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

1 day 2 hours ago

Bartolome Back In, Eychenne Building

Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Pedro Bartolome bought back in, having recently been eliminated, and got straight back into the action with a raise to 400 from early position. Thomas Eychenne was the only player who called, defending his big blind.

Eychenne check-called a bet of 600 on the 7♥K♣A♥, but when Bartolome saw no reason to slow down on the Q♦ turn, Eychenne check-folded to another bet of 1,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	46,500 16,500	16,500

Pedro Bartolome	28,400 28,400	28,400

Tags: Pedro Bartolome Thomas Eychenne

1 day 2 hours ago

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Sandra Barbour

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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1 day 2 hours ago

Recent Eliminations

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benoit Albiges	Busted
Pedro Bartolome	Busted
Osman Aksu	Busted
Peter Trebillod	Busted

1 day 2 hours ago

Sheth Tables Winner with Ace-High

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In the final hand of the previous level, Ravi Sheth opened to 400 from middle position. Action folded to Jun Lin on the button, who three-bet to 1,200, which Sheth called.

The dealer spread a Q♥7♠10♣ flop, on which Sheth check-called a continuation bet of 1,000.

Sheth check-called again on the 4♣ turn, this time matching a bet of 3,000 from Lin.

When Sheth checked for a third time on the 10♦ river, Lin waved the white flag.

Sheth flipped over A♣J♦ for ace-high, and Lin mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ravi Sheth	43,800 13,800	13,800
Jun Lin	33,600 33,600	33,600

Tags: Jun Lin Ravi Sheth

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

1 day 3 hours ago

Angelakos Holds, Elamawy Eliminated

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

With roughly 15,000 already in the pot, three players were on the turn of a 10♠5♣8♣J♦ board.

Dimitrios Angelakos manoeuvred his stack into the middle from the big blind, having both other players covered. Abdullah Turan folded from under the gun, but when action was on Sameh Elamawy, he confirmed the tournament allowed one reentry and then called.

Sameh Elamawy: 5♠5♦ All in
Dimitrios Angelakos: 9♥7♠

Elamawy had flopped a set, but Angelakos had snatched the lead on the straight-completing turn.

The river was the Q♣, which was no help to Elamawy, who was eliminated.

Turan then slammed his chips off of the table, claiming he folded a flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Angelakos	74,000 74,000	74,000
Abdullah Turan	24,000 24,000	24,000
Sameh Elamawy	Busted

Tags: Abdullah Turan Dimitrios Angelakos Sameh Elamawy

1 day 3 hours ago

New Faces

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Zdenek Zizka	30,000
Juha Helppi	30,000
Gerard Rubiralta	30,000
Christopher Putz	30,000
Rania Nasreddine	30,000
Boris Kolev	30,000

1 day 3 hours ago

Ladies, Ladies, Ladies...

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Matheus Machado opened the action with a raise to 300 from early position, which Franck Bartolucci opted to three-bet to 1,200 from the small blind. The big blind folded, but Machado called.

The dealer spread an aesthetically pleasing Q♣Q♥Q♦ flop, and when Bartolucci continued for 1,000, Machado folded.

The very next deal, Machado raised to 300, this time from under the gun. Artem Shaganov called from the cutoff, and the small blind came along too.

Machado continued for 300 on the A♠Q♠2♥ flop, which only Shaganov called.

Both players checked on the Q♥ turn, seeing the dealer complete the board with the Q♣.

Machado bet 400, but immediately folded when Shaganov raised to 1,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Franck Bartolucci	30,500 30,500	30,500
Matheus Machado	28,600 1,400	1,400
Artem Shaganov	28,500 28,500	28,500

Tags: Artem Shaganov Franck Bartolucci Matheus Machado

1 day 3 hours ago

Antanov First Casualty of the Day

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

The action was joined as Sergiy Antanov was all in from the big blind, having been left with just a handful of big blinds from a previous altercation. Three other players had made it to the 9♠2♦6♥ flop, but small blind Timur Sattarov thinned the field with a bet, and Antanov was heads up for his tournament life.

Sergiy Antanov: 4♠3♠ All in
Timur Sattarov: 9♥6♠

The 3♣ turn and 8♠ river had no effect, and Antanov was the first to be eliminated.

One seat to Sattarov's right, Julien Sitbon is sitting with a stack of 56,500, indicating he caused the bulk of the damage to Antanov, prior to his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	56,500 26,500	26,500
Timur Sattarov	31,500 31,500	31,500
Sergiy Antanov	Busted

Tags: Julien Sitbon Sergiy Antanov Timur Sattarov

1 day 3 hours ago

Notable Faces in the Field

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	30,000 30,000	30,000

Andrew Hulme	30,000 30,000	30,000
Toni Kaukua	30,000 30,000	30,000
Antoine Labat	30,000 30,000	30,000
Joris Ruijs	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ravi Sheth	30,000 30,000	30,000
Julien Sitbon	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tomasz Brzezinski	30,000 30,000	30,000

Ramon Colillas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jon Vallinas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Matheus Machado	30,000 30,000	30,000
Julien Dupre	30,000 30,000	30,000

Maria Konnikova	30,000 30,000	30,000

Simeon Spasov	30,000 30,000	30,000