Jacob Amsellem Leads the Final Six Into the Finale of the €1,100 FPS Main Event at EPT Monte Carlo
Day 3 of the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️ has ended and the final six players are set for Monday’s finale of the €1,100 French Poker Series (FPS) Main Event.
The final six outlasted the 62 returning players on Day 3 to guarantee themselves €54,020, while the top prize of €290,910 waits up top for the winner from a total prize pool of €1,841,280.
Jacob Amsellem is the chip leader going into the finale after starting the day with one of the short stacks. He is followed by Lucas Scafini in second and Fabio Peluso in third. Tibor Nagygyorgy, Florian Guimond, and Francois Vincenti round out the top six.
€1,100 FPS Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count | Final Table Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Amsellem | Israel | 21,500,000 | 106 |
| 2 | Lucas Scafini | Brazil | 15,450,000 | 77 |
| 3 | Fabio Peluso | Italy | 10,625,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Tibor Nagygyorgy | Hungary | 3,850,000 | 19 |
| 5 | Florian Guimond | France | 3,550,000 | 18 |
| 6 | Francois Vincenti | France | 2,525,000 | 13 |
Day 3 Highlights
Amsellem came into Day 3 with one of the shorter stacks but he was one of the chip leaders within the first two levels after the double knockout of Jaime Cervantes and Raymond Attal. Amsellem stayed active all day and played a role in several knockouts. He entered the final table with over 18 million in chips and finished off the day above 20 million.
Scafini, previously the Day 1d chip leader, remains in the hunt and will return on Monday with a big stack after eliminating Tahar Said to end the night.
Earlier in the day, Gregory [Removed:372] was out in the fourth level of the afternoon after being eliminated by Nagygyorgy in a three-way pot. [Removed:372] came into Day 3 as the chip leader, but he couldn’t make a run at the final table.
Eugenio Peralta was among those that got off to a fast start, thanks in part to the rare double cooler against Alexandre Sette and Xavier Rouayroux. Sette picked up queens and Rouayroux picked up kings, but they both ran into the aces of Peralta. Peralta was one of the early pacesetters on Day 3 and he ultimately parlayed that into an 11th place finish.
Other players falling short of the finale include the up-and-coming Moroccan Mehdi Chaoui, WSOP bracelet winner Motoyoshi Okamura, and €100,000 Mystery Bounty winner Imad Derwiche.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €290,910 |
| 2 | €176,430 |
| 3 | €124,250 |
| 4 | €94,130 |
| 5 | €71,310 |
| 6 | €54,020 |
Day 4 Plans
After a player conference to discuss starting later, the Day 4 finale will kick off at 1 p.m. local time at the Monte Carlo Sporting complex on the shores of the French Riviera. Play will resume in Level 32 with 10:30 left and blinds at 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante, and the final six runners will play until a winner is declared.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for updates from the finale of the €1,100 FPS Main Event live from the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®️.
and Scafini got all of it to eliminate Said in seventh place with a flush for €40,930. 
and the queens held to eliminate Abecassis in eighth place for €30,990.
and Said shoved his last 275,000. Scafini and Amsellem called to build a side pot and the turn was 
. Everyone checked down the turn and the 
river before the cards were turned up. 
, and Scafini had 
, but Said turned over 
to take the whole thing with aces and threes. Decamps was eliminated from the tournament in 9th place for €23,490.
with a couple of deuces on the flop and Amsellem knocked out Seguin in 11th place for €17,820 as he sets the pace in late Day 3 action.
flop gave Amsellem a flush draw, and although the 
turn was a blank, the 
and both remaining players checked to see 
and Peluso knocked Ruefenacht out in 15th place for €12,370.