€5,300 Main Event Day 4 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

05-08-2025 12:37 UTC+1

Garcia Runs Top Pair Into Two Pair

Matt Warburton

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Miki Vea Garcia raised from middle position and Nicolas Tytgat called in the big blind. The flop came 7♥3♠9♠ and Tytgat checked. Garcia bet 55,000 and Tytgat clicked it back to 110,000. Garcia shoved and Tytgat made the call. Garcia was at risk as players showed their cards.

Miki Vea Garcia: A♦9♦ All in
Nicolas Tytgat: 9♣7♣

Garcia had top pair, top kicker, but Tytgat was ahead with two pair, nines and sevens. The turn came the 10♦ and river the J♥. Tytgat held to bring his stack up to around the 1,000,000 mark, while Garcia was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Tytgat	1,000,000 360,000	360,000
Miki Vea Garcia	Busted

Tags: Miki Vea Garcia Nicolas Tytgat

05-08-2025 13:17 UTC+1

Franchi Doubles With Aces

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Matt Warburton

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Ignacio Sole open-raised to 30,000 from the button and Malcolm Franchi three-bet to 120,000 from the small blind. Sole then four-bet to 230,000 and Franchi called.

The flop came 10♠2♥J♠ and Franchi checked. Sole continued for 80,000 and Franchi check-raised all in for 485,000. Sole made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Malcolm Franchi: A♣A♦ All in
Ignacio Sole: K♠9♠

Franchi had pocket aces, but Sole wasn't out of the hand yet. He had a flush draw, along with an gutshot straight draw and had two chances to catch his outs.

The turn was the 3♣ and the river came another blank, the J♦. Franchi held to win the pot, doubling up and decimating Sole's stack, which earlier in the day had grown to nearly 1,000,000. Franchi chipped up to around 1,500,000, putting him among the chip leaders heading to the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Malcolm Franchi	1,500,000 720,000	720,000
Ignacio Sole	330,000 284,000	284,000

Tags: Ignacio Sole Malcolm Franchi

05-08-2025 13:18 UTC+1

Santoro Runs Into Martirosyan's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Boris Angelov raised to 30,000 in the cutoff and Vahe Martirosyan three-bet to 75,000 in the cutoff. Amerigo Santoro then four-bet to 190,000 on the button and Angelov folded, but Martirosyan moved all in and Santoro called for 250,000.

Amerigo Santoro: A♥K♠ All in
Vahe Martirosyan: A♠A♣

"Unlucky," a tablemate said to Santoro after Martirosyan showed down his two aces. The board ran out Q♥3♦10♣3♣9♦ and Santoro was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Angelov	1,130,000 70,000	70,000

Vahe Martirosyan	600,000 310,000	310,000
Amerigo Santoro	Busted

Tags: Amerigo Santoro Boris Angelov Vahe Martirosyan

05-08-2025 13:56 UTC+1

La [Removed:534] Virtually Doubles Off Malec

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Sebastian Malec bet 25,000 from the hijack on a flop of A♦7♥2♦ and [Removed:533] raised to 100,000 in the big blind. Malec called and the Q♠ fell on the turn.

La [Removed:534] then bet 150,000 and Malec used two time banks before calling. The river was the J♦ and La [Removed:534] bet 325,000, leaving himself around 60,000 behind.

Malec again went deep into the tank, burning through several more time banks until eventually calling. La [Removed:534] then turned over A♣J♥ for two pair and Malec mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:533]	1,150,000
Sebastian Malec	800,000

Tags: Sebastian Malec

05-08-2025 13:59 UTC+1

Cristiani Fills Up to Double Off Kokhestani

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jean-Marc Cristiani and Khossein Kokhestani went heads-up to a flop of A♣K♣10♣ where Cristiani got his last 550,000 in from the button and Kokhestani put him at risk in the big blind.

Jean-Marc Cristiani: K♦10♠ All in
Khossein Kokhestani: 5♣4♣

Cristiani showed two pair, but Kokhestani had flopped a flush and was poised for the knockout until the K♥ fell on the turn, improving Cristiani to a full house. The river was the 10♥ and Cristiani doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Marc Cristiani	1,200,000 600,000	600,000
Khossein Kokhestani	1,100,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Jean-Marc Cristiani Khossein Kokhestani

05-08-2025 14:11 UTC+1

Pardo Cracks Malec's Aces to Bust Former EPT Champion

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Matt Warburton

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Sebastian Malec open-raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Juan Pardo defended in the big blind.

Both players then checked on 7♥10♣7♠ flop. The turn was the 9♣ and Pardo used a time bank before putting out a bet of 130,000, which Malec snap-called.

The river came the 5♥ and Pardo announced that he was all in, putting his oppponent to the test for all of Malec's remaining stack. Malec immediately made the call.

