Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The remaining 166 players are now on the final 20-minute break of the evening. The total runners so far in Day 1a stands at 417.
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,204,050
Entries
1,073
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
418
Players Left
121
Players Left 1 / 1,073
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Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Only around 18,500 were in the middle to the 
river on which Juan Pardo bet 4,500. Claas Segebrecht then jammed for 25,600 and Pardo reluctantly placed a single chip for the call.
Segebrecht tabled the 
for aces full and Pardo flashed 
for a flush.
"Wow, checked flop?!" Harpreet Gill in the two seat gasped while Segebrecht was paid off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000
100,500
|
100,500 |
|
80,000 | |
|
71,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Benjamin Spragg raised to 2,200 on the button and then called the shove by Ovidiu Ont for 15,300 in the small blind.
Ovidiu Ont: 
Benjamin Spragg: 
The 
board gave Spragg two pair and he scored the knockout. Before the table broke right after, Spragg recalled the previous hand in which he more than doubled in a three-way all-in. According to the Brit, Siarhei Ahapau was all-in for 24,000 with 
and Thomas Muehloecker isolated with the 
.
Spragg was at risk for some 60,000 and the 
board gave Spragg the best hand eventually.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
163,000
92,800
|
92,800 |
|
||
|
140,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Leo Margets was seen taking in a pot after successfully doubling through Ermo Kosk. She had 
showing and Kosk briefly flashed a hand with before tossing it in the muck.
According to Margets, she raised and Jose Quintas called before Kosk shoved. Margets called the shove for her last 20,000 and Quintas got out of the way. Her sevens outdrew Kosk and she secured the double as the final break of the evening nears.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,100
51,100
|
51,100 |
|
49,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
10,600
10,600
|
10,600 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Hossein Ensan is no longer in contention on Day 1a. Word on the street is that he ran with ace-queen into pocket kings and found no help.
Also on the rail are Vasileios Panagiotidis and Daisuke Ogita with the latter losing the last few chips with versus 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
115,500
|
115,500 |
|
170,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
150,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
130,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
110,000
70,500
|
70,500 |
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
75,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
60,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
55,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
|
40,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Heads-up to the 
turn with 9,500 in the middle, Sirzat Hissou and Charles Garnero got their chips into the middle. Garnero had the inferior stack as he was at risk for the last 34,800 but his was ahead versus 
.
The kicker played thanks to the 
river and Garnero doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,000 | |
|
65,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Thomas Muehloecker raised to 2,100 from the cutoff and Benjamin Spragg three-bet to 8,400 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Muehloecker called. The flop was 
.
Spragg continued for 6,000 and Muehloecker folded to give him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
128,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
70,200
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
|
||
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Vasileios Panagiotidis looked up two shorter stacks when Jules Dickerson was all-in for the last 20,500 and Ramiro Petrone got it in from the very next seat for 50,800, creating the following three-way all-in showdown.
Jules Dickerson: 
Ramiro Petrone:
Vasileios Panagiotidis:
The 
flop and river put the Greek on the brink of a double knockout but Petrone spiked the 
on the river. Perhaps the most well-known Greek word followed several times, as Panagiotidis exclaimed "malaka" before parting ways with a big portion of his stack.
To those not knowing the meaning, it can be said to a "good friend" or the exact opposite and is frequently used when explaining hand histories.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
115,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
100,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
46,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
19,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
140,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
125,000 | |
|
105,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
100,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
100,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
95,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
85,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
75,000 | |
|
||
|
58,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
54,000
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
||
|
50,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
35,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ole Schemion had 2,200 in front while on the button and Alex Kulev then raised to 11,500 in the big blind. A potential third player was already forced out and Schemion gave it some thought before calling. Kulev bet the 
flop and Schemion folded.
One table over, the turn showed 
and Aleksandar Tomovic checked in the big blind. Christian Rudolph bet 8,600 for Tomovic to call. Both checked the river and Tomovic turned over 
for a pair and missed straight draw. That was no good, as Rudolph had the superior pair in 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
82,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
70,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
45,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
