€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1b | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-20-2024 16:34 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Krishna Madhariwar	50,000 7,000	7,000
Santhosh Suvarna	46,000 15,000	15,000
Yucel Eminoglu	45,000 12,000	12,000
Seunguk Huh	45,000 15,000	15,000
Quan Zhou	45,000 45,000	45,000
Marcello Miniucchi	43,000 43,000	43,000
Niklas Astedt	38,000 38,000	38,000
Andrei Konopelko	35,000 35,000	35,000
Nils Pudel	33,000 33,000	33,000
Andrea Benelli	32,000 32,000	32,000
Andreas Vlachos	30,000 30,000	30,000
Peter Jaksland	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jack Sinclair	22,000 -9,000	-9,000

Cardinali Cracks Aces With Full House

Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of J♦4♣3♣. Andrea Cardinali was all in against Younes Charrat, who had him covered.

Charrat had A♥A♦ for pocket aces and Cardinali showed J♥3♥ for two pair.

The turn came the 3♦ to give Cardinali a full house, threes full of jacks. The river was a blank, the 6♦. Cardinali held to win the pot and double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Younes Charrat	40,000 -9,000	-9,000
Andrea Cardinali	35,000

Tags: Andrea Cardinali Younes Charrat

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

02-20-2024 16:21 UTC+2

Muller Gets Paid the Maximum

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The pot stood at 8,100 with two players looking at a board of 9♦3♦K♦7♥.

Samuel Muller, in the hijack, checked the action to Tomislav Pavanic on the button. Pavanic bet out 3,500 and Muller check-raised to 10,100. Pavanic called.

The river landed the 9♠ and Muller moved all in for 13,500. Pavanic thought for some time before making the call.

Samuel Muller: A♦J♦
Tomislav Pavanic: K♥10♣

Muller's flopped nut flush earned him the full double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Muller	55,300 31,700	31,700
Tomislav Pavanic	7,500 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Samuel Muller Tomislav Pavanic

02-20-2024 16:12 UTC+2

Madhariwar Takes it on the Turn

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Around one dozen tables are now running in the side room as the tournament continues to grow. Several big names can be found there such as Bert Stevens, Christopher Puetz, David Boyaciyan, Quan Zhou, Yucel Eminoglu, Kalidou Sow, and Robert Schulz.

One of the tables saw a flop of J♠6♦2♦ on which Christian Rotundo bet and called a raise to 2,700 by Krishna Madhariwar on the button. The Q♦ turn completed a possible flush draw and Rotundo checked. Madhariwar bet 5,000 and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krishna Madhariwar	43,000
Christian Rotundo	28,000

Tags: Christian Rotundo Krishna Madhariwar

02-20-2024 16:07 UTC+2

Kis Makes Set to Double Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Ludovic Kis raised to 1,000 from under the gun, Ludovic Kis three-bet to 2,800 from middle position, and Kis called.

The flop came K♠A♠7♣ and both players checked. The turn was the 9♦. Kis bet 4,500 and Bastos called.

The river came the 5♦. Kis led again, this time for 5,000, and Bastos responded by moving all in. Kis made the call with the slightlyh shorter stack of 20,800 and players revealed their cards.

Bastos had A♥K♣ for two pair, aces and kings. Kis, however, flipped over 7♥7♦ for a set of sevens to win the pot and double up his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Kis	57,000
Eugenio Bastos	14,000

Tags: Ludovic Kis

02-20-2024 16:05 UTC+2

Gavin-Mather Chips Up

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The pot stood at 12,000 with two players looking at a board that read 4♥3♣6♣6♦.

Gheorghe Fedorca, who was under the gun, checked the action to Lexy Gavin-Mather, who was sat to his direct left. Gavin-Mather bet out 7,600 and Fedorca went into the tank, before choosing to toss his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lexy Gavin-Mather	36,000 36,000	36,000

Gheorghe Fedorca	19,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Gheorghe Fedorca Lexy Gavin-Mather

02-20-2024 16:01 UTC+2

Seiken Crushed by Lehner's Broadway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Some 11,200 were in the middle to the J♣8♦3♣A♥ turn on which Nicholas Seiken checked in middle position. Stefan Lehner in the cutoff bet 6,800 and Seiken called.

The 10♠ fell on the river and Seiken checked again. Lehner pushed all-in with the covering stack and Seiken called after a few seconds for around 25,000.

Lehner tabled his K♣Q♦ for broadway and the A♦J♦ of Seiken were exposed briefly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Lehner	110,000 43,000	43,000

Nicholas Seiken	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Seiken Stefan Lehner

02-20-2024 15:58 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	57,000
Christopher Puetz	45,000
Isabel Baltazar	38,000
Bryan Paris	36,000
Bert Stevens	34,000
Martin Stausholm	34,000
Reiji Kono	34,000
Iman Ghashayar	33,000
Yucel Eminoglu	33,000
Jack Sinclair	31,000
Matthew Wantman	31,000 31,000	31,000
Santhosh Suvarna	31,000
Marle Spragg	30,000 30,000	30,000
Seunguk Huh	30,000
Kalidou Sow	29,000
Axel Hallay	28,000 28,000	28,000
Robert Schulz	26,000 26,000	26,000
Danut Chisu	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Yulian Bogdanov	24,000
David Miscikowski	Busted

02-20-2024 15:52 UTC+2

Morozovs Forces Boulad Out the Pot

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The pot was stood at 4,000 with two players looking at a full board of 2♦2♣J♣5♦9♦.

Jean-Pierre Boulad, in the big blind, checked the action to Mihails Morozovs, on the button. Morozovs placed a sizable bet of 3,500, sending Boulad into the tank, eventually deciding to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Pierre Boulad	68,000 68,000	68,000
Mihails Morozovs	33,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Jean-Pierre Boulad Mihails Morozovs