2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€307,160
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€2,052,480
Entries
2,138
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
255
Players Left
38

Recep Aydemir Leads FPS Main Event as Day 1b Concludes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Recep Aydemir
Recep Aydemir

Day 1b of the €1,100 FPS Main Event, running as part of PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®, has now concluded. The event ran into the early hours of the morning with 38 players out of the 254 entries making it through to Day 2.

Way out in front was Recep Aydemir of Turkey, with 560,000 chips. He is the only player from Day 1a and Day 1b to finish with over 500,000 and will head into Day 2 with a significant chip advantage.

Omar Del Pino finished the flight second in chips with 460,000 and Alessandro Siena finished in third place with 398,000. Serge Badel and Ionut Decher round out the top five.

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Recep AydemirTurkey560,000
2Omar Del PinoSpain460,000
3Alessandro SienaItaly398,000
4Serge BadelSwitzerland365,000
5Ionut DecherRomania337,000
6Georgios KarakousisGreece324,000
7Ewen TrevidyFrance318,000
8Murad AkhundovAzerbaijan315,000
9Karim KaladjouFrance286,000
10Gonzalo Serrano RaneroSpain268,000

There are two more starting flights to come in the FPS Main Event. Day 1c will commence at 11 a.m. local time, while Day 1d, which has a turbo structure, will get underway at 6 p.m.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates on the action for both of those flights and the rest of the event, brought to you straight from the tournament floor.

Tags: Alessandro SienaEwen TrevidyGeorgios KarakousisGonzalo Serrano RaneroIonut DecherKarim KaladjouMurad AkhundovOmar Del PinoRecep AydemirSerge Badel