€5,300 EPT Main Event
Dia 1a Terminado
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Dias: 1a
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
Buy-in
€5,300
Premiação
€4,471,700
Entries
922
Nível
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Ludovic Geilich Tops Star-Studded Field in Day 1a of the Main Event
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The Main Event of the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour kicked off today at The Monte-Carlo Sporting. In the first of two starting flights, the flagship event attracted 342 runners, of which 128 have secured themselves a place in Day 2.
There were many big names scattered around the cardroom but when it was time to bag at the end, it was undoubtedly Ludovic Geilich’s day. The professional chipped up to an impressive 271,400, for a decisive chip lead during the 10 hours on today’s schedule.
His run was even more impressive considering the table he was on during the last couple of levels. Featuring poker heavyweights that included Ryan Riess, Julien Martini, Dominykas Karmazinas and PokerStars Ambassadors Ramon Colillas and Kalidou Sow, Geilich survived where others were unable to do so. Most notable was the huge clash between Sow and Martini, which sent Sow to the rail 30 minutes before the end. Sow had turned trips with queen-nine suited and after a checked flop, Martini check-called a bet on the turn. The river was a six that gave Martini a full house with pocket-sixes and saw the rest of the chips go into the middle.
It was also the hand that saw Martini net second place in the counts, with the Frenchman taking 218,000 through, the only other player in the field to exceed the 200,000 mark. He is followed by Conor Beresford (195500) and Ibrahim Ghassan (182000), taking third and fourth respectively. Dominykas Karmazinas rounded out the top five with 178,600.
Of the PokerStars Ambassadors in contention today, Maria Konnikova (133200) takes forward the biggest stack. Ramon Colillas also bagged but dropped to 55,000 after a promising start. Fatima Moreira De Melo busted after the last break and Andre Akkari also failed to bag and tag, but all is not lost as the trio still have one re-entry remaining apiece.
Many of the most well-known names who took part today will return for Day 2 on Wednesday. They include Boris Kolev (160,000), Paul Michaelis (159,000), Vlad Darie (153,000), Dario Sammartino (144,900), Winfred Yu (144,400), Govert Metaal (138,700), Manig Loeser (128,600), Georgios Karakousis (120,300), Orpen Kisacikoglu (109,900), Florian Duta (108,400), Sam Greenwood (107,700), Arsenii Karmatckii (104,200), Ryan Riess (86,400), Maria Lampropoulos, (84,800), Norbert Szecsi (76,700), Pierre Calamusa (71,000), Randy Lew (48,700), Michael Soyza (48,500), Christoph Vogelsang, (44,100), Chin Wei Lim (34,900) and Mohsin Charania (18,000).
Not all of the well-known players were able to advance. Throughout the course of the day, we said goodbye to Adrian Mateos, Alexandru Papazian, David Peters, Denys Shafikov, Eric Sfez, Chen An Lim, Jean-Noel Thorel, Joao Simao, Koray Aldemir, Kristen Bicknell, Lars Bonding, Luc Greenwood, Maria Ho, Mark Teltscher, Marton Czuczor, Matas Cimbolas, Maxim Panyak, Nick Petrangelo, Paul Newey, Rainer Kempe, Sam Grafton, Sylvain Loosli, Timur Margolin, and two-time EPT Champion Victoria Coren Mitchell.
For those who haven’t used their single re-entry, there is always Day 1b tomorrow, which - in terms of the structure - will be pretty much an exact replica of today. Play will start at 12 pm and there are 10 one-hour levels on the clock. There will be a 20-minute break after every two hours, except for the 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6.
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Chip Counts (Completo)
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
271,400 | |
|
218,000 | |
|
195,500 | |
|
182,000 | |
|
178,600 | |
|
176,000 | |
|
161,900 | |
|
160,000 | |
|
160,000 | |
|
159,000 | |
|
157,100 | |
|
153,500 | |
|
153,000 | |
|
147,800 | |
|
144,900 | |
|
144,400 | |
|
140,000 | |
|
138,800 | |
|
138,700 | |
|
135,000 | |
|
134,000 | |
|
133,200 | |
|
128,600 | |
|
127,100 | |
|
126,000 |
Day 1a Finished
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Around 125 players remain as the bagging and tagging is complete, and the chip counts and a recap of today's action is to follow.
Saout Out in Last Hands
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
In one of the last hands of the night, Antoine Saout was all in for 61,000 against fellow countryman Aladin Reskallah and tabled the 
. Reskallah had a flip with 
and the board of 
gave Reskallah a pair of queens to eliminate Saout.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | 30,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Li Loses Heaps At the End
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
During the last hands of the night, Yan Li got into a raising war with Jean Mikhael and the latter ended up all in for 55,500.
Jean Mikhael: 
Yan Li:
The board came 
and Li lost a big portion of her stack just shy of bagging and tagging.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
12,000 | -48,000 |
Four More Hands
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
It has been announced that there will be four more hands before Day 1a of the Main Event concludes for the evening.
More for Yu and Karmatckii
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Arsenii Karmatckii opened to 2,800 and Nicole Wee called on the button. Vladimir Troyanovskiy three-bet out of the big blind to 11,200 and Karmatckii simply reraised to 70,000 to give his two opponents the option to fold or call all in. Wee folded, and Troyanovskiy also obliged.
Winfred Yu also chipped up on a table with big stack Afshin Taheri. He faced a raise to 2,600 by Basil Yaiche and a call by Dragos Trofimov. The cutoff reraised to 9,500 and Yu made it 30,000 to go in order to force folds.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 40,000 |
|
108,000 | 10,000 |
|
36,000 | -12,000 |
|
32,000 | -11,000 |
Zinno Rivers the Flush
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
With plenty of chips already in the pot, Anthony Zinno bet 14,000 on the 
river and tabled 
for the flush when Hannes Speiser had made the call. Speiser mucked his cards in disgust and was left with ten big blinds, which he lost shortly after.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | 59,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Monster Clash Between Sow and Martini
Nível 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
In one of the defining hands of the day, it all began with an open to 2,600 from Julien Martini. Kalidou Sow was sat on the button and three-bet to 7,500. Martini called and with everyone else out of the way, the two players went to the flop.
It came the 
and when Martini checked, Sow checked it back. The turn was the 
and following another check from Martini, Sow made it 8,600 to proceed. Martini called and the two players headed onto the river.
The dealer laid the down and Martini checked once more. This time the price to play was 26,500 but Martini wasn't done yet and moved all in for 97,500 in total. Sow was in a tough spot, with a similar stack size, Martini had just enough to send him to the rail and he went into the tank.
After a couple of minutes, he put a stack of chips over the line to signify the call and they turned their cards over.
Julien Martini: 
Kalidou Sow: 
It was trips for Sow but he had been bested on the river by Martini's full house and he leaves the table half an hour before the end of play. Martini meanwhile, has risen through the rankings and is one of the top stacks now.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
218,000 | 119,000 |
|
Eliminado |