Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,795,750
Entries
1,195
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
727
Players Left
259
Players Left 1 / 1,195
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Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Amerigo Santoro raised to 2,400 in the cutoff and Brandan Brewer moved all in for 10,500 on the button. Jean-Noel Thorel then reshoved for 25,000 in the small blind and Santoro folded.
Brandan Brewer: A♥K♥ 
Jean-Noel Thorel: 5♦5♥
Brewer took the lead on the 7♥K♦Q♥ flop with top pair, then improved to the nut flush on the 3♥ turn. The river was the 4♦ and Brewer doubled up.
At another table, Jerome Vittoz was all in for 17,300 from early position and up against Gilles Cadignan in the hijack.
Jerome Vittoz: Q♣10♣
Gilles Cadignan: 8♠8♥
Vittoz hit top pair on the Q♠J♦3♠ flop, while the rest of the board came 9♠3♥ and he also stuck around.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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22,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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15,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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13,000
13,000
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13,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action was on the flop on a board of 2♦4♥6♥ and Haoran Cai led out for 14,000 from the small blind into a pot of around 20,000. Dejan Kaladjurdjevic then moved all in for 49,700 and Cai snap-called with the covering stack. Players revealed their cards.
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic: A♠4♠
Haoran Cai: A♥3♥
Kaladjurdjevic had a pair, but Cai had plenty of outs with his flush draw and gutshot straight draw. Cai couldn't find what he was looking for though, as the turn came the K♣ and river the Q♣. Kaladjurdjevic held to win the pot, doubling his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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103,000
103,000
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103,000 |
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35,000
12,000
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12,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Cesar Garcia raised to 2,500 under the gun before Jan Eric Schwippert three-bet to 6,800 in middle position. Garcia then moved all in and Schwippert called for 30,000.
Jan Eric Schwippert: A♠Q♣
Cesar Garcia: A♣4♣
Schwippert had Garcia dominated and was a favorite to double up, but Garcia hit a pair on the 8♣6♣4♥ flop to take the lead. Garcia also picked up the nut flush draw and stayed in front through the J♥ turn and 3♥ river to send Schwippert to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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170,000
3,700
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3,700 |
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Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Virgile Turchi was down to his last 6,000 and moved all in from the cutoff as Ren Lin put him at risk under the gun.
Virgile Turchi: K♠7♠
Ren Lin: J♣8♣
"Ay, ay, ay, eights never lose," Lin said as the flop came 9♣4♦2♥. The turn was the 8♦ to give Lin the lead, while the Q♣ fell on the river and Turchi was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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Busted |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
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Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Glen Keogh raised from middle position, Jerome Lhostis three-bet from the hijack, then Keogh moved all in for around 20,000. Lhostis made the call with a much bigger stack and players turned their cards.
Glen Keogh: K♣Q♦
Jerome Lhostis: A♠Q♠
Keogh was dominated and found no help as the board ran out 2♥2♦10♦4♣J♦. Neither player improved and so Lhostis held with his ace-high and the pair of deuces on board to win the pot. Keogh was eliminated and Lhostis chipped up to around 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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150,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Around 30,000 was already in the pot as Enrico Coppola and Lege Saied went to the turn on a board of K♠8♦5♣6♠. Coppola then moved all in from the big blind and Saied called for 25,000 on the button.
Coppola showed A♥A♣ and Saied tossed 10♠10♥ into the middle of the table as he was prepared to make his exit. The river was the 4♦ and Saied was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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85,000 | |
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Busted |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Maksim Haitsiukevich open-raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Luke Marsh three-bet to 6,000 from the button. Mikhail Nikolaev called in the small blind and the big blind came along.
The flop came 7♥6♠10♦ and Nikolaev checked. Haitsiukevich bet 4,500 and only Nikolaev called. On the K♥ turn, Nikolaev checked and Haitsiukevich sized up to 8,500, which Nikolaev called.
The river came the 5♣ and Nikolaev checked a third time. Haitsiukevich went smaller with a bet of 5,500 and Nikolaev went into the tank. He then slammed the chips in the middle, prompting Haitsiukevich to reveal K♦Q♦ for a pair of kings. Nikolaev slammed his cards and Haitsiukevich took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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70,000
53,800
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53,800 |
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17,500 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Olivier Temam was down to his last 3,200 in moved all in from early position. Jerome Lhostis called in middle position, but Anh Do reraised to 12,400 in the hijack. Lhostis then shoved and Do quickly called for 37,000.
Olivier Temam: A♥4♠
Anh Do: A♠K♠
Jerome Lhostis: A♦Q♦
The 10♠9♦3♦ flop gave Lhostis the nut flush draw, while the Q♥ turn improved him to a pair. The river was the 9♥ and both opponents were sent to the rail.
"How do you do it? You're an all-in specialist, huh," another tablemate said to Lhostis after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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180,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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