Break Time
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The 55 remaining players are now on a 20-minute break.
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,204,050
Entries
1,073
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
85
Players Left
16
Saliba Picks Up Aces for a Big Double
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
709,000 | 340,000 |
|
275,000 | -284,000 |
Cervantes Wins Three-Way All-In to Dent Lovgren and Eliminate Bremseth
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
645,000 | 385,000 |
|
200,000 | -280,000 |
|
Busted |
Time Runs Out for Diaz
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action was heads-up with 
on the board and over 200,000 in the pot and Guillaume Diaz was all but committed to the pot with only 3,000 remaining on the button. Didrik Mantor checked from middle position and Diaz tossed in his last 3,000 and Mantor called.
Guillaume Diaz: 
Didrik Mantor: 
Mantor was way ahead with aces and jacks when the turn came 
for no help. The river was 
and Mantor held on with two pair to eliminate Diaz from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
322,000 | 127,000 |
|
Busted |
Atoui No More; Tantillo and Simoes Lead the Way
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Several players gasped and Kamel Atoui grabbed his smart phone to take a picture of what happened as it was the French-Moroccan who was sent to the payout desk.
Atoui was all-in with the 
and Alexis Nicolai had him slightly covered with the 
. The flop gave Atoui the middle set and he retained the lead on the turn. However, the river brought the and Nicolai improved to the superior full house. Both stacks were counted and Nicolai's 206,000 covered.
In the meanwhile, Fausto Tantillo knocked out Artem Kasidin and Marcelo Simoes then won a showdown pot against Nicola Grieco with queen-jack to further increase his already massive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,940,000 | 290,000 |
|
1,600,000 | 425,000 |
|
650,000 | -30,000 |
|
370,000 | 166,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Baumann Bows Out
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Over at the featured table, Morten Hvam opened to 17,000 from under the gun and Gaelle Baumann defended the big blind.
The dealer spread the 
flop and Baumann check-raised a bet of 13,000 up to 36,000. Hvam then raised enough chips to cover Baumann, and Baumann called for her 118,000.
Gaelle Baumann:
Morten Hvam:
Baumann needed to improve with her inferior kicker, but the 
and completed the board to send her to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
791,000 | 326,000 |
|
Busted |
Rotundo Eliminated by Romero
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ariel Sebban opened to 16,000 under the gun, Alejandro Romero three-bet to 52,000 in the hijack, and Christian Rotundo cold four-bet jammed for 260,000 in the small blind. Sebban folded and Romero quickly called.
Christian Rotundo:
Alejandro Romero:
Rotundo ran into aces and the flop left him needing running cards. The turn gave a glimmer of hope, but the 
completed the board to keep the rockets in front as Romero tapped the table and celebrated quietly.
A count confirmed Rotundo was covered by less than one big blind, and he made his exit from the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
559,000 | 247,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Muradov Rivers a Full House to Double
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Shakhabiddin Muradov shoved his last 122,00 from early position and Kamel Atoui was the one to put him at risk.
Shakhabiddin Muradov: 
Kamel Atoui:
The board ran out 
and Atoui flopped an ace but Muradov made tens full of threes on the river to secure the come from behind double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000 | 98,000 |
|
|
173,000 | -147,000 |
Mantor Triples While Kuzmanovic Busts to Sfez
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Boris Kuzmanovic raised to 17,000 and the call by Eric Sfez from one seat over followed. Didrik Mantor then three-bet off a short stack with very few chips behind and faced the all-ins of Kuzmanovic for more than half a million and reshove by Sfez thereafter. Mantor shrugged and called it off for his last 76,000.
Didrik Mantor: 
Boris Kuzmanovic:
Eric Sfez: 
"Oh wow, best case scenario," Mantor said and then flopped a set on . The turn gave both his opponent straight draws but the 
river ensured the triple up for the Norwegian. Kuzmanovic was covered by Sfez and headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,030,000 | 460,000 |
|
|
195,000 | -117,000 |
|
Busted |
Kagawa Doubles; Lovgren Survives
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
On the tail end of a bigger pot between Rintaro Kagawa and Shyngis Satubayev, the completed board showed 
.
Kagawa pushed for 122,000 and Satubayev flicked in a call eventually to get shown the by the Japanese. He tried to muck his cards but as per all-in showdown rule, Satubayev's were exposed.
There was another all-in showdown soon after in which Sofia Lovgren was at risk for 236,000 with pocket jacks. Fabien Motte had that crushed with pocket aces but a jack appeared on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000 | -130,000 |
|
|
480,000 | 236,000 |
|
460,000 | 286,000 |
|
400,000 | -409,000 |