€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€5,300 EPT Main Event

Day 3 Started

05-03-2023 10:04 UTC+2

Day 3 Seat Draw

Calum Grant

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Arnaud Mattern	France	219000	44
1	2	Stefano Pizzuti	Italy	312000	62
1	3	Andrei Stoenescu	Romania	66000	13
1	4	Kelvin Kerber	Brazil	181000	36
1	5	Vanessa Kade	Canada	70000	14
1	6	Davidi Kitai	Belgium	185000	37
1	7	Samuel Ju	Germany	41000	8
1	8	Martin Guerrero	Spain	386000	77

2	1	Juan Pardo	Spain	570000	114
2	2	Claudio Di Giacomo	Italy	76000	15
2	3	Ryhor Karapanau	Latvia	624000	125
2	4	Yann Helwig	France	304000	61
2	5	Fiodor Martino	Italy	56000	11
2	6	Jason Wheeler	USA	270000	54
2	7	Hirokazu Kobayashi	Japan	152000	30
2	8	Kenan Taylor	United Kingdom	711000	142

3	1	Daniel Myers	United Kingdom	131000	26
3	2	Markkos Ladev	Estonia	881000	176
3	3	Joachim Haraldstad	Norway	314000	63
3	4	Paul Newey	United Kingdom	211000	42
3	5	Javier Gomez	Spain	495000	99
3	6	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	265000	53
3	7	Pierre Calamusa	France	331000	66
3	8	Pavlos Xanthopoulos	Greece	64000	13

4	1	Morgan Aceto	France	299000	60
4	2	Thomas Graupner	Germany	397000	79
4	3	Julien Martini	France	221000	44
4	4	Alessandro Righetti	Italy	203000	41
4	5	Eduardo Egea Vandepette	Spain	130000	26
4	6	Majid Ejlal Noubarian	Iran	338000	68
4	7	Samy Boujmala	France	487000	97
4	8	Nicola Grieco	Italy	258000	52

5	1	Roberto Rodriguez	Spain	210000	42
5	2	Tarmo Tammel	Estonia	62000	12
5	3	Panagiotis Gavrilidis	Greece	176000	35
5	4	Parker Talbot	Canada	283000	57
5	5	Jean-Marc Cristiani	France	310000	62
5	6	Kiryl Asaulenka	Belarus	326000	65
5	7	Killian Kramer	Germany	223000	45
5	8	Apoorva Goel	India	123000	25

6	1	Giovani Tore	Portugal	63000	13
6	2	Maximilian Lehmanski	Germany	276000	55
6	3	Kuljinder Sidhu	United Kingdom	105000	21
6	4	Cristian Espineira Larrosa	Spain	134000	27
6	5	Sandra Cotescu	Romania	127000	25
6	6	Salvatore Camarda	Italy	71000	14
6	7	Pieter Aerts	Belgium	876000	175
6	8	Manuel Valduga	Italy	87000	17

7	1	Volodymyr Drokin	Ukraine	353000	71
7	2	Maksim Vaskresenski	Belarus	60000	12
7	3	Oleg Vasylchenko	Ukraine	657000	131
7	4	Leo Worthington	United Kingdom	506000	101
7	5	Magnus Carlsen	Norway	127000	25
7	6	Mike Watson	Canada	675000	135
7	7	Mark Teltscher	United Kingdom	207000	41
7	8	Dario Sammartino	Italy	152000	30

8	1	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	458000	92
8	2	Micha Bitton	USA	47000	9
8	3	Sonny Franco	France	174000	35
8	4	Pedro Gois Neves	Portugal	133000	27
8	5	Landron Alexandre	France	406000	81
8	6	Arsenii Karmatckii	Russia	56000	11
8	7	Leonardo Patacconi	Italy	265000	53
8	8	Mihails Morozovs	Latvia	410000	82

9	1	Jacob Amsellem	Israel	149000	30
9	2	Moritz Baggenstos	Switzerland	180000	36
9	3	Leonard Maue	Germany	563000	113
9	4	Ramon Colillas	Spain	636000	127
9	5	Rintaro Kagawa	Japan	133000	27
9	6	Manig Loeser	Germany	67000	13
9	7	Jose Astima	France	264000	53
9	8	Gerald Karlic	Austria	452000	90

10	1	Darius Gadeikis	Lithuania	235000	47
10	2	Andrew Hulme	United Kingdom	488000	98
10	3	Leon Sturm	Germany	64000	13
10	4	Candido Cappiello	Italy	320000	64
10	5	[Removed:449]	Switzerland	377000	75
10	6	Romain Lewis	France	139000	28
10	7	Marcello Miniucchi	Italy	98000	20
10	8	Artur Martirosian	Russia	857000	171

