button in SafariDaniel Dvoress Breaks Through $50M in Live Earnings at EPT Monte Carlo
Table Of Contents
The €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Unlimited Re-Entries event at the 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo festival went somewhat under the radar, mostly because most people's attention was on Alex Kulev taking down the €250,000 Super High Roller. However, it was an unforgetable event for Daniel Dvoress because the prize money e won pushed him over $50 million in live poker tournament earnings.
Dvoress has long been a crusher on the EPT. Before this €25,000 buy-in event, Dvoress had $49,762,958 in lifetime earnings, including $7,685,706 in EPT winnings, ranking him eighth in the long-running tour's all-time money list. After helping himself to a €390,536 ($459,338) score, Dvoress has become only the 13th player in history to break through $50 million in live tournament cashes.
The €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Unlimited Re-Entries drew 64 entries, creating a €1,536,640 prize pool that the top nine finishers shared. Russia's Vasily Klyukin was the unfortunate soul who burst the money bubble, bowing out in tenth place.
Andras Nemeth, fresh from his victory in the €10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max event earlier in the series, finished ninth for €44,600. Spanish duo Jon Ander Vallinas and Juan Pardo joined the list of eliminated players and headed to the cashier to collect €57,600 and €74,500, respectively.
The final five-figure prize went to Alisson Piekazewicz, known as "heyalisson" in PokerStars online circles. The Brazilian star banked €96,800 for his sixth-place exit.
The pay jumps grew even larger after Piekazewicz's demise. Adrian Mateos busted in fifth for €126,000, Isaac Haxton in fourth for €163,700, and Dutch grinder Teun Mulder came unstuck in third, a finish worth €212,800.
Mulder's elimination left Dvoress heads-up against Ben Tollerene. A deal was struck before Dvoress emerged victorious, taking home €390,536 for his efforts. Tollerene padded his bankroll with a €370,104 score.
€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | €390,536* |
| 2 | Ben Tollerene | United States | €370,104* |
| 3 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | €212,800 |
| 4 | Isaac Haxton | United States | €163,700 |
| 5 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €126,000 |
| 6 | Alisson Piekazewicz | Brazil | €96,800 |
| 7 | Juan Pardo | Spain | €74,500 |
| 8 | Jon Ander Vallinas | Spain | €57,600 |
| 9 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | €44,600 |
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic Collects His Second-Largest Score
Montenegro's Dejan Kaladjurdjevic pushed through the $5 million in earnings barrier with an impressive victory in the €50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Unlimited Re-Entries event. Kaladjurdjevic left 42 opponents in his wake as he raked in €727,115 of the €2,107,215 prize pool.
That princely sum was Kaladjurdjevic's second-largest career score, surpassed only by the gargantuan $3,196,000 he won for a runner-up finish in the $125,000 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro Main Event in May 2024.
The top nine finishers in this €50,000 buy-in affair saw a return on their investment, and what a final nine it was.
Linus Loeliger, Diego Zeiter, and Biao Ding were the first in-the-money casualties before Matthias Eibinger and Joao Vieira followed them in line. The exits of Israel's Tom Or-Paz and Adrian Mateos left only Kaladjurdjevic and Mikita Badziakouski in contention for the title.
Despite the difference between the remaining prizes being more than €250,000, no deal was struck, and the tournament played out as intended. Kaladjurdjevic came out on top and got his hands on €727,215, leaving Badziakouski – the second most winningest player in EPT history – to scoop a €474,100 consolation prize.
€50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | €727,115 |
| 2 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | €474,100 |
| 3 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €326,600 |
| 4 | Tom Orpaz | Israel | €242,300 |
| 5 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | €189,600 |
| 6 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | €147,500 |
| 7 | Biao Ding | China | €0 |
| 8 | Diego Zeiter | Switzerland | €0 |
| 9 | Linus Loeliger | Switzerland | €0 |
€5,300 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Heads Into Day 2
The €5,300 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event has reached Day 2, with 288 of the 960 starters punching their tickets. The current prize pool is €4,656,000, but that should increase as anyone who has not fired two bullets can register up to the start of play. Those late registrants will sit own armed with 20 big blinds.
Greece's Paraskevas Tsokaridis (384,000) is the chip leader at the start of play, closely followed by Mehdi Chaoui of Morocco (357,000). Other notables still in the field include Juha Helppi (188,500), Espen Jorstad (172,000), Roberto Romanello (146,000), Derk Van Luijk (141,000), Hossein Ensan (136,500), Benny Glaser (114,500), Adrian Mateos (112,500), and Pokerstars' David Lappin (87,500).
Follow all of the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event action via PokerNews' Live Reporting pages.
