Main Event
Day 3 Started
Main Event
Day 3 Started
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Sonny Franco | France | 233,000 | 78 |
1 | 2 | Pavel Ignatov | Russia | 34,000 | 11 |
1 | 3 | Liwei Sun | Italy | 100,500 | 34 |
1 | 4 | Aleksandr Sheshukov | Russia | 251,500 | 84 |
1 | 5 | Leo Margets | Spain | 82,000 | 27 |
1 | 6 | Olivier Ferrero | France | 87,000 | 29 |
1 | 7 | Francois Evard | Switzerland | 48,500 | 16 |
1 | 8 | Jean-Jacques Zeitoun | France | 41,500 | 14 |
2 | 1 | Ermo Kosk | Estonia | 70,500 | 24 |
2 | 2 | Chaofei Wang | China | 71,500 | 24 |
2 | 3 | Brian Altman | United States | 289,000 | 96 |
2 | 4 | Antoine Saout | France | 350,500 | 117 |
2 | 5 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 245,000 | 82 |
2 | 6 | Alexis Fleur | France | 351,000 | 117 |
2 | 7 | Guntis Aleskins | Latvia | 117,000 | 39 |
2 | 8 | Ionut-Flavius Voinea | Romania | 69,000 | 23 |
3 | 1 | Toby Orion Boas | United States | 187,500 | 63 |
3 | 2 | Javier Fernandez Alonso | Spain | 393,500 | 131 |
3 | 3 | [Removed:37] | France | 218,000 | 73 |
3 | 4 | Florian Maurer | Austria | 252,500 | 84 |
3 | 5 | [Removed:17] | New Zealand | 86,000 | 29 |
3 | 6 | Said Butba | Russia | 475,000 | 158 |
3 | 7 | Sosia Jiang | New Zealand | 155,500 | 52 |
3 | 8 | Andreas Kaju | Estonia | 95,000 | 32 |
4 | 1 | Ali Chaieb | France | 341,000 | 114 |
4 | 2 | Carl-Fredrik Tingvall | Sweden | 192,500 | 64 |
4 | 3 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | 323,000 | 108 |
4 | 4 | Danut Chisu | Romania | 257,000 | 86 |
4 | 5 | Paul Byrne | United Kingdom | 119,000 | 40 |
4 | 6 | Ali Reza Fatehi | Iran | 435,500 | 145 |
4 | 7 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 116,000 | 39 |
4 | 8 | Jan Bednar | Czech Republic | 159,500 | 53 |
5 | 1 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 321,500 | 107 |
5 | 2 | Pierre Morin | France | 219,500 | 73 |
5 | 3 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 278,500 | 93 |
5 | 4 | Anthony Blanchard | France | 160,000 | 53 |
5 | 5 | Emil Patel | Finland | 84,500 | 28 |
5 | 6 | Philipp Gruissem | Germany | 152,500 | 51 |
5 | 7 | Dan Djorno | France | 162,000 | 54 |
5 | 8 | Nicola D'Anselmo | Italy | 51,500 | 17 |
6 | 1 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | 183,500 | 61 |
6 | 2 | Gaelle Baumann | France | 115,500 | 39 |
6 | 3 | Mark Demirdjian | Canada | 395,500 | 132 |
6 | 4 | Georgios Karakousis | Greece | 136,000 | 45 |
6 | 5 | Maxim Panyak | Russia | 494,500 | 165 |
6 | 6 | Manuel Ruivo | Portugal | 221,500 | 74 |
6 | 7 | Nadim Hage Ali | France | 159,000 | 53 |
6 | 8 | Aroldo Fioroni | Switzerland | 199,000 | 66 |
7 | 1 | Pierre Barthelemy | France | 97,500 | 33 |
7 | 2 | Anton Kraus | Bulgaria | 56,000 | 19 |
7 | 3 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 227,000 | 76 |
7 | 4 | Eric Qu | France | 403,500 | 135 |
7 | 5 | Krisztian Gyorgyi | Hungary | 321,000 | 107 |
7 | 6 | Sadri Saleh | Canada | 59,000 | 20 |
7 | 7 | Luca Marchetti | Italy | 122,000 | 41 |
7 | 8 | Eric Sfez | France | 309,000 | 103 |
8 | 1 | Philippe Narboni | France | 72,500 | 24 |
8 | 2 | Andre Haneberg | Germany | 301,500 | 101 |
8 | 3 | Antal Roth | Hungary | 126,500 | 42 |
8 | 4 | Matthias Tikerpe | Estonia | 98,500 | 33 |
8 | 5 | Arianna Son | United States | 124,000 | 41 |
8 | 6 | Mazin Khoury | United Kingdom | 268,000 | 89 |
8 | 7 | Joe Mouawad | Lebanon | 176,000 | 59 |
8 | 8 | Florent Estegassy | France | 71,000 | 24 |
9 | 1 | Thomas Pettersson | Sweden | 225,000 | 75 |
9 | 2 | Benjamin Chicheportiche | France | 147,000 | 49 |
