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

05-04-2025 19:09 UTC+1

Haitsiukevich Gets Post-Dinner Double Up

Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Maksim Haitsiukevich was all in from the button against Sergey Lebedev in the big blind. Haitsiukevich had 18,200 and was covered as players turned their cards.

Maksim Haitsiukevich: A♣J♣ All in
Sergey Lebedev: 8♣8♠

The board ran out 10♥K♥J♠3♦4♦ and Haitsiukevich paired his jack on the flop. He held to win the pot and double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Lebedev	70,000 70,000	70,000
Maksim Haitsiukevich	38,500 38,500	38,500

Tags: Maksim Haitsiukevich Sergey Lebedev

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

05-04-2025 18:37 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Dinner

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	211,000 51,000	51,000
Chris Brewer	180,000 80,000	80,000
Adi Rajkovic	158,000 8,000	8,000
David Docherty	135,000 15,000	15,000

Maria Konnikova	130,000 57,000	57,000

Christian Alilovic	123,500 123,500	123,500
Max Neugebauer	122,700 39,700	39,700
Gianfranco Iaculli	121,500 6,500	6,500
Alexandros Kolonias	120,000 20,000	20,000
Christian Peukert	119,000 27,000	27,000
Kacper Swiderski	118,000 13,000	13,000
Saar Wilf	111,000 66,000	66,000
Andreas Goeller	103,800 13,200	13,200

Pierre Calamusa	102,000 52,800	52,800
Mohamed-Said Taghla	94,500 14,500	14,500
Andrei Konopelko	92,000 20,000	20,000
Tjan Tepeh	90,400 28,400	28,400
Anton Kraous	85,400 30,200	30,200
Francois Billard	84,300 48,300	48,300
Yulian Bogdanov	84,000 7,000	7,000
Maxime Colom	83,000 38,000	38,000
Luc Lafontaine	81,000 25,000	25,000
Aliaksei Boika	80,500 49,500	49,500

Qing Lu	80,000
Stefan Dimitrov	78,000 18,500	18,500

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05-04-2025 18:25 UTC+1

Flashback: Derk van Luijk Wins 2024 EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were times during the final table of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte-Carlo Main Event that it seemed like it was fate for Derk van Luijk to be the one to hoist the gold-plated trophy at the end.

The 43-year-old Dutchman was all in on the penultimate day with ace-jack against aces but caught running jacks to make trips and earn a miracle double up. He was a card away from elimination on the final day but spiked two pair to stay alive. Van Luijk doubled up six different times over the course of the day. He ended up winning the most important all-in of all, the last one, as he defeated Boris Angelov at the end of an epic heads-up match to win the EPT title and the €1,000,000 top prize.

“That’s an amazing feeling. I cannot even realize still that I’ve won. It feels like I’m spacing right now. You don’t realize it yet, but it’s an amazing feeling,” Van Luijk said after conquering the largest field in EPT Monte-Carlo history with 1,208 total entries.

Final Table Results

Place	Name	Country	Prize
1	Derk van Luijk	Netherlands	€1,000,000
2	Boris Angelov	Bulgaria	€620,500
3	Rania Nasreddine	United States	€442,900
4	Jovan Kenjic	Serbia	€340,500
5	Jonathan Pastore	France	€261,700
6	Niclas Thumm	Germany	€201,000
7	Jonathan Guedes	Brazil	€154,900
8	Jozef Cibicek	Slovakia	€119,000

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Tags: Derk van Luijk

05-04-2025 17:45 UTC+1

Dinner Break

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are going on a 75-minute dinner break. Action should resume around 8 p.m. local time.

05-04-2025 17:43 UTC+1

Breckenridge Busts to Navarro

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Boutras Awad raised from early position, Jennifer Breckenridge called in the small blind, Mario Navarro three-bet from the big blind, Awad called, and so did Breckenridge.

The flop came 7♥J♣4♥ and Breckenridge moved all in for 15,000. Navarro called and showed K♣J♣ for a pair of jacks.

"C'mon," said Breckenridge as she showed J♦9♠ for the same pair, and then called for a nine to pair her inferior kicker.

The turn came the 3♠ and river the 2♥, so Navarro held with his pair of jacks and higher kicker to win the pot. Breckenridge was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Navarro	52,000 13,500	13,500
Jennifer Breckenridge	Busted

Tags: Jennifer Breckenridge Mario Navarro

05-04-2025 17:37 UTC+1

Muradov Runs Into Veyssiere's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Shakhabiddin Muradov moved all in for 22,000 from under the gun and Julien Veyssiere put him at risk from the cutoff.

Shakhabiddin Muradov: A♠K♥ All in
Julien Veyssiere: A♣A♦

Veyssiere had woken up with aces, but the J♥4♥9♥ flop gave Muradov some hope with a flush draw. The turn was the 10♠, while the 2♣ fell on the river and sealed Muradov's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Veyssiere	50,000 34,000	34,000
Shakhabiddin Muradov	Busted

Tags: Julien Veyssiere Shakhabiddin Muradov

05-04-2025 17:31 UTC+1

Iaculli Makes Trips to Bust Lehr

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was around 20,000 in the pot on a board of 5♣5♠4♥2♣6♥ and Gianfranco Iaculli moved all in. Keith Lehr called for 27,000, the rest of his stack.

Iaculli showed 7♥5♥ for trip fives to win the pot, sending Lehr to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianfranco Iaculli	115,000 49,700	49,700
Keith Lehr	Busted

Tags: Keith Lehr Gianfranco Iaculli

05-04-2025 17:27 UTC+1

Recent Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lascar	Busted
Iulian-Remus Blebea	Busted
Mustapha Kanit	Busted
Guillaume Nolet	Busted
Patrick Bruel	Busted
Matthew Wantman	Busted
David Zheng	Busted
Umberto Ruggeri	Busted

05-04-2025 17:24 UTC+1

Docherty Shoves River With Some Value and Some Bluffs

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of 3♠Q♠9♠2♦ and David Docherty made a bet, which Florian Ribouchon raised up to 16,000 from the button. Docherty called and the river came the 3♦.

With around 40,000 in the pot, Docherty then pushed a stack of blues into the middle, an effective all in of 62,000 against his shorter-stacked opponent. Ribouchon went into the tank for a serious amount of time before eventually making the fold.

"Show one, please?" Ribouchon asked Docherty.

"You already know one, it's the other one you want," replied Docherty.

Rania Nasreddine, who was relaxing with her phone in her hand and a masseuse rubbing her back, then said abruptly, "What you have?"

Docherty laughed and revealed that he had "some value and some bluffs."