Coverage of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT Continues at Noon
It's Day 4 of 11 at the 2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT and cards will be in the air from noon again. Shortly before that happens, the first of two $30,000 Platinum Passes to the 2019 PokerStars Players Championship in the Bahama's up for grabs in the €1,100 EPT National will be handed out with a random flipout drawing among all 224 remaining players. It's free money and a unique gift to one lucky player, creating buzz right at the start.
Once the Platinum Pass has been handed out, the EPT National will continue with ten levels of 60 minutes each before chips are bagged for the night, which should bring us close to the final table.
At 12:30 p.m., the €100,000 Super High Roller plays its second of three days, with exactly half of the 44 entries still in contention. Late registration is open up until the start of Day 2 and play will continue until six players are left. Chipleader is Belarusian star Mikita Badziakouski, while Isaac Haxton sits in second. Haxton is on his third bullet in this event, after players successfully lobbied to have the single reentry format changed to unlimited reentries. Live updates of this event can be found over at the PokerStars blog.
Also at 12:30 p.m., the bigger brother of the EPT National, the €2,200 EPT National High Roller will kick off its first of two days. No less than 17 levels of 40 minutes will be played out today and a single reentry is allowed to those that run out of chips on their first attempt. The ever-popular €330 EPT Cup will have its second starting day at 8 p.m. tonight and allows for a single reentry per flight. Like the €1,100 National, each EPT Cup flight will play down until the money has been reached.
PokerNews will be on the floor the entire day to bring you coverage, stories and all the excitement from the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT in the gorgeous principality of Monaco.