€5,300 Main Event
Day 4 Started
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
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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Among the 52 players returning today at noon local time for Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte-Carlo Main Event are two who are eyeing their own piece of EPT history.
Sebastian Malec was just 21 when he won the EPT Barcelona Main Event in 2016 after qualifying online for €27. While the Polish pro has made a few runs on the circuit since then, his best shot at capturing a second title is here in Monte-Carlo as he enters the day third on the leaderboard with 1,684,000, trailing behind only Matthew Davenport (1,939,000) and Khossein Kokhestani (1,800,000). If he manages to defy the odds, Malec would become only the fourth player to win multiple live EPT titles, joining Victoria Coren Mitchell, Mikalai Pobal, and Mike Watson.
Day 4 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Davenport | United Kingdom | 1,939,000 | 162 |
| 2 | Khossein Kokhestani | Ukraine | 1,800,000 | 150 |
| 3 | Sebastian Malec | Poland | 1,684,000 | 140 |
| 4 | Valeriano Toledano | Spain | 1,582,000 | 132 |
| 5 | Julien Mariani | France | 1,400,000 | 117 |
| 6 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 1,386,000 | 116 |
| 7 | Jerome Sgorrano | Belgium | 1,115,000 | 93 |
| 8 | Georgios Karakousis | Greece | 1,110,000 | 93 |
| 9 | Malcolm Franchi | France | 1,012,000 | 84 |
| 10 | Sebastian Gaehl | Germany | 1,004,000 | 84 |
Boris Angelov also has his shot at redemption. A year ago here inside Sporting Monte-Carlo, Angelov had one hand already on the Golden Shard trophy before it was snatched away by Derk van Luijk after a marathon, six-hour heads-up duel. Angelov enters Day 4 with 686,000 as he seeks to become the ninth player in EPT history to make it to the final table of the same event in consecutive years, and just the third over the last decade along with Vladislav Naumov and Peter Jorgne.
Valeriano Toledano (1,582,000), Julien Mariani (1,400,000), and Fahredin Mustafov (1,386,000) also come into the day as big stacks as the final 52 players continue their journey to the final table. Other players still in the hunt include Georgios Karakousis (1,110,000), Malcolm Franchi (1,012,000), Jamil Wakil (912,000), Ari Engel (655,000), Mateusz Moolhuizen (586,000), Juan Pardo (580,000), Nacho Barbero (559,000), and Alexandros Kolonias (303,000).
The action on Day 4 picks up on the last 45 minutes of Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and a 12,000 big blind ante. The remaining players have already locked up €17,150 for making it this far out of the 1,195-entry field, with a spot at the final table worth at least €118,150. The eventual champion takes home €1,000,000.
Play is scheduled to stop when they reach the final 16. PokerStars Live will be streaming the feature table on a 30-minute delay on their official YouTube channel.
Stay tuned as PokerNews provides all the action as the field whittles down towards the final table.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The remaining 52 players have taken their seats and Day 4 is underway.
Table 3 with chip leader Matthew Davenport and Sebastian Malec is starting on the main feature table.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Josep Valls began the day with 127,000 and moved all in the first hand, finding no callers. He again shoved the next hand from under the gun, but this time Enrico Coppola reshoved in the cutoff and the rest of the table got out of the way.
Josep Valls: A♥Q♥ 
Enrico Coppola: 6♦6♥
Valls was racing for his tournament life as the flop came 10♠10♦5♥. The 4♠ turn was no help, while the river was the J♣ and Valls became the first casualty of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Following an open raise to 25,000 from the hijack by Juan Pardo, Evgenii Sboev three-bet to 86,000 from the button and Rony Halimi moved all in from the small blind for 133,000. Pardo folded and Sboev didn't have much more to call. He put his chips in to put Halimi at risk as players flipped their cards.
Rony Halimi: K♦K♠
Evgenii Sboev: A♥2♥
The board ran out 10♠7♠10♦8♥7♥ and Halimi held with his pocket kings to win the pot, doubling his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
296,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Vid Zagar moved all in for 39,000 from early position and Vahe Martirosyan called in the big blind.
Vid Zagar: A♠K♣
Vahe Martirosyan: 9♠9♣
Zagar hit top pair on the K♦10♣5♦ flop to take the lead, while the rest of the board ran out J♥3♣ and Zagar doubled up his short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
80,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Action was on the turn on a board of 10♥Q♣2♠10♠ and Miki Vea Garcia led out with a small bet of 20,000 into the pot of a little under 200,000. Enrico Coppola responded by moving all in for 311,000.
Garcia pushed his stack of time bank cards into the middle and used several, rubbing his forehead in agony before making the call. Garcia had Q♠K♠ for two pair, queens and tens, and also had a flush draw. Coppola flipped over 2♣2♦ for a full house, deuces over tens, leaving Garcia in need of a queen on the river.
The river came the A♦ and Coppola held to win a huge double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
890,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
395,000
403,000
|
403,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Vahe Martirosyan open-shoved from the button for around 180,000 and Vid Zagar made the call in the big blind with the shorter stack of around 79,000. Players revealed their cards.
Vid Zagar: A♥J♥
Vahe Martirosyan: A♠5♠
Zagar had Martirosyan dominated, until Martirosyan hit a miracle flop of 10♠5♦5♣ to make trip fives. The turn came the K♠ and river the J♣. Martirosyan held and Zagar was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
Busted |
