€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

05-07-2025 15:58 UTC+1

Nemeth Picks Wrong Moment to Bluff-Catch

Matt Warburton

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of 6♣2♠2♣3♠ with around 170,000 in the middle. Sebastian Malec made it 100,000 to go and Andras Nemeth made the call.

The river came the 2♦ and Malec announced that he was "all in" with the covering stack. Nemeth went deep into the tank, using three time bank cards to make his decision before opting to call.

Malec showed Q♠Q♦ for a full house, deuces full of queens. Nemeth was left stunned and the dealer prompted him to turn over his cards.

Nemeth showed A♠10♠. He'd missed his flush draw and was using his hand as a bluff-catcher. Unfortunately for Nemeth, Malec was far from bluffing. Malec scooped in the pot and Nemeth was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Malec	1,000,000 515,000	515,000

Andras Nemeth	Busted

Tags: Andras Nemeth Sebastian Malec

05-07-2025 15:59 UTC+1

Recent Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Constantin Cirstea	Busted
Toru Ida	Busted
Petar Kalapish	Busted
Shakhabiddin Muradov	Busted
Danielle Noja	Busted
Adrien Favre-Felix	Busted
Jozef Cibicek	Busted

05-07-2025 16:01 UTC+1

Baraza Runs Into Navas' Kings in Massive Pot

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Around 200,000 was already in the middle as Juan Baraza and Rafael Navas went to the turn on a board of 8♣4♣9♣6♠. Baraza then got his last 200,000 in from under the gun while Navas put him at risk in middle position.

Baraza showed Q♣Q♠, but Navas turned over K♥K♠ as the 4♥ river sent the massive pot to Navas while Baraza hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Navas	900,000 434,000	434,000
Juan Baraza	Busted

Tags: Juan Baraza Rafael Navas

05-07-2025 16:04 UTC+1

Malec Claims Another Bustout as Cibicek Falls

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Matt Warburton

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jozef Cibicek was all in with a relatively short stack of 230,000 and was looked up by Sebastian Malec, who had him well covered as players flipped their cards.

Jozef Cibicek: Q♦Q♣ All in
Sebastian Malec: A♥K♣

The board ran out 7♠10♠A♠4♠6♦ and Malec paired his ace on the flop to win the pot, sending Cibicek to the exit. After eliminating Nemeth moments before, Malec had busted another player from his table and added yet more to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Malec	1,200,000 200,000	200,000

Jozef Cibicek	Busted

Tags: Sebastian Malec Jozef Cibicek

05-07-2025 16:09 UTC+1

Davenport Flops the Nuts to Bust Lyubovetskiy

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Matthew Davenport and Andriy Lyubovetskiy both checked the turn on a board of 10♥Q♣Q♠8♥ and Lyubovetskiy also checked the 6♠ river.

Davenport then moved all in from under the gun and Lyubovetskiy, with around 60,000 remaining, used a few time banks before calling in the big blind.

Davenport showed Q♦10♦ for the flopped full house and Lyubovetskiy threw 10♣8♣ into the muck on his way to collect his payout.

Nicolas Oger and Laurent Cessy were also recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Davenport	900,000 60,000	60,000

Nicolas Oger	Busted
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted
Laurent Cessy	Busted

Tags: Andriy Lyubovetskiy Matthew Davenport

05-07-2025 17:01 UTC+1

Petriv Takes Out Antoniou

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Stanislav Petriv raised to 20,000 under the gun and Andreas Antoniou moved all in for 88,000 in middle position. Andreas Goeller called in the small blind, while Petriv also called.

The flop came Q♣7♦3♥ and Goeller quickly check-folded to a bet of 60,000 from Petriv.

Andreas Antoniou: 5♥5♣ All in
Stanislav Petriv: 10♣10♠

Antoniou was trailing against Petriv's tens and the rest of the board came 4♠A♣ to seal his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Goeller	910,000 237,000	237,000

Stanislav Petriv	750,000 185,000	185,000
Andreas Antoniou	Busted

Tags: Andreas Antoniou Andreas Goeller Stanislav Petriv

05-07-2025 17:04 UTC+1

La [Removed:534] Flops Straight to Bust Zouari

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Matt Warburton

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jeremie Zouari moved all in from under the gun for 60,000 and [Removed:533] called in the big blind. Zouari was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Jeremie Zouari: 8♥8♠ All in
[Removed:533]: K♦Q♦

The flop came 10♣J♣9♠ to give La [Removed:534] a straight, leaving Zouari drawing thin. The turn came the K♥ and river the 3♥. La [Removed:534] held and Zouari was sent to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:533]	1,610,000 90,000	90,000
Jeremie Zouari	Busted

Tags: Jeremie Zouari

05-07-2025 17:07 UTC+1

Popot Picks Off Smajd

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Frederic Popot raised to 20,000 in the hijack, Anze Smajd moved all in for 138,000 in the small blind, and Popot called.

Anze Smajd: A♥9♥ All in
Frederic Popot: 10♣10♦

Smajd was looking for help against Popot's tens, but he missed the Q♦J♦7♥6♠K♦ board and became the latest casualty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Popot	620,000 191,000	191,000
Anze Smajd	Busted

Tags: Anze Smajd Frederic Popot

05-07-2025 17:07 UTC+1

No Split for Karam

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Matt Warburton

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was on the river on a board of A♥K♣10♥K♦3♣ and Hala Karam checked. [Removed:526] moved all in to put his opponent under pressure for the rest of her stack.

The cameras crowded around and Karam was in the spotlight as she used her full stack of time bank cards before eventually announcing her call. [Removed:526] flipped over A♦J♥ for two pair, aces and kings, with a jack kicker.

"Ah, sh*t, no split!" said Karam, as she revealed A♣4♣ for two pair with a weaker kicker. [Removed:526] won the pot and Karam was eliminated.

"Thank you guys," she said as she left the table.