€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 4 | 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT

05-03-2019 10:24 UTC+2

Who Will Reach the Final Table of the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Main Event?

Christian Zetzsche

Only 30 hopefuls out of a 922-entry strong field remain for Day 4 of the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour €5,300 Main Event and the penultimate tournament day will aim to play down to the final table for the big showdown on Saturday, May 4th, 2019. All remaining contenders have €19,990 locked up for their efforts so far, however, all eyes are set on the top prize of €827,700, the trophy and the bragging rights that come along with it.

Leading the field into Day 4 at the Monte-Carlo Sporting is high stakes regular Timothy Adams with 2,190,000, closely followed by Nicolas Chouity (2,155,000) and Melika Razavi (2,050,000). They are the only three players with more than 100 big blinds for the restart, and as many former EPT champions remain in contention.

Besides Chouity, who lifted the trophy back in 2010 when he took down the EPT6 Grand Final for €1,700,000, Paul Michaelis (1,480,000) and Remi Castaignon (680,000) also have a shot at becoming the second player to win two EPT Main Events. Michaelis may even go back-to-back, as he triumphed in Prague in December 2018 before the popular tournament series headed to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure on the Bahamas earlier this year.

Further notables that advanced to the penultimate day include Manig Loeser (1,635,000), Aladin Reskallah (1,600,000), James Romero (1,310,000), Rustam Hajiyev (1,045,000), Conor Beresford (1,010,000), Govert Metaal (790,000), online crusher Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski (715,000), Christoph Vogelsang (625,000), Sam Greenwood (550,000), and Ryan Riess (230,000).

The action resumes at noon local time with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000. The 30-second shot clock remains in play and at least five and up to six 90-minute levels can be expected for Day 4.

The live stream with hole cards displayed on a security delay of 30 minutes will be hosted on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels and you can follow all the action from Monte-Carlo right here on PokerNews with thorough coverage until a champion is crowned.

Main Event Day 4 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Players	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Rustam Hajiyev	Azerbaijan	1,045,000	52
1	2	Wei Huang	China	130,000	7
1	4	Jorden Verbraeken	Belgium	1,100,000	55
1	5	James Romero	United Kingdom	1,310,000	66
1	6	Fady Kamar	Lebanon	725,000	36
1	7	Melika Razavi	Iran	2,050,000	103
1	8	Karoly Odor	Hungary	270,000	14

2	1	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	Belarus	695,000	35
2	2	Evy Kvilhaug	Norway	485,000	24
2	3	Alisa Sibgatova	Russia	450,000	23
2	4	Ambrose Travers	United Kingdom	520,000	26
2	5	Bruno Volkmann	Brazil	1,210,000	61
2	6	Nicolas Chouity	Lebanon	2,155,000	108
2	7	Vlado Banicevic	Montenegro	350,000	18
2	8	Sam Greenwood	Canada	550,000	28

3	1	Christoph Vogelsang	Germany	625,000	31
3	2	Remi Castaignon	France	680,000	34
3	3	Aladin Reskallah	France	1,600,000	80
3	4	Nicola Grieco	Italy	975,000	49
3	6	Timothy Adams	Canada	2,190,000	110
3	7	Ryan Riess	United States	230,000	12
3	8	Luis Medina	Portugal	890,000	45

4	1	Manig Loeser	Germany	1,635,000	82
4	2	Conor Beresford	United Kingdom	1,010,000	51
4	3	Massimo Mosele	Italy	320,000	16
4	4	Govert Metaal	Netherlands	790,000	40
4	5	Jack Maskill	United Kingdom	300,000	15
4	6	Wiktor Malinowski	Poland	715,000	36
4	7	Paul Michaelis	Germany	1,480,000	74
4	8	Viktor Katzenberger	Hungary	1,255,000	63

Tags: Aladin Reskallah Christoph Vogelsang Conor Beresford Govert Metaal James Romero Manig Loeser Melika Razavi Nicolas Chouity Paul Michaelis Remi Castaignon Rustam Hajiyev Ryan Riess Sam Greenwood Timothy Adams Wiktor Malinowski

05-03-2019 12:38 UTC+2

Maskill First to Bust

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Over on the outer tables, Jack Maskill got his last 150,000 in and was called by Viktor Katzenberger in the cutoff.

Jack Maskill:
Viktor Katzenberger:

The flop gave Katzenberger a set while Maskill had the nut flush draw. Sure enough the followed on the turn only for the river to give Katzenberger a winning full house and sending Maskill to the rail in 30th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Katzenberger	1,400,000 145,000	145,000
Jack Maskill	Busted

Tags: Jack Maskill Viktor Katzenberger

05-03-2019 12:39 UTC+2

Banicevic Eliminated in First Hand as Well

LisaY

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The first hand on the feature table has seen an elimination as well. Vlado Banicevic moved all in for 350,000 with on the hijack and Evy Kvilhaug moved all in over the top for 485,000 with .

