€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-05-2022 17:01 UTC+2

Schemion Eliminated by Cristiani

Brandon Bloom

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jean Cristiani opened to 25,000 from the hijack and Ole Schemion shoved for 298,000 in the small blind. Action folded back to Cristiani who called.

Ole Schemion:
Jean Cristiani:

Schemion ran into Cristiani's superior pocket pair, and the runout provided no help to send Schemion to the rail in 41st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Cristiani	947,000
Ole Schemion	Busted

Tags: Jean Cristiani Ole Schemion

05-05-2022 16:51 UTC+2

Sfez Out, Hvam Running It Up

Matt Hansen

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Lucas Sfez was seen leaving the table on his way to the payout desk with a big pot in the middle and on the board. Sfez had shoved with the of clubs but he ran into the straight of Morten Hvam and Hvam took all of his chips.

Hvam is on a big run today with just over 2,000,000 as the tournament nears its second break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morten Hvam	2,050,000 1,259,000	1,259,000

Lucas Sfez	Busted

Tags: Lucas Sfez Morten Hvam

05-05-2022 16:25 UTC+2

Magliocco Busts Salzmann With Quads

Matt Hansen

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Francky Magliocco opened from the cutoff and Stephan Salzmann shoved from the button. The blinds got out of the way before Magliocco requested a count. After the dealer counted out around 140,000, Magliocco called and Salzmann was at risk.

Stephan Salzmann:
Francky Magliocco:

The board ran out and Magliocco flopped a set of eights only to improve to quads on the river to knock Salzmann out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francky Magliocco	1,450,000 170,000	170,000
Stephan Salzmann	Busted

Tags: Francky Magliocco Stephan Salzmann

05-05-2022 16:23 UTC+2

Colillas Chips Up Against Conan

Brandon Bloom

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Over at the featured table, Ramon Colillas opened to 20,000 on the button and Arthur Conan three-bet to 75,000 in the small blind. Colillas called.

The dealer spread the flop and Conan led for 42,000. Colillas then raised to 100,000, and Conan called.

The landed on the turn and Conan check-called a bet of 100,000.

The completed the board and Conan led for 230,000. Colillas used a couple of time extensions and eventually put in a single chip to signify a call.

Conan turned over , while Colillas tabled to take the sizable pot with a flush as the PokerStars Ambassador soared near the top of the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	1,770,000 836,000	836,000

Arthur Conan	189,000 -480,000	-480,000

Tags: Arthur Conan Ramon Colillas

05-05-2022 16:03 UTC+2

Cervantes Chipping Up After Ferrara Elimination

Matt Hansen

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Stefano Ferrara was seen gathering his things to head to the payout table while Jaime Cervantes was stacking up his chips and assimilating them with his own.

Jaime Cervantes had showing, and the board ran out to knock Ferrara out of the tournament with a set of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaime Cervantes	748,000
Stefano Ferrara	Busted

Tags: Jaime Cervantes Stefano Ferrara

05-05-2022 15:34 UTC+2

Di Giacomo Doubles Andrian; Busts to Grieco

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The cards were already on their backs as a flip between two Italians unfolded with Simone Andrian at risk for 21 blinds. He was up against Claudio Di Giacomo who held the slightly superior stack.

Simone Andrian:
Claudio Di Giacomo:

The flop gave Andrian trips queens and he locked up the double with the turn, rendering the river to a formality as Andrian doubled for 211,000.

Di Giacomo was down to 91,000 and got those in the very next hand, facing yet another Italian in showdown in Nicola Grieco.

Claudio Di Giacomo:
Nicola Grieco:

Both had a piece of it on the flop with top pair and nut flush draw versus middle set. The turn gave Di Giacomo even more outs but he missed them all on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Grieco	590,000 10,000	10,000
Simone Andrian	447,000 237,000	237,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	Busted

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Nicola Grieco Simone Andrian

05-05-2022 15:03 UTC+2

Lovgren Out; Romero Doubles

Matt Hansen

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alejandro Romero raised to 21,000 from middle position and Eric Sfez three-bet to 61,000 from the button before Sofia Lovgren four-bet jammed with her last 183,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Romero shoved his 189,000 into the middle, which sent Sfez into the tank. After a few moments of talking out the possibilities, Sfez folded and action was heads-up with Lovgren at risk.

Sofia Lovgren:
Alejandro Romero:

The board ran out and the queens held to eliminate Lovgren from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Sfez	786,000 -244,000	-244,000
Alejandro Romero	463,000 188,000	188,000
Sofia Lovgren	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Romero Eric Sfez Sofia Lovgren

05-05-2022 15:00 UTC+2

Martini Eliminated by Colillas

Brandon Bloom

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Over on the featured table, Julien Martini opened to 20,000 from early position and Ramon Colillas three-bet to 62,000 in the big blind. Martini shoved for 189,000, and Colillas snap-called.

Julien Martini:
Ramon Colillas:

It was "the sickest and classic-est of all races," as Joe Stapleton put it on stream. The two players gave each other a fist-bump as they awaited the runout.

The dealer spread the flop and Colillas vaulted ahead. Needing a queen to stay alive, the and completed the board to eliminate Martini as Colillas improved to a boat, and the PokerStars Ambassador scooped the pot to get over the million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	1,050,000 254,000	254,000

Julien Martini	Busted

Tags: Julien Martini Ramon Colillas

05-05-2022 14:23 UTC+2

Saliba Picks Up Aces for a Big Double

Matt Hansen

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was heads-up and Justin Saliba had committed his last 330,000 with Alejandro Romero as the one to try to take him out.

Justin Saliba:
Alejandro Romero:

The board ran out and Saliba made a set of aces on the flop to secure the big double just before the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Saliba	709,000 340,000	340,000
Alejandro Romero	275,000 -284,000	-284,000

Tags: Alejandro Romero Justin Saliba

05-05-2022 14:22 UTC+2

Cervantes Wins Three-Way All-In to Dent Lovgren and Eliminate Bremseth

Brandon Bloom

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Terje Bremseth shoved for 123,000 in early position, Jaime Cervantes reshoved for 255,000 in the hijack, and Sofia Lovgren called in the big blind.

Terje Bremseth:
Jaime Cervantes:
Sofia Lovgren:

The flop gave Cervantes top set to stay ahead of Bremseth's bottom set, while Lovgren now needed to complete her Broadway draw. The turn changed nothing and Lovgren was hoping for the ten, but the completed the board to secure the sizable pot for Cervantes, while Bremseth was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaime Cervantes	645,000 385,000	385,000
Sofia Lovgren	200,000 -280,000	-280,000
Terje Bremseth	Busted

Tags: Jaime Cervantes Sofia Lovgren Terje Bremseth