€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 3 Started
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
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
Day 3 of the Main Event Kicks off at Noon Today
Welcome back to Day 3 of the flagship event of the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour (EPT), the Main Event. The pace was fast and furious yesterday, with a 385-strong field reduced to just 107 over seven and a half hours of play at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort.
Each remaining player is guaranteed to take home at least €9,660 but it is fair to assume that they will all have their eyes on the top spot, with €827,700 up for grabs for 1st place, as well as the title, the trophy and a place in the EPT record books. First though, they will have to catch up with Wiktor Malinowski (769,000) and Julien Martini (735,000), who start today in pole position.
Though ahead of the pack when the claxon sounds in about an hour, Malinowski and Martini will face stiff competition from the likes of Seth Davies (684,000), James Romero (630,000), Pablo Melogno (607,000), Ludovic Geilich (606,000), Paul Michaelis (573,000) and Fionn Macnamara (572,000), who all feature in the top ten. On top of that Timothy Adams, Christoph Vogelsang, Patrik Antonius, Manig Loeser and Ryan Riess are just some of the poker heavyweights who are also still in contention.
Play will resume at Level 16, with blinds at 2,000/5,000 and a big blind ante of 5,000. There are at least five levels on the schedule for today, each lasting 90 minutes. There will be a 20-minute break at the end of each level and it is yet to be confirmed whether there will be a dinner break.
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide live updates from start to finish. The feature table will run with cards-up coverage on YouTube and Twitch, with a security delay of 30 minutes.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vlado Banicevic | Montenegro | 198,000 | 40 |
| 1 | 2 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | 105,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 3 | Maksim Kolosov | Russia | 142,000 | 28 |
| 1 | 4 | [Removed:174] | Lithuania | 90,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 5 | Viktor Katzenberger | Hungary | 352,000 | 70 |
| 1 | 6 | Ambrose Travers | United Kingdom | 122,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 7 | Jack Maskill | United Kingdom | 431,000 | 86 |
| 1 | 8 | Masato Yokosawa | Japan | 262,000 | 52 |
| 2 | 1 | Karoly Odor | Hungary | 230,000 | 46 |
| 2 | 2 | Oshri Lahmani | Israel | 55,000 | 11 |
| 2 | 4 | Ermo Kosk | Estonia | 111,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 5 | Michel Bouskila | Australia | 117,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 6 | Konstantinos Asgoudakis | Greece | 477,000 | 95 |
| 2 | 7 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 410,000 | 82 |
| 2 | 8 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 397,000 | 79 |
| 3 | 1 | Jean Mikhael | Lebanon | 80,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | Alisa Sibgatova | Russia | 303,000 | 61 |
| 3 | 3 | Charles La Boissonniere | Canada | 320,000 | 64 |
| 3 | 4 | Guy Catan | France | 64,000 | 13 |
| 3 | 5 | Massimo Mosele | Italy | 372,000 | 74 |
| 3 | 6 | Emrah Cakmak | France | 143,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 7 | Karim Jamil | Belgium | 185,000 | 37 |
| 3 | 8 | Ibrahim Ghassan | Lebanon | 312,000 | 62 |
| 4 | 1 | Martin Schacher | Switzerland | 222,000 | 44 |
| 4 | 2 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 90,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 333,000 | 67 |
| 4 | 4 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 181,000 | 36 |
| 4 | 5 | Georgios Kitsios | Greece | 263,000 | 53 |
| 4 | 6 | Jonas Lauck | Germany | 64,000 | 13 |
| 4 | 7 | Ionut Voinea | Romania | 434,000 | 87 |
| 4 | 8 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 134,000 | 27 |
| 5 | 1 | Eusebiu Jalba | Romania | 165,000 | 33 |
| 5 | 2 | Cedric Boussetta | France | 304,000 | 61 |
| 5 | 3 | Enio Bozzano | Brazil | 120,000 | 24 |
| 5 | 4 | Morgan Aceto | France | 131,000 | 26 |
| 5 | 5 | Corentin Ropert | France | 107,000 | 21 |
| 5 | 7 | Johann Zeitoun | France | 222,000 | 44 |
| 5 | 8 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 495,000 | 99 |
| 6 | 2 | Fionn Macnamara | United Kingdom | 542,000 | 108 |
| 6 | 3 | Jorden Verbraeken | Belgium | 367,000 | 73 |
| 6 | 4 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 606,000 | 121 |
| 6 | 5 | Luis Medina | Portugal | 128,000 | 26 |
| 6 | 6 | Huan Jiaming | China | 67,000 | 13 |
| 6 | 7 | Oleg Larichev | Russia | 170,000 | 34 |
| 6 | 8 | Andreas Klatt | Germany | 83,000 | 17 |
| 7 | 1 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | 223,000 | 45 |
| 7 | 2 | James Romero | United States | 630,000 | 126 |
| 7 | 3 | Aram Sargsyan | Armenia | 82,000 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | Nicola Grieco | Italy | 409,000 | 82 |
| 7 | 5 | Romain Lewis | France | 108,000 | 22 |
| 7 | 6 | Ryan Riess | United States | 202,000 | 40 |
| 7 | 7 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 361,000 | 72 |
| 7 | 8 | Nicola D'Anselmo | Italy | 292,000 | 58 |
| 8 | 1 | Wiktor Malinowski | Poland | 769,000 | 154 |
| 8 | 2 | Melika Razavi | Iran | 192,000 | 38 |
| 8 | 3 | Pierre Merlin | France | 172,000 | 34 |
| 8 | 4 | Seth Davies | United States | 684,000 | 137 |
| 8 | 5 | Vahe Ter-Khachatryan | Armenia | 88,000 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | Ami Barer | Canada | 604,000 | 121 |
| 8 | 7 | Ramon Miquel Munoz | Spain | 491,000 | 98 |