9 | 3 | Gary Miller | United Kingdom | 159,000 | 53 |
9 | 4 | Jason Wheeler | United States | 90,000 | 30 |
9 | 5 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 168,000 | 56 |
9 | 6 | Samy Ouellani | France | 272,000 | 91 |
9 | 7 | Erik Seidel | United States | 71,500 | 24 |
9 | 8 | Gary Hasson | Belgium | 285,000 | 95 |
10 | 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 229,500 | 77 |
10 | 2 | Giuliano Bendinelli | Italy | 95,000 | 32 |
10 | 3 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 463,000 | 154 |
10 | 4 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 198,000 | 66 |
10 | 5 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 131,500 | 44 |
10 | 6 | Vlado Banicevic | Montenegro | 148,500 | 50 |
10 | 7 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 150,500 | 50 |
10 | 8 | Boutros Naim | Lebanon | 430,000 | 143 |
11 | 1 | Fabrice Maltez | France | 72,000 | 24 |
11 | 2 | Davor Lanini | Italy | 153,500 | 51 |
11 | 3 | Wei Huang | China | 49,000 | 16 |
11 | 4 | Ville Tapio Sissonen | Finland | 244,500 | 82 |
11 | 5 | Ekrem Sanioglu | Turkey | 190,000 | 63 |
11 | 6 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 114,000 | 38 |
11 | 7 | Pablo Melogno | Uruguay | 269,000 | 90 |
11 | 8 | Honglin Jiang | New Zealand | 127,000 | 42 |
12 | 1 | Jacques Guenni | France | 65,500 | 22 |
12 | 2 | Lukasz Cygan | Poland | 250,500 | 84 |
12 | 3 | Remy Lubespere | France | 177,000 | 59 |
12 | 4 | Randy Lew | United States | 231,500 | 77 |
12 | 5 | Gavin O'Rourke | Ireland | 296,000 | 99 |
12 | 6 | David Peters | United States | 603,500 | 201 |
12 | 7 | Francesco Grieco | Italy | 63,000 | 21 |
12 | 8 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 342,000 | 114 |
13 | 1 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | 134,000 | 45 |
13 | 2 | Sebastian Von Toperczer | Germany | 49,000 | 16 |
13 | 3 | Mark Teltscher | United Kingdom | 134,500 | 45 |
13 | 4 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 181,000 | 60 |
13 | 5 | Pasquale Braco | Italy | 74,500 | 25 |
13 | 6 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 73,500 | 25 |
13 | 7 | Makram Saber | Lebanon | 30,000 | 10 |
13 | 8 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 285,000 | 95 |
14 | 1 | Yorane Kerignard | France | 95,000 | 32 |
14 | 2 | Dan Abouaf | France | 440,500 | 147 |
14 | 3 | [Removed:432] | France | 452,000 | 151 |
14 | 4 | Thierry Gogniat | France | 176,000 | 59 |
14 | 5 | Saar Wilf | Israel | 275,500 | 92 |
14 | 6 | Makoto Haga | Japan | 69,000 | 23 |
14 | 7 | Josip Simunic | Austria | 244,000 | 81 |
14 | 8 | Stefan Huber | Switzerland | 269,000 | 90 |
15 | 1 | Ryan Riess | United Kingdom | 44,000 | 15 |
15 | 2 | Michael Glick | United Kingdom | 191,500 | 64 |
15 | 3 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 246,000 | 82 |
15 | 4 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 47,000 | 16 |
15 | 5 | Federico Petruzzelli | Italy | 293,500 | 98 |
15 | 6 | Romain Lewis | France | 55,500 | 19 |
15 | 7 | Nicolas Dumont | France | 483,000 | 161 |
15 | 8 | Massou Cohen | France | 56,000 | 19 |
At noon local time, cards will be back in the air for Day 3 of the 2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino €5,300 EPT Main Event. The atmosphere will be tense right off the bat, as 120 players remain and 111 of them go home with money. It's bubble time in Monte Carlo, and bottom chip count dwellers such as Makram Saber (30,000), Ryan Riess (44,000), Pete Chen (47,000) and Romain Lewis (55,500) are at risk on missing out on a payday of at least €9,400.
