Action folded around to Leon Zeaiter, who pushed all in from the small blind for 300,000. Artem Shaganov called in the big blind with the covering stack and players flipped their cards.
Leon Zeaiter: J♠7♠
Artem Shaganov: A♣3♠
The board ran out 10♥K♦7♣9♦4♥ and Zeaiter paired his seven on the flop. He held to win the pot, scoring a double up through Shaganov.
Kestutis Jungevicius raised to 275,000 under the gun and Andreas Goeller called in the small blind. Jungevicius then put in his last 155,000 on the 10♠7♠3♦ flop and Goeller called.
Kestutis Jungevicius: J♥J♣
Andreas Goeller: A♠8♠
Jungevicius needed his jacks to hold up against Goeller's flush draw, and he successfully navigated through the 7♥ turn and 8♥ river to double up.
Malcolm Franchi raised to 80,000 in middle position and Leon Zeaiter called on the button. Franchi then moved all in on the J♠5♦6♠ flop and Zeaiter snap-called for 560,000.
Leon Zeaiter: A♠8♠
Malcolm Franchi: Q♠9♠
Both players had a flush draw, while Zeaiter was ahead with ace-high. The K♣ turn gave Franchi a gutshot straight draw, but he missed the 4♦ river and handed over the double up.
Mariusz Golinski raised to 80,000 in middle position and [Removed:533] moved all in for 790,000 in the small blind. Boris Angelov reshoved in the big blind and Golinski got out of the way.
[Removed:533]: 8♠8♣
Boris Angelov: Q♦Q♥
[Removed:534] was crushed by Angelov's queens and was already standing up from his seat after the flop came Q♠9♥5♦ to give Angelov the top set. The turn was the 2♦, while the 8♦ river only served to taunt [Removed:534] on his way to the rail.
Matthew Davenport raised to 80,000 under the gun and Mariusz Golinski three-bet to 175,000 in the hijack. Davenport called and they saw a flop of A♦J♠2♣.
Golinski then bet 75,000 and Davenport called. Both players checked the 2♥ turn and the Q♣ fell on the river.
Golinski moved all in as both players had around 300,000 remaining. Davenport quickly folded and Golinski took the pot.
Action folded around to Boris Angelov, who moved all in from the small blind. Matthew Davenport made the call in the big blind for 260,000 and was at risk as players flipped their cards.
Matthew Davenport: A♥J♦
Boris Angelov: Q♣3♣
Davenport was out ahead, but Angelov paired his queen on the 4♦Q♦K♠ flop. The 4♣ turn and K♣ river were blanks for Davenport, so Angelov held to win the pot.
After starting Day 4 as the chip leader, Davenport was eliminated from the tournament in 20th place for €34,600.
Players were already preparing to bag up for the night when Juan Pardo limped in from the small blind on the last hand. Enrico Coppola checked his option and they saw a flop of Q♥5♦4♠.
Pardo led out for 40,000 and Coppola called. The turn was the Q♣ and Pardo bet another 140,000. Coppola then raised to 375,000 and Pardo used two time banks before moving all in for 1,095,000. Coppola snap-called.
Pardo showed 7♦6♥ for a straight draw, while Coppola had Q♦10♥ for trips. The 4♣ river was no help to Pardo and he was sent to the rail in 19th place.
Considering he started out in the bottom half of the field, it's fair to say that Aleksandr Shevliakov has had the run of his life today on Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte-Carlo Main Event, bagging an impressive 4,000,000 in chips to return as the outright chip leader heading into Day 5.
Shevliakov gradually built his stack as the tournament progressed, but the real turning point came when his pocket aces held to double up through Kestutis Jungevicius. From there, Shevliakov was seen successfully shoving the river against Stoyan Obreshkov and was paid off by [Removed:533] during the final hour of action to further increase his stack before busting the start of Day 4 chip leader Matthew Davenport.
Shevliakov is trailed by second place Diego De Martino, who bagged for 3,650,000 after rivering a one-outer when he got his kings in against Jungevicius' aces with one king already in the muck.
Third place Khossein Kokhestani delivered a consistent performance, starting the day in second place and ending it in third place with 3,590,000 after winning a huge pot with fourth pair.
Last year's runner-up Boris Angelov is also still in the mix and will be looking for back-to-back final tables after his epic six hour long heads-up battle against Derk Van Luijk ended in defeat. Could the prolific Bulgarian player go one further this year and take the title? He's got a long way to go, but is well positioned to make history on the 20th anniversary of the event here at Sporting Monte-Carlo, sitting in fourth place with 3,450,000.
End of Day 4 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Aleksandr Shevliakov
Russia
4,000,000
100
2
Diego De Martino
Italy
3,650,000
91
3
Khossein Kokhestani
Ukraine
3,590,000
90
4
Boris Angelov
Bulgaria
3,450,000
86
5
Enrico Coppola
Italy
3,180,000
80
6
Andreas Goeller
Italy
3,100,000
78
7
Miguel Capriles
Venezuela
2,205,000
55
8
Mateusz Moolhuizen
Netherlands
1,990,000
50
9
Artem Shaganov
Russia
1,615,000
40
10
Jamil Wakil
Canada
1,560,000
39
11
Leon Zeaiter
Germany
1,255,000
31
12
Kestutis Jungevicius
Lithuania
1,080,000
27
13
Mariusz Golinski
Poland
1,045,000
26
14
Malcolm Franchi
France
1,030,000
26
15
Mykhailo Demydenko
Ukraine
930,000
23
16
Stanislav Petriv
Ukraine
860,000
22
17
Manuel Cortada
Spain
845,000
21
18
Alexandros Kolonias
Greece
290,000
7.5
Boris Angelov
Andreas Goeller has had an interesting run, full of ups and downs as the Italian player claimed the Day 2 chip lead before losing most of his chips on Day 3, recovering, starting with a below average stack on Day 4 and then spinning it back up to bag in sixth place.
Others weren't so fortunate. The 2016 EPT Barcelona Main Event champion Sebastian Malec was eliminated in 42nd place, Nacho Barbero fell in 31st, and legendary Spanish player Juan Pardo was the last to bust shortly before play drew to a conclusion, out in 19th place. Pardo fell to Enrico Coppola, which brought Coppola firmly into contention as he bagged in fifth place.
Out of the 1,195 strong field of total entries, the 18 remaining players have already locked up at least €34,600 from the €5,795,750 prize pool, with the winner set to walk away with a cool €1,000,000.
Remaining EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€ 1,000,000
8
€ 118,150
2
€ 615,000
9
€ 90,850
3
€ 439,200
10- 11
€ 69,850
4
€ 337,900
12- 13
€ 58,200
5
€ 259,900
14- 15
€ 48,450
6
€ 199,750
16- 17
€ 40,350
7
€ 153,600
18- 19
€ 34,600
Day 5 commences at 12 p.m. local time on Friday, 9th May and is scheduled to play down to the final six players. When the tournament resumes, blinds will be at 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as reporters follow the action and bring you live updates straight from the tournament floor.
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