€5,300 Main Event | 2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

4 hours 18 minutes ago

Wang Scoops in Another

Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Boris Pesic opened to 3,000 from under the gun and faced a three-bet to 9,000 from Yuhan Wang in the cutoff. The action folded back to Pesic, who called.

Both players checked on the connected 10♦7♦9♣ flop, and the dealer added the 8♦ turn to the board.

Pesic took over the betting lead with a bet of 6,000, but Wang took the opportunity to raise, putting 18,000 into the middle.

After a brief moment's thought, Pesic released his cards back to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuhan Wang	208,000 87,000	87,000
Boris Pesic	110,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Boris Pesic Yuhan Wang

4 hours 18 minutes ago

Kuznetsov on Piles After Annihilating Armougom's Stack; Jorstad Loses Last Chips

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With around 13,000 in the pot on a heads-up A♣K♠10♠ flop, Jimmy Armougom had made it 15,000 to go, and Nikita Kuznetsov moved all in. Armougom debated for a while before calling off his stack of 105,000, being covered by his opponent.

Jimmy Armougom: A♠10♦ All in
Nikita Kuznetsov: A♥A♦

The J♠ turn brought Armougom flush outs as well as some opportunities for a chop, but the 8♥ river bricked off to decide the massive pot in Kuznetsov's favor.

Not much later, Espen Jorstad moved in his last 15,000 or so from the big blind and was called by Oshri Lahmani in the cutoff.

Espen Jorstad: A♦J♣ All in
Oshri Lahmani: A♥K♥

Jorstad needed to hit a gutshot after the K♠10♣9♠ flop, but it was not to be as the 4♣6♦ runout remained clean for Lahmani.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	420,000 284,500	284,500
Oshri Lahmani	161,000 56,000	56,000
Espen Jorstad	Busted

Jimmy Armougom	Busted

Tags: Espen Jorstad Jimmy Armougom Nikita Kuznetsov Oshri Lahmani

4 hours 27 minutes ago

PokerStars' Gutierrez Among Latest Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Gutierrez	Busted

Dejan Kaladjurdjevic	Busted
Hrayr Grigoryan	Busted
Chaofei Wang	Busted
Patrick Brusco	Busted
Umberto Ruggeri	Busted
Siarhei Ahapau	Busted
Adrian Jimenez	Busted
Liangce Ni	Busted
Vitalijs Korhs	Busted
Georges Zeina	Busted
Mathieu Goncalves	Busted
Maria Lampropulos	Busted
Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted
Juan Pardo	Busted
Amerigo Santoro	Busted
Aiguo Xu	Busted
Danilo Donnini	Busted
Tom Vogelsang	Busted
Jamie Flynn	Busted
John Post	Busted
Efim Dorfman	Busted
Sergei Petrushevskii	Busted

4 hours 30 minutes ago

Shevliakov Gives Up After Turn Three-Bet

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Defending champion Aleksandr Shevliakov and start-of-day chip leader Paraskevas Tsokaridis were in a blind-on-blind battle. With 13,500 in the pot, they
arrived on the K♥Q♥8♠6♦ turn.

Shevliakov bet 4,000, which Tsokaridis raised to 15,500. Shevliakov then three-bet to 33,000, and Tsokaridis called. Shevliakov checked once the A♣ fell on the river, prompting Tsokaridis to put his opponent all-in for 47,500.

Shevliakov did not take long before mucking his cards, and Tsokaridis soared across the 400,000-mark by winning the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	425,000 41,000	41,000

Aleksandr Shevliakov	47,500 56,500	56,500

Tags: Aleksandr Shevliakov Paraskevas Tsokaridis

4 hours 31 minutes ago

Buttner Oversight Leads to Double Knockout

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Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Georges Zeina limped in from early position, and when action folded to Vitalijs Korhs on the button, he moved all in for 13,500. Alan Buttner called in the big blind, and Zeina stuck around too.

The dealer spread a 10♣Q♦9♥ flop, which saw Buttner check, and Zeina bet 38,500, leaving just 1,500 behind. Buttner called.

The action checked through on the 9♦ turn, and the 8♣ river completed the board.

Buttner moved all in, covering the 1,500 in Zeina's stack, who called.

