2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Boris Kolev opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 27,000. The action folded to Otto Lemke on the button who called and both blinds, Alexandre Le Vaillant and Mickael Robalo, followed suit.
The flop fell 5♦3♠7♦ and Le Vaillant was first to act. He took this opportunity to lead with an all-in bet worth 101,000. Big blind Robalo saved his final 70,000 chips and let his hand go before Kolev called. Lemke's cards joined the muck and the two remaining players had a showdown.
Alexandre Le Vaillant: K♦10♦
Boris Kolev: 7♥7♣
Le Vaillant had flopped a flush draw and two overcards but his overcards were not live against the set of Kolev. Le Vaillant's fate was sealed as the turn and river were both black cards, 4♣J♣. He fled the scene and his seat was quickly taken by another player.
In a three-way pot with 233,000 in the middle on a board showing 7♣4♦2♦9♠, Stefan Dimitrov checked from under the gun to Ionut Decher in the cutoff, who checked as well. Adrian Chabbi tapped the table on the button and the trio saw the 3♣ river.
Dimitrov and Decher checked again and Chabbi cut out a bet of 145,000. Dimitrov went well in the tank, but after almost a minute put in the chips for a call. Decher quickly folded and Chabbi tabled J♦10♦ for jack-high and a missed flush draw. Dimitrov opened 9♣8♣ for top pair and scooped the pot to increase his large stack.
There was quite a bit of action on Table 9 as the under-the-gun player opened to 26,000 and the player in the next seat called. Herve Mary then three-bet jammed a stack of 106,000 from the next seat and a short stack to his immediate left tanked for about a minute before folding.
Next to act was Antonio Beatrice, who four-bet jammed a stack of 158,000. The next few players to act broke the pattern by folding quickly and the other two players in the hand also folded.
Herve Mary: K♣J♣
Antonio Beatrice: A♦A♥
Mary had run into aces and couldn't crack them as the board ran out 2♣Q♦4♠8♠9♠ to mark his elimination.
Nível: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The action folded around to Vincent Facquet in the small blind who opened for 25,000 and Govert Metaal completed from the big blind.
The flop fanned out A♦A♥2♦ and both players checked their options to the A♣ turn. Facquet checked again and Metaal bet out 13,000, which was called.
On the K♣ river Facquet checked a third time and Metaal took a moment before announcing all in for close to 90,000. Facquet tabled Q♠9♠ to show he was folding his queen-high.
"Did you call?" asked Metaal jokingly as he collected the pot.
Hicham Hachoumi opened to 22,000 in early position and Alessandro Siena called out of the small blind.
Siena checked on the flop of 8♥10♣7♣ and Hachoumi checked back. Siena then led out for 15,000 on the 3♥ turn and Hachoumi called.
Siena checked on the A♠ river and Hachoumi took a moment before betting 58,000. Siena laid it down.
There were already roughly 90,000 chips in the middle when Ana Marquez bet 30,000 on the 9♦Q♥A♠ flop. Her opponent was Alfonso Simone, who played a stack of well over a million. He made the call and the board paired on the Q♠ turn.
Marquez slowed down and checked, prompting Simone to put in a bet of 70,000. Marquez thought for a bit but eventually let her hand go, claiming to have a bad ace. Simone showed her the Q♦, notifying her that her fold was correct. Marquez was left with a stack of 20 big blinds.
In a heads-up pot with close to 100,000 in the middle on a board showing Q♥J♦2♥9♠, Benjamin Spragg checked from the big blind to Omar Lakhdari under the gun, who bet out 50,000.
Spragg check-raised all in, covering the 160,000 remaining for Lakhdari, who went well in the tank. After some time, Lakhdari opened the Q♣ and tossed his hand into the muck. Spragg collected the pot and now sits with an above average chip stack.