2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7♥5♥
Prize
€825,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,903,350
Total Entries
1,011
Places Paid
151
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
586
Players Left
177
Players Left 1 / 1,011

Kuznetsov Surging Early

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Nikita Kuznetsov
Nikita Kuznetsov

Three-way to the Q♠10♣10♥ flop, Nikita Kuznetsov bet 300 under the gun, which Matthew Micallef raised to 1,100 in the cutoff. The third player quickly moved out of the way, but Kuznetsov stuck around with a call.

After the 2♠ turn was checked through, Kuznetsov fired 1,300 on the 3♦ river. Micallef surrendered the pot by mucking his cards.

A short time later, Kuznetsov was in the big blind and, with about 18,000 in the pot, made it 5,000 to go on the A♣Q♦J♦4♦5♠ river.

His opponent was Jack Edjourian in the cutoff, who weighed his options for a while before letting go of his hand.

Tags: Jack EdjourianMatthew MicallefNikita Kuznetsov