2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,841,280
Entries
1,918
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
6
Players Left
1

€1,100 FPS Main Event

Day 4 Completed

Brazil's Lucas Scafini Wins EPT Monte Carlo €1,100 FPS Main Event (€250,000)

Level 40 : 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Lucas Scafini Neymar
Lucas Scafini Neymar

The 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ kicked off with the €1,100 France Poker Series (FPS) Main Event, and after four starting flights and three more days of play, Brazil’s Lucas Scafini claimed the trophy and €250,000 after defeating Italy’s Fabio Peluso at the end of a lengthy heads-up battle that lasted nearly three hours at the Monte-Carlo Sporting complex on the dazzling French Riviera.

This year’s FPS Main Event saw a record-breaking field of 1,918 entries create a massive €1,841,280 prize pool, smashing the previous record for the event. Players from 62 different countries came to compete, with France represented by nearly 45% of the field.

Several PokerStars Ambassadors made the money and were looking for a deep run but fell short of the final table, including Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg, Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo, and Steve Enriquez.

Scafini was the overall Day 1 chip leader after bagging the top stack in the fourth and final starting flight, and he was able to go wire-to-wire by being the only player with chips at the end of the tournament.

€1,100 FPS Main Event Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Lucas ScafiniBrazil€250,000*
2Fabio PelusoItaly€217,340*
3Florian GuimondFrance€124,250
4Tibor NagygyorgyHungary€94,130
5Jacob AmsellemIsrael€71,310
6Francois VincentiFrance€54,020
7Tahar SaidFrance€40,930
8Kevin AbecassisSwitzerland€30,990
9Florian DecampsFrance€23,490

*denotes heads-up deal

FPS Final Six
FPS Final Six

Action of the Day

Nine players converged on the final table near the end of Day 3, where Florian Decamps, Kevin Abecassis, and Tahar Said all bowed out before bagging time, leaving six players to return for the fourth and final day.

The final day began with a big pot between the eventual heads-up players, with Scafini soaring to the top of the leaderboard right away. Shortly after, two similar and unlikely hands occurred, where an at-risk player spiked a two-outer on the river to stay alive. Eventually, it would be France’s Francois Vincenti to make his exit in sixth place after running his ace-jack into ace-king.

Israel’s Jacob Amsellem had a red-hot Day 3 and began Day 4 as the chip leader, but found himself on the losing end of several incredibly tough river beats. It was he who had been two-outered by Vincenti earlier, and not long after that, he had his aces cracked by running cards. After recovering from both of those beats, he got the rest of his chips in with top set against Peluso in a pot that would determine the chip lead, but yet another two-outer on the river eliminated him in fifth and propelled Peluso to the top of the leaderboard.

Hungary’s Tibor Nagygyorgy was the next player to make his exit in fourth place when he flopped top pair but fell to Peluso’s turned flush. Florian Guimond was the last French player in the field, but he wasn’t able to bring the title home as his ace-nine ran smack into Peluso’s kings to finish in third.

Lucas Scafini & Fabio Peluso
Lucas Scafini & Fabio Peluso

That set up a heads-up match between Scafini and Peluso with the latter beginning with over two times the amount of chips. Scafini took the lead before long, although the two stayed fairly even in chips. They discussed a deal and reached an agreement to give more prize money to the second-place finisher and leave the eventual winner with exactly €250,000. The players traded chips back-and-forth with Scafini being at risk of elimination at one point, as well as Peluso.

Eventually, nearly three hours after the beginning of heads-up play began, an unavoidable cooler transpired when Peluso got his stack of roughly 12 big blinds in with pocket jacks against Scafini’s pocket kings. The board ran out all blanks, and Scafini rejoiced and basked in his victory with Brazilian football star Neymar and the rest of his Brazilian rail, while he proudly held the trophy high as he had finally won the title and €250,000 top prize by being the last player standing at the end of the sensational tournament.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews team continues to bring coverage from the French Riviera of select events from the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️.

2022 FPS Main Event Winner Lucas Scafini
2022 FPS Main Event Winner Lucas Scafini

Tags: Fabio PelusoFlorian DecampsFlorian GuimondFrancois VincentiJacob AmsellemKevin AbecassisLucas ScafiniTahar SaidTibor Nagygyorgy

Fabio Peluso Eliminated in 2nd Place (€217,340)

Level 40 : 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Fabio Peluso
Fabio Peluso

Fabio Peluso got the rest of his approximately 14,500,000 stack in and was at risk against Lucas Scafini.

Fabio Peluso: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Lucas Scafini: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

It was a cooler as both players picked up big pocket pairs, and the room started to get loud in anticipation as the dealer spread the {10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop.

The {10-Hearts} turn left Peluso needing a jack to stay alive, but the {a-Clubs} completed the board and Scafini rejoiced with his Brazilian rail which included Neymar who had come over to witness the final hand. Scafini grabbed the trophy and jumped for joy as he celebrated with his rail and shouts of "Vamo!" could be heard throughout.

Meanwhile, Peluso will have to settle for the consolation prize of €217,340 for his deep runner-up finish.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lucas Scafini br
Lucas Scafini
57,500,000
14,500,000
14,500,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Profile photo of Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
Busted

Tags: Fabio PelusoLucas Scafini

Level: 40

Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000

Ante: 1,200,000

Peluso Spikes River to Stay Alive

Level 39 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Fabio Peluso had his stack whittled down to 9,700,000 and jammed the small blind. Lucas Scafini called.

Fabio Peluso: {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Lucas Scafini: {a-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

The {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop and {j-Clubs} turn kept Scafini ahead and one card away from victory. Scafini put his hands up ready for the glory, but the dealer put the {q-Clubs} down onto the felt to keep Peluso's tournament life alive.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lucas Scafini br
Lucas Scafini
37,100,000
-10,700,000
-10,700,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Profile photo of Fabio Peluso it
Fabio Peluso
20,400,000
10,700,000
10,700,000

Tags: Fabio PelusoLucas Scafini

Level: 39

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 1,000,000