€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

21 hours 9 minutes ago

Jorstad Picks Up Aces, Mamut Eliminated

Stewart Morrison

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Espen Jorstad raised to 1,200 from under the gun, which Paco Kaplan called, one seat to his left. When the action folded to Nikolai Mamut in the small blind, he moved all in for 2,300. With the action reopened, Jorstad four-bet to 5,600, which forced Kaplan out.

Nikolai Mamut: K♥3♥ All in
Espen Jorstad: A♠A♣

The 4♥4♣4♦ flop left Mamut needing a miracle, and the deck was unforthcoming as the 2♥ turn and 2♠ river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	127,100 5,700	5,700

Paco Kaplan	31,800 31,800	31,800
Nikolai Mamut	Busted

Tags: Espen Jorstad Nikolai Mamut Paco Kaplan

21 hours 20 minutes ago

Fazil Doubles With Just Five-High

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Stewart Morrison

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The action was joined as Markus Fazil was all-in and at risk versus Rokas Asipauskas. The flop was already face up, showing 6♥6♠9♥, as the players revealed their cards.

Markus Fazil: 5♠5♥ All in
Rokas Asipauskas: 2♠2♣

The 3♣ turn and 9♦ river left both players playing the two pair on the board.

Critically, Fazil's five-high kicker was enough to claim the pot. Asipauskas, as a result, was left nursing a very short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Fazil	39,500 39,500	39,500
Rokas Asipauskas	2,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Markus Fazil Rokas Asipauskas

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

21 hours 29 minutes ago

Risco Hits the Rail

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Seeing a raise ahead of him, Sebastian Risco moved his stack of roughly 14,000 into the middle from the button. Alexey Logachev followed suit in the small blind, moving all in for 39,700. The original raiser folded, and the players flipped their cards face up.

Sebastian Risco: 9♠9♥ All in
Alexey Logachev: J♣J♥

The K♠3♥4♦10♣3♠ runout was no help to Risco, who took his leave from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Logachev	53,300 200	200
Sebastian Risco	Busted

Tags: Alexey Logachev Sebastian Risco

21 hours 31 minutes ago

PokerStars Revamps Power Path With New $530 Bronze Pass

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Sandra Barbour

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

PokerStars has rolled out a major update to its Power Path qualification system, introducing a brand-new $530 Bronze Power Pass as part of a restructure designed to smooth out progression between buy-in levels.

The changes, which came into effect on April 27, leave the upper echelons of Power Path unchanged with the $10,300 Gold Pass and $2,500 Silver Pass both remaining in place, while the main adjustments come further down the ladder, where PokerStars has reshaped its Bronze tier and added a new entry point for lower-stakes players.

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21 hours 38 minutes ago

Recent Casualties

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Brzezinski	Busted

Kelvin Kerber	Busted
Derk Van Luijk	Busted

Matheus Machado	Busted
Boris Kolev	Busted
Oliver Bosch	Busted
Giuseppi Petti	Busted
Maxime Manzone	Busted
Miroslav Alilovic	Busted
Mohammad Ghaffari	Busted
Evgenii Sboev	Busted
Valentin Imperatore	Busted

21 hours 48 minutes ago

Romanello Fills Up on River to Survive

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The action was joined as big blind Roberto Romanello committed his remaining 15,900 into the middle on a J♣J♦6♦9♠ board, and Sebastian Risco, playing from the cutoff, had him at risk.

Roberto Romanello: Jx8x All in
Sebastian Risco: 6x6x

Risco had flopped a full house, but the board-pairing 9♥ river improved Romanello to a better boat, giving him a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Romanello	40,700 25,700	25,700

Sebastian Risco	14,600 14,600	14,600

Tags: Roberto Romanello Sebastian Risco

21 hours 57 minutes ago

Schemion's Squeeze Poorly Timed

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Przemyslaw Cebrat opened to 1,000 from under the gun, which collected calls from both the button and the small blind. The action was then on Ole Schemion in the big blind, who saw an opportunity, as he moved all in for 12,000. Cebrat responded by moving all in as well, prompting both callers to fold.

Ole Schemion: A♦J♠ All in
Przemyslaw Cebrat: A♠Q♥

The 10♦8♣8♠ flop brought some hope of a chopped pot for Schemion, but the 5♣ turn and 9♥ river were unforthcoming, seeing him eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Przemyslaw Cebrat	49,000 49,000	49,000
Ole Schemion	Busted

Tags: Ole Schemion Przemyslaw Cebrat

22 hours 9 minutes ago

Parrinello Falls to Big Slick

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Seeing a raise from Ruben Gravlien ahead of him, Sergio Parrinello moved his stack of roughly 13,500 into the middle. The action folded back to Gravlien, who made the call.

Sergio Parrinello: K♠Q♥ All in
Ruben Gravlien: A♠K♣

Parrinello found himself in a dire situation, and was unable to find a way out of it, as the board ran out 8♥4♣10♥8♣6♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Gravlien	49,500 49,500	49,500
Sergio Parrinello	Busted

Tags: Ruben Gravlien Sergio Parrinello

22 hours 19 minutes ago

A Selection of Big Stacks and Notables

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ettore Ricci	130,200 130,200	130,200
Espen Jorstad	121,400 6,500	6,500

Chafe Wang	109,100 109,100	109,100
William Hani	98,200 98,200	98,200
Alexandre Doyer	95,000 95,000	95,000
Ghassan El-Hoss	95,000 95,000	95,000
Leonardo Pires	90,500 90,500	90,500
Enrico Coppola	90,000 60,000	60,000
Alon Huberman	90,000 30,000	30,000
Adrian Ruano	85,300 85,300	85,300
David Benichou	83,400 46,400	46,400
Christopher Putz	83,400 23,400	23,400
Elias Hernandez	80,000 80,000	80,000
Dimitar Danchev	74,500 27,800	27,800

Conor O'Driscoll	73,600 43,600	43,600
Thomas Eychenne	70,900 17,300	17,300

Juha Helppi	69,400 36,700	36,700
Ramon Colillas	63,000 33,000	33,000
Zdenek Zizka	62,000 3,000	3,000
Jamil Wakil	60,500 60,500	60,500
Ravi Sheth	57,000 10,000	10,000
Joao Vieira	56,500 26,500	26,500
Julien Sitbon	56,100 1,900	1,900
Conor Bergin	54,000 54,000	54,000
Rania Nasreddine	52,500 1,800	1,800

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