€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

05-06-2025 13:07 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Jozef Cibicek	345,000 237,000	237,000
Arnaud Enselme	315,000 5,000	5,000
Shakhabiddin Muradov	267,000 26,000	26,000
Luis Rayon Perez	263,500 16,500	16,500
Christian Alilovic	263,000 2,500	2,500
Jeremie Beneteau	260,000 23,500	23,500
Hugo Machado	254,000 109,500	109,500
Andreas Goeller	254,000 134,000	134,000

Stanislav Petriv	250,000 25,000	25,000
Ignacio Sole	245,500 32,000	32,000
Valeriano Toledano	245,000 131,500	131,500
Mariusz Golinski	244,000 43,000	43,000
Boris Kuzmanovic	240,500 32,000	32,000
Paul Lagan	234,000 195,500	195,500

Javier Gomez Zapatero	230,000
David Docherty	226,000 53,500	53,500

Ramana Epparla	222,000 164,500	164,500
Matthew Davenport	220,000 77,000	77,000

Sebastian Gaehl	218,000 70,000	70,000
Boris Angelov	210,000

Qing Lu	207,000 33,500	33,500
Petar Kalapish	200,000 20,000	20,000
Hrayr Grigoryan	192,500 8,500	8,500
Adi Rajkovic	190,500 14,000	14,000
Martin Kabrhel	185,500 500	500

Players Heading for 25-Minute Break

Matt Warburton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players in Day 2 of the Main Event are heading for their first 25-minute break of the day. There are now 341 players remaining.

Level 11 Highlights

05-06-2025 12:36 UTC+1

Van Luijk Coolers Lipp For a Double

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The rest of the table had already gone off on break as Derk van Luijk and Matthias Lipp continued to tangle in a pot.

Lipp bet 10,000 from the big blind on a flop of K♦6♥9♣ and Van Luijk raised to 30,000 in the hijack. Lipp then moved all in and Van Luijk snap-called for 71,000.

Derk van Luijk: 9♥9♦ All in
Matthias Lipp: A♦K♠

Lipp showed top pair, but he was well behind Van Luijk's flopped set. The rest of the board came 8♥4♣ and the defending champion doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derk van Luijk	180,000 71,500	71,500

Matthias Lipp	5,000 122,000	122,000

Tags: Derk van Luijk Matthias Lipp

05-06-2025 12:32 UTC+1

Camosci Shoves Short Stack and Busts

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Matt Warburton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Enrico Camosci shoved from early position with a short stack and was called by Jon Vallinas in the small blind, who had him well covered as players flipped their cards.

Enrico Camosci: K♣9♣ All in
Jon Vallinas: A♦10♠

The board ran out 8♣3♦A♠A♥5♦ and Vallinas paired his ace on the flop, then made trips on the turn to win the pot, eliminating Camosci from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Vallinas	140,000 8,500	8,500
Enrico Camosci	Busted

Tags: Enrico Camosci Jon Vallinas

05-06-2025 12:28 UTC+1

Barthe Pairs River to Bust Xu

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Matt Warburton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Pierre Chevalier open-raised to 3,500 from under the gun and Ai Guo Xu called on the button. The small blind came along before Didier Barthe moved all in from the big blind for 51,500. Chevalier folded and Xu made the call for 35,000. He was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Ai Guo Xu: 8♥8♠ All in
Didier Barthe: A♦K♣

The board ran out 7♣5♣2♥4♣K♠ and Barthe paired his king on the river to win the pot.

"Yes!" he shouted, then turned and smiled respectfully at his opponent as Xu took his leave.

Player	Chips	Progress
Didier Barthe	90,000 28,500	28,500
Ai Guo Xu	Busted

Tags: Ai Guo Xu Didier Barthe Pierre Chevalier

05-06-2025 12:27 UTC+1

Enselme Sporting Big Stack After Taking Out Heizmann

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Arnaud Enselme was in middle position with a raise of 9,000 in front of him before Stefan Heizmann shoved for 50,000 in the big blind. Enselme quickly called once action got back to him.

