€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 1b Started
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,471,700
Entries
922
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Welcome to Day 1b of the Main Event in Monte-Carlo
The 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour continues today, with the second and final starting flight of the flagship Main Event, which will begin at 12 pm today at The Monte-Carlo Sporting, here in the beautiful Mediterranean Principality of Monaco.
There were 342 entries yesterday and of those, 128 made it through. Players who bag up at the end of the night will join them, and stay in with a chance of taking down the title, trophy and prize money and take their place in the EPT record books in the process.
Who will join the host of big names that have already secured themselves a seat in Day 2? Will anyone be able to dethrone Ludovic Geilich from the top spot? All those questions and more will be answered by the end of the night.
As with Day 1a yesterday, there will be 10 one-hour levels on the schedule, with 20-minute breaks taking place every two hours. There will also be a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6 (around 6:40 pm) and play will conclude around 12:15 am. Everyone who bags at the end will secure themselves a place in Day 2, which takes place on Wednesday 1st May 2019, at 12 pm.
Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 | |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 3 | 100 | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 100 | 300 | 300 |
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 6 | 200 | 500 | 500 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews in order to keep up with all the latest action as it happens, with live updates from start to finish.
Shuffle Up and Deal
Players are in their seats and cards are in the air for Day 1b of the Main Event, the screens already show 187 entries.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Aido Among First Entrants
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Sergio Aido is one of the 206 players that sat down at the start of the day. Aido is fresh off a victory in the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller worth €1,589,190, a career-high for the Spanish High Roller who's now closing in on $9M in lifetime winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Small Pot for Reixach
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Arvydas Merfeldas opened to 300 from under the gun on a four-handed table. The small blind called and Sergi Reixach upped it to 1,800. The bet got two quick folds and the two-time EPT side-event Champion took down an early pot to get off the mark.
Merfeldas is playing on his second bullet after getting it in on the flop with a set of fours vs Nicola Grieco's pocket aces yesterday but failing to hold. Hopefully today will fare better for the Lithuanian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,600 | 30,600 |
|
29,700 | 29,700 |
Early Bird Notables
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Poker Philanthropist Scott Wellenbach Joins the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Seated in the field today at the start of the first level are Andreas Klatt, Jan Bendik, Paul Newey, and Daniel Rezaei, among others. Also spotted at the tables is Scott Wellenbach, the Buddhist text translator from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Wellenbach made a deep run at this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, where he ultimately ended up in third place for $671,240. Even more remarkable is that the 67-year old vouched to give all his winnings away to charity. PokerNews' [Removed:139] caught up with the poker philanthropist at the PCA to speak about his deep run and charitable nature.
To read more about Wellenbach and his remarkable life story, click here.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
More Early Names
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 |
Lilamand Wins Three-Way Pot
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Vlado Banicevic raised to 300 on the button and was called by Evaldas Aniulis in the small blind and Thomas Lilamand in the big blind. On a 
flop, all three players checked and Aniulis bet the 
turn for 600. Lilamand raised to 1,500 and Banicevic called, as did Aniulis.
The 
river was checked to Lilamand and he bet 5,300. Banicevic quickly folded and Aniulis needed more than two minutes to come to the same conclusion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000 | |
|
28,000 | |
|
28,000 |