2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

Day: 1a
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Event Info
2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€3,492,000
Total Entries
720
Players Left
440
Average Chip Stack
49,091
Total Chips
21,600,000
Level Info
Level
3
Blinds
100 / 300
Ante
300
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
374
Players Left
111
Players Left 440 / 720
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Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Cotescu Flips Best to Survive

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The action was joined as Sandra Cotescu had put her stack into the middle, and was at risk versus Mihai Niste.

Sandra Cotescu: 88 All in
Mihai Niste: AK

The deck favored Cotescu on this occasion, as the 96344 board left Niste's hand unimproved, earning Costescu a double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
54,500
15,100
15,100
Profile photo of Sandra Cotescu ro
Sandra Cotescu
14,100
14,100
14,100

Tags: Mihai NisteSandra Cotescu

Onisiforou Holds to Double

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Roeland Peeks raised from middle position before facing an all-in of 10,300 from Giorgos Onisiforou on the button. The action folded back to Peeks, who called.

Onisiforou Giorgos: AJ All in
Roeland Peeks: K6

Onisiforou improved to top pair on the A75 flop, and had the pot wrapped up on the J turn.

The inconsequential 4 completed the board, and Onisiforou survived.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Roeland Peeks nl
Roeland Peeks
128,000
78,300
78,300
Profile photo of Giorgos Onisiforou cy
Giorgos Onisiforou
23,600
23,600
23,600

Tags: Giorgos OnisiforouRoeland Peeks

Pradervand Shoves on Lin

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The action folded to Francois Pradervand in the cutoff, who opened to 2,400. Next to act, Jun Lin three-bet to 7,200. The players in the blinds folded, but Pradervand opted to move the rest of his stack into the middle, shoving for 57,300.

Lin took his time to contemplate how to respond, and after a few moments, returned his cards to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jun Lin cn
Jun Lin
135,000
101,400
101,400
Profile photo of Francois Pradervand ch
Francois Pradervand
67,500
67,500
67,500

Tags: Francois PradervandJun Lin

Zabrodotskyi Exercises Big Stack

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Yurii Zabrodotskyi opened to 2,500 on the button, which only Alexander Timokhin called in the big blind.

Timokhin hung around on the 32Q flop, check-calling a bet of 2,000, but when Zabrodotskyi continued for 10,500 on the J turn, Timokhin wasted no time at all in folding.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yurii Zabrodotskyi ua
Yurii Zabrodotskyi
136,000
136,000
136,000
Profile photo of Alexander Timokhin gb
Alexander Timokhin
37,500
37,500
37,500

Tags: Alexander TimokhinYurii Zabrodotskyi

Biggest Stacks Going into Final Two Levels

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nicola Diaco it
Nicola Diaco
346,500
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of Mehdi Chaoui ma
Mehdi Chaoui
261,500
231,500
231,500
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Florian Ribouchon fr
Florian Ribouchon
210,000
34,500
34,500
Profile photo of Fabrice Maltez fr
Fabrice Maltez
170,800
170,800
170,800
Profile photo of Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
167,000
22,000
22,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
160,000
105,000
105,000
Profile photo of Jose Malpelli fr
Jose Malpelli
156,700
47,700
47,700
Profile photo of Espen Jorstad no
Espen Jorstad
152,500
5,500
5,500
GTO Wizard
Run It Once
Profile photo of Xiang Yao cn
Xiang Yao
150,500
150,500
150,500
Profile photo of Pieter de Necker za
Pieter de Necker
141,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Hamza Nasir gb
Hamza Nasir
141,000
23,800
23,800
Profile photo of Chad Lipton us
Chad Lipton
140,000
140,000
140,000
Profile photo of Elias Hernandez es
Elias Hernandez
134,500
41,500
41,500
Profile photo of Laurent Polito fr
Laurent Polito
134,200
134,200
134,200
Profile photo of Zdenek Zizka cz
Zdenek Zizka
131,000
21,000
21,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Juicy Sunday Tournaments are Back with PokerStars on FanDuel in the United States

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
PokerStars, FanDuel
PokerStars, FanDuel

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