2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,903,350
Total Entries
1,011
Players Left
17
Average Chip Stack
1,784,118
Total Chips
30,330,000
Next Payout
Place 17
€37,200
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
48
Players Left
20
Players Left 17 / 1,011

Doubles for Short Stacks Shmakov and Blaison

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Andrei Shmakov got his 146,000 in preflop from the big blind against Vid Zagar in the small blind, and was at risk.

Andrei Shmakov: K10 All in
Vid Zagar: A6

Shmakov paired up on the K74 flop to take the lead. Zagar turned extra outs on the 5, but the 2 river remained clean for Shmakov to double up.

Shortly after, Hugo Blaison moved in his 138,000 from the hijack. It folded to Derk van Luijk in the big blind, who called.

Hugo Blaison: A7 All in
Derk van Luijk: KQ

Blaison locked up the pot by making two pair on the 672A turn, and he raked in the chips as soon as the meaningless Q river hit the felt.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Derk van Luijk nl
Derk van Luijk
605,000
88,000
88,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andrei Shmakov
Andrei Shmakov
304,000
146,000
146,000
Profile photo of Hugo Blaison fr
Hugo Blaison
294,000
190,000
190,000
Profile photo of Vid Zagar si
Vid Zagar
70,000
170,000
170,000

Tags: Andrei ShmakovDerk van LuijkHugo BlaisonVan LuijkVid Zagar