€2,200 FPS High Roller
Day 2 Started
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€2,200 FPS High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€2,369,280
Entries
1,234
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
182
Players Left
7
Day 2 Seat Draw
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vlado Banicevic | Montenegro | 147,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 2 | Junichi Kato | Japan | 461,000 | 77 |
| 1 | 3 | Luis Pinho De Faria | Portugal | 113,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 4 | Sergi Miralles | Spain | 381,000 | 64 |
| 1 | 5 | Tibor Nagygyorgy | Hungary | 74,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 6 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 58,000 | 10 |
| 1 | 7 | [Removed:421] | Switzerland | 298,000 | 50 |
| 1 | 8 | Chakib Mhiri | Tunisia | 253,000 | 42 |
| 1 | 9 | Yannick Cardot | France | 80,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 1 | Robert Spano | Australia | 220,000 | 37 |
| 2 | 2 | Ido Aboudi | Israel | 123,000 | 21 |
| 2 | 3 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 217,000 | 36 |
| 2 | 4 | Eros Nastasi | Italy | 83,000 | 14 |
| 2 | 5 | Igor D'Ursel | France | 85,000 | 14 |
| 2 | 6 | Alexander Vuckovic | Switzerland | 156,000 | 26 |
| 2 | 7 | Ewen Trevidy | France | 558,000 | 93 |
| 2 | 8 | Ori Elul | Israel | 144,000 | 24 |
| 2 | 9 | Jie Zheng | Ireland | 256,000 | 43 |
| 3 | 1 | Timo Kamphues | Germany | 256,000 | 43 |
| 3 | 2 | Alex Sampirisi | Italy | 213,000 | 36 |
| 3 | 3 | Gregory Chenet | France | 62,000 | 10 |
| 3 | 4 | Yehouda Marciano | France | 114,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 5 | Gareth McMahon | Ireland | 148,000 | 25 |
| 3 | 6 | Abraham Serrano | Spain | 364,000 | 61 |
| 3 | 7 | Florian Guimond | France | 620,000 | 103 |
| 3 | 8 | Nuri Hadioglu | Turkey | 242,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 9 | Yiannis Liperis | Cyprus | 733,000 | 122 |
| 4 | 1 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | 198,000 | 33 |
| 4 | 2 | Jensen Bernard | Belgium | 195,000 | 33 |
| 4 | 3 | Edolo Ghirelli | Italy | 169,000 | 28 |
| 4 | 4 | Eugenio Peralta | Ireland | 107,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 5 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 66,000 | 11 |
| 4 | 6 | Ricardo Caridade | Portugal | 156,000 | 26 |
| 4 | 7 | Danielle Noja | Australia | 320,000 | 53 |
| 4 | 8 | Gilles Grimaldi | France | 137,000 | 23 |
| 4 | 9 | Cesar Garcia | Spain | 92,000 | 15 |
| 5 | 1 | Fabien Motte | France | 52,000 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | Maria Konnikova | USA | 264,000 | 44 |
| 5 | 3 | Franck Kalfon | France | 221,000 | 37 |
| 5 | 4 | Loic Menneteau | France | 53,000 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | Fabrice Bigot | France | 176,000 | 29 |
| 5 | 6 | Laszlo Molnar | Hungary | 85,000 | 14 |
| 5 | 7 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 195,000 | 33 |
| 5 | 8 | Viliyan Petleshkov | Bulgaria | 215,000 | 36 |
| 5 | 9 | Yaman Nakdali | Spain | 310,000 | 52 |
| 6 | 1 | Robert Greenberg | USA | 168,000 | 28 |
| 6 | 2 | Renat Bohdanov | Ukraine | 334,000 | 56 |
