2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k2
Prize
€1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,795,750
Total Entries
1,195
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
727
Players Left
259
Players Left 1 / 1,195
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Soika Wins Three-Bet Pot

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Benoit Albiges open-raised to 1,500 from middle position and Ihar Soika three-bet to 3,600 from late position. Albiges called.

The flop came 1059 and Albiges checked. Soika continued for 4,500 and Albiges asked to see his stack. Soika had around 20,000 behind and Albiges opted to fold to give him the pot.

Tags: Benoit AlbigesIhar Soika

Poletti Shows Aces After Folding Turn

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Patrick Bruel raised to 1,400 from under the gun and picked up a call from the button before Clement Poletti three-bet to 6,800 from the big blind. Only Bruel called to take action to the flop.

The flop ran out 93K and Poletti continued for 5,000, which Bruel called. The turn came the J and Poletti led again for 11,500. Bruel made a massive shove all in for around 40,000 effective, leaving his opponent struggling with the decision.

Poletti eventually folded and showed the table AA.

Tags: Clement PolettiPatrick Bruel

Nakache Takes Out Besancon

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jean Besancon raised to 1,200 in early position and Jose Ruiz Dominguez called in the small blind. Elie Nakache then three-bet to 8,000 in the big blind and Besancon four-bet to 20,000, leaving himself just 5,000 behind. Ruiz Dominguez got out of the way, but Nakache moved all in and Besancon tossed in his last chip.

Jean Besancon: QJ All in
Elie Nakache: KK

Besancon picked up a straight draw going to the river on a board of 39210, but he missed the A as Nakache scored the knockout with his kings.

Tags: Elie NakacheJean BesanconJose Ruiz Dominguez

Lipnitskii Finds Aces With Short Stack

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Hassan Fares open-raised to 1,200 from the hijack and Vladimir Lipnitskii moved all in from the cutoff with a short stack of 7,300. Daniel De Sousa Custodio called on the button and Fares folded to leave two players to flip their cards, with Lipnitskii at risk.

Vladimir Lipnitskii: AA All in
Daniel De Sousa Custodio: 1010

The board ran out 8AJJQ and Lipnitskii further improved to a full house, aces full of jacks, to win the pot and double his stack.

Tags: Hassan FaresVladimir Lipnitskii

Demydenko Turns the Nuts to Double Off Soika

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up on a flop of AJ2, Mykhailo Demydenko bet 2,500 from the small blind and Ihar Soika called on the button.

The turn was the Q and Demydenko bet another 7,500. Soika again called and the 9 fell on the river. Demydenko then moved all in for 12,300 and Soika quickly called.

Demydenko showed K10 for a turned straight and Soika mucked AQ.

Tags: Ihar SoikaMykhailo Demydenko

Garcia Paid for Set as Boufdil Bluffs

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of 1079J and Miki Vea Garcia lead with a bet of 3,500, which Achraf Boufdil called.

On the 5 river, Garcia opted to check and Boufdil moved all in for around 20,000 with his opponent covered. Garcia called for a little under 13,500 and flipped over 1010 for a set of tens. Boufdil had AK that he'd turned into a bluff.

Garcia won the pot to double up his stack, while Boufdil was left with just 6,500.

Tags: Achraf BoufdilMiki Vea Garcia

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Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Dudka Runs Into Mansouri's Monster

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Sergiy Dudka raised to 1,200 on the button and Ouassani Mansouri three-bet to 3,300 in the small blind. Dudka then moved all in for 16,000. "Do you say all in? Call," Mansouri said emphatically.

Sergiy Dudka: JJ All in
Ouassaini Mansouri: AA

Dudka showed a pair of jacks, but he found himself crushed by Mansouri's aces. The board ran out 84752 and Dudka was sent to the rail.

Tags: Sergiy DudkaOuassani Mansouri

Afriat Runs Into Antoni's Set

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Eric Afriat
Eric Afriat

With around 10,000 in the pot on a board of 8458, Eric Afriat moved all in for around 8,000 from the hijack as Besiana Antoni put him at risk in the big blind.

Afriat had 105 for two pair, but Antoni showed 44 for a full house. The river was the 2 and Afriat went around the table to shake Antoni's hand before heading off to the exit.

Tags: Besiana AntoniEric Afriat

Margets Busts Thorel With Aces

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Leo Margets
Leo Margets

Leo Margets open-raised to 1,300 from early position and Jean-Noel Thorel three-bet to 5,300. Margets then four-bet to 11,800 and Thorel called.

The flop came 710Q and Margets fired out a continuation-bet of 6,500, which Thorel called. The turn came the 4 and Margets checked. Thorel bet 20,000, leaving himself just 1,500 behind. Margets pushed all in and Thorel called for his remaining chips.

Thorel had 22 and Margets had AA for pocket aces with a higher flush draw, leaving Thorel drawing to a deuce.

The river was the 3 and Margets further improved to an ace-high flush. She won the pot and chipped up to around 100,000, while Thorel was eliminated.

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelLeo Margets

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