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

05-07-2025 14:17 UTC+1

Muradov Flips Navarro to the Rail

David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Shakhabiddin Muradov raised to 12,000 in early position, Mario Navarro moved all in for 71,000 on the button, and Muradov called.

Mario Navarro: 9♥9♦ All in
Shakhabiddin Muradov: K♣Q♣

Muradov hit two pair on the Q♥8♥8♦ flop to take the lead, while the rest of the board came A♥2♣ and Navarro was eliminated as the field dropped below 100 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shakhabiddin Muradov	420,000 298,000	298,000
Mario Navarro	Busted

Tags: Mario Navarro Shakhabiddin Muradov

05-07-2025 14:20 UTC+1

Davenport Finds an Ace to Bust Antoni

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, Besiana Antoni got her last 150,000 in the middle as Matthew Davenport put her at risk.

Besiana Antoni: 9♥9♣ All in
Matthew Davenport: A♦Q♣

The flop came A♥5♥4♦ to give Davenport the lead with top pair, while the A♣ turn improved him to trips. The river was the 3♠ and Antoni was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Davenport	800,000 380,000	380,000

Besiana Antoni	Busted

Tags: Besiana Antoni Matthew Davenport

05-07-2025 14:24 UTC+1

Jungevicius Overshoves Flop Into Mustafov

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 10♠A♥3♠ with around 80,000 in the middle when Kestutis Jungevicius made an over-shove of nearly two times the pot against Fahredin Mustafov, who made the call for 158,000. Players revealed their cards.

Fahredin Mustafov: A♠9♠ All in
Kestutis Jungevicius: A♦6♦

"What is this?" asked Mustafov.

Both players had a pair of aces. Mustafov had the higher kicker as well as a flush draw. The turn came the 5♦ and the 5♠ river completed Mustafov's flush to give him the double up.

"Merry Christmas," said one of his tablemates.

Jungevicius said he was bluffing, but Mustafov replied that he was never folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kestutis Jungevicius	525,000 19,000	19,000
Fahredin Mustafov	410,000 173,000	173,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Kestutis Jungevicius

05-07-2025 14:25 UTC+1

Pardo Runs Into Favre-Felix's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Adrien Favre-Felix got his last 187,000 in the middle from the small blind as Juan Pardo put him at risk in the cutoff.

Adrien Favre-Felix: A♠A♦ All in
Juan Pardo: 9♠9♥

Favre-Felix had woken up with aces and was a big favorite to double up as the board ran out 7♦6♣3♥10♣2♣, forcing Pardo to hand over a chunk of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrien Favre-Felix	400,000 230,000	230,000
Juan Pardo	285,000 315,000	315,000

Tags: Adrien Favre-Felix Juan Pardo

05-07-2025 14:29 UTC+1

Cirstea Comes Out on Top as Two Players Make Trips

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Following an open-raise to 12,000 from under the gun, Gianfranco Iaculli called, then Constantin Cirstea three-bet to 37,000. Jeremie Zouari called in the small blind, the original raiser folded, and Iaculli also made the call.

The flop came A♦4♣A♠ and action checked to Cirstea, who continued with a bet of 65,000. Zouari used two time bank cards before making the call, further inflating the pot.

Iaculli then check-raised to 150,000 and Cirstea moved all in for 275,000. Zouari quickly folded and the decision was back on Iaculli, who sighed and went into the tank himself before opting to call.

Iaculli had A♥10♣ for trip aces, but Cirstea was ahead as he flipped over A♣K♥ for trip aces with a higher kicker.

The turn came the 6♦ and river the 7♠. Cirstea held to pull in a huge pot that brought his stack up to around 700,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Constantin Cirstea	700,000 340,000	340,000
Jeremie Zouari	270,000 50,000	50,000
Gianfranco Iaculli	180,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Constantin Cirstea Gianfranco Iaculli Jeremie Zouari

05-07-2025 14:30 UTC+1

Toledano Shows Down Aces to Double Off Gaehl

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sebastian Gaehl bet 9,000 from early position on a flop of 2♣2♠5♣ and Valeriano Toledano called in the big blind.

Gaehl bet another 21,000 on the 6♣ turn and Toledano again called. The river was the 7♥ and Gaehl moved all in.

Toledano snap-called for 48,000 and showed A♣A♠, while Gaehl tossed K♦7♦ into the muck and Toledano doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Gaehl	950,000 50,000	50,000
Valeriano Toledano	180,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Sebastian Gaehl Valeriano Toledano

05-07-2025 14:32 UTC+1

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The remaining 94 players are going on another 20-minute break.

05-07-2025 14:47 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Break (full)

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Gaehl	957,000 43,000	43,000
Andreas Goeller	950,000 199,000	199,000

[Removed:533]	928,000 393,000	393,000
Mariusz Golinski	900,000 120,000	120,000
Leon Zeaiter	900,000 50,000	50,000
Evgenii Sboev	880,000 245,000	245,000
Mengshi Tian	870,000 115,000	115,000
Manel Montalban	843,000 57,000	57,000
Matthew Davenport	840,000 40,000	40,000

Malcolm Franchi	790,000 54,000	54,000
Nicolas Tytgat	781,000 137,000	137,000
Julien Mariani	712,000 212,000	212,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	700,000 60,000	60,000
Lucas Pochat	653,000 173,000	173,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	600,000 195,000	195,000
Mykhailo Demydenko	558,000 2,000	2,000
Constantin Cirstea	530,000 280,000	280,000
Diego De Martino	520,000 105,000	105,000
Arnaud Enselme	517,000 19,000	19,000
Miki Vea Garcia	515,000 188,000	188,000
Georgios Karakousis	508,000 36,000	36,000
Khossein Kokhestani	508,000 363,000	363,000
Qing Lu	500,000 191,000	191,000
Sebastian Malec	485,000 56,000	56,000

Kestutis Jungevicius	469,000 56,000	56,000

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Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

05-07-2025 14:59 UTC+1

Smajd Turns Flush to Eliminate Ivanov

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Matt Warburton

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

The flop was out and read 6♠4♦10♠ as Konstantin Ivanov pushed all of his 60,000 chips into the middle from the big blind. Anze Smajd called in early position with the covering stack to put Ivanov at risk as the cards were turned.

Konstantin Ivanov: K♦10♦ All in
Anze Smajd: K♠Q♠

Ivanov had top pair and Smajd had a flush draw and overcards. The J♠ turn ended it for Ivanov as Smajd completed his flush to leave his opponent drawing dead. The river was the 7♦ and Ivanov was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anze Smajd	370,000 115,000	115,000
Konstantin Ivanov	Busted

Tags: Anze Smajd Konstantin Ivanov