€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

05-04-2025 13:17 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	68,000 33,000	33,000

Gonzalo Almeida	66,000 2,000	2,000
Mariusz Golinski	65,900 4,100	4,100
Maksym Filipovskyi	65,000 65,000	65,000
Dmitrii Prusov	65,000
Milos Skrbic	61,000 31,000	31,000
Christian Peukert	58,300
Stefan Dimitrov	57,000 3,000	3,000
Dimitri Joubert	57,000
Philipp Schieffer	55,000 10,000	10,000
Max Neugebauer	53,000 3,000	3,000
Philippe Ktorza	53,000
Daniel Zimbru	52,100 2,100	2,100
Yehor Shumeiko	52,000 3,000	3,000
Rafael Navas	50,400 15,400	15,400
Yngve Steen	50,000 2,000	2,000
Igor Pihela Jr	47,000 17,000	17,000
Manel Montalban	47,000
Eduard Barsegyan	47,000
Saar Wilf	46,000 16,000	16,000
Vid Zagar	45,100 100	100
Petr Hruska	45,000 45,000	45,000
Bogdan Munteanu	42,300
Georgi Sandev	41,000
Florian Duta	41,000 1,000	1,000

First Break

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Players are going on the first 25-minute break of the day.

The tournament clock currently shows 238 entries so far on Day 1a, with 223 players remaining.

05-04-2025 12:59 UTC+1

Almeida Shoves Turn

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Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 8♥4♦5♣ and Gonzalo Almeida led out for 1,800 from the small blind. Shakhabiddin Muradov called in middle position.

The turn was the 10♥ and Almeida led again for 6,200. Muradov made it 11,500, then Almeida moved all in for 40,000 with the covering stack. Muradov went into the tank for several minutes and looked perplexed as he sat back with a frown on his face. He eventually folded, leaving himself 13,000 behind and Almeida won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gonzalo Almeida	68,000
Shakhabiddin Muradov	13,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Shakhabiddin Muradov Gonzalo Almeida

05-04-2025 12:53 UTC+1

Steen Snaps Off Hernandez

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Yngve Steen bet 1,200 from the button on a flop of 7♣10♥4♣ and Omar Hernandez raised to 3,600 in the cutoff. Steen called and the J♣ fell on the turn.

Hernandez then bet 7,200 and Steen again called. The river was the 2♣ and Hernandez moved all in.

Steen snap-called for 13,000 and turned over A♣10♣ for the nut flush as Hernandez's cards quickly found the muck.

EPT Barcelona champion Stephen Song recently joined this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yngve Steen	48,000 48,000	48,000
Stephen Song	30,000

Omar Hernandez	7,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Omar Hernandez Yngve Steen

05-04-2025 12:49 UTC+1

Laurent Calls Iaculli Down

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Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 3♦K♣Q♦ and Navas Robles checked. Gianfranco Iaculli bet 500, which both Lionel Laurent and Robles called.

The turn came the 8♣ and Robles checked again. Iaculli made it 2,800 to go, which only Laurent called.

On the K♥ river, Iaculli sized up to 3,100. Laurent called and players turned their cards for showdown. Iaculli had 7♣6♣ for a missed draw, while Laurent had K♠10♠ for trip kings to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lionel Laurent	53,000 53,000	53,000
Gianfranco Iaculli	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Gianfranco Iaculli Lionel Laurent

05-04-2025 12:41 UTC+1

Navas Shoves on Maerki; Dimitrov Doubles With Quads

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With around 10,000 in the pot on a board of 10♣K♦2♣J♦, Rafael Navas moved all in from middle position against Luca Maerki on the button.

Maerki, with around 20,000 remaining, went deep into the tank. "Ay, ay, ay," he said as he continued to consider the decision for the rest of his stack.

"One more minute," he eventually told his tablemates. Maerki ended up folding and Navas took the pot without a showdown.

At the same time at another table, Stefan Dimitrov and Attila Ivacson had built a pot of nearly 30,000 as they went to the river with the board showing K♦5♥3♠5♦3♣. Ivacson then moved all in from the small blind and Dimitrov snap-called for 20,000 in the cutoff.

Dimitrov turned over 3♦3♥ for quads and Ivacson sent ace-king into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Dimitrov	60,000 26,000	26,000
Rafael Navas	35,000 35,000	35,000
Attila Ivacson	30,000 26,000	26,000
Luca Maerki	20,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Attila Ivacson Luca Maerki Rafael Navas Stefan Dimitrov

05-04-2025 12:34 UTC+1

Lascar Leaves Boatman Short

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Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

"All in," said David Lascar, as Barny Boatman put in a bet of 1,000 on the flop on a board of 4♥8♣8♠. Boatman got the count and decided to call Lascar's bet of 9,900.

David Lascar: Q♦8♦ All in
Barny Boatman: 10♣10♦

Boatman tapped the table as Lascar revealed trip eights. The turn came the K♦ and river the K♣, so Lascar held to double his stack, leaving Boatman short.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lascar	24,000 24,000	24,000
Barny Boatman	11,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Barny Boatman David Lascar

05-04-2025 12:32 UTC+1

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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05-04-2025 12:30 UTC+1

Neugebauer Fires Three Bullets at Labat

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Max Neugebauer bet 1,000 from the button on a flop of K♣5♣4♣ and Antoine Labat called in middle position.

The turn was the 3♣ and Neugebauer bet another 3,000. Labat quickly called to see the Q♠ river, where Neugebauer bet 10,000.

Labat, who was leaning over the table getting a massage, tanked for a few minutes before putting in the chips to call. Neugebauer turned over A♠Q♣ for a flush and Labat mucked.

"I was sure you were bluffing," tablemate Mark Teltscher said to Neugebauer after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Neugebauer	50,000 20,000	20,000
Antoine Labat	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Antoine Labat Max Neugebauer

05-04-2025 12:28 UTC+1

Hruska Runs Into Kings

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Matt Warburton

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Two players were stacking off preflop with Petr Hruska pushing his stack into the middle from the button for a total of around 30,000. Bracher quickly called with the covering stack in late position and players flipped their cards.

Petr Hruska: A♠Q♦
Franz Bracher: K♥K♣

Hruska needed some help, but found none as the board ran out 5♣4♣8♠2♦2♥. Bracher held with his pocket kings to win the pot, near-doubling his stack and sending Hruska to the rail.