2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€939,840
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,204,050
Entries
1,073
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
85
Players Left
16

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event

Fabien Motte and Ramon Colillas are among the big stacks
Fabien Motte and Ramon Colillas are among the big stacks

Out of a field of 1,073 entries, only 85 players remain in contention for the second-biggest ever EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event in history. The strong turnout showcases a fabulous return for the PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino and all those still in the mix will be competing for the lion's share of the €5,204,050 prize pool within the next three days at Le Sporting Monte-Carlo on the French Riviera.

Three former EPT Main Event champions aim to become the third player to earn a second title of the popular live poker tour and Scottish poker pro Niall Farrell is one of them. He leads the pack with a stack of 1,175,000 while fellow former winners Arnaud Mattern (250,000) and Lucien Cohen (150,000) will aim to keep the title on home soil.

Ferenc Deak (1,137,000) and German wizard Ole Schemion (1,046,000) and the only other contenders with a seven-figure stack but plenty of familiar names follow not far behind including Javier Gomez Zapatero (866,000), Vlado Banicevic (725,000), Shyngis Satubayev (690,000), Claudio Di Giacomo (587,000), and Jussi Nevanlinna (536,000).

2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event Day 3 Top 10 Counts

PositionPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Niall FarrellScotland1,175,000196
2Ferenc DeakHungary1,137,000190
3Ole SchemionGermany1,046,000174
4Javier Gomez ZapateroSpain866,000144
5Fabien MotteFrance809,000135
6Fausto TantilloItaly802,000134
7Ramon ColillasSpain796,000133
8Francky MaglioccoFrance780,000130
9Vlado BanicevicMontenegro725,000121
10Shyngis SatubayevKazakhstan690,000115

The only PokerStars ambassador still in contention is the 2019 PSPC champion Ramon Colillas and he sits in seventh place with a stack of 796,000. Benjamin Spragg and Rafael Moraes also cashed in the event but were sent to the payout desk before Day 2 concluded last night.

Three women are aiming for the EPT Main Event title and return for Day 3 as well: Gaelle Baumann (464,000), Ana Marquez (442,000) and Sofia Lovgren (244,000). They will be back at noon local time when the action resumes with 45 minutes remaining in level 17 at blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000.

As of Day 3 and until the conclusion of the tournament, a 30-second shot clock will be in play to give players as much time to act on every street from now on. If they shall require more time to consider the options, they have five 30-second time bank extensions available. Those will be added every day from now on and it's up to the players to use them wisely.

The schedule for Day 3 includes another six and a half levels of 90 minutes each and should whittle down the field to the final three tables and beyond. Besides the exclusive PokerNews live updates, the live stream feature table will be available on a delay of 30 minutes on the PokerStars YouTube and Twitch channels.

Stay tuned to find out who makes it one step further on the French Riviera as a winner will be crowned in the Salle des Etoiles on Saturday, May 7, 2022.

Tags: Ana MarquezArnaud MatternBenjamin SpraggClaudio Di GiacomoFerenc DeakGaelle BaumannJavier Gomez ZapateroJussi NevanlinnaLucien CohenNiall FarrellOle SchemionRafael MoraesRamon ColillasShyngis SatubayevSofia LovgrenVlado Banicevic