Level 3
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
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2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,325,300
Entries
1,098
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
363
Players Left
104
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Players have been send on their first 20-minute break of the day with the clocks showing 208 entries so far.
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Peter Kvisthammar was under the gun in a heads-up pot against Francesco Baglione on the button on a flop of A♦9♥9♠.
Kvisthammar checked on the flop and Baglione bet 2,100. Kvisthammar called. Kvisthammar checked again on the A♥ turn and Baglione checked back. The 6♣ river completed the board and Kvisthammar led out for 2,000. Baglione called.
"I have a nine," Kvisthammar said before showing 10♦9♦ for a full house as his opponent mucked in defeat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
33,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Cedric Schwederle opened to 500 from early position and Oddvar Brendo called in the cutoff before Joao Vieira also called out of the big blind.
Vieira checked on the flop of 10♠7♦10♦ and Schwederle continued for 500. Brendo called and Vieira folded. Schwederle sized up to 3,600 on the A♣ turn and Brendo again called.
The 4♦ river completed the board and Schwederle bet 20,000 to put Brendo all in for his final 12,000. Brendo went in the tank for over a minute and landed on a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 | |
|
35,000 | |
|
12,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Henri Kasper raised to 400 from under the gun and Aleksandr Shevliakov raised to 1,400 from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and Kasper called to see a flop.
The flop was 5♥Q♥8♦ and Kasper check-called a 1,700 bet from Shevliakov. The turn was A♦.
Kasper checked again and this time Shevliakov fired 3,500, but that was too much for Kasper and he tossed his hand in the muck.
Meanwhile, Tibor Nagygyorgy sits below the starting stack at the same table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
21,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Alexandra Botez and Ehsan Amiri tangled once more as Amiri open-jammed a stack of around 4,000 from under the gun and Botez called in the small blind to put the Australian at risk.
Alexandra Botez: K♥Q♠
Ehsan Amiri: K♠J♠
The chess queen had Amiri's king dominated and nothing changed on the runout of 9♣2♦7♣7♦5♥ to send Amiri to the rail in one of the first eliminations of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Talgat Mykhanov opened from under the gun before Antonio Buonanno made it 1,200 from the button. Laurent Cessy came along from the small blind and the big blind got out of the way to make a three-way pot.
The flop was A♣Q♦2♠ and action checked to Buonanno on the button for a bet of 1,600. Cessy called and Mykhanov folded before 10♦ fell on the turn.
Cessy check-called a 3,000 bet on the turn and the river was 3♠. Cessy checked again and folded when Buonanno fired a bet of 6,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,200
45,200
|
45,200 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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