11	1	Santhosh Suvarna	India	198000	40
11	2	Ori Hasson	Israel	144000	29
11	3	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	328000	66
11	4	Lukas Zaskodny	Czech Republic	85000	17
11	5	Dinesh Alt	Switzerland	255000	51
11	6	Erik Seidel	USA	105000	21
11	7	Renat Bogdanov	Ukraine	403000	81
11	8	Pasquale Di Ceglie	Croatia	113000	23

12	1	Aleksandr Volkov	Russia	104000	21
12	2	Pooria Moghani	Iran	439000	88
12	3	Sergiii Baranov	Ukraine	137000	27
12	4	Silviu Baltateanu	Romania	447000	89
12	5	Sylvain Loosli	France	167000	33
12	6	Stefan Huber	Switzerland	455000	91
12	7	Elias Fisz	Netherlands	127000	25
12	8	Antonio Calabro	Italy	210000	42

13	1	Hady El Asmar	Lebanon	148000	30
13	2	Ouri Cohen	France	44000	9
13	3	Mihai Niste	Romania	288000	58
13	4	Dirk Noortman	Netherlands	191000	38
13	5	Bryan Paris	USA	323000	65
13	6	Michael Rodrigues	Portugal	105000	21
13	7	Domenico Gala	Italy	62000	12
13	8	Lars Kamphues	Austria	255000	51

14	1	Laszlo Molnar	Hungary	110000	22
14	2	Stefan Heizmann	Germany	126000	25
14	3	Vicente Delgado	Spain	324000	65
14	4	Marcel Jakob	Switzerland	138000	28
14	5	Masato Yokosawa	Japan	356000	71
14	6	Jimmy Torres Velasquez	Colombia	90000	18
14	7	Patrick Beuter	United Kingdom	125000	25
14	8	Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	Colombia	356000	71

15	2	Jean-Vincent Lehut	France	325000	65
15	3	Maduka Meragal	Canada	620000	124
15	4	Paolo Boi	Italy	290000	58
15	5	David Vinayagamoorthy	Norway	134000	27
15	6	Josef Schusteritsch	Austria	252000	50
15	7	Virgile Turchi	France	294000	59
15	8	Arnaud Enselme	France	376000	75

16	1	Harry Lodge	United Kingdom	250000	50
16	3	Francisco Caballo Pena	Spain	139000	28
16	4	Florian Guimond	France	206000	41
16	5	Sirzat Hissou	Germany	446000	89
16	6	Arunas Sapitavicius	Lithuania	378000	76
16	7	David Li-Zheng	France	124000	25
16	8	Milos Petakovic	Serbia	192000	38

05-03-2023 11:00 UTC+2

PokerStars' Colillas & Talbot Still in Contention for EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Glory

Calum Grant

The 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® headline tournament, the EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event, is approaching its business end with just 126 players remaining from the record-matching 1,098 entries.

Those returning for Day 3, which begins at noon local time, are all duking it out for the lion's share of the €5,325,300 prize pool, where the winner will walk away with €890,000 and the prestigious EPT trophy.

Despite being a few days away from the champion being crowned, there is plenty to be excited about as the Main Event is littered with some of poker's biggest stars.

Among those still in contention is PokerStars' ambassador and inaugural PokerStars Players Championship winner Ramon Colillas, who is starting today's session as one of the big stacks. Also donning the PokerStars patch is Ambassador Parker Talbot, who finds himself sitting in the middle of the pack.

Talbot is no stranger to a deep run in an EPT Main Event, as he managed a fifth-placed finish at the EPT Prague Main Event last December for €278,450. The Canadian is still looking to book his first-ever live tournament win and is one of the players that poker fans worldwide will be rooting for.

Also looking to taste glory on the live felt once again is Mike Watson. The Canadian already has a collection of "spadie" trophies thanks to his €25,000 High Roller win at EPT Barcelona last year and his PCA Main Event win back in 2016.

While also being an absolute behemoth in live tournaments, Watson is also a formidable online player. He is one of the most successful players ever in PokerStars' Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), and with the 2023 edition around the corner, a big performance in Monte Carlo could put him in good shape to add to his seven SCOOP titles.