On the flipside, David Peters is the man in charge with 603,500 in chips, far more than his nearest challengers Maxim Panyak (494,500), Nicolas Dumont (483,000) and Said Butba (475,000). The red spade is still represented by Team PokerStars Pro's Randy "nanonoko" Lew (231,500) and Andre Akkari (227,000).
Last year's Day 2 chipleader Nick Petrangelo sits in fifth this time with 463,000. Petrangelo is having a successful week already in the principality in the French Riviera; he finished second in the 50K Single-Day HIgh Roller for €467,410. To top that, Petrangelo needs to win this tournament and grab the €712,000 first-place prize that awaits the winner on Friday, May 4.
Almost five levels of 90 minutes each will be played out today in the Salle des Etoiles of Le Sporting at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. There are 75 minutes remaining in level 14, where players will return with blinds at 1,500/3,000 and a big blind ante of 3,000. Today's levels are as follows:
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante2 |
---|---|---|---|
14 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
15 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
16 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
17 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
18 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
The shot clock will be in play, giving players just 30 seconds to come to a decision. Players receive two additional 30 second time bank cards on top of those they received earlier when play gets underway. PokerNews will be on the floor from start to finish to bring you live coverage as well as feature stories, and capture all the excitement from EPT Monte Carlo.
Almost all players are in their seats yet and the action will commence shortly. Table 10 is the first feature table with the following line up.
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 229,500 | 77 |
10 | 2 | Giuliano Bendinelli | Italy | 95,000 | 32 |
10 | 3 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 463,000 | 154 |
10 | 4 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 198,000 | 66 |
10 | 5 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 131,500 | 44 |
10 | 6 | Vlado Banicevic | Montenegro | 148,500 | 50 |
10 | 7 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 150,500 | 50 |
10 | 8 | Boutros Naim | Lebanon | 430,000 | 143 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
First to act, Anton Kraus raised to 13,000 with a total stack of 61,000 and Eric Qu moved all in from two seats over, having everyone at the table comfortably covered. Kraus used one time bank extension and called.
Anton Kraus:
Eric Qu:
The board ran out and Kraus doubled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Qu |
345,000
-58,500
|
-58,500 |
Anton Kraus |
125,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
On the river of a completed board of , PokerStars qualifier Carl-Fredrik Tingvall faced the check-raise to 40,000 by table neighbor Ali Chaieb and called to show for the nut flush. Chaieb had that beat with for the full house and raked in a big pot right away.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ali Chaieb |
415,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
Carl-Fredrik Tingvall |
90,000
-102,500
|
-102,500 |
Hossein Ensan raised to 7,500 in middle position, Alexis Fleur three-bet to 20,500 behind him and Ensan called. Both players checked the flop. Ensan bet 18,500 on the turn and Fleur called.
On the river, Ensan cut out a bet of 29,500 and Fleur called after using one of his time bank chips. The EPT12 Prague champion flipped over for the rivered straight and Fleur mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hossein Ensan |
325,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
Alexis Fleur |
275,000
-76,000
|
-76,000 |
Javier Fernandez Alonso raised to 7,500 in late position and faced a three-bet to 53,000 by [Removed:17] on the button. Fernandez Alonso moved all in and Yan called it off for what appeared to be 83,000.
[Removed:17]:
Javier Fernandez Alonso:
The flop paired up the Spaniard, and the turn and river failed to improve Yan, who shook hands with Fernandez Alonso before leaving the table with a "good luck guys."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Javier Fernandez
|
485,000
91,500
|
91,500 |
[Removed:17] | Busted |
Josip Simunic raised to 7,000 and Dan Abouaf three-bet to 18,000. The big blind called as well as Simunic.
The flop came and it checked to Abouaf who continued for 14,000. The big blind folded and Simunic check-raised to 53,000. Abouaf asked Simunic how much he was playing before shoving all in. Simunic called.
Josip Simunic:
Dan Abouaf:
Simunic had flopped a set, and Abouaf was not too happy about it as the board came giving Simunic a double for his 213,500 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Josip Simunic |
480,000
236,000
|
236,000 |
Dan Abouaf |
200,000
-240,500
|
-240,500 |