Korhs flipped over A♣4♦, and Zeina flipped over two pair with K♣Q♣. However, neither player could beat the straight of Buttner, who revealed his J♠6♣.

Buttner let the table know that he hadn't seen Zeina limp in and thought he was closing the action when he called the all-in preflop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Buttner	135,000 60,000	60,000
Georges Zeina	Busted
Vitalijs Korhs	Busted

Tags: Alan Buttner Georges Zeina Vitalijs Korhs

4 hours 38 minutes ago

Counted Stacks

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Sheth	262,000 71,000	71,000
Juha Helppi	200,000 11,500	11,500
Will Kassouf	160,000 7,000	7,000
Cedric Schwaederle	160,000 48,000	48,000
Natan Chauskin	145,000 73,500	73,500
Conor O'Driscoll	120,000 78,500	78,500
Keith Johnson	112,500 6,500	6,500
Armin Seyfi	110,000 13,000	13,000
Lorenzo Franco	105,000 24,500	24,500
Gerard Carbo	82,000 11,500	11,500
Zdenek Zizka	80,000 27,500	27,500
Khossein Kokhestani	60,000 13,000	13,000
Henry Strasser	55,000 12,500	12,500
Samantha Abernathy	47,000 13,000	13,000
Davidi Kitai	35,000 5,000	5,000

Tom Vogelsang	30,000 18,000	18,000

4 hours 44 minutes ago

Wang Holds to Eliminate Tabibzadeh

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Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Axel Bayout raised to 3,000 in the cutoff, and Seyed Tabibzadeh called in the small blind. Next to act, in the big blind, Yuhan Wang three-bet to 12,000, which both players called.

The dealer spread a J♦K♠A♦ flop, which Tabibzadeh seemed to like, as he moved all in for 21,000. Wang called, and Bayout folded.

Seyed Tabibzadeh: Q♥J♥ All in
Yuhan Wang: A♣3♦

Tabibzadeh had a pair and a straight draw, but was unable to improve versus the top pair of Wang, as the 8♦ turn and 2♣ river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuhan Wang	121,000 91,000	91,000
Axel Bayout	79,000 23,000	23,000
Seyed Tabibzadeh	Busted

Tags: Axel Bayout Seyed Tabibzadeh Yuhan Wang

4 hours 50 minutes ago

Maue Doubles in Big Flip

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

2023 EPT Monte-Carlo runner-up Leonard Maue got his above-average stack of 108,500 in from the cutoff, being put at risk by Maxime Manzone in early position.

Leonard Maue: A♥K♥ All in
Maxime Manzone: Q♥Q♦

Manzone's queens remained ahead on the 9♠5♥4♣3♦ flop and turn, but Maue made a straight on the 2♣ river to scoop the pot and double up.

Manzone was left with eight big blinds, which he lost not much later to be eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonard Maue	221,500 130,500	130,500
Maxime Manzone	Busted

Tags: Leonard Maue Maxime Manzone

4 hours 57 minutes ago

Nguyen Latest to Fall

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Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Arriving as Christopher Nguyen's stack was being pushed across the table to Alan Buttner, the high-roller regular had put his stack in the middle versus ace-king, holding an inferior ace-high.

Buttner's hand remained best as the dealer spread a low board, and Nguyen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Buttner	75,000 38,500	38,500
Christopher Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Alan Buttner Christopher Nguyen's

5 hours 1 minute ago

Moragues Turns Chop Into Winner

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Small blind Joan Moragues and Andrej Tekel on the button were heads up on the 9♠10♥J♥K♠ turn. With 38,500 in the pot, Moragues checked it over to Tekel. Tekel then bet 22,000, and Moragues called.

After a bit of thought, Moragues checked the 7♥ river as well. Tekel quickly moved all in, and Moragues snap-called for his stack of 45,500.

Tekel turned over Q♦8♠ for a straight, but Moragues had rivered a flush with his Q♥9♥ and was awarded a sizable double-up. Tekel, meanwhile, was left with about 15 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joan Moragues	173,500 104,000	104,000
Julien Sitbon	34,000 50,500	50,500
Andrej Tekel	23,000 81,000	81,000

Tags: Andrej Tekel Joan Moragues