2023 EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Markkos Ladev	Estonia	881,000	176
2	Pieter Aerts	Belgium	876,000	175
3	Artur Martirosian	Russia	857,000	171
4	Kenan Taylor	United Kingdom	711,000	142
5	Mike Watson	Canada	675,000	135
6	Oleg Vasylchenko	Ukraine	657,000	131
7	Ramon Colillas	Spain	636,000	127
8	Ryhor Karapanau	Latvia	624,000	125
9	Maduka Meragal	Canada	620,000	124
10	Juan Pardo	Spain	570,000	114

The Day 2 survivors can take comfort in knowing that they've already locked up €9,850, with the payout increasing to €11,350 when 119 players remain. But of course, each player will do all they can to capture the winner's spoils.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize (EUR)	Place	Prize (EUR)
1	€890,000	14-15	€45,900
2	€556,600	16-17	€39,950
3	€397,450	18-20	€34,700
4	€305,750	21-23	€30,200
5	€235,150	24-27	€26,250
6	€180,900	28-31	€22,850
7	€139,150	32-39	€19,850
8	€107,050	40-55	€17,250
9	€82,350	56-71	€15,000
10-11	€63,300	72-95	€13,050
12-13	€52,750	96-119	€11,350
		120-143	€9,850

As mentioned, Day 3 will kick off at 12 p.m. local time, with blinds resuming at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante. A 20-minute break is scheduled at the end of each level, and the plan for today's proceedings is to play five levels.

And as always, all of the action can be seen on PokerStarsTV via YouTube and Twitch, with the Main Event broadcasting cards-up coverage on a 30-minute security delay.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team throughout the rest of the week for live updates from the floor of the EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event at Monte Carlo Sporting Complex on the shores of the French Riviera.

Tags: Artur Martirosian Juan Pardo Kenan Taylor Maduka Meragal Markkos Ladev Mike Watson Oleg Vasylchenko Parker Talbot Pieter Aerts Ramon Colillas Ryhor Karapanau

05-03-2023 12:09 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

Andrew Knowles

The final 126 players have taken their seats and the cards are now in the air for Day 3 of the €5,300 EPT Main Event.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

05-03-2023 12:13 UTC+2

Live Stream Coverage to Start Soon

Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

05-03-2023 12:20 UTC+2

Baltateanu Gets Paid With Kings

Connor Richards

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a heads-up pot on a flop of 3♣4♠3♥, Silviu Baltateanu bet 18,000 from the small blind and Pooria Moghani called in the cutoff.

Baltateanu sized up to 58,000 on the 2♥ turn and Moghani again called. The A♥ river completed the board and Baltateanu fired a final bet of 85,000. Moghani used a time bank and then called.

Baltateanu tabled K♦K♣, which was good to win the pot as his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Silviu Baltateanu	550,000 103,000	103,000
Pooria Moghani	200,000 -239,000	-239,000

Tags: Silviu Baltateanu Pooria Moghani

05-03-2023 12:29 UTC+2

Sapitavicius Takes Early Four-Bet Pot

Andrew Knowles

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Francisco Caballo Pena opened the action to 11,000 from the hijack and Sirzat Hissou put in a three-bet to 35,000 on the button. Arunas Sapitavicius was next to act in the small blind and put in a cold four-bet to 80,000. It folded back around to Pena who folded and Hissou made the call.

The flop fanned out 5♣5♠4♥ and Sapitavicius continued for 45,000, which Hissou came along. On the 7♥ turn both players slowed down with a check to the J♥ river and again action went check-check.

Sapitavicius tabled 9♥9♦ for a pair of nines and Hissou flashed A♣K♥ before tossing his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arunas Sapitavicius	465,000 87,000	87,000
Sirzat Hissou	310,000 -136,000	-136,000
Francisco Caballo Pena	126,000 -13,000	-13,000

Tags: Arunas Sapitavicius Francisco Caballo Pena Sirzat Hissou

05-03-2023 12:32 UTC+2

Magnus Carlsen Talks Chess Versus Poker

Liam Black

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

No study? No problem - well, at least for Magnus Carlsen that is, finding himself in the money with a decent stack in the EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event.

Tags: Magnus Carlsen

05-03-2023 12:35 UTC+2

Sapitavicius Gets the Rest of Hissou's stack

Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Moments after playing a four-bet pot against each other, Sirzat Hissou and Arunas Sapitavicius were once again battling each other. Hissou opened to 11,000 from the hijack with Sapitavicius and Harry Lodge calling from the button and big blind, respectively.

Hissou continued for 14,000 on the Q♥4♥3♠ flop, and only Sapitavicius called. Hissou then check-called for 22,000 on the 8♥ turn. Fireworks began to spark on the A♠ river as Hissou fired for 13,000. Sapitavicius then moved all in as the bigger stack, and Hissou, with around 245,000 behind, called for his tournament lifevafter a small bit of thinking time.

Sapitavicius tabled his A♥Q♣ for aces and queens, which bested the A♣3♣ held by Hissou.