€5,300 Main Event
Day 1b Started
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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There's perhaps no tournament on the EPT calendar more prestigious than the PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte-Carlo Main Event, running at the Sporting Monte-Carlo casino here on the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean coast. It's the 20th anniversary of the event and Day 1b is the final starting flight for this event, although registration remains open until the start of Day 2.
In 2024, Derk van Luijk came out on top of the 1,208 entry field, defeating Boris Angelov after a six-hour heads-up battle to claim the €1,000,000 top prize. The reigning champion has already bagged an above average stack on Day 1a.
The overall chip leader following the conclusion of Day 1a was David Docherty, best known for his 2023 Irish Open victory which gave him a career high score of €365,000. Docherty is on the hunt for his first EPT title and is the man to beat for those joining Day 1b, starting at 12 p.m. local time.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Docherty | United Kingdom | 279,500 | 233 |
| 2 | George Tomescu | Romania | 275,000 | 229 |
| 3 | Christian Alilovic | France | 260,500 | 217 |
| 4 | Qing Lu | United States | 240,500 | 200 |
| 5 | Jeremie Beneteau | France | 236,500 | 197 |
| 6 | Stanislav Petriv | Ukraine | 225,000 | 188 |
| 7 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | 208,500 | 174 |
| 8 | Adi Rajkovic | Austria | 204,500 | 170 |
| 9 | Mariusz Golinski | Poland | 201,000 | 168 |
| 10 | Sameer Chaturvedi | India | 196,000 | 163 |
In Day 1b, players begin with a 30,000 starting stack and will play 10 hour-long levels, with a break every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6. Late registration remains open until the start of Day 2 and players can take a maximum of two entries in this event.
Those who make it through and bag at the end of the evening will proceed to Day 2, which commences on Tuesday, April 6 at noon.
Stay tuned to the action on PokerNews as reporters bring you live updates straight from the tournament floor.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Play is underway with 207 players currently registered.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Maher Achour bet 600 from under the gun on a flop of A♥6♥5♣ and Antonino Venneri and Benoit Albiges called in the blinds.
All three players checked the J♥ turn. The river was the 2♣ and Albiges bet 2,000.
Achour then raised to 6,000 as Venneri got out of the way. Albiges, though, came back with a reraise to 12,000 and Achour snap-called.
Albiges turned over K♥8♥ for the nut flush and Achour tossed Q♥9♥ into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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13,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Heads-up on a board of 7♦Q♥3♦Q♦, Andrea Furlanetto bet 500 from the button and Jose Jaraiz raised to 2,000 in the small blind. Furlanetto called and the 9♣ fell on the river.
Jaraiz then bet 5,000. Furlanetto tanked for nearly five minutes until tossing in a chip to call as Jaraiz turned over K♦5♦ for a flush to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,000
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22,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Jean-Jacques Zeitoun open-raised from the button on the short-handed table, Stuart Taylor called in the small blind, then Jean Zeitoun three-bet to 2,600 from the big blind.
Zeitoun then four-bet to 9,600 and Taylor folded. Koncz went deep into the tank and took several minutes before he opted to fold, giving Zeitoun the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Action was on the turn on a board of 5♣3♠6♦8♥ and Julien Sitbon checked. Rohit Mariwalla put out a bet of 800, before Sitbon check-raised to 3,200. Mariwalla folded and Sitbon claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000
2,000
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28,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Stuart Taylor open-raised to 300 from late position, Attila Koncz called on the button and Noah Boeken called in the big blind.
The flop came 9♠Q♦J♠ and action checked to Taylor, who made a continuation-bet of 600. Both of his opponents called and then all three players checked it back on the 2♣ turn.
The river came the 2♦ and Boeken led out for 1,000. Taylor called and Koncz folded. Boeken had Q♣6♣ for two pair, queens and the deuces on board, but Taylor had A♦Q♠ for the same two pair with a higher kicker to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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