€330 EPT Cup Dia 1b | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

2019-04-29 18:40 UTC+2

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Nível 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

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Nível: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

2019-04-29 18:47 UTC+2

Mark Wiegerinck Joins the Field

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Mark Wiegerinck in the French National Championship High Roller

Mark Wiegerinck was playing the €2,200 French National Championship High Roller earlier today but he busted out in 30th place, cashing for €5,530.

The Dutchman jumped in the EPT Cup now and started another hunt for a trophy here in Monte-Carlo next to the incredibly blue Meditteranean Sea.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mark Wiegerinck	20,000

Tags: Mark Wiegerinck

2019-04-29 18:55 UTC+2

Thienpont Eliminates Rosi in Setup

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Nathalie Thienpont saw a player open from the under-the-gun position to 600 and she called from middle position. Massimiliano Rosi three-bet to 2,600 from the cutoff and the initial raiser got out of the way. Thienpont called to see a flop.

Thienpont lead out on the board with a big bet of 4,000. Rosi moved all in for 15,000 and she called. Rosi had but Thienpont had flopped top set with .

The board ran out with the turn and the river and Rosi was eliminated from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nathalie Thienpont	40,000
Massimiliano Rosi	Eliminado

Tags: Massimiliano Rosi Nathalie Thienpont

2019-04-29 19:00 UTC+2

Aylar Lie Joins the Field Again

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Aylar Lie played Day 1a but she only managed to play one hand before she was eliminated from the tournament. She's giving it another shot today as she just sat down in the cash game room where tables one through ten can be found.

The other tables are in the Main Tournament room. More and more players are taking their seats.

Tags: Aylar Lie

Nível: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

2019-04-29 19:10 UTC+2

Hizem Left Short-Stacked After Torossian Hits Quads

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Nível 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

A lot of noise was produced at table 21 and it turned out that Nicolas Torossian had hit runner-runner quads with his pocket kings. The board was and Torossian was holding the other two kings. Khaled Hizem was on the other side of the hand and he was left with just 2,400 after hand.

Players pulled out their phones to photograph the hand with the board before it slowly got quiet again.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nicolas Torossian	45,000
Khaled Hizem	2,400

Tags: Nicolas Torossian Khaled Hizem

2019-04-29 19:19 UTC+2

Chip Counts

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Nível 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Giancarlo Mussi	65,000
Stephen Marcucci	46,000
Sergei Popov	34,000 5,600	5,600
Valeriy Chupin	20,000
Isabel Baltazar	8,100 -11,900	-11,900
Natalie Teh	Eliminado

Nível: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

2019-04-29 19:26 UTC+2

Halfway Through Registration

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Day 1b is halfway through the registration period and the speed of which players enter the event has slowed down. There are 246 players that started the tournament of which 220 are still in.

Day 1a of the tournament attracted 265 players and only 13 survived. There is still over 1,5 hours of late registration possible in the final flight of the EPT Cup.