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

05-07-2025 11:40 UTC+1

Volpi Sent to Exit

Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Following an open-raise for 10,000 from the hijack, Andrea Volpi moved all in from the small blind for 45,000. Milos Petakovic called in the big blind and the original raiser folded. Volpi sighed as the call was made and the two players flipped their cards.

Andrea Volpi: A♠3♠ All in
Milos Petakovic: A♣K♠

The board ran out 4♥9♥6♠10♠6♦ and Volpi picked up a flush draw on the turn. The river missed and Petakovic held with his ace-king high to win the pot, sending Volpi to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milos Petakovic	295,000 72,000	72,000
Andrea Volpi	Busted

Tags: Andrea Volpi Milos Petakovic

05-07-2025 11:36 UTC+1

Kokhestani Shoves in Four-Bet Pot; Mariani Takes Out Plaza

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mengshi Tian raised to 10,000 in the cutoff and Khossein Kokhestani three-bet to 37,000 on the button. Romain Locquet then four-bet to 102,000 and only Kokhestani called.

Locquet checked the A♣10♣8♣ flop and Kokhestani moved all in for 117,000. Locquet put all of his time bank cards in the middle and burned through three of them before announcing a fold.

At the same time at another table, Jose Plaza had shoved for 60,000 from the small blind and Julien Mariani put him at risk in the big blind.

Jose Plaza: A♥9♦ All in
Julien Mariani: A♦J♣

Mariani hit top pair on the J♠3♣6♦ flop, and the 9♠ turn arrived too late to save Plaza as he missed the K♣ river and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	850,000 95,000	95,000
Khossein Kokhestani	320,000 175,000	175,000
Julien Mariani	250,000 34,000	34,000
Romain Locquet	220,000 153,000	153,000
Jose Plaza	Busted

Tags: Jose Plaza Julien Mariani Khossein Kokhestani Romain Locquet Mengshi Tian

05-07-2025 11:28 UTC+1

Hooper Busts to Margets

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Leo Margets raised from middle position and Michael Hooper pushed all in from the button with a relatively short stack of around 100,000. Margets called with the covering stack and the cards were turned.

Michael Hooper: 5♦5♣ All in
Leo Margets: J♠J♦

Hooper was in bad shape against Margets, who held with her pocket jacks as the board ran out 6♦3♦Q♣4♦4♣ to give her two pair with the fours on board. She won the pot and Hooper was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	370,000 267,000	267,000
Michael Hooper	Busted

Tags: Michael Hooper Leo Margets

05-07-2025 11:23 UTC+1

First Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:528]	Busted
Gerard Carbo	Busted
Javier Garcirreynaldos	Busted
Sean Jazayeri	Busted
Antonio Buonanno	Busted

05-07-2025 11:21 UTC+1

Vayssieres Holds to Bust Hallaert

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kenny Hallaert moved all in for 70,000 from the button and Nicolas Vayssieres put him at risk in the hijack.

Kenny Hallaert: A♠10♠ All in
Nicolas Vayssieres: A♦K♥

Vayssieres had Hallaert dominated and improved to top pair on the K♠Q♥4♠ flop, while Hallaert picked up straight and flush draws. The 2♣ turn was no help to Hallaert, while the A♥ river improved Vayssieres to two pair and sent Hallaert to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Vayssieres	250,000 88,000	88,000
Kenny Hallaert	Busted

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Nicolas Vayssieres

05-07-2025 11:19 UTC+1

Kolev Runs Queens Into Kings

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Following an open-raise, Toru Ida three-bet from the hijack and Yuliyan Kolev moved all in from the big blind for around 200,000. The original raiser folded and Ida made the call with the covering stack. Players flipped their cards.

Yuliyan Kolev: Q♣Q♦ All in
Toru Ida: K♦K♣

It was a cooler for Kolev, who found no help as the board ran out 2♦J♥J♠4♠10♠. Ida held with his pocket kings to win the pot, sending Kolev to an early exit on Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toru Ida	590,000 252,000	252,000
Yuliyan Kolev	Busted

Tags: Toru Ida Yuliyan Kolev