Stefan Heizmann: A♥Q♣ All in
Arnaud Enselme: K♠K♥

Enselme showed a pair of kings and had Heizmann looking for an ace to stay alive. The board ran out 10♥7♦3♥Q♥4♠ and Enselme scored the knockout to increase his stack up past 300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arnaud Enselme	310,000 178,000	178,000
Stefan Heizmann	Busted

Tags: Arnaud Enselme Stefan Heizmann

05-06-2025 12:19 UTC+1

Rayon Perez Catches Gonzalez Making a Big Move For a Massive Double

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Luis Rayon Perez raised to 3,000 under the gun and Ka Kwan Lau called in the hijack. Kamal Gonzalez then three-bet to 9,000 in the cutoff.

"Too much action. Too many professionals. You're one of the professionals, look at your stack," tablemate William Kassouf said to Gonzalez as action went back on Rayon Perez.

"I bought in on Day 2. I arrived yesterday, late," Gonzalez replied.

"Bought in on Day 2 and already with a stack like that, true professional," Kassouf added.

Rayon Perez eventually four-bet to 35,000 and Lau got out of the way, but Gonzalez tanked for a few minutes before calling. The flop came 6♦5♦2♥ and Rayon Perez bet 20,000. Gonzalez stood up from his seat and announced all in as Rayon Perez snap-called for 104,000.

Luis Rayon Perez: A♦K♦ All in
Kamal Gonzalez: Q♥J♠

Gonzalez had been caught making a move with queen-high while Rayon Perez was ahead with ace-high and flush draw. The board ran out 3♣6♣ and Rayon Perez doubled up.

"I knew he had ace-king. No gamble, no future," Gonzalez said.

"Must be nice to win a 400K pot with ace-high. The nuts. Cooler," Kassouf added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Rayon Perez	280,000 216,000	216,000
William Kassouf	80,000 51,000	51,000
Ka Kwan Lau	40,000 6,000	6,000
Kamal Gonzalez	20,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Ka Kwan Lau Kamal Gonzalez Luis Rayon Perez

05-06-2025 12:09 UTC+1

Fritz Makes Quads to Crack Kings

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Matt Warburton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Laurent Cessy and Manuel Fritz were seen stacking off preflop. Fritz was all in for 54,500 from late position against Cessy, who had him covered from early position. Players flipped their cards, with Fritz at risk.

Manuel Fritz: Q♥Q♦ All in
Laurent Cessy: K♥K♣

Fritz looked to be in trouble against Cessy's kings, until the flop came Q♠6♦A♦ to give him a set of queens. The Q♣ turn solidified the outcome, further improving Fritz's hand to quad queens. The river was the 6♥ and Fritz scored a significant double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurent Cessy	134,000 66,000	66,000
Manuel Fritz	115,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Laurent Cessy Manuel Fritz

05-06-2025 12:05 UTC+1

Kabrhel Spikes a Set to Double

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Action folded to Nicolas Oger in the small blind who raised to 5,500. Martin Kabrhel then reraised to 20,000, Oger moved all in, and Kabrhel snap-called for 91,000.

Martin Kabrhel: J♦J♥ All in
Nicolas Oger: A♥K♦

The two players were racing for the massive pot as the flop came J♣10♦6♦, giving Kabrhel top set and Oger a straight draw. The K♠ turn came too late for Oger, while the river was the 3♣ and Kabrhel, who remained uncharacteristically silent throughout the hand, doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	185,000 78,500	78,500
Nicolas Oger	115,000 106,000	106,000

Tags: Martin Kabrhel Nicolas Oger

05-06-2025 11:58 UTC+1

Another Round of Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Volkov	Busted
Haoran Cai	Busted
Carlos Ribeiro	Busted
Silviu Baltateanu	Busted
Andreas Blaskov	Busted
Takayoshi Nemoto	Busted
Stanislav Urodlivchenko	Busted
Oliver Bithell	Busted
Bruno Volkmann	Busted
Muhyedine Fares	Busted
Stanislau Shylkou	Busted
Alessandro Raboni	Busted
Oleksii Trofymenko	Busted
Marius Gierse	Busted
Benjamin Pollak	Busted
Harpreet Gill	Busted
Diego Zeiter	Busted
Joao Simao	Busted
Dan Djorno	Busted
Adrian Cazacu	Busted
Tiago Aguiar Ramos	Busted
Oleksii Kovalchuk	Busted
Ramiro Petrone	Busted
Steven Chodjai	Busted
Glen Keogh	Busted