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

17 hours 37 minutes ago

Paunescu Takes From Pihela

Frank Visser

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

Igor Pihela made it 2,100 under the gun, seeing Nicolae Paunescu bump it up to 6,500 on the button.

Pihela called after some thought, after which he quickly check-called Paunescu's bets of 2,200 on the A♠6♠6♦ flop and 8,000 on the J♣ turn.

The 7♦ river was quickly checked to showdown. Pihela confidently tabled A♥8♥ for two pair, but he was outkicked by the A♦Q♥ of Paunescu and saw the chips being shipped across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Pihela	141,000 19,000	19,000
Nicolae Paunescu	80,000

Tags: Igor Pihela Nicolae Paunescu

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

17 hours 50 minutes ago

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	280,000 3,500	3,500

Alejandro Vazquez	198,500 125,000	125,000
Taran Parmar	170,000 30,000	30,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	144,000 42,000	42,000
Igor Pihela	140,000 31,500	31,500
Keith Johnson	132,000 132,000	132,000
Sylwia Studniarz	88,500 18,000	18,000
Paul Newey	84,000 1,100	1,100
Antoine Labat	74,000 30,500	30,500
Will Kassouf	62,600 33,800	33,800
Tom Fuchs	62,000 3,000	3,000
Rania Nasreddine	56,000 4,300	4,300
Romain Lewis	54,000 10,300	10,300
Ben Heath	51,000 22,600	22,600
Joris Ruijs	47,000 2,000	2,000
Samantha Abernathy	45,000 6,000	6,000
Yulian Bogdanov	40,000 40,900	40,900

Too Many Outs for Sajad, Kilennikov Doubles

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Alexandr Kilennikov moved all in for 13,600, which only Sajad Abud called in the big blind.

Alexandr Kilennikov: 9♠9♦ All in
Sajad Abud: A♥J♥

The Q♥K♥5♦ flop brought Abud a royal flush draw, but