€330 EPT Cup
Day 1a Completed
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€330 EPT Cup
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
Buy-in
€330
Entries
537
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
A brand new day at the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour (EPT) arrived and so did a fresh tournament. The €330 EPT Cup started with Day 1a at 8 p.m. local time and a total of 265 players entered the first of two flights. Alexandre Moreau sits on top with a stack just shy of a million. The top three is completed by Andrea Schettino (675,000) and Vamshi Vandanapu (625,000).
One of the players that made it through to Day 2 is Jia Tang. Most of Tang’s cashes were achieved in Macau, but he's had plenty of European success. Tang finished 27th in the 2018 EPT Prague Main Event, only to win a €1,100 side event a couple of days later. Tang is now guaranteed a spot on Day 2 but he only bagged 280,000. Other players that bagged on Day 1a of the €330 EPT Cup include Samvel Grigoryan (555,000), Vittorio Ferrigno (410,000), and Alexander Orlov (240,000)
The EPT Cup featured 20-minute levels and plenty of players showed up to play the low buy-in tournament. Players like Pete Chen, Natalie Teh, Sergei Popov, and Aylar Lie joined the field in the hopes of making it into the money and then into Day 2 of the tournament. Fifteen percent of the field was getting paid while only five percent of the field would make it through to Day 2. A total of 265 players entered the tournament which meant that 39 players would make the money and only 13 would make it through to Day 2.
Plenty of players were not fortunate enough to make the money, but some were. Alfredo Aramendia was the first player to collect money at the payout desk when he busted in 39th place and he cashed for €530. Others that cashed were Guy Goossens (36th - €530), Samy Boutaleb (30th - €600), Jorden Verbraeken (21st - €760), and Abdelkrim Chenoufi (19th - €830). All players that busted out of the tournament on Day 1a have a second chance if they choose to register Day 1b of the EPT Cup on April 29th at 6 p.m. local time.
Day 1b will have the same concept as Day 1a. Players will start with 20,000 in chips and levels will last 20 minutes. Fifteen percent of the players will make the money but only five percent will make it through to Day 2. The field and remaining prize money will be combined and they will battle it out on Tuesday, April 30 to play down to a winner.
PokerNews will be on site to report who takes down the €330 EPT Cup and plenty more tournaments at the EPT Monte-Carlo.
| Place | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | Bruno Hormigo | Portugal | € 1,060 |
| 15th | Morgane Portier | France | € 1,060 |
| 16th | Aurelien Mahot | France | € 950 |
| 17th | Christian Enz | Luxembourg | € 950 |
| 18th | Alexandre Bigeard | France | € 830 |
| 19th | Adelkrim Chenoufi | France | € 830 |
| 20th | Dmitrijs Tarbejevs | Latvia | € 830 |
| 21st | Jorden Verbraeken | Belgium | € 760 |
| 22nd | Christophe Di Miceli | France | € 760 |
| 23rd | Patricia Poli | France | € 760 |
| 24th | Francois Vincenti | France | € 680 |
| 25th | Wei Fan | Hong Kong | € 680 |
| 26th | Flavien Mullet | France | € 680 |
| 27th | Karim Mhemida | France | € 680 |
| 28th | Richard Regnier | France | € 600 |
| 29th | Fuad Serhan | UK | € 600 |
| 30th | Samy Boutaleb | France | € 600 |
| 31st | Frederic Vasseux | France | € 600 |
| 32nd | Volker Beck | Germany | € 530 |
| 33rd | Remy Scarabel | France | € 530 |
| 34th | Vahe Ter-Khachatryan | Armenia | € 530 |
| 35th | Marko Ivkic | Croatia | € 530 |
| 36th | Guy Goossens | Belgium | € 530 |
| 37th | Vladislav Naumov | Russia | € 530 |
| 38th | Nissim Vaknin | USA | € 530 |
| 39th | Alfredo Aramendia | Spain | € 530 |
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
995,000 | |
|
||
|
675,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
625,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
555,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
|
|
470,000 | |
|
420,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
410,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
280,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
240,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
|
220,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
150,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
150,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
120,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Alexandre Moreau opened with a raise to 60,000 and it folded to Bruno Hormigo. Hormigo raised all in for 209,000 and it folded back to Moreau. He thought about it and then out of nowhere he stood up and called.
They opened up and Hormigo showed 
. Moreau had the better hand with 
and the dealer started dealing the community cards.
The dealer put down the 
board and the pot was awarded to Moreau. Hormigo Busts in 14th place and he takes home €1,060.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
995,000
785,000
|
785,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Ait Obram Ali raised all in from middle position. He shoved his last 85,000 to the middle and he was called by Alexander Orlov from the cutoff.
Ait Obram Ali: 
Alexander Orlov: 
The board brought 
and Obram Ali secured a double up on the Day 2 bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
200,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
We're on the bubble of making Day 2 as Morgane Portier just busted out of the tournament. She finished in 15th after she lost with pocket sevens against king-five.
A king landed on the turn and that's the end of Portier her run in the EPT Cup. She still has the option to register for Day 1b at 6 p.m. local time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Aurelien Mahot raised all in from the cutoff when he pushed 239,000 to the middle. Andrea Schettino called from the big blind after he took his time to think over the decision. When they eventually opened up they saw they were flipping. Schettino called with and Mahot had 
.
The 
board was dealt and the pot was pushed to Schettino who won with his pocket nines. Mahot misses out on Day 2 as he busts in 16th position. We're now only two more eliminations away from reaching Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Vittorio Ferrigno moved all in for his last 165,000 from the button and he was called by Andrea Schettino from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and they opened up.
Vittorio Ferrigno: 
Andrea Schettino: 
The board ran out 
and Ferrigno managed to stay alive and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
340,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000