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

1 day 1 hour ago

Braunhofer Holds to Survive

Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

With roughly 4,000 already in the pot, and a 5♦K♣5♣10♦ board dealt to a turn, Roberto Romanello had Manuel Braunhofer all in and at risk for his remaining 3,300 stack.

Manuel Braunhofer: Q♣10♣ All in
Roberto Romanello: Q♦9♦

The river 10♠ only served to improve Braunhofer to a full house, providing him a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Romanello	35,000

Manuel Braunhofer	10,500

Tags: Manuel Braunhofer Roberto Romanello

1 day 1 hour ago

Bad Beat Sees Montalban Eliminated

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Manel Montalban manoeuvred his roughly 18,000 stack into the middle preflop versus Alexey Logachev, in a hijack versus small blind confrontation.

Manel Montalban: K♠K♦ All in
Alexey Logachev: J♠J♣

The 6♣8♦J♥ flop was bad news for Montalban, as Logachev leapfrogged into the lead with a set.

There was no turnaround in fortunes, as the 5♠ turn and 9♦ river completed the board, and Montalban was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Logachev	53,500 17,600	17,600
Manel Montalban	Busted

Tags: Alexey Logachev Manel Montalban

1 day 1 hour ago

Grieco Getting Involved

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

In the first hand back from the break, Nicola Grieco was facing a raise to 600 from the player under the gun. Grieco responded with a three-bet all-in for 11,500, and everybody folded.

The very next hand, David Benichou opened to 1,600, which only Grieco called.

Benichou opted to check on the 6♥A♠A♦ flop, but sprang his trap when he check-raised all in over Grieco's bet of 2,000. Grieco folded.

The dealer shuffled the cards and dealt another hand. Once again, Grieco got involved.

With a limp ahead of him, Grieco raised to 2,300 before calling a three-bet to 5,100 from Javier Rodriguez. The rest of the table, including the limper, folded.

The monotone 7♠9♠10♠ flop saw Grieco surrender another pot, as he folded to a continuation bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benichou	37,000 18,000	18,000
Javier Rodriguez	29,000 29,000	29,000

Nicola Grieco	8,900 8,900	8,900

Tags: David Benichou Javier Rodriguez Nicola Grieco

1 day 1 hour ago

Biggest and Notable Stacks

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Angelakos	80,000 80,000	80,000
Cedric Schwaederle	71,800 71,800	71,800
Georgios Vrakas	70,000 70,000	70,000
Pedro Rodrigues	66,000 66,000	66,000
Zdenek Zizka	65,000 35,000	35,000
Georges Zeina	64,300 64,300	64,300
Simeon Spasov	61,400 31,400	31,400
Andreas Goeller	61,200 61,200	61,200
Mohammad Ghaffari	61,000 61,000	61,000
Alon Huberman	60,000 60,000	60,000
Christopher Putz	60,000 30,000	30,000
Julien Sitbon	58,000 1,500	1,500
Roger Bach	56,500 56,500	56,500
David Benichou	55,000 55,000	55,000
Thomas Eychenne	53,600 7,100	7,100

Rania Nasreddine	50,700 20,700	20,700
Ravi Sheth	47,000 3,200	3,200
Dimitar Danchev	46,700 16,700	16,700

Boris Kolev	44,800 14,800	14,800
Manig Loeser	41,400 11,400	11,400

Jon Vallinas	38,000 8,000	8,000
Espen Jorstad	37,000 7,000	7,000

Juha Helppi	32,700 2,700	2,700
Antoine Labat	31,400 1,400	1,400
Toni Kaukua	31,200 1,200	1,200

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Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

1 day 1 hour ago

PokerStars Marks 25 Years with Massive $50M Anniversary Series

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Sandra Barbour

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

PokerStars is turning 25, and they aren't blowing out the candles quietly. The online poker giant has announced a month-long Anniversary Series running from May 10 to June 3, 2026, boasting a staggering $50 million in total guarantees.

The festival serves as a dual celebration, also marking the 15th anniversary of the Sunday Storm, one of the most iconic low-stakes tournaments in poker history.

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1 day 1 hour ago

Break Time

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The remaining players are taking their first 15-minute break of the day.

1 day 2 hours ago

Warp Speed

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

When the action folded to Manuel Braunhofer in the small blind, he raised to 800. Alexey Logachev wasted little time in three-betting to 2,600 from the big blind, which Braunhofer called.

Braunhofer checked on the 2♥3♦4♦, and with zero hesitation, Logachev immediately announced a bet of 3,000. Again, Braunhofer called.

The dealer added the 7♥ turn to the board, and when Braunhofer checked for a second time, Logachev continued the quick action and announced a bet of 10,000, enough to put Braunhofer all in.

Braunhofer folded, and Logachev flipped over A♠4♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Logachev	35,900 35,900	35,900
Manuel Braunhofer	9,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Alexey Logachev Manuel Braunhofer

1 day 2 hours ago

Big Hitters Join the Field

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	30,000

Kelvin Kerber	30,000
Enrico Coppola	30,000
Dimitar Danchev	30,000

Dietrich Fast	30,000
Manig Loeser	30,000

Nikolai Mamut	30,000
Fahredin Mustafov	30,000
Paul Newey	30,000
Conor O'Driscoll	30,000
Derk Van Luijk	30,000

1 day 2 hours ago

River Bet Does the Job

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The action was joined with roughly 7,500 already in the middle, and three players heading to a flop.

Seeing the 2♠6♣3♦, Jesus Hervas checked from under the gun, and Maria Konnikova followed suit one seat to his left. Julijan Ivanc responded with a bet of 2,200 on the button, which only Hervas called.

Both players checked on the J♦ turn, and the 6♥ river completed the board.

Hervas took his time in deciding how best to proceed, ultimately placing a bet of 7,500. Ivanc took a similar amount of time to make his own decision, before deciding to return his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesus Hervas	35,400 35,400	35,400
Maria Konnikova	33,500 3,500	3,500

Julijan Ivanc	21,800 21,800	21,800

Tags: Jesus Hervas Julijan Ivanc Maria Konnikova