€1,100 French National Championship Dia 1a | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

2019-04-26 21:36 UTC+2

No Cash For These Guys Yet

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jeremy Palvini, Chin Wei "Webster" Lim, Clement Tripodi and Ami Barer won't be around when the time to bag and tag chips on Day 1a comes, as they have all been eliminated recently.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jeremy Palvini	Eliminado
Thomas Schauff	Eliminado
Adrien Casanova	Eliminado
Chin Wei Lim	Eliminado
Clement Tripodi	Eliminado
Tarik Ozdemir	Eliminado
Wei Huang	Eliminado
Ami Barer	Eliminado
Nathan Gozlan	Eliminado

Tags: Ami Barer Chin Wei Lim Clement Tripodi Jeremy Palvini

2019-04-26 21:44 UTC+2

Shylkou Sends Candin to the Rail

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Serge Candin ended up all in and at risk with against the of Stanislau Shylkou on a flop. Shylkou immediately turned a flush with the as next community card and Candin was left drawing dead, the river a formality.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Stanislau Shylkou	170,000 170,000	170,000
Serge Candin	Eliminado

Tags: Serge Candin Stanislau Shylkou

2019-04-26 21:52 UTC+2

Naidoo Doubles Through Baralli

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Surendra Naidoo had been a big stack not long ago and suddenly lost more than half of his stack. However, he then got it in with a set against the nut straight of Girgio Baralli on the turn with a shot at returning to a big stack once more.

Surendra Naidoo:
Giorgio Baralli:

Naido paired up on the river and Baralli was cursing in Italian. He had two big blinds left over and lost those the very next hand. Also out: Marcello Miniucchi, Pierre Merlin, Paul Guichard and Nicola D'Anselmo.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Surendra Naidoo	260,000 -5,000	-5,000
Aylar Lie	110,000 50,000	50,000
Pierre Merlin	Eliminado
Paul Guichard	Eliminado
Giorgio Baralli	Eliminado
Igor Tregoubov	Eliminado
Jessica Drissi	Eliminado
Nicola D'Anselmo	Eliminado
Marcello Miniucchi	Eliminado

Tags: Giorgio Baralli Marcello Miniucchi Nicola D'Anselmo Paul Guichard Pierre Merlin Surendra Naidoo

2019-04-26 21:57 UTC+2

Break With 108 Remaining

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Nível 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The next scheduled break has seen a field of 353 entries whittled down to just 108 hopefuls and they have been sent into a 20-minute break. During that time, the T-100 chips will be raced off with fewer than one third of the field in contention.

Nível: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

2019-04-26 22:30 UTC+2

Moreira De Melo No More

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Nível 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The third PokerStars ambassador on Day 1a has also been eliminated as Fatima Moreira De Melo was spotted on her way out of the tournament area, following a mere few meters behind Erwann Pecheux.

Fouad Zouiten jammed out of the big blind for 49,000 and Chen An Lin, who had limped the small blind, folded with the words "I almost called, thought my queen-high was good." Zouiten flashed the and asked "why didn't you call? I need double of this."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sergey Baburin	300,000 300,000	300,000
Ming Xi	245,000 100,000	100,000
Zhong Chen	160,000 160,000	160,000
Chen An Lin	160,000 60,000	60,000
Danut Chisu	130,000 91,000	91,000
Leo Margets	110,000 80,000	80,000
Fouad Zouiten	54,000 -31,000	-31,000
Yilong Wang	Eliminado
Alisa Sibgatova	Eliminado
Erwann Pecheux	Eliminado
Fatima Moreira de Melo	Eliminado

Boaz Meiri	Eliminado
Florian Ribouchon	Eliminado

Tags: Chen An Lin Erwann Pecheux Fatima Moreira De Melo Fouad Zouiten

2019-04-26 22:40 UTC+2

Lew's Day is Done

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Nível 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Diego Furlanetto raised the button to 7,000 and Randy Lew jammed for 58,000 in the big blind. Furlanetto ended up in the think tank and the clock was called on him by Sergey Baburin. Tournament staff arrived and Furlanetto called within the allocated 30 seconds of additional time.

Randy Lew:
Diego Furlanetto:

Lew had been running well with treys on this table when he cracked a superior pocket pair. This time, however, the board came and the American was left drawing dead on the turn already.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Diego Furlanetto	145,000 145,000	145,000
Randy Lew	Eliminado

Tags: Diego Furlanetto Randy Lew Sergey Baburin

2019-04-26 22:45 UTC+2

Day 1a Pictures Part Three

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The below pictures are courtesy of Neil Stoddart / PokerStars.

2019-04-26 22:53 UTC+2

Van Dollen Doubles Through Albanese

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Nível 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Mario Albanese opened to 6,500 first to act and Christian Van Dollen got his last 49,000 in from the button. Albanese reluctantly called and found himself trailing with versus . The board came and the kicker played to reduce Albanese's stack to 6,500. He doubled with ace-jack versus tens the next hand and still has a chip and a chair.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Christian Van Dollen	105,000
Mario Albanese	15,500

Tags: Christian Van Dollen Mario Albanese

2019-04-26 22:56 UTC+2

Lin Doubles Through Reard

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Nível 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Xia Lin jammed for just shy of the starting stack and Alexandre Reard called with a near identical stack out of the big blind.

Xia Lin:
Alexandre Reard:

The flop gave Lin a commanding lead, and the turn guaranteed his double, which made the river a formality. Reard had exactly one 500 chip left and disappeared the very next hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Xia Lin	55,000
Alexandre Reard	Eliminado

Tags: Alexandre Reard Xia Lin