Aladin Reskallah is one of the 18 players remaining in the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€5,300 EPT Main Event. One big life event inspired Reskallah to leave Montreal, move to France, and pursue his poker dream. He made mistakes along the way, but has learned from them and hopes those lessons will take him to the next level.
Jack Salter raised to 69,000 in middle position, leaving himself with just 7,000 behind. The action folded to Shyngis Satubayev in the big blind who pushed forward a raise. Salter called off his last few chips and the cards were tabled.
Shyngis Satubayev:
Jack Salter:
Satubayev had Salter in a rough spot and the board ran out to eliminate Salter from the tournament. The remaining 24 players will now redraw for the final three tables.
Four players saw a flop of for 12,000 apiece. The action checked to Hideki Izutsu on the button who bet 30,000. Daniel Dvoress called from the small blind and Viacheslav Goryachev check-raised to 67,000 from the big blind. Ivo Bartoletti, the preflop raiser, thought for a bit but decided to muck his cards.
Izutsu instantly pushed all in for 144,000 and Dvoress pondered for a moment before making a tough laydown. Goryachev had just 68,000 chips behind and everyone was expecting a snap-call. However, that was not the case as he used up three of his time banks. Goryachev eventually folded and the table was left making odd faces and scratching their heads.
There was a three-way all in taking place on Table 1 and Bryn Kenney was the shortest stack with 90,000 chips. Mike Watson was also at risk for 125,000 and Luc Greenwood had both players covered.
Mike Watson:
Luc Greenwood:
Bryn Kenney:
The flop came and Watson took the lead with a pair of kings. The turn brought the and the river was the . Despite four clubs on the board, nobody held a club in their hand. Kenney was eliminated and Watson doubled through Greenwood.