button in SafariEPT Monte-Carlo Main Event Returns In The Money, as Day 3 Gets Underway at Noon
Returning to the €5,300 Main Event at Sporting Monte-Carlo, the 151 surviving players from Day 2 will have slept a little easier, knowing they had each locked up a minimum payout of €9,200 after navigating the bubble and making it into the money.
With that milestone secured, attention now turns from survival to accumulation, as players look to build stacks capable of going the distance and competing for the €825,000 top prize and the coveted Golden Shard trophy at the Monte Carlo leg of the PokerStars European Poker Tour.
Already ahead of the curve, Rodrigo Selouan leads the star-studded field into Day 3, having amassed a 933,000 stack across the opening two days.
Also beginning the day with a top-ten stack, Day 1a chip leader Mehdi Chaoui has been ever-present at the top of the leaderboard and will return with 532,000, good for 133 big blinds.
Loitering just behind the leading group, accomplished pros Leonard Maue (432,000) and Bernhard Binder (411,000) also remain well in contention heading into Day 3.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodrigo Selouan | Brazil | 933,000 | 233 |
| 2 | Raul Mestre | Spain | 868,000 | 217 |
| 3 | Stanislav Anufriiev | Ukraine | 574,000 | 144 |
| 4 | Oshri Lahmani | Israel | 562,000 | 141 |
| 5 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 532,000 | 133 |
| 6 | Eduard Litskan | Ukraine | 529,000 | 132 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Franco | Spain | 523,000 | 131 |
| 8 | Muhyedine Fares | Senegal | 494,000 | 124 |
| 9 | Leonardo Pires | Brazil | 486,000 | 122 |
| 10 | Xavier Cortazar | Andorra | 463,000 | 116 |
Further down the leaderboard, there is no shortage of firepower. Poker heavyweights Ben Heath (293,000), Benny Glaser (266,000), Juha Helppi (222,000), Boris Kolev (211,000), Enrico Camosci (197,000) and Joao Vieira (123,000), will all be ready to battle once the cards are in the air.
Flying the flag for PokerStars Team Pro when play begins, Raul Mestre (868,000), David Lappin (99,000) and Maria Konnikova (77,000), also advanced to Day 3.
Kicking off at 12:00 p.m. local time, Day 3 will play out the remaining 62 minutes of Level 15 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and a 4,000 big blind ante, before playing through four more 90-minute levels.
There will be a short break after each level, with no current plans for an extended break for dinner.
All surviving players will bag and advance to Day 4, one step closer to the title, the trophy, and the €825,000 first-place prize.
Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €825,000 | 16-17 | €37,200 |
| 2 | €515,000 | 18-20 | €32,350 |
| 3 | €368,750 | 21-23 | €28,150 |
| 4 | €283,550 | 24-27 | €24,450 |
| 5 | €218,300 | 28-31 | €21,300 |
| 6 | €167,850 | 32-39 | €18,500 |
| 7 | €129,050 | 40-55 | €16,100 |
| 8 | €99,450 | 56-71 | €13,950 |
| 9 | €76,500 | 72-95 | €12,150 |
| 10-11 | €61,700 | 96-119 | €10,600 |
| 12-13 | €51,400 | 120-151 | €9,200 |
| 14-15 | €42,800 |
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