Malec flipped over A♣A♦ for pocket aces, two pair with the sevens on board. Pardo, though, showed 9♥9♠ for a full house, nines full of sevens to win the pot.

Both players had near-equal stacks, but after the count it was revealed that Pardo had slightly more than Malec. Pardo close to doubled his stack, while Malec was sent to the exit, meaning there will be no second title for the EPT Barcelona 2016 champion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	1,550,000 775,000	775,000
Sebastian Malec	Busted

Tags: Juan Pardo Sebastian Malec

05-08-2025 14:30 UTC+1

Wakil Doubles Through [Removed:534]

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Matt Warburton

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

[Removed:533] open-raised from middle position and Jamil Wakil three-bet to 130,000 from the hijack. [Removed:534] then pushed 540,000 in the middle, enough to cover his opponent. Wakil gave it quite a bit of thought before making the call for 480,000. Players flipped their cards, with Wakil at risk.

Jamil Wakil: A♣Q♠ All in
[Removed:533]: 9♥9♠

Wakil was flipping for his tournament life, but soon found what he was looking for as the flop ran out A♠J♣6♠ to give him a pair of aces. He doubled up through [Removed:534], bringing his stack to over 1,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamil Wakil	1,050,000 525,000	525,000
[Removed:533]	770,000 380,000	380,000

Tags: Jamil Wakil

05-08-2025 14:41 UTC+1

Fourth Pair Wins Kokhestani a Massive Pot

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of 10♠5♣4♣ where Jean-Marc Cristiani bet 80,000 from the big blind. Khossein Kokhestani then raised to 500,000 in early position and Leon Zeaiter called as action went back on Cristiani.

Cristiani went deep into the tank, taking several minutes and burning through most of his time banks. Kokhestani remained still, but Zeaiter got up from his seat and started pacing around until being reminded to sit back down while still in the hand.

Cristiani eventually folded and Kokhestani and Zeaiter went heads-up to the A♦ turn. Kokhestani then bet 200,000 and Zeaiter quickly called.

"Always call," Kokhestani told him.

"Why not?" Zeaiter replied. The river was the 3♠ and Kokhestani slowed down and checked. Zeaiter paused for a moment and checked behind as Kokhestani showed 7♦4♦ for a pair of fours.

Zeaiter studied the board for a few seconds as Kokhestani started dancing, realizing his pair of fours were enough to win the pot. Zeaiter mucked his cards and Kokhestani dragged in the massive pile of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Khossein Kokhestani	2,000,000 900,000	900,000
Leon Zeaiter	1,500,000 810,000	810,000
Jean-Marc Cristiani	1,000,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Jean-Marc Cristiani Khossein Kokhestani Leon Zeaiter

05-08-2025 14:51 UTC+1

Jungevicius Holds to Bust Karakousis

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Artem Shaganov raised to 40,000 under the gun and Kestutis Jungevicius three-bet to 100,000 in middle position. Georgios Karakousis then moved all in for 640,000 in the cutoff, Shaganov folded, while Jungevicius quickly called.

Georgios Karakousis: A♣Q♣ All in
Kestutis Jungevicius: Q♦Q♥

The Q♠10♣9♥ flop gave Jungevicius top set, but Karakousis picked up a flush draw on the 4♣ turn. The 6♥ river was safe for Jungevicius and he took the pot to send Karakousis to the rail.

"Easy game. Flop straight, sets," tablemate Miguel Capriles said to Jungevicius, who stacked up around 2,500,000 after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kestutis Jungevicius	2,500,000 1,540,000	1,540,000
Artem Shaganov	380,000 25,000	25,000
Georgios Karakousis	Busted

Tags: Artem Shaganov Georgios Karakousis Kestutis Jungevicius

05-08-2025 15:05 UTC+1

Kolonias Makes Flush Against Cristiani

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Matt Warburton

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jean-Marc Cristiani opened the action with a raise to 40,000 from early position, Pierre Chevalier called in the hijack, Alexandros Kolonias called on the button, and the big blind came along.

The flop ran out 4♣J♣J♦ and the big blind checked. Cristiani made it 50,000 to go, which was called by both Chevalier and Kolonias.

On the 5♣ turn, Cristiani and Chevalier checked. Kolonias fired out a bet of 95,000, then Cristiani check-raised all in. Chevalier got out of the way and Kolonias quickly made the call for the rest of his stack, 345,000 chips.

Cristiani showed A♣J♠ for trip jacks with a draw to the nut flush, a strong hand indeed, but Kolonias was ahead as he flipped over Q♣10♣ for a turned flush.

The river came the 6♥ and Kolonias held to win the pot, more than doubling up his stack.