Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,795,750
Total Entries
1,195
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
52
Players Left
18
Players Left 1 / 1,195
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Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
There were times during the final table of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte-Carlo Main Event that it seemed like it was fate for Derk van Luijk to be the one to hoist the gold-plated trophy at the end.
The 43-year-old Dutchman was all in on the penultimate day with ace-jack against aces but caught running jacks to make trips and earn a miracle double up. He was a card away from elimination on the final day but spiked two pair to stay alive. Van Luijk doubled up six different times over the course of the day. He ended up winning the most important all-in of all, the last one, as he defeated Boris Angelov at the end of an epic heads-up match to win the EPT title and the €1,000,000 top prize.
“That’s an amazing feeling. I cannot even realize still that I’ve won. It feels like I’m spacing right now. You don’t realize it yet, but it’s an amazing feeling,” Van Luijk said after conquering the largest field in EPT Monte-Carlo history with 1,208 total entries.
2024 EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derk van Luijk | Netherlands | €1,000,000 |
| 2 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | €620,500 |
| 3 | Rania Nasreddine | United States | €442,900 |
| 4 | Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | €340,500 |
| 5 | Jonathan Pastore | France | €261,700 |
| 6 | Niclas Thumm | Germany | €201,000 |
| 7 | Jonathan Guedes | Brazil | €154,900 |
| 8 | Jozef Cibicek | Slovakia | €119,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,965,000
165,000
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165,000 |
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2,580,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
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2,540,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
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2,450,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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2,405,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
2,195,000
985,000
|
985,000 |
|
||
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2,080,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
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2,060,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
1,740,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
1,490,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
1,425,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
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1,270,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
1,265,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
1,245,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
1,170,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
1,065,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
1,050,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
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905,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
805,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
780,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
580,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
440,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
400,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
360,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
360,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
With 25 players remaining and one elimination away from the final three tables, updates are going on a 30-minute delay to match the PokerStars live stream. Updates will resume at about 7:20 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned for all the action.
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The remaining 25 players are going on a 20-minute break.
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Juan Pardo open-raised to 50,000 and Enrico Coppola three-bet to 125,000, which Pardo called.
The flop came 3♠8♦A♦ and Pardo checked. Coppola bet 80,000 and Pardo check-raised to 225,000. Coppola reraised to 600,000 and Pardo called to bring the size of the pot up to around 1,500,000.
The action slowed down temporarily when both players checked on the Q♣ turn. The river came the 3♥ and Pardo moved all in for 945,000. Coppola went deep into the tank before finally giving up his hand.
With the rest of the tables already on break, Pardo scooped in a huge pot, bringing his stack up to more than 2.4 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,420,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
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2,400,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Kestutis Jungevicius raised to 50,000 in early position and Manuel Cortada called in the small blind. Artem Shaganov then moved all in for 650,000 in the big blind, Jungevicius folded, while Cortada quickly called.
Artem Shaganov: 10♣10♠ 
Manuel Cortada: A♠K♠
Shaganov was racing for his tournament life as the board ran out 6♥3♥2♦8♥5♦, keeping his tens in the lead and earning him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
1,600,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
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1,300,000
920,000
|
920,000 |
|
|
950,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Mateusz Moolhuizen raised to 50,000 under the gun and Manel Montalban called in the big blind.
The flop came J♠10♦7♥ and Moolhuizen bet 50,000. Montalban then raised to 260,000, Moolhuizen moved all in, and Montalban called for 385,000.
Manel Montalban: Q♦9♠
Mateusz Moolhuizen: Q♣J♥
Moolhuizen showed down top pair, while Montalban had a straight draw. The 7♣ turn was no help, while the 6♣ river sealed Montalban's elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,790,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Stoyan Obreshkov raised to 55,000 in early position, Boris Angelov three-bet to 275,000 in the big blind, and Obreshkov called.
The flop came 9♥2♣3♠ and Angelov bet 145,000. Obreshkov called and the A♠ fell on the turn.
Angelov then bet 175,000 and Obreshkov again called. Both players checked the 5♠ river and Angelov showed A♦K♣ for top pair, while Obreshkov mucked A♥Q♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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2,120,000
910,000
|
910,000 |
|
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|
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1,270,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Leon Zeaiter raised to 75,000 in the cutoff and Jerome Sgorrano called on the button.
Zeaiter checked the 9♦8♠2♠ flop and Sgorrano bet 65,000. Zeaiter then raised to 215,000 and Sgorrano called.
The turn was the A♦ and Zeaiter bet 400,000. Sgorrano called again to see the 4♥ river, where Zeaiter moved all in.
"Are you bluffing or not, my friend?" Sgorrano said as he went deep into the tank. He eventually emerged with a call and Zeaiter made sure he put the chips in before slamming down A♣A♥ for a set. Sgorrano mucked 10♠9♠ and Zeaiter doubled up.
"I have more time banks than chips," Sgorrano said as he put in his last 15,000 (less than the big blind) the next hand. Action folded to Malcolm Franchi in the big blind, who automatically put him at risk.
Jerome Sgorrano: J♦5♦
Malcolm Franchi: 10♣6♣
Franchi hit a pair and flush draw on the 6♥Q♣7♣ flop, but Sgorrano made a pair of jacks on the J♥ turn. The river was the 6♠ and Franchi improved to trips to send Sgorrano to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,700,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
|
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1,600,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Busted |
