€25,000 EPT High Roller | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-06-2023 16:03 UTC+1

Yaroshevskyy Gets It All In

Andrew Knowles

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Igor Yaroshevskyy opened for 200,000 from under the gun, leaving 135,000 behind. It folded around to Mikita Badziakouski on the button who made the call and the rest of the table got out of the way.

The flop came A♥10♠9♦ and Yaroshevskyy quickly moved the rest of his stack in the middle. Badziakouski took a few seconds before making the call and the cards were shown.

Igor Yaroshevskyy: A♣K♥
Mikita Badziakouski: K♦K♠

Yaroshevskyy would have been in rough shape preflop but after the flop saw an ace, Yaroshevskyy was well ahead for a double up. The turn and river had other plans though, when the board ran out J♥Q♠ to give both players Broadway and chop up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	2,680,000 -20,000	-20,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	315,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Mikita Badziakouski

05-06-2023 15:55 UTC+1

Ketzer Gives Up

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Roman Samoylov opened his button to 60,000 before Felipe Ketzer made the three-bet to 155,000 from the big blind. Samoylov obliged with the extra chips and the pair saw a flop.

Ketzer checked the 7♥9♠K♦ flop, after which Samoylov put a bet of 275,000 out, roughly half of his stack. Ketzer now found his hand too weak and laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	1,200,000 -100,000	-100,000
Roman Samoylov	880,000 480,000	480,000

Tags: Felipe Ketzer Roman Samoylov

05-06-2023 15:50 UTC+1

O'Dwyer Shoves a Flush

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The action folded to Steve O'Dwyer in the small blind and he elected to limp in. Igor Yaroshevskyy was in the big blind and checked his option.

The flop of A♣3♣6♣ saw O'Dwyer bet 30,000, which Yaroshevskyy quickly called. The turn 9♣ was then checked by both players.

On the 5♣ river, a flush appeared on the board. O'Dwyer then shoved all in, covering Yaroshevskyy's 375,000 stack multiple times over.

Yaroshevskyy nodded a few times before he forfeited his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	1,950,000 170,000	170,000

Igor Yaroshevskyy	335,000 -415,000	-415,000

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Steve O'Dwyer

05-06-2023 15:26 UTC+1

Final Table Redraw

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Roman Samoylov	Israel	730000	24
1	2	Enrico Camosci	Malta	885000	30
1	3	Felipe Ketzer	Brazil	1285000	43
1	4	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	1130000	38
1	5	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	2930000	98
1	6	Ben Heath	England	1335000	45
1	7	Steve O'Dwyer	United States	1780000	59
1	8	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	425000	14

05-06-2023 15:25 UTC+1

Dominykas Mikolaitis Eliminated in 9th place (€124,650)

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

While the all-in and a call was happening on the other table, Dominykas Mikolaitis and Steve O'Dwyer once again got all of their chips into the middle as well. They were playing a relatively small pot until the board was completed as 5♦J♠9♠Q♦7♠.

Mikolaitis had 740,000 behind and was covered by O'Dwyer. All of that went into the pot and the players had a showdown.

Mikolaitis showed 6♠5♠ for a rivered flush, but O'Dwyer had him beat with K♠2♠ for a better flush.

Because Chauskin and Mikolaitis busted on the same hand, they split the difference between 10th and 9th place money, each taking home €124,650.

With that, the final table of eight players has now been reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	1,780,000 805,000	805,000

Dominykas Mikolaitis	Busted

05-06-2023 15:24 UTC+1

Natan Chauskin Eliminated in 10th Place (€124,650)

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress open-raised from the button before Natan Chauskin three-bet jammed his 530,000 stack in the middle from the big blind. Dvoress quickly made the call with the covering stack and, after waiting for the other table to finish their hand, the cards were tabled.

Natan Chauskin: J♥J♦
Daniel Dvoress: A♣Q♣

Dvoress flopped two pair on the Q♠K♥A♦ flop, and Chausking had zero percent when Dvoress upgraded to a full house on the A♠ turn. The river K♦ was a formality and Chauskin shook hands with his opponent before he left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	1,130,000 610,000	610,000

Natan Chauskin	Busted

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Natan Chauskin

05-06-2023 15:09 UTC+1

O'Dwyer Doubles Up in Double Domination Rotation

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer's stack had dwindled to 450,000 chips before he three-bet Dominykas Mikolaitis' under the gun 55,000 open to 115,000 from the cutoff. Mikolaitis then four-bet jammed for effectively O'Dwyer's stack. O'Dwyer did not waste any time making the call and the cards were shown.

Steve O'Dwyer: Q♠Q♥
Dominykas Mikolaitis: 10♥10♦

O'Dwyer had the dominating pair, but Mikolaitis flopped a set on the 10♠A♣J♦ to jump in the lead.

The 4♠ turn was meaningless, however, the K♠ river brought relief for O'Dwyer, as he rivered a straight to take down the pot and near the one million mark once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominykas Mikolaitis	1,000,000 -70,000	-70,000

Steve O'Dwyer	975,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Dominykas Mikolaitis Steve O'Dwyer

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

05-06-2023 14:58 UTC+1

Nacho Barbero Eliminated In 11th Place (€115,950)

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Andrew Knowles

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Nacho Barbero opened to 50,000 from the cutoff and Ben Heath moved all in from the big blind with a bigger stack. Barbero snap-called for his tournament life and the cards were on their backs.

Nacho Barbero: A♣A♥
Ben Heath: J♦9♦

Barbero found the best hand in poker and looked good for a double up, but when the board ran out 10♠8♦6♦10♦5♣, it was the turned flush for Heath that scored the pot to send Barbero to the exit in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	1,275,000 620,000	620,000
Nacho Barbero	Busted

Tags: Ben Heath Nacho Barbero

05-06-2023 14:50 UTC+1

Adrian Mateos Eliminated in 12th Place (€100,800)

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Adrean Mateos was in the big blind and was involved in a pot with Mikita Badziakouski in the cutoff. There were a modest 185,000 chips in the middle when the pair checked through the turn on 7♠10♥5♦3♠.

The river was the 2♣ and Mateos led for 110,000. Badzioukaski then put the Spaniard all-in, for 375,000 total. Mateos had an agonizing decision to make. He spent a few time bank extensions before ultimately slamming in his chips.

Badziakouski then immediately showed A♣4♠ for the rivered wheel. Mateos was not close to beating that, as he only made a pair of fives with 9♠5♠.

Mateos was eliminated and Badziakouski now hoards roughly a quarter of the chips in play.