€5,300 Main Event
Day 5 Started
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,795,750
Entries
1,195
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
18
Players Left
6
Players Left 1 / 1,195
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Having survived the field of 1,195 entrants, only 18 players remain in contention for the title on Day 5 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte-Carlo Main Event.
Among them is Boris Angelov, the 2024 runner-up who narrowly lost out to Derk van Luijk following a six-hour heads-up duel last year. Angelov returns to the tables here at the Sporting Monte-Carlo venue with 3,450,000 and a dream to make history on the 20th anniversary of the event.
Angelov starts the day in fourth place with only a few big blinds seperating himself, third place Khossein Kokhestani and second place Diego De Martino. Aleksandr Shevliakov is the current chip leader, out in front with 4,000,000 after a fantastic run on Day 4.
Start of Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Shevliakov | Russia | 4,000,000 | 80 |
| 2 | Diego De Martino | Italy | 3,650,000 | 73 |
| 3 | Khossein Kokhestani | Ukraine | 3,590,000 | 72 |
| 4 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | 3,450,000 | 69 |
| 5 | Enrico Coppola | Italy | 3,180,000 | 64 |
| 6 | Andreas Goeller | Italy | 3,100,000 | 62 |
| 7 | Miguel Capriles | Venezuela | 2,205,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | 1,990,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Artem Shaganov | Russia | 1,615,000 | 32 |
| 10 | Jamil Wakil | Canada | 1,560,000 | 31 |
| 11 | Leon Zeaiter | Germany | 1,255,000 | 25 |
| 12 | Kestutis Jungevicius | Lithuania | 1,080,000 | 22 |
| 13 | Mariusz Golinski | Poland | 1,045,000 | 21 |
| 14 | Malcolm Franchi | France | 1,030,000 | 21 |
| 15 | Mykhailo Demydenko | Ukraine | 930,000 | 19 |
| 16 | Stanislav Petriv | Ukraine | 860,000 | 17 |
| 17 | Manuel Cortada | Spain | 845,000 | 17 |
| 18 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 290,000 | 6 |
The remaining players have 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 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 |
Day 5 commences at 12 p.m. local time on Friday, May 9, 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.
The remaining 18 players are taking their seats and action on Day 5 will begin momentarily. Updates will be on a 30-minute delay to sync with the PokerStars stream and avoid spoilers.
Table 2 featuring chip leader Aleksandr Shevliakov and Boris Angelov starts on the feature table.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level 26
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
In what was a game-changing pot on the very first hand of Day 5, Diego De Martino open-raised to 110,000 from the cutoff, Enrico Coppola called on the button, and Andreas Goeller called in the big blind.
The flop came 7♣A♣A♠ and Goeller led out for 150,000, De Martino called, and Coppola raised it up to 550,000. Goeller then reraised to 1,100,000, De Martino folded and Coppola called in what was now a very valuable pot.
On the 2♦ turn, Goeller ripped in his stack for around 1,800,000 and Coppola used a couple of time bank cards before flicking in a chip to make the call.
Goeller had 10♦7♥ for two pair, sevens and aces. Coppola had A♦5♠ for trip aces, leaving Goeller drawing dead as the river came the 3♠.
Coppola had his opponent covered and raked in a pot that brought his stack up to 6,400,000, putting him well out in first place. Goeller was eliminated from the tournament in 18th place for €34,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,400,000
3,220,000
|
3,220,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
On the first hand of the day, Khossein Kokhestani raised to 110,000 in the cutoff and Alexandros Kolonias used up two of his time banks before folding on the button. The rest of the table quickly folded and Kokhestani showed the A♦.
"That's the kicker, right?" Miguel Capriles joked with him.
"I have jack-jack. I fold jack-jack for you," Leon Zeaiter added.
Kolonias then shoved the next hand for 290,000 from the cutoff and Capriles folded 5♦2♣ in the big blind. "Tight fold," Capriles said.
A few hands later, Artem Shaganov raised to 100,000 under the gun and Zeaiter called in the big blind.
The flop came Q♣9♥A♦ and Shaganov bet 75,000. Zeaiter called and they both checked the 10♥ turn.
Zeaiter then led out for 170,000 on the J♥ river and Shaganov took a minute before calling. Zeaiter showed K♣J♣ for a straight and Shaganov mucked A♠8♦.
"You like me, my friend. Thank you," Zeaiter said to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,620,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
950,000
665,000
|
665,000 |
|
500,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Alexandros Kolonias moved all in for 290,000 on the button and Leon Zeaiter called in the small blind.
Alexandros Kolonias: A♠K♣ 
Leon Zeaiter: A♦10♦
"Ten. Ronaldo, Ronaldo," Zeaiter kept repeating as the A♥4♥7♠ flop gave both players top pair, but Kolonias' king-kicker continued to play following the 6♥ turn and Q♥ river to earn him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
600,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
On the feature table, Aleksandr Shevliakov raised to 100,000 from the button with K♣9♥ and Mateusz Moolhuizen called in the big blind with 4♠4♥.
The flop came 5♣5♠K♦ and Moolhuizen checked. Shevliakov bet 50,000 and Moolhuizen check-raised to 125,000, which Shevliakov called.
The turn came the 3♦ and Moolhuizen led out for 165,000. Shevliakov called again to take the hand to the river, which was the K♥.
This counterfeited Moolhuizen's pair and left him only one way to win the pot. He led with a bluff for 475,000 and Shevliakov quickly called to win a huge pot with his kings-full.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,990,000
990,000
|
990,000 |
|
||
|
1,100,000
890,000
|
890,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
"What do you have, like seven?" Jamil Wakil asked chip leader Enrico Coppola. "Wow, what a hand. Holy shit. You can go back to sleep, let us play poker," Wakil added, still stunned over Coppola's bustout of Andreas Goeller.
Coppola then raised to 105,000 on the button and Manuel Cortada three-bet to 525,000 in the small blind. Coppola quickly folded.
The next hand, Cortada opened to 100,000 on the button and Wakil moved all in. Kestutis Junevicius took a minute before folding, while Cortada also gave up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000,000
14,440,000
|
14,440,000 |
|
|
7,100,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
800,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
