Break
Players are taking their first 20 minute break of the day
Players are taking their first 20 minute break of the day
It was a short session at the table for Charlie Carrel, as he joined the table two minutes before the scheduled 20 minute break at the end of Level 2.
Read more about this British youngster from Jersey over on the Pokerstars Blog
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Charlie Carrel | 30,000 |
Nível: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
We missed the elimination of Daniel Colman, which took place a short time before the break. However, Pratyush Buddiga was kind enough to fill us in on some details.
According to him, it happened when Argentina's Ivan Luca opened for 350 from early position and action folded to Colman, who three-bet to 1,300 from the big blind. Luca proceeded to four-bet to 3,500, Colman called, and the flop came down . Colman checked, Luca bet 1,450, and Colman check-raised to 7,800. Luca called and then bet 6,500 after Colman checked the turn.
Colman paused for a few moments before making the call, and then checked the river. Luca announced that he was all in for roughly 10,000, and Colman, who had a little less than that, hit the tank. He chatted up Luca for a bit — asking such questions like where he was from — and eventually called off with . It was no good though as Luca had turned a set with .
Meanwhile, Maximos Pertsinidis was also eliminated from the tournament in Level 2.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ivan Luca |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Maximos Pertsinidis | Eliminado | |
Daniel Colman | Eliminado |
Today is the day. Later tonight, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will square off in what is deemed as the "Fight of the Decade." Some are even calling it the biggest fight in the history of boxing. If you're going by just the purse of the fight, which some anticipate could reach $300 million, then this will indeed be the biggest fight of all time.
Here in Monaco, the PokerNews team is currently covering the biggest event on the European Poker Tour schedule. This season's EPT Grand Final will boast an all-time high of 78 events on the schedule, highlighted by the €100,000 Super High Roller, the €50,000 Super High Roller, the €25,500 High Roller, and the €10,600 Main Event. But even despite all of the massive high-stakes poker action on offer, some players are still very much interested in the Mayweather-Pacquiao duel that will go down in the bright lights of Las Vegas on May 2.
Two of those interested are Phil Ivey and JC Alvarado, both fans of boxing and fight betting. Ivey even founded All-In Entertainment, which is a "boxing and entertainment firm representing sports and media interests, the promotion of worldwide entertainment events and orchestrating boxing events" alongside Jeff Fried and Monta Ellis.
While the two were playing the €100,000 Super High Roller in Monte Carlo, PokerNews' Remko Rinkema caught with both of them to get their views on the spectacle that will take place and who will win, Mayweather or Pacquiao. Check out the two interviews below:
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mark Teltscher |
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
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Noah Vaillancourt |
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Isaac Haxton |
38,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
Scott Davies |
36,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
Fabian Quoss | 35,000 | |
Eugene Katchalov |
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
Martin Jacobson |
32,500
32,500
|
32,500 |
Davidi Kitai |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Max Silver |
27,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
JC Alvarado |
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Andre Akkari |
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
Randal Flowers |
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Talal Shakerchi |
23,500
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Georgios Karakousis |
23,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Kevin MacPhee |
23,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
Sam Cohen |
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Peter Chan |
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Justin Bonomo |
18,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Martin Finger |
13,000
5,375
|
5,375 |
|
||
Sam Greenwood | Eliminado | |
Gilbert Diaz | Eliminado | |
Boutros Naim | Eliminado |
The action was blind-on-blind between reigning EPT Grand Final champion Antonio Buonanno and Australian Steven Zhou. The board read and Buonanno, who was in the small blind, bet out 600 and watched as Zhou raised to 1,700. Buonanno called and the turn was the . It was checked to Zhou, who bet 2,725 and was duly called. The river brought the and once again Buonanno checked. Zhou put all of his blue and pink chips out, a bet of over 43,000, putting Buonanno at risk if he chose to call.
The action in this hand had been at a snail's pace, and the patience of the other players was put to the test until someone called the clock. Eventually Buonanno called. Zhou turned over the for a rivered full house, and Buonanno meekly turned over before making his way to the exit.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Steven Zhou |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Antonio Buonanno | Eliminado | |
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Last year, Sweden's Martin Jacobson made poker history by topping a field of 6,683 players to win the World Series of Poker Main Event for a smooth $10,000,000. It was an impressive performance, one that secured him an European Poker Award for "Best Tournament Performance."
Meanwhile, last October, Scott Davies defeated Jack Salter — last year's EPT Grand Final runner-up — in heads-up play to win the WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event, a tournament that attracted 329 players and created a prize pool of AU$3,125,000. That wins awarded Davies AU$850,136 ($737,907 USD).
Today, the two WSOP champions are seated at the same table and looking to add an EPT title to their poker résumés. The two haven't tangled yet, but there's a good chance they'll play a pot or two as the day progresses. Rest assured we'll keep an eye on the dynamic duo.
Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari had a very busy day yesterday when he played both in Shark Cage and the FPS Monaco Main Event. Akkari told us how the day went and shared some hands with us.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Steve O'Dwyer |
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
George Danzer |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Maria Ho |
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Andrey Filatov
|
25,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
Ole Schemion |
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Pratyush Buddiga |
21,500
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
Stephen Chidwick |
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Vladimir Troyanovskiy |
15,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |