In a preflop contest, it was Japan's Hayato Kitajima who ended up as the player at risk for a mere 13,200. He faced 2021 EPT Prague Main Event final tablist Armin Rezaei in the following showdown.
Hayato Kitajima: 
Armin Rezaei: 
The 
board kept the superior pocket pair in the lead and Rezaei was reduced to a mere 4,200, which he doubled shortly thereafter.
On a flop of 
, the remaining 36,400 of Christophe Malaurie ended up in the middle and he was looked up by [Removed:511] from two seats over in the cutoff.
Christophe Malaurie:
[Removed:511]: 
The bare top pair of Zarbo had very little equity and his stack was cut in half once the 
turn and river completed the board.
Sebastien Ganaye was already all-in preflop and four opponents stuck around. They checked to the 
turn on which Michael Rodrigues in the small blind check-called a bet worth 3,600 by Bennani Chakib on the button. Both active players checked the 
river and Rodrigues revealed the 
for a king-high straight.
That ended up as the winning hand for the main and side pot as Ganaye's 
and the 
of Chakib were no good.
In the meanwhile, the seats formerly taken by Melika Razavi and Tom-Aksel Bedell in the Salle des Etoiles are empty and both have been eliminated as well.
Claudio Di Giacomo opened the action with a raise to 1,700 in the cutoff and was called by Boris Kuzmanovic in the big blind. The 
flop was checked by Kuzmanovic, who then called a bet worth 1,500 by Di Giacomo. Both opted to check the turn and Kuzmanovic led the 
river for 1,800.
Di Giacomo called and mucked once he was shown the 
but it was only a very minor dent into the big stack of the Italian.
With 585 entries on Day 1b, the total field size in the 2022 EPT Monte-Carlo €5,300 Main Event has reached 1,004 entries and that makes it the second-biggest ever edition on the French Riviera. The late registration remains open for the entire remaining four levels on Day 1b and prior to the start of Day 2.
In order to set a new record for Monte Carlo, it would require at least 1,099 entries in total.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6 and play is expected to resume at 8:04 p.m. local time. There are 578 entrants in the tournament so far and 356 players remain.
Erik Seidel pushed all-in for the last 4,800 from an early position and the action folded all the way to Jack O'Neill in the big blind, who made the call by using a single chip.
Erik Seidel: 
Jack O'Neill: 
The 
flop paired up Seidel and he retained the lead throughout the 
turn and 
river.
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