| 6 | 3 | Pedro Gois Neves | Portugal | 290,000 | 48 |
| 6 | 4 | Jean-Philippe Peyratoux | France | 92,000 | 15 |
| 6 | 5 | Igor Pihela | Estonia | 413,000 | 69 |
| 6 | 6 | George Rotariu | Romania | 175,000 | 29 |
| 6 | 7 | Herve Mary | France | 40,000 | 7 |
| 6 | 8 | Andreas Vlachos | Greece | 451,000 | 75 |
| 6 | 9 | Razvan Scutaru | Romania | 81,000 | 14 |
| 7 | 1 | Sandro Hauser | Italy | 126,000 | 21 |
| 7 | 2 | Candido Cappiello | Italy | 117,000 | 20 |
| 7 | 3 | Sam Benoliel | France | 202,000 | 34 |
| 7 | 4 | Yigit Aksoy | Turkey | 86,000 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | Antoine Camors | France | 58,000 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 316,000 | 53 |
| 7 | 7 | Foued Benjima | France | 60,000 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Karo Nuri | Switzerland | 197,000 | 33 |
| 7 | 9 | Valentino Konakchiev | Bulgaria | 160,000 | 27 |
| 8 | 1 | Andrew Chen | Canada | 106,000 | 18 |
| 8 | 2 | Walter Ripper | Brazil | 225,000 | 38 |
| 8 | 3 | Demosthenes Kiriopoulos | Canada | 444,000 | 74 |
| 8 | 4 | Arnaud Enselme | France | 103,000 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | 590,000 | 98 |
| 8 | 6 | Srdan Knezevic | Montenegro | 100,000 | 17 |
| 8 | 7 | Henri Kasper | Estonia | 31,000 | 5 |
| 8 | 8 | Dirk Noortman | Netherlands | 171,000 | 29 |
| 8 | 9 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 137,000 | 23 |
| 9 | 1 | Sonny Franco | France | 288,000 | 48 |
| 9 | 2 | Jeremie Zouari | France | 116,000 | 19 |
| 9 | 3 | Amir Davoudi | Iran | 140,000 | 23 |
| 9 | 4 | Tom Orpaz | Israel | 430,000 | 72 |
| 9 | 5 | Armand Loiodice | France | 66,000 | 11 |
| 9 | 6 | Gerard Cohen | France | 101,000 | 17 |
| 9 | 7 | Nicolas Julien | France | 146,000 | 24 |
| 9 | 8 | Ut Tam Vo | France | 195,000 | 33 |
| 9 | 9 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | 29,000 | 5 |
| 10 | 1 | Marco Lupino | Italy | 214,000 | 36 |
| 10 | 2 | Moritz Baggenstos | Switzerland | 152,000 | 25 |
| 10 | 3 | Anzor Lobzhanidze | Georgia | 278,000 | 46 |
| 10 | 4 | Marco Regonaschi | Italy | 370,000 | 62 |
| 10 | 5 | Kelvin Kerber | Brazil | 168,000 | 28 |
| 10 | 6 | Pavlos Xanthopoulos | Greece | 38,000 | 6 |
| 10 | 7 | Saar Wilf | Israel | 181,000 | 30 |
| 10 | 8 | Antonio Calabro | Italy | 350,000 | 58 |
| 10 | 9 | Simon Roboh | France | 75,000 | 13 |
| 11 | 1 | Nourredine Aittaleb | France | 68,000 | 11 |
| 11 | 2 | Marian Ciurea | Romania | 125,000 | 21 |
| 11 | 3 | Julian Fernandez | France | 30,000 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | Paolo Boi | Italy | 381,000 | 64 |
| 11 | 5 | Johann Zeitoun | France | 213,000 | 36 |
| 11 | 6 | Frederic Delval | France | 97,000 | 16 |
| 11 | 7 | Andrea Ruosi | Italy | 338,000 | 56 |
| 11 | 8 | Steve Roedsens | France | 82,000 | 14 |
| 11 | 9 | Ambrose Ng | Canada | 93,000 | 16 |
| 12 | 1 | Kiryl Asaulenka | Belarus | 28,000 | 5 |
| 12 | 2 | Dionysios Kartsampas | Greece | 215,000 | 36 |
| 12 | 3 | Nicola Danselmo | Italy | 159,000 | 27 |
| 12 | 4 | Takushi Shiratori | Japan | 240,000 | 40 |
| 12 | 5 | Marco Caza | Canada | 78,000 | 13 |
| 12 | 6 | Honglin Jiang | New Zealand | 180,000 | 30 |
