€3,000 Mystery Bounty | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€3,000 Mystery Bounty

Day 3 Started

05-04-2023 09:46 UTC+2

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Matthias Lipp	Austria	2,255,000	45
1	2	Jon Ander Vallinas	Spain	1,440,000	29
1	3	Mario Navarro	Andorra	550,000	11
1	4	Andrea Crobu	Italy	2,675,000	54
1	5	Aliaksei Boika	Slovenia	1,030,000	21
1	6	Anton Kraous	Bulgaria	2,020,000	40
1	8	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	1,945,000	39

2	1	Antoine Labat	France	255,000	5
2	2	Soraya Estrada	Spain	380,000	8
2	3	Fabio Peluso	Italy	2,155,000	43
2	4	Bruno Lopes	France	1,190,000	24
2	5	Florian Montes	France	510,000	10
2	6	Nicolas Julien	France	1,885,000	38
2	7	Jeremie Zouari	France	960,000	19
2	8	Ignacio Sole Aparicio	Spain	1,135,000	23

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Matthias Lipp	Austria	2,255,000	45
1	2	Jon Ander Vallinas	Spain	1,440,000	29
1	3	Mario Navarro	Andorra	550,000	11
1	4	Andrea Crobu	Italy	2,675,000	54
1	5	Aliaksei Boika	Slovenia	1,030,000	21
1	6	Anton Kraous	Bulgaria	2,020,000	40
1	8	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	1,945,000	39

2	1	Antoine Labat	France	255,000	5
2	2	Soraya Estrada	Spain	380,000	8
2	3	Fabio Peluso	Italy	2,155,000	43
2	4	Bruno Lopes	France	1,190,000	24
2	5	Florian Montes	France	510,000	10
2	6	Nicolas Julien	France	1,885,000	38
2	7	Jeremie Zouari	France	960,000	19
2	8	Ignacio Sole Aparicio	Spain	1,135,000	23

Final Day of €3,000 EPT Monte Carlo Mystery Bounty Begins at 12 p.m. CEST

Calum Grant

The PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® is reaching its last few days of action, and one event that wraps up today is the €3,000 EPT Monte Carlo Mystery Bounty.

The final day of the tournament gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, and sees 15 players returning to Sporting Monte-Carlo to battle it out for the remainder of the €1,163,448 prize pool. Those who still remain have already locked up €11,100, but of course, all eyes will be on the €224,448 that awaits the winner.

One of the most exciting aspects of Mystery Bounty events are the mystery bounty prizes, and they did not disappoint in the principality. Aurelien Russo and Sam Greenwood pulled the €100,000 mystery bounty prize, with the other big bounties being dished out throughout Day 2. Only €1,000 bounties remain, which could cause play to be cautious for today's session.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize (EUR)	Place	Prize (EUR)
1	€224,448	7	€35,050
2	€140,050	8	€26,950
3	€100,050	9	€20,700
4	€76,950	10-11	€16,000
5	€59,200	12-13	€13,350
6	€45,550	14-15	€11,100

Lopes and Labat Still in Contention

Play resumes on Level 27, where the blinds will be 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante. And coming into today in top spot is Italy's Andrea Crobu (2,675,000). Hot on his heels is Matthias Lipp (2,255,000) and bracelet winner Fabio Peluso (2,155,000), who round out the top three chip counts.

Also among the finalists are French poker veterans Bruno Lopes (1,190,000) and WSOP Main Event final table maker Antoine Labat (255,000). Lopes comes into the day eighth in chips while Labat props up the rest of the pack.

Final Day Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Andrea Crobu	Italy	2,675,000	53
2	Matthias Lipp	Austria	2,255,000	45
3	Fabio Peluso	Italy	2,155,000	43
4	Anton Kraous	Czech Republic	2,020,000	40
5	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	1,945,000	40
6	Nicolas Julien	France	1,885,000	38
7	Jon Ander Vallinas	Spain	1,440,000	29
8	Bruno Lopes	France	1,190,000	24
9	Ignacio Sole Aparicio	Spain	1,135,000	23
10	Aliaksei Boika	Belarus	1,030,000	21

As always, be sure to stick with PokerNews to find out the conclusion of this exciting event.

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Andrea Crobu Antoine Labat Anton Kraous Aurelien Russo Bruno Lopes Fabio Peluso Ignacio Sole Aparicio Igor Yaroshevskyy Jon Ander Vallinas Matthias Lipp Nicolas Julien Sam Greenwood

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

05-04-2023 12:11 UTC+2

Florian Montes Eliminated in 15th Place (€11,100)

Calum Grant

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Ignacio Sole Aparicio opened to 100,000 from middle position and Florian Montes defended his big blind.

Montes check-jammed for 375,000 on the A♣10♦7♦ flop and was snap-called by Aparicio.

Florian Montes: A♦7♠
Ignacio Sole Aparicio: 10♣10♠

"Wow," exclaimed the table as the hands were turned over. Montes had flopped two pair but was behind the set of tens helf by Aparicio.

The J♠4♣ runout was of no help to Montes and he departed in 15th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ignacio Sole Aparicio	1,500,000	365,000
Florian Montes	Busted

05-04-2023 12:21 UTC+2

Navarro Doubles Up Early on Day 3

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Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action folded around to Mario Navarro, who pushed all in from the hijack. Andrea Crobu asked for a count, which was 550,000, and then made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Navarro at risk.

Mario Navarro: 10♦10♣
Andrea Crobu: 8♦8♣

Crobu had pocket eights and Navarro had the higher pair, pocket tens. The board ran out K♦4♦A♦2♣4♠ and neither player improved. That gave Navarro an early double up on Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Crobu	2,750,000	75,000
Mario Navarro	1,200,000	650,000

Tags: Andrea Crobu Mario Navarro

05-04-2023 12:28 UTC+2

Peluso's Bluff Picked Off

Calum Grant

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Fabio Peluso opened to 100,000 from middle position and Jeremie Zouari called from the small blind.

Zouari led out for 50,000 on the A♠6♣6♥ flop and was called. The J♥ turn then checked to the 8♥ river. Zouari then check-called for 260,000.

Peluso had the 2♣2♦ for deuces but Zouari had the winner with his K♦J♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Peluso	1,775,000	-380,000
Jeremie Zouari	1,650,000	690,000

Tags: Fabio Peluso Jeremie Zouari

05-04-2023 12:31 UTC+2

Another One for Navarro

Calum Grant

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mario Navarro opened to 100,000 from the hijack and was called by Aliaksei Boika and Igor Yaroshevskyy from the button and big blind.

Navarro continued for 100,000 on the A♥K♣7♥ flop and only Boika called. Boika then called for 355,000 on the 10♣ turn before the 8♥ river checked through to showdown. Navarro tabled his A♣Q♥ for a pair of aces and Boika mucked.