Nothing untoward happened on the board and Kvilhaug knocked out Banicevic in 29th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evy Kvilhaug	920,000 435,000	435,000
Vlado Banicevic	Busted

Tags: Evy Kvilhaug Vlado Banicevic

05-03-2019 12:43 UTC+2

Travers Out to in Back to Back Eliminations for Kvilhaug

LisaY

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The first hand saw Evy Kvilhaug eliminate Vlado Banicevic and the second saw more of the same after Evy Kvilhaug opened to 45,000 on the button and Ambrose Travers moved all in for 455,000 with in the blinds. Unfortunately for Travers, Kvilhaug had pocket rockets with in the hole.

By the turn, it was locked up for the Norwegian and Travers was out of his seat before the dealer put a on the river. What an incredible start to the day for Kvilhaug already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evy Kvilhaug	1,405,000 485,000	485,000
Ambrose Travers	Busted

05-03-2019 12:46 UTC+2

Sibgatova Out as Kvilhaug's Incredible Heater Continues

LisaY

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Three hands, three eliminations and no one seems more surprised than the player at the center of it all, Evy Kvilhuag. Just now she has busted a third player in as many hands, with Alisa Sibgatova the latest casualty of her incredible heater.

Sigbatova had raised all in over a raise and a flat call from Kvilhaug and when the initial raiser folded, Kvilaug called 360,000 more.

Evy Kvilhaug:
Alisa Sibgatova:

Once again, the preflop favorite held despite a sweaty flop. The turn and river were and Kvilhaug is closing in on 2 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evy Kvilhaug	1,890,000 485,000	485,000
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Evy Kvilhaug

05-03-2019 13:28 UTC+2

Castaignon Eliminated after Back-to-Back Clashes With Vogelsang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Christoph Vogelsang chopped with Luis Media and the next hand he got it in preflop for his last 475,000 against Remi Castaignon in a battle cutoff versus button.

Christoph Vogelsang:
Remi Castaignon:

The board improved Vogelsang on the turn and Castaignon was left with just 150,000.

One hand later, Vogelsang opened to 45,000 and Castaignon moved all in from the cutoff. Nicola Grieco in the small blind let his shot clock run down to two seconds and folded, as did Timothy Adams in the big blind. Vogelsang called and was the one with the pocket pair this time.

Remi Castaignon:
Christoph Vogelsang:

The board came and the eights held up this time around to eliminate Castaignon in 26th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Vogelsang	1,250,000 650,000	650,000
Remi Castaignon	Busted

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Nicola Grieco Remi Castaignon Timothy Adams

05-03-2019 13:35 UTC+2

Ambrose Travers Keeps The Poker Party Going

Valerie.Cross

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Three months ago Ambrose Travers was in the Bahamas. He and a group of friends were there to cheer on Darren Millar as the latter lived out his Platinum Pass dream in the PSPC. It was such a good time that nobody wanted the party to end.

Now Travers is playing on Day 4 of the EPT Monte Carlo event, where he is one of just 30 players remaining. It’s something of a sequel to the PSPC festivities: while Travers battles with Sam Greenwood and Nicolas Chouity on the TV table, Millar and some of the same friends that cheered him on are here rooting for Travers.

“They’re the best friends in the world, they are,” he told PokerStars Blog this afternoon. “Darren did so well in the Bahamas, we couldn’t wait to get back home to get to the next tournament. PokerStars ran such a marvelous party there, we says, ‘What’s the next big event?’ The next big event was this one.”

So he jumped into a €5.50 satellite. Six hours later, after winning that first satellite and then the €55 and €530 qualifiers that it fed into, he’d earned himself a package to play in Monte Carlo.

Read the full article by Jason Kirk on the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: Ambrose Travers

05-03-2019 13:50 UTC+2

Loeser Finishes Michaelis Off In Style

Yori Epskamp

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Manig Loeser defended his big blind against a Paul Michaelis button raise and both players checked the flop. On the turn, Loeser checked, Michaelis bet 40,000, Loeser check-raised to 120,000, and Michaelis called.

The river brought the and Loeser shoved all in. Michaelis instantly called it off for his last 270,000 with . Unfortunately for the 2018 EPT Prague champ, Loeser rolled over for quad jacks to send Michaelis to the payout desk in 25th place.

The remaining 24 players didn't do a redraw, as one was performed at the end of the previous day, and instead, one of the outer tables was broken.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	2,265,000 515,000	515,000

Paul Michaelis	Busted

Tags: Manig Loeser Paul Michaelis

05-03-2019 14:04 UTC+2

Loeser Collides with Chouity to Create a New Chip Leader

LisaY

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Nicolas Chouity raised from middle position with and Manig Loeser defended his big blind with . Loeser check-called a bet of 60,000 from Chouity on the flop.

Then a dropped on the turn, simultaneously giving Chouity second set but Loser the nuts with a straight. Loser checked and when Chouity bet 130,000, the German used a time bank card before raising big, for 600,000 total. Chouity also used a card and called.

With no pair on the river, Loeser still had the best hand, albeit not the nuts with a flush possibility. With 1,430,000 in the pot, Loeser used another time bank card and bet 670,000 more. Chouity didn't appear to like the situation but made the call and the former EPT Champion took a massive hit, with 40 big blinds left in front after that hand.