| 12 | 7 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 147,000 | 25 |
| 12 | 8 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 104,000 | 17 |
| 12 | 9 | Ali Nikravesh | Iran | 479,000 | 80 |
| 13 | 1 | Aleksandar Tomovic | Serbia | 61,000 | 10 |
| 13 | 2 | Jeremy Palvini | France | 83,000 | 14 |
| 13 | 3 | Liu Chun Keat | Malaysia | 149,000 | 25 |
| 13 | 4 | Thierry Luksenberg | France | 64,000 | 11 |
| 13 | 5 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 398,000 | 66 |
| 13 | 6 | Jean-Jacques Ben Oliel | France | 104,000 | 17 |
| 13 | 7 | Fabiano Kovalski | Brazil | 100,000 | 17 |
| 13 | 8 | Cedric Weinberg | France | 112,000 | 19 |
| 13 | 9 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | Japan | 196,000 | 33 |
| 14 | 1 | Abedel Douair | France | 52,000 | 9 |
| 14 | 2 | Mauricio Salazar Sanchez | Colombia | 290,000 | 48 |
| 14 | 3 | Samiyel Duzgun | Switzerland | 666,000 | 111 |
| 14 | 4 | Miha Travnik | Slovenia | 133,000 | 22 |
| 14 | 5 | Enrico Camosci | Italy | 530,000 | 88 |
| 14 | 6 | Shiina Okamoto | Japan | 1,106,000 | 184 |
| 14 | 7 | Benjamin Pitoun | France | 92,000 | 15 |
| 14 | 8 | Salim Boukrouma | Algeria | 308,000 | 51 |
| 14 | 9 | Benjamin Spragg | United Kingdom | 178,000 | 30 |
| 15 | 1 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 92,000 | 15 |
| 15 | 3 | Jorge Ufano Pardo | Spain | 41,000 | 7 |
| 15 | 4 | Razvan Belea | Romania | 99,000 | 17 |
| 15 | 5 | Jordan Saccucci | Canada | 171,000 | 29 |
| 15 | 6 | Gerald Eisele | Switzerland | 161,000 | 27 |
| 15 | 7 | Wagner Ripper | Brazil | 351,000 | 59 |
| 15 | 8 | Renzo Plozza Moreno | Sweden | 166,000 | 28 |
| 15 | 9 | Luigi D'Alterio | Italy | 186,000 | 31 |
| 16 | 2 | Samy Boujmala | France | 57,000 | 10 |
| 16 | 3 | Marius Kudzmanas | Lithuania | 457,000 | 76 |
| 16 | 4 | Hassine Hadj | Canada | 212,000 | 35 |
| 16 | 5 | Denis Malyshev | Russia | 293,000 | 49 |
| 16 | 6 | Valon Olluri | Kosovo | 442,000 | 74 |
| 16 | 7 | Alan Goasdoue | France | 160,000 | 27 |
| 16 | 8 | David Vinayagamoorthy | Norway | 163,000 | 27 |
| 16 | 9 | Lazar Bartha | Romania | 324,000 | 54 |
| 17 | 1 | Christos Xanthopoulos | Greece | 295,000 | 49 |
| 17 | 2 | Thomas Eychenne | France | 68,000 | 11 |
| 17 | 3 | Daniel Tordjman | France | 340,000 | 57 |
| 17 | 5 | Frederic Breton | Canada | 345,000 | 58 |
| 17 | 6 | Igor Pihela Jr. | Estonia | 173,000 | 29 |
| 17 | 7 | Marcin Poczylowski | Poland | 47,000 | 8 |
| 17 | 8 | Andrea Bottaro | Italy | 33,000 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | Josef Huber | Germany | 125,000 | 21 |
| 18 | 1 | Piotr Sztenkiel | Poland | 145,000 | 24 |
| 18 | 3 | Giorgi Gogoladze | Georgia | 80,000 | 13 |
| 18 | 4 | Ivan Banic | Croatia | 222,000 | 37 |
| 18 | 5 | Weiran Pu | China | 411,000 | 69 |
| 18 | 6 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 91,000 | 15 |
| 18 | 7 | Azzedine Mehal | France | 277,000 | 46 |
| 18 | 8 | Thierry Oldak | France | 64,000 | 11 |
| 18 | 9 | Djamel Ouaret | France | 270,000 | 45 |
| 19 | 1 | Ionel Anton | Romania | 18,000 | 3 |
| 19 | 3 | Georgi Abuladze | Estonia | 475,000 | 79 |
| 19 | 4 | Roberto Romanello | United Kingdom | 71,000 | 12 |
| 19 | 5 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | 574,000 | 96 |
| 19 | 6 | Michele Perego | Italy | 20,000 | 3 |
| 19 | 7 | Terje Bremseth | Norway | 277,000 | 46 |
| 19 | 8 | Azim Orunov | Russia | 77,000 | 13 |
| 19 | 9 | Bing Zhou | Hong Kong | 45,000 | 8 |
| 20 | 1 | Mikael Guenni | France | 229,000 | 38 |
| 20 | 2 | Juan Carlos Vecino | Spain | 496,000 | 83 |
| 20 | 4 | Julien Bolimowski | France | 345,000 | 58 |
| 20 | 5 | Florian Duta | Romania | 87,000 | 15 |
| 20 | 6 | Agatino Spitaleri | Italy | 185,000 | 31 |
| 20 | 7 | Leon Sturm | Germany | 76,000 | 13 |
| 20 | 8 | Mathieu His | France | 78,000 | 13 |
| 20 | 9 | Harry Lodge | United Kingdom | 36,000 | 6 |
| 21 | 1 | Wai Sim Kok | Malaysia | 238,000 | 40 |
| 21 | 2 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 112,000 | 19 |
| 21 | 4 | Jan-Eric Schwippert | Germany | 67,000 | 11 |
| 21 | 5 | Takumi Odani | Japan | 266,000 | 44 |
| 21 | 6 | Mikhail Nikolaev | Latvia | 670,000 | 112 |
| 21 | 7 | Micha Bitton | USA | 199,000 | 33 |
| 21 | 8 | Dan Djorno | France | 242,000 | 40 |
| 21 | 9 | Milos Skrbic | Serbia | 61,000 | 10 |
Benjamin Spragg Among the Remaining 182 Players Seeking Glory in Record-Breaking €2,200 FPS High Roller
Welcome to Day 2 of the record-breaking €2,200 French Poker Series High Roller at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®. Today will be the final day of the tournament and play is set to resume at 1 p.m. local time.
A total of 1,234 entries were made at Sporting Monte-Carlo, blowing the previous FPS High Roller attendance record of 918 out of the water. An unfathomable total prize pool was generated with a worth of €2,369,280. 182 players are returning for Day 2, and all of them are in the money. The exact payout structure is yet to be announced, but first place is expected to entail a payday of over €300,000.
Shiina Okamoto of Japan sits atop the leaderboard, carrying a heavy bag with 1,106,000 chips into Day 2. She is the only player who was able to gather over one million, as her nearest contender is Cyprus’ Yiannis Liperis with 733,000 in chips. Mikhail Nikolaev from Latvia rounds out the top three, bringing 670,000 into Day 2. Bracelet winner Enrico Camosci barely clinched a top ten spot as well, sitting in 9th place with 530,000 chips.
€2,200 FPS High Roller Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiina Okamoto | Japan | 1,106,000 | 138 |
| 2 | Yiannis Liperis | Cyprus | 733,000 | 92 |
| 3 | Mikhail Nikolaev | Latvia | 670,000 | 84 |
| 4 | Samiyel Duzgun | Switzerland | 666,000 | 83 |
| 5 | Florian Guimond | France | 620,000 | 78 |
| 6 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | 590,000 | 74 |
| 7 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | 574,000 | 72 |
| 8 | Ewen Trevidy | France | 558,000 | 70 |
| 9 | Enrico Camosci | Italy | 530,000 | 66 |
| 10 | Juan Carlos Vecino | Spain | 496,000 | 62 |
Other well-known big stacks include Tom Orpaz (430,000), four-time bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche (398,000), Wagner Ripper (351,000), who came third in this very same event during EPT Paris, and Renat Bohdanov (334,000).
PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg also made his way to the second day of the tournament. With 178,000 he is playing a stack of just over 22 big blinds, which he will try to run up as he is sure to have his eyes set on the trophy.
Conor Beresford (104,000), Roberto Romanello (71,000), Boris Kolev (58,000), Harry Lodge (36,000), and Maria Lampropulos (29,000) are among the shortest stacks of the field and will have to maneuver carefully if they want to make an even deeper run.
Day 2 will commence at 1 p.m. local time and will start with over half an hour to go on blind Level 17. Blinds will be at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. The tournament is scheduled to play to its conclusion today, with the champion of the record-breaking FPS High Roller set to be crowned.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to bring you all the action live from the tournament floor, so stay tuned for regular updates.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The cards are in the air on Day 2 for the €2,200 FPS High Roller with 182 players in their seats to start the day.
Payouts Revealed
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
All 182 returning players have locked up at least €3,340, with a colossal €406,670 reserved for the eventual champion.
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €406,670 |
| 2 | €254,350 |
| 3 | €181,680 |
| 4 | €139,750 |
| 5 | €107,500 |
| 6 | €82,690 |
| 7 | €63,610 |
| 8 | €48,920 |
| 9 | €37,630 |
| 10-11 | €28,950 |
| 12-13 | €24,100 |
| 14-15 | €20,100 |
| 16-17 | €16,750 |
| 18-20 | €13,950 |
| 21-23 | €11,750 |
| 24-27 | €10,200 |
| 28-31 | €8,870 |
| 32-39 | €7,710 |
| 40-55 | €6,720 |
| 56-71 | €5,840 |
| 72-95 | €5,080 |
| 96-119 | €4,420 |
| 120-144 | €3,850 |
| 148-182 | €3,340 |
Every Past PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Champion
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The 2023 edition of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo festival runs from April 26 through May 6 at the luxurious Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. You already know that PokerNews is bringing you live and exclusive coverage from seven of the biggest EPT Monte Carlo events, including the prestigious Main Event, the tournament every player wants to win.
Some of poker's most recognizable faces and names have returned home from a trip to Monaco with the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event trophy in tow. Fourteen poker stars have written their names in the EPT's history books under the heading EPT Monte Carlo Main Event champion.
Neves Holds for an Early Double
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Pedro Neves opened to 16,000 in early position and was called by Igor Pihela a couple of seats over. Herve Mary jammed all in for 39,000 in the cutoff and Neves reshoved all in, forcing out Pihela.
Herve Mary: A♣J♣
Pedro Neves: K♣10♦
The flop came Q♦9♣6♣ and both players picked up draws to go with their live cards. The 6♠ on the turn was a brick and the 10♣ on the river gave Mary a flush to earn the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000 | |
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116,000
76,000
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76,000 |
Metaal Among Early Bust-Outs
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
A lot of players entered Day 2 short stacked and ''seat open!'', is heard frequently throughout the tournament room.
On one table, Cesar Garcia went all in for 58,000 into a pot of nearly 100,000. The completed board of K♣4♣A♠10♣5♣ was spread and Jensen Bernard was in early position and made the call after getting an exact count.
Cesar Garcia: 5♠3♠
Jensen Bernard: A♦J♣
Garcia's bluff had run into the top pair of Bernard, and he was swiftly eliminated in the early stages of Day 2.
Over at another table, Govert Metaal had jammed his final 75,000 or so chips preflop and had gotten called by Thierry Oldak.
Govert Metaal: 3♦3♣
Thierry Oldak: A♣K♥
A flip for Metaal to stay alive, but he failed to do so as the board ran out 10♦J♦9♣10♣K♣.
These were just two of the fourteen eliminations so far on Day 2, as the action is plentiful and quick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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285,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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185,000
121,000
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121,000 |
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Busted |
Early Eliminations
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
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