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2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT
After having doubled just a few minutes ago, [Removed:432] gave away pretty much all of those chips again in a hand with Honglin Jiang. The latter had defended his big blind and bet the turn for 55,000, [Removed:433] called. On the river, Jiang bet 125,000 and [Removed:433] quickly called.
Jiang rolled over for a full house and [Removed:433] mucked.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Honglin Jiang |
1,650,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
[Removed:432]
|
245,000
-191,000
|
-191,000 |
A short-stacked Andre Akkari shoved 160,000 in early position. An even shorter Thomas Pettersson called all in for 96,000 from the small blind. Josip Simunic asked for a count then called from the big blind, putting both players at risk.
Thomas Pettersson:
Andre Akkari:
Josip Simunic:
The board ran out to give Simunic a flush draw and potential to knock both players out. The turn gave even more outs, but the on the river wasn't one of them.
Pettersson was the first out after the redraw and went to the payout desk to collect €20,300.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Josip Simunic |
688,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
Andre Akkari |
432,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
Thomas Pettersson | Eliminado |
Federico Petruzzelli jammed in the small blind for 207,000 effective and [Removed:432] snapped in the big with . He was miles ahead of and the looked sweat-free. However, a did fall on the turn. The river brought the , no help to Petruzzelli, and he shipped a double to his neighbor.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Federico Petruzzelli |
1,075,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
[Removed:432]
|
436,000
199,000
|
199,000 |
The remaining 24 players are back in their seats and the cards are in the air for the last three tables. Action will conclude for the day when the field has been reduced to the last 16 hopefuls.
Seat | Table 1 | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Table 2 | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Table 3 | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andre Akkari | 160,000 | 10 | Davidi Kitai | 750,000 | 47 | Honglin Jiang | 1,340,000 | 84 |
2 | Ole Schemion | 3,029,000 | 189 | Nicolas Dumont | 440,000 | 28 | Mark Demirdjian | 471,000 | 29 |
3 | Saar Wilf | 169,000 | 11 | David Peters | 1,800,000 | 113 | Dan Abouaf | 1,105,000 | 69 |
4 | Patrik Antonius | 1,184,000 | 74 | Javier Fernandez Alonso | 1,350,000 | 84 | Federico Petruzzelli | 1,385,000 | 87 |
5 | Adrian Mateos | 1,224,000 | 77 | Gavin O'Rourke | 520,000 | 33 | [Removed:432] | 237,000 | 15 |
6 | Thomas Pettersson | 237,000 | 15 | Sadri Saleh | 700,000 | 44 | Tomas Jozonis | 2,330,000 | 146 |
7 | Josip Simunic | 864,000 | 54 | Dimitar Danchev | 610,000 | 38 | Alexis Fleur | 490,000 | 31 |
8 | Stefan Huber | 1,627,000 | 102 | Davor Lanini | 400,000 | 25 | Krisztian Gyorgyi | 820,000 | 51 |
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Ole Schemion |
3,029,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
Tomas Jozonis |
2,330,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
||
David Peters |
1,800,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
||
Stefan Huber |
1,627,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
Federico Petruzzelli |
1,385,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Javier Fernandez
|
1,350,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
Honglin Jiang |
1,340,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
1,224,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
Patrik Antonius |
1,184,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
|
||
Dan Abouaf |
1,105,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Josip Simunic |
864,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Krisztian Gyorgyi |
820,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
Davidi Kitai |
750,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
||
Sadri Saleh |
700,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Dimitar Danchev |
610,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
||
Gavin O'Rourke |
520,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Alexis Fleur |
490,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
Mark Demirdjian |
471,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
||
Nicolas Dumont |
440,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
Davor Lanini |
400,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
Thomas Pettersson |
237,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
[Removed:432]
|
237,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
Saar Wilf |
169,000
-179,000
|
-179,000 |
Andre Akkari |
160,000
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
Antoine Saout jammed under the gun for 327,000. David Peters was in the next seat and evaluated the stacks behind him before dropping in a call. Everyone else folded.
David Peters:
Antoine Saout:
Saout was in bad shape and it got a lot worse when flopped. Any hope for the Frenchman was extinguished when the gave Peters quads and the river was a .
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
David Peters |
1,850,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
||
Antoine Saout | Eliminado |
Davidi Kitai raised to 35,000 from under the gun with , Josip Simunic called to his left with , Krisztian Gyorgyi called from the small blind with and Alexis Fleur peeled from the big blind.
The flop was , giving Simunic top pair. Kitai continued with 28,000, Simunic called and the other players folded. The on the turn gave Simunic a flush draw to go with his top pair. Kitai fired a second barrel worth 62,000 and Simunic once again called.
The on the river improved Kitai to the best hand and both players checked. Kitai collected the pot with a slight grin after seeing Simunic' hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Josip Simunic |
864,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Davidi Kitai |
738,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
Nicolas Dumont raised to 35,000 first to act and folded to a three-bet by Federico Petruzzelli, who had clicked it up to 125,000.
Soon after a battle of the blinds on the same table saw Tomas Jozonis in the small blind check a flop and Adrian Mateos bet 140,000 in the big blind, Jozonis folded.
Petruzzelli raised to 43 in the small blind two hands later and was called by Gavin O'Rourke in the big blind. Petruzzelli's first barrel for 68,000 on the flop was called by O'Rourke, before the turn went check, check. Petruzzelli bet the river for 345,000 and O'Rourke folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Tomas Jozonis |
2,200,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
||
Adrian Mateos |
1,200,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Federico Petruzzelli |
1,170,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Gavin O'Rourke |
620,000
324,000
|
324,000 |
Nicolas Dumont |
500,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
On a flop of , Patrik Antonius in the big blind checked and called a bet of 100,000 by Sadri Saleh in the hijack before checking again the on the turn. Saleh moved all in for 240,000 and forced a fold.
One hand later, Stefan Huber, who had taken a chunk out of the stack of Carl-Fredrik Tingvall before the Swede busted, made it 37,000 to go from the cutoff. Antonius three-bet to 115,000 from the small blind and Huber called. The flop fell and a continuation bet of 85,000 by Antonius did the trick to end the hand right there.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Stefan Huber |
1,700,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Patrik Antonius |
950,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
Sadri Saleh |
560,000
237,000
|
237,000 |