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— Romain Lewis (@RomainLewis)
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Rintaro Kagawa raised to 3,500 in the hijack and Sirzat Hissou called on the button. The flop came 10♣3♣2♠ and Kagawa continued with a bet of 6,000. Hissou called and the 6♥ landed on the turn.
Kagawa fired out another bet of 15,000 and Hissou jammed all in for around 47,000. Kagawa went into the tank for over a minute but eventually decided to send his cards to the muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Rintaro Kagawa |
147,000
-40,500
|
-40,500 |
Sirzat Hissou |
85,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen is proving to be a force to be reckoned with on the poker felt and more recently added chips after making a tough river call.
In a heads-up pot between [Removed:428] in the hijack and Carlsen in the cutoff, both players checked on the board of K♦A♠J♥3♠. The 6♣ river completed the board and Maloku fired a bet of 6,500.
Carlsen went deep into the tank for several minutes and sat perfectly still behind a pair of dark sunglasses. Eventually, Carlsen called. Maloku showed Kx9x for a pair of kings, but he was out-kicked by Carlsen's K♠Q♥ for the chess pro to take the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
[Removed:428]
|
115,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Magnus Carlsen |
70,000
31,500
|
31,500 |
The action folded to Mauricio Salazar Sanchez in the cutoff who opened for 3,500 and only Kayhan Mokri made the call from the big blind.
On the flop of K♥10♠2♥, Mokri check-called a bet of 3,500 from Salazar Sanchez. The A♠ hit the turn and Mokri checked a second time. Salazar Sanchez sized to 10,000, and without much thought, Mokri let his cards go.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez |
119,000
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
Kayhan Mokri |
68,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
Orpen Kisacikoglu was one of the late entries to start Day 2 with a stack of 30,000 chips. However, in less than an hour, he has managed to build up an above-average stack. Kisacikoglu opened to 3,500 in early position and Sokratis Linares three-bet to 11,000 on the button. Kisacikoglu called and the dealer spread the J♠J♦4♥ flop.
Kisacikoglu check-called a bet of 10,000 from Linares and the 10♠ rolled off on the turn. Kisacikoglu checked again and Linares shoved all in for 20,000. Kisacikoglu thought for a minute before dropping in the call.
Linares tabled A♥9♦ for just ace-high while Kisacikoglu was out front with 9♥9♣. The river was the Q♠ and Linares was ousted in the first level of the day.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Orpen Kisacikoglu | 118,000 | |
Sokratis Linares | Eliminado |
Alec Torelli raised to 3,500 in middle position and picked up three callers along the way. The flop came 8♥5♦2♥ and the action checked to Ian Hamilton on the button who bet 6,500. The big blind called and Torelli check-raised to 21,500. Hamilton called and the big blind got out of the way.
The turn brought the 9♦ and Torelli shipped all in for 76,000. Hamilton gave it some thought with his stack of 54,000 and opted to make the call. Torelli flipped over K♣K♦ for the best hand but Hamilton had plenty of outs with 8♦7♦.
The river was the K♥ and Torelli improved to a set of kings to end Hamilton's tournament run.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Alec Torelli |
196,000
152,500
|
152,500 |
|
||
Ian Hamilton | Eliminado | |
|
Priit Parmasto opened the action to 3,000 from early position and Symeon Alexandridis made the call in the hijack. Hayato Kitajima put in a three-bet to 13,000 from the button and action was back on Parmasto who moved all in for 60,500 total. Alexandridis got out of the way and Kitajima quickly called to put Parmasto at risk.
Priit Parmasto: K♥K♣
Hayato Kitajima: A♠K♠
Parmasto was in great shape against the ace-king for Kitajima, and when the board ran out J♥9♦4♣10♣5♦, it was the cowboys that held up to score a full double up for Parmasto.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Priit Parmasto |
125,000
64,500
|
64,500 |
Symeon Alexandridis |
64,000
-50,500
|
-50,500 |
Hayato Kitajima |
43,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Azim Orunov was all in from middle position against Harry Lodge behind him, who had him covered.
Azim Orunov: 9♥9♣
Harry Lodge: J♠J♦
Orunov couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out 10♠Q♦5♥8♦A♦ to mark his elimination at the hands of Lodge.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Harry Lodge |
120,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Azim Orunov | Eliminado |