| 8 | 8 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 156,000 | 31 |
| 9 | 1 | Ariel Celestino | Brazil | 411,000 | 82 |
| 9 | 2 | Julien Martini | France | 735,000 | 147 |
| 9 | 3 | Ivan Deyra | France | 142,000 | 28 |
| 9 | 4 | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | 118,000 | 24 |
| 9 | 5 | Bruno Volkmann | Brazil | 348,000 | 70 |
| 9 | 6 | Tamer Kamel | United Kingdom | 106,000 | 21 |
| 9 | 7 | Vamshi Vandanapu | United Kingdom | 174,000 | 35 |
| 9 | 8 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 573,000 | 115 |
| 10 | 1 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 30,000 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 248,000 | 50 |
| 10 | 3 | Sylvain Mazza | France | 207,000 | 41 |
| 10 | 5 | Markus Durnegger | Austria | 194,000 | 39 |
| 10 | 6 | Artur Koren | Germany | 199,000 | 40 |
| 10 | 7 | Fatima Moreira De Melo | Netherlands | 154,000 | 31 |
| 10 | 8 | Erwann Pecheux | France | 235,000 | 47 |
| 11 | 1 | Aladin Reskallah | France | 380,000 | 76 |
| 11 | 2 | Gen Nose | Japan | 215,000 | 43 |
| 11 | 3 | Dirk Wiele | Germany | 143,000 | 29 |
| 11 | 4 | Armin Rezaei | Austria | 169,000 | 34 |
| 11 | 5 | Michail Karapanos | Greece | 210,000 | 42 |
| 11 | 6 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 365,000 | 73 |
| 11 | 7 | Robert Nesh | Russia | 76,000 | 15 |
| 11 | 8 | Serafim Kovalevskiy | Russia | 149,000 | 30 |
| 12 | 1 | Wei Huang | China | 147,000 | 29 |
| 12 | 2 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 196,000 | 39 |
| 12 | 3 | Ignacio Barcenas Romera | Spain | 341,000 | 68 |
| 12 | 4 | Sergei Bagirov | Russia | 51,000 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 193,000 | 39 |
| 12 | 6 | Rocco Palumbo | Italy | 163,000 | 33 |
| 12 | 7 | Thomas Hueber | Austria | 305,000 | 61 |
| 12 | 8 | Evy Kvilhaug | Norway | 162,000 | 32 |
| 13 | 1 | Rustam Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 377,000 | 75 |
| 13 | 2 | Michael Wang | United States | 225,000 | 45 |
| 13 | 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 65,000 | 13 |
| 13 | 4 | Milos Lalovic | Serbia | 217,000 | 43 |
| 13 | 5 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 245,000 | 49 |
| 13 | 7 | Andreas Vlachos | Greece | 97,000 | 19 |
| 13 | 8 | Pablo Melogno | Uruguay | 607,000 | 121 |
| 14 | 1 | Roberto Fernandez | Spain | 81,000 | 16 |
| 14 | 2 | Maxi Lehmanski | Germany | 327,000 | 65 |
| 14 | 3 | David Lascar | France | 204,000 | 41 |
| 14 | 4 | Jean-René Fontaine | France | 628,000 | 126 |
| 14 | 5 | Francois Evard | Switzerland | 435,000 | 87 |
| 14 | 6 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 482,000 | 96 |
| 14 | 7 | Antonio Scalzi | Italy | 87,000 | 17 |
| 14 | 8 | Remi Castaignon | France | 440,000 | 88 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The floor has welcomed the players back to the tables and the button has been drawn for Seat 7. The dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.
Six Levels of 90 Minutes
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
The floor staff just announced that they will play six 90-minute levels with a 20-minute break after every level. There will be a 75-minute dinner break after the fourth level today which will be around 7 p.m.
Nesh Doubles Through Nose
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Gen Nose raised from under the gun and Robert Nesh shoved on the button for 72,000 which Nose called.
Robert Nesh: 
Gen Nose: 
The board ran out 
for Nesh to river a pair of aces to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
156,000 | 80,000 |
|
134,000 | -81,000 |
Martirosian Doubles Through Pecheux
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Artur Martirosian started the day with just six big blinds and he just doubled his stack in the second hand of the day. He saw Erwann Pecheux raise from the button to 11,000 and he pushed his last 20,000 to the middle from the small blind. The player in the big blind got out of the way and Pecheux called.
Artur Martirosian: 
Erwann Pecheux: 
The board ran out 
and Martirosian secured a much needed double up to start the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | -20,000 |
|
50,000 | 20,000 |
Aceto Runs into a Full House
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Morgan Aceto has just been eliminated by Christophe Panetti when he ran his 
into the 
of Christophe Panetti on the 
board. Aceto had the flush but Panetti had him beat with a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000 | 130,000 |
|
Busted |
Kosk Goes Down in Blind Battle
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
''All-in table 2'' was announced and Ermo Kosk sat in the small blind with and it was Michel Bouskila who was at risk in the big blind with . Bouskila had 112,000 and Kosk had just 1,000 more.
The board fell 
and Kosk won the hand because of the king as a kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
237,000 | 126,000 |
|
Busted |
Battle of the Big Stacks
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ami Barer opened the betting to 12000 and Wiktor Malinowski and Melika Razavi defended the small and big blinds respectively.
On the 
flop it was checked to Barer who continued for 22,000. Malinowski called and Razavi moved out of the way. The turn saw the 
land on the board and both players checked.
The final card out was the and Malinowski lead for 23,000. Barer raised it up to 85000 and got a fold from his opponent, meaning Barer moves up whilst Malinowski drops a little.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000 | -49,000 |
|
655,000 | 51,000 |
|
185,000 | -7,000 |