€5,300 Main Event
Day 1a Started
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,795,750
Entries
1,195
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
403
Players Left
123
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Monte Carlo conjures up images of fast cars, luxurious yachts, crystal blue beaches, and the eponymous casino serving as the hotbed of high-stakes action as the rich and famous make the French Riviera their playground.
For the past 20 years, the top poker players in the world have descended on Sporting Monte-Carlo, all chasing one of the most prestigious titles on the poker calendar, the PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte-Carlo Main Event. That tradition continues today when Day 1a begins at noon local time.
EPT Monte-Carlo has been the backdrop of some of the most celebrated moments in EPT history over the last two decades. Ever since Dutch poker legend Rob Hollink won the first edition of this event, it has been the tournament that has cemented legacies and made new stars. It was here that Americans Gavin Griffin and Mohsin Charania captured titles on their way to joining the short, exclusive list of poker grand slam champions. In 2013, Steve O’Dwyer beat the likes of Johnny Lodden, Daniel Negreanu, Jake Cody, Noah Schwartz, and Jason Mercier in what is still considered the most star-powered final table in EPT history.
Antonio Buonanno and Jack Salter battled into the early hours of the morning in 2014 in an epic heads-up match before the Italian emerged victorius. Adrian Mateos’ audacious bluff against Lodden at the 2015 final table only added to the Spaniard’s growing legend as the then-20-year-old took down the title.
In last year’s event, Derk van Luijk ended up defeating Boris Angelov after a six-hour heads-up marathon to stand atop the record-1,208 entry field and capture the €1,000,000 top prize. The final table also included Rania Nasreddine, the first of her incredible back-to-back EPT final table runs last year, as well as Jovan Kenjic, Jonathan Pastore, and Niclas “Flushi” Thumm.
2024 EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event 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 |
A new group of players will try to add their names to the decorated history of this event once play begins today. Players begin with a 30,000 starting stack and will play 10 hour-long levels on Day 1. There is a break after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6 around 6:40 p.m. Late registration remains open until the start of Day 2, with players allowed a maximum of two entries.
Another chapter in EPT history will be written today, and PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates throughout the tournament.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Day 1a is underway with 106 players currently registered.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Maria Konnikova sat down at the table and greeted Barny Boatman with a hug before open-raising her first hand from late position. Boatman called in the small blind and John Howlett called in the big blind.
The board came 6♠A♥Q♦ and action checked to Konnikova, who continued for 300. Boatman and Howlett folded and Konnikova took the pot.
The next hand, Konnivoka open-raised again and took down the pot uncontested.
"I remember last time, I didn't play a hand for hours," said Konnikova.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Stefan Dimitrov raised to 300 on the button, Attila Ivacson three-bet to 1,100 in the big blind, and Dimitrov called.
The flop came 10♠9♦4♠ and Ivacson continued for 800. Dimitrov called to see the 10♥ turn, where Ivacson bet another 1,300. Dimitrov again called.
Both players checked the 5♥ river and Ivacson turned over A♣Q♥ to win the pot with his ace-kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
In a blind versus blind battle, Vid Zagar bet 1,600 on a board of 2♦6♦3♥7♥ and Oleg Furman called.
The river was the 6♠ and Furman led out for 1,000. Zagar then raised to 4,000 and Furman quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Action was on the turn on a board 3♣8♥10♥Q♦ and Fabrice Maltez checked. Sebastian Schulze bet 1,800 and Maltez called.
The turn came the 8♣ and Maltez led out for 6,000. Shulze called to take it to showdown and Maltez revealed Q♣8♦ for a full house. Schulze mucked and Maltez dragged in a decent pot early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
The full board was already out and read 2♣8♦6♥7♣A♠. Tommaso Castellano led out for 3,000 into a pot of around 9,000, and Omar Hernandez was in the tank. Hernandez eventually made the call and Castellano turned over A♥Q♣.
It was a perfect river for Castellano, who won the pot as his opponent mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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