2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

�50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€505,774
Event Info
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€1,649,340
Entries
34
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
34
Players Left
1

Straight for Thorel

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With roughly 25,000 in the pot on a {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Spades} board, Jean-Noel Thorel checked the big blind and Seth Davies checked in middle position.

The {3-Diamonds} completed the board and Thorel led for 7,000. Davies called.

Thorel tabled {a-Clubs}{7-Spades} to claim the pot with a straight and the �10,200 Mystery Bounty winner added the chips to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
111,000
50,500
50,500
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
39,000
-19,000
-19,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSeth Davies

Dvoress Makes the Right Call

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Daniel Dvoress raised to 3,500 from under the gun and Sam Greenwood in the cutoff and Sirzat Hissou in the big blind both made the call.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, Hissou checked, Dvoress continued with a bet of 4,000. Greenwood folded but Hissou called.

They both checked through the {k-Spades} on the turn to the {k-Clubs} on the river. Hissou fired a bet of 7,500 out for Dvoress to call. Hissou tabled the {10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for Dvoress to claim the pot with the {q-Spades}{j-Spades} for the flopped two pair which he improved to a full house on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski
Yuri Dzivielevski
226,500
20,500
20,500
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
136,500
19,500
19,500
Run It Once
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
123,000
14,000
14,000
Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
81,000
3,000
3,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
65,000
-32,000
-32,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
61,500
-32,500
-32,500
Run It Once

Tags: Daniel DvoressSam GreenwoodSirzat Hissou

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Heath Nearly Shoves on Grafton

Level 3 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Ben Heath
Ben Heath

With roughly 12,000 in the pot on a {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}{10-Hearts} flop, Sam Grafton bet 3,500 in early position, Ben Heath called in the cutoff, and Jean-Noel Thorel called in the big blind.

The {8-Clubs} fell on the turn and Grafton checked. Heath bet 12,000, Thorel folded, and Grafton called.

The {2-Diamonds} completed the board, Grafton checked, and Heath bet 79,500, leaving himself just 500 behind. Grafton thought about it and used a couple of time extension before sending his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
148,000
4,000
4,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
127,000
23,000
23,000
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
99,000
-11,000
-11,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
96,000
-19,000
-19,000
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
58,000
-500
-500

Tags: Ben HeathSam Grafton

Dvoress Shows Hissou a Trey

Level 3 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Before the blinds went up, Sirzat Hissou limped the small blind, Daniel Dvoress raised to 4,000 in the big blind, and Hissou called.

The dealer spread the {j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts} flop and Hissou check-called a bet of 6,000.

The {8-Diamonds} landed on the turn and Hissou check-called for 18,000.

The {a-Clubs} completed the board and Hissou checked again. Dvoress bet 60,000, leaving himself a single pink T-500 chip behind. Hissou went into the tank for several minutes and used nearly all of his time extensions. He took off his glasses and stared at both the board and Dvoress, but ultimately sent his cards into the muck.

"You can pick one," Dvoress told Hissou.

Hissou flipped over the {3-Diamonds}, as Dvoress raked in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski
Yuri Dzivielevski
206,000
30,000
30,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
117,000
14,000
14,000
Run It Once
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
109,000
9,000
9,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
97,000
-3,000
-3,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
94,000
-6,000
-6,000
Run It Once
Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
78,000
-22,000
-22,000

Tags: Daniel DvoressSirzat Hissou

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Pardo Gets Watson to Fold

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The board read {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} with around 14,000 in the middle.

Mike Watson was first to act and opted to check. Juan Pardo was the other player in the hand, two seats over, and he decided to fire out a bet of 5,000. Watson contemplated it for a bit but folded in the end.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
144,000
44,000
44,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
115,000
-12,000
-12,000
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
110,000
10,000
10,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
105,000
5,000
5,000
EPT 2X Winner
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
104,000
4,000
4,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
60,500
-21,000
-21,000
Seth Davies us
Seth Davies
58,500
-33,500
-33,500

Tags: Juan PardoMike Watson

Reixach Takes From Vogelsang

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Christoph Vogelsang opened to 2,500 in the hijack and Sergi Reixach defended the big blind.

The dealer spread the {j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Spades} flop and 2,000 chips went into the pot from each player.

The {9-Diamonds} fell on the turn and Reixach led for 3,500. Vogelsang called.

The {4-Clubs} completed the board, Reixach bet 6,000, and Vogelsang let go of his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Brewer
Chris Brewer
110,000
10,000
10,000
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
109,000
9,000
9,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
108,000
8,000
8,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
102,000
2,000
2,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
89,000
-11,000
-11,000

Tags: Sergi ReixachChristoph Vogelsang

Schemion Can't Stay Alive Against Dvoress

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

Ole Schemion pushed his last few chips over the line from the cutoff and Daniel Dvoress three-bet to 12,500 from the small blind/ Matthias Eibinger folded his big blind to let them battle it out.

Ole Schemion: {q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Daniel Dvoress: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The flop came {5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} to bring chopping outs to the table.

The turn was the {10-Hearts} for Schemion to hit a pair and have a glimmer of hope of doubling up but the {k-Spades} came on the river to dash those dreams as it gave Dvoress a set to bust Schemion.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
103,000
3,000
3,000
Run It Once
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
Busted

Tags: Daniel DvoressMatthias EibingerOle Schemion