a sizing of 15,000 and Francesco Di Profio made the call on the button.

The K♥ completed the board and Kassouf checked over to Di Profio who after a moment tapped the table to check back. Kassouf was hesitant to show his hand but eventually rolled over 10♦6♦ for a missed straight and flush draw. Di Profio tabled 7♣5♣ for a pair of sevens to scoop the pot.

"I thought you slow played kings or something. I thought you had a better hand," said Kassouf as he was in disbelief of the hand Di Profio held.

"It's PokerStars, what do you expect?" replied Di Profio jokingly while he collected the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Di Profio	57,000 57,000	57,000
William Kassouf	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Francesco Di Profio William Kassouf

04-27-2023 13:53 UTC+1

Rocha Gets Run Over By Labat's Wheel

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Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Lucas Rocha raised to 1,700 in the small blind and Antoine Labat three-bet to 5,300 in the big blind. Rocha called as another player joked that there were "too many pros at this table."

Rocha checked on the flop of 3♣9♥2♥ and Labat continued for 4,500. Rocha called. Rocha checked again on the 4♠ turn and Labat bet 6,000. Rocha went in the tank and called.

Rocha checked a third time on the 2♦ river and Labat emptied the clip by moving all in for 13,700. Rocha went back in the tank and eventually called. Labat tabled A♣5♥ for a Wheel and Rocha was forced to show A♥10♣ for ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Labat	65,000 65,000	65,000
Lucas Rocha	12,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Antoine Labat Lucas Rocha