PokerNews Main Event Tablewalk - Sofia Lovgren's Lucky Jacket
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
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
Bosch Bashed Away by Tantillo
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The cards were already on their backs before the flop and Oliver Bosch was somehow all-in for a rather large 351,000 only to get snapped off by Fausto Tantillo.
Oliver Bosch: 
Fausto Tantillo: 
There was some back door outs following the 
flop and one of them came with the 
turn. However, the 
river was a brick and Bosch bowed out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,175,000 | 373,000 |
|
Busted |
Simoes Leads the Pack; Grieco Busts Zerbib
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
There was a ton of action over on table one and it resulted in two eliminations.
First up, it was Marcelo Simoes who raised to 18,000 on the button and Julien Veyssiere three-bet to 59,000 in the small blind. Simoes then four-bet jammed for 380,000 effective and Veyssiere studied the tournament clock to see if there was a pay jump or not before calling it off.
Julien Veyssiere: 
Marcelo Simoes: 
The 
board knocked out Veyssiere as Simoes leaped into the lead by some margin.
Soon after, Nicola Grieco raised the button and Jerome Zerbib defended the big blind. They got it in after a 
flop via check-raise to 100,000, push and call with Zerbib at risk for around 285,000.
Jerome Zerbib: 
Nicola Grieco: 
The 
turn and river let Grieco celebrated and he then pointed to the ace of clubs and said "this was important" as he held the nut flush blocker. Both stacks were counted and Grieco had the covering stack to score the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,650,000 | 880,000 |
|
680,000 | 499,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Nicolai Doubles Through Ferrara
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Alexis Nicolai had gotten his 96,000 chips in from the big blind and was at risk against Stefano Ferrara in middle position.
Alexis Nicolai: 
Stefano Ferrara:
The board ran 
and Nicolai held to secure the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
204,000 | -26,000 |
|
110,000 | -225,000 |
Aces vs. Queens
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Alejandro Romero shoved his last 146,000 from middle position and Dragos Trofimov looked him up from the next seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way and action was heads-up with Romero at risk.
Alejandro Romero:
Dragos Trofimov: 
The board ran out 
and the aces held to double through Trofimov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
487,000 | -171,000 |
|
312,000 | 47,000 |
Pingray Takes From Veksler
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action was heads-up with 80,000 in the pot and 
on the board when Pavek Veksler checked and Hugo Pingray bet 106,000. Veksler went deep into the tank and spent four time banks before he finally got away from it and gave the pot to Pingray.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
487,000 | -53,000 |
|
147,000 | -21,000 |
Loosli Loses it All
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With roughly 200,000 in the pot on a 
completed board, Sylvain Loosli was in the big blind and facing a decision for his tournament life against Nikolai Tulin in the hijack. Loosli had approximately 105,000 behind and after using multiple time extensions, put in the chips.
Tulin tabled , while Loosli could only flip over 
as he made his exit from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
725,000 | 161,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Soenmez Doubles Through Atoui
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Kamel Atoui raised from an early position and received one caller before Erkan Soenmez on the button three-bet to 57,000 and Atoui was the only caller. The flop was checked by Atoui, who then called a bet worth 88,000 by Soenmez.
After the turn, Atoui moved all-in right away and Soenmez beat him into the pot for the final 255,000.
Erkan Soenmez:
Kamel Atoui:
The double for Soenmez was already confirmed as the river completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
836,000 | 390,000 |
|
320,000 | 5,000 |
Blomlie Eliminated by Cervantes
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mikal Blomlie had gotten his stack of approximately 110,000 in from the cutoff and was at risk against Jaime Cervantes in middle position.
Mikal Blomlie: 
Jaime Cervantes:
The board ran out 
and Cervantes' superior pocket pair held to send Blomlie to the rail after a count confirmed he was covered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | |
|
Busted |
Veksler Doubles Through Sargsyan
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action was heads-up with around 50,000 in the pot and 
on the board when Pavel Veksler shoved from the small blind and Aram Sargsyan called from the cutoff.
Pavel Veksler: 
Aram Sargsyan: 
Veksler was ahead with a pair of eights when the turn came and the river was with no help for Sargsyan. Veksler secured the double with a pair of eights and brought some health back back to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
293,000 | -92,000 |
|
|
168,000 | 28,000 |