2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
€827,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,471,700
Entries
922
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000

Updated Counts

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Arvydas Merfeldas lt
Arvydas Merfeldas
95,000
65,300
65,300
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
80,000
-20,000
-20,000
Milos Lalovic rs
Milos Lalovic
69,000
69,000
69,000
Marcuss Liow sg
Marcuss Liow
66,000
50,500
50,500
Jes Bondo dk
Jes Bondo
63,000
63,000
63,000
Seth Fischer us
Seth Fischer
55,000
19,000
19,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
52,000
23,000
23,000
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
45,200
200
200
Ben Farrell gb
Ben Farrell
39,000
21,200
21,200
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
38,000
12,000
12,000
Victoria Coren Mitchell gb
Victoria Coren Mitchell
36,000
36,000
36,000
EPT 2X Winner
Tomas Jozonis lt
Tomas Jozonis
34,000
12,000
12,000
Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
32,000
-1,000
-1,000
Guillaume Diaz fr
Guillaume Diaz
29,500
-500
-500
Bas de Laat nl
Bas de Laat
26,300
26,300
26,300
Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
26,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
21,600
-5,100
-5,100
$25K Fantasy
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
10,000
6,000
6,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
6,100
-11,900
-11,900

Sow Back in the Fray

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Kalidou Sow
Kalidou Sow

PokerStars Ambassador Kalidou Sow is back in the mix after he busted towards the end of the day yesterday. Both he and Sergi Reixach are amongst those on their second and last chance in the main event.

Player Chips Progress
Marcuss Liow sg
Marcuss Liow
73,000
7,000
7,000
Alan Lau hk
Alan Lau
55,000
7,000
7,000
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
50,500
20,500
20,500
John Mooney gb
John Mooney
50,000
7,000
7,000
Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
46,000
14,500
14,500
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
33,000
EPT 2X Winner
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
31,000
4,000
4,000
Sergi Reixach es
Sergi Reixach
30,000
30,000
30,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
30,000
-4,000
-4,000
$25K Fantasy
Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
26,500
-2,500
-2,500
Guillaume Diaz fr
Guillaume Diaz
25,000
-4,500
-4,500
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
24,500
24,500
24,500

Tags: Kalidou SowSergi Reixach

Soria Eliminated Once More

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Rolando Soria
Rolando Soria

Rolando Soria doubled his stack early on Day 1a but didn't make it to the bagging and tagging, and unfortunately for the Argentinian, the same also happened on Day 1b as well.

Down to fewer than the starting stack, he got it in after a {9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop and was dominated by table neighbor Tiziano Di Romualdo.

Rolando Soria: {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Tiziano Di Romualdo: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

The {a-Hearts} turn instantly left Soria drawing dead, which made the {5-Diamonds} river a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Tiziano Di Romualdo it
Tiziano Di Romualdo
60,000
60,000
60,000
Rolando Soria ar
Rolando Soria
Busted

Tags: Rolando SoriaTiziano Di Romualdo

Aces for Ensan

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Hossein Ensan
Hossein Ensan

Hossein Ensan raised to 800 in the cutoff and the button was the only caller. On a flop of {k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, Ensan continued for 1,000 and picked up a call.

The {j-Hearts} on the turn was checked and Ensan bet the {a-Clubs} river for 1,800, which was called by the button. Ensan rolled over {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} and that won the pot. The same table also features Antonio Scalzi, Tamer Kamel, Victoria Coren Mitchell, big stack Jason Wheeler and Eugen Chiva.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
88,000
8,000
8,000
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
50,000
50,000
50,000
Antonio Scalzi it
Antonio Scalzi
48,000
48,000
48,000
Eugen Chiva ro
Eugen Chiva
43,000
43,000
43,000
Victoria Coren Mitchell gb
Victoria Coren Mitchell
40,000
4,000
4,000
EPT 2X Winner
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
22,000
22,000
22,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Eugen ChivaHossein EnsanJason WheelerTamer KamelVictoria Coren Mitchell

Ignatov Doubles Through Margolin

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Timur Margolin pushed into Pavel Ignatov on the {k-Spades}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop with around 11,000 in the middle and Ignatov reluctantly called for his last 15,200.

Pavel Ignatov: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Timur Margolin: {a-Spades}{2-Spades}

The {6-Hearts} turn was a blank, as was the {q-Diamonds} on the river, and Ignatov jumped back above the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Pavel Ignatov ru
Pavel Ignatov
42,000
18,000
18,000
Timur Margolin il
Timur Margolin
24,000
-13,700
-13,700

Tags: Pavel IgnatovTimur Margolin

Field up to 787 Entries, Last Year's Total Surpassed

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

In the fourth level of the day, the number of Day 1b entries has grown to 445, putting the total number of entries in the tournament currently at 787. That's already more than last year's total of 777, and with late-registration open until the start of Day 2, the field is on track to become the second-biggest Main Event of all time here in Monaco.

The 2016 record, when Jan Bendik topped a 1,098-strong field, will likely stand.

Akkari on the Up

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
André Akkari
André Akkari

PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari is chipping up nicely after taking down a pot against El Amir Ziad Chehab just now. Akkari opened the action to 800 and got three calls, one on the cutoff and both the blinds.

The flop fell {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} and both the blinds checked to Akkari who continued for 1,100. Only El Amir Ziad Chehab called and they went to the turn. It was the {7-Diamonds} and both players checked this time.

Finally the {3-Spades} landed on the river. Chehab took a stab, betting 1,500 and Akkari called. Playing from the small blind it was Chehab who had to open his hands first and he turned over {6-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a busted flush draw and Akkari's pocket {4-Spades}{4-Hearts} were good for the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
61,500
30,000
30,000
PokerStars.fr
El Amir Ziad Chehab lb
El Amir Ziad Chehab
18,100
18,100
18,100

Tags: Andre AkkariEl Amir Ziad Chehab

Break Time

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

With four levels under their belts, players will return in 20 minutes for Level 5. Currently, 405 remain of 454 entries.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400