€100,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

04-30-2023 16:52 UTC+1

Mokri Doubles Up Martirosian Then Busts to Adams

Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Artur Martirosian opened to 35,000 from the hijack before Kayhan Mokri three-bet to 104,000 from the cutoff. Martirosian called, then check-called for 82,000 on the K♦Q♣5♦ flop, which brought in the 9♦ turn. Both players checked and saw the 10♥ river.

Martirosian used up a time bank before moving all in for 504,000 and after a count, Mokri called as the bigger stack. Martirosian tabled his Q♦10♦ for the flush, which bested Mokri's straight as he had the K♥J♠.

Mokri was then all in on the next hand with 9x9x for his last 330,000 after getting into a raising war with Timothy Adams. The Canadian called the all-in with Q♦J♦ to put Mokri at risk. Adams' hand ended up being the winner following the board runout and the start of day chip leader was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	1,380,000 690,000	690,000

Timothy Adams	800,000 359,000	359,000
Kayhan Mokri	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Kayhan Mokri Timothy Adams

04-30-2023 16:45 UTC+1

Watson Eliminated in Blind Versus Blind All In

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Matt Warburton

Level 13 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Action folded around to Mikita Badziakouski in the small blind, who made the shove for the rest of Watson's chip, around 180,000 effective. Mike Watson made the call and players flipped their cards.

Mike Watson: A♦6♠
Mikita Badziakouski: A♠J♦

Watson shook his head as the cards were revealed and he realized how far behind he was. The board ran out K♦J♠10♥K♠6♣ to give Badziakouski a pair of jacks on the flop and two pair with the kings on board.

Watson left the table, eliminated in 16th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	1,050,000 220,000	220,000
Mike Watson	Busted

Tags: Mike Watson Mikita Badziakouski

04-30-2023 15:32 UTC+1

Dvoress Eliminated as Event Reaches Final Two Tables

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Matt Warburton

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

Daniel Dvoress raised from early position and action folded to Santhosh Suvarna, who called in the big blind.

The flop came K♥7♥4♥. Suvarna checked and Dvoress bet 20,000. Survana check-raised to 65,000 and then Dvoress moved all in. Survana made the call for the rest of Dvoress' chips.

Daniel Dvoress: A♥8♠
Santhosh Suvarna: K♣7♣

Dvoress had the nut flush draw with an overcard to the board and Suvarna had top two pair.

The turn came the 7♠ and the river was the 10♣. Neither card helped Dvoress and Suvarna made a full house on the turn. Dvoress was eliminated in 17th place.

With that, the tournament is now down to the final two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santhosh Suvarna	385,000 181,000	181,000
Daniel Dvoress	Busted

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Santhosh Suvarna

04-30-2023 15:20 UTC+1

Survana Doubles Up Through Watson

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Matt Warburton

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

Mike Watson opened the action with a raise to 25,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Santhosh Suvarna, who pushed all in for 87,000 chips. Watson made the call and players flipped their cards, with Suvarna at risk of elimination.

Santhosh Suvarna: A♥8♥
Mike Watson: J♥J♦

Watson had pocket jacks and it looked like Suvarna was set to bust. However, the board ran out A♠K♥7♠A♣K♠. Survana hit a pair of aces on the flop and made trips on the turn. He doubled up through and it's not Watson that is short with around ten big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santhosh Suvarna	204,000 35,000	35,000
Mike Watson	100,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Mike Watson Santhosh Suvarna

04-30-2023 14:38 UTC+1

Badziakouski Goes for the Double Check-Raise; Suvarna Doubles Through Mateos

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Adrian Mateos opened to 21,000 from the hijack, and Mikita Badziakouski called from the big blind. Badziakouski check-raised to 36,000 on the A♦J♦J♠ flop after Mateos continued for 12,000. The latter called.

On the 3♣ turn, Badziakouski check-raised for a second time, making it 135,000 to go. Mateos, who had fired for 33,000, called again.

Badziakouski then put in a tower of chips on the 4♠ river, and Mateos made the snap fold.

On the following hand, Mateos opened to 21,000, and Santhosh Suvarna moved all in for 72,000 from two seats over. Action folded back to Mateos, who called.

Santhosh Suvarna: K♥9♠
Adrian Mateos: K♦Q♣

Suvarna was dominated but ended up with the winner after making a straight on the 7♦6♥5♣8♠5♦ runout.

As the hand played out, Jean-Noel Thorel was eliminated by Christoph Vogelsang on an adjacent table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	765,000 195,000	195,000
Adrian Mateos	570,000 -180,000	-180,000

Santhosh Suvarna	169,000 72,000	72,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Christoph Vogelsang Jean-Noel Thorel Mikita Badziakouski Santhosh Suvarna

04-30-2023 14:31 UTC+1

Kulev Caught Speeding By Martirosian

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alex Kulev opened to 35,000 from the small blind, and Artur Martirosian defended his big blind to see the K♠10♦4♥ flop. Kulev check-raised to 87,000 after Martirosian bet 27,000. The latter called.

Kulev continued for 140,000 on the 3♠ turn, and Martirosian stuck around again. On the 6♠, Kulev slid in a tower of T-25,000 chips to put Martirosian all-in. The Russian had 283,000 behind, and after using up four time chips, Martirosian called.

Kulev had Jx9x for jack-high while Martirosian had called correctly with his K♦9♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	1,060,000 505,000	505,000

Alex Kulev	265,000 -569,000	-569,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Artur Martirosian

04-30-2023 13:27 UTC+1

Kulev Cracks Aces to Bust O'Dwyer

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 18,000 from under the gun and Jenya Gavrilovich called from the cutoff. Justin Bonomo then made it 80,000 from the small blind. Alex Kulev then four-bet jammed for around 370,000. O'Dwyer, who had slightly less, called for his tournament life while the remaining players folded.

Steve O'Dwyer: A♦A♥
Alex Kulev: 10♥10♣

O'Dwyer was in great shape to get a double up and some change but the K♦10♠K♠ flop gave Kulev a full house. No ace or king would arrive on the 4♦ turn and Q♠ river, and a dejected O'Dwyer left the tournament room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	800,000 420,000	420,000

Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Alex Kulev Steve O'Dwyer

04-30-2023 13:26 UTC+1

Haxton Next to Bust; Vaskaboinikau Hits Aces and Chidwick Takes Last Few Chips

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Matt Warburton

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action folded around to Isaac Haxton, who raised from the small blind. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau reraised all in from the big blind and Haxton called. Vaskaboinikau had the slightly shorter stack and so was the player at risk, although for both players the hand basically represented their tournament life.

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: A♦A♣
Isaac Haxton: A♠7♣

Vaskaboinikau was way out ahead with his pocket aces. The board ran out 6♦4♣J♠9♣10♥ and Vaskaboinikau held. That reduced Haxton's stack to less than one big blind.

A couple of hands later, Timothy Adams raised to 18,000 from early position and Haxton called for his last 3,000 chips. Stephen Chidwick called in the small blind to play for a side pot against Adams.

The flop came 7♦Q♣6♣ and both players checked. The turn was the 3♠ and Chidwick led out for 13,000. Adams folded and Chidwick and Haxton flipped their cards.

Isaac Haxton: K♥8♣
Stephen Chidwick: Q♦J♣

Chidwick had a pair of queens and Haxton needed a king on the river. The river came the 9♦ and Chidwick held. Haxton was eliminated in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	820,000 -15,000	-15,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	340,000 90,000	90,000
Isaac Haxton	Busted

Tags: Isaac Haxton Mikalai Vaskaboinikau Stephen Chidwick Timothy Adams

04-30-2023 13:15 UTC+1

Thorel Takes From O'Dwyer Then Doubles Up Bonomo

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel opened to 16,000 from under the gun and called Steve O'Dwyer's three-bet to 60,000.

Thorel checked the J♥7♥5♥ flop and O'Dwyer checked back from the cutoff. On the 6♣ turn, Thorel led out for 55,000 and O'Dwyer folded.

Two hands later, Thorel opened in the small blind before Justin Bonomo, with a stack of 380,000, three-bet from the big blind. Thorel responded by four-bet jamming as the bigger stack and Bonomo called for his tournament life.

Justin Bonomo: A♦K♠
Jean-Noel Thorel: J♣J♠

It was a classic race, but Bonomo inched ahead after pairing up on the A♠6♠3♣ flop and ended up with trips following the 7♠ turn and A♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Bonomo	780,000 405,000	405,000

Steve O'Dwyer	300,000 111,000	111,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	120,000 -270,000	-270,000

Tags: Jean-Noel Thorel Justin Bonomo Steve O'Dwyer

04-30-2023 13:08 UTC+1

Petrangelo Runs Into Thorel's Pocket Kings and Busts

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Matt Warburton

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nick Petrangelo was all in against Jean-Noel Thorel preflop. Petrangelo had already doubled up twice at the start of Day 2 and now found himself at risk again. Players flipped their cards.

Nick Petrangelo: A♦J♣
Jean-Noel Thorel: K♥K♣

Thorel had pocket kings and Petrangelo found himself far behind. The board ran out 6♦K♠A♠10♦7♦. Petrangelo paired his ace on the flop, but Thorel made a set of kings to claim the pot.

Petrangelo was eliminated from the tournament in 21st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel	390,000 140,000	140,000
Nick Petrangelo	Busted

Tags: Jean-Noel Thorel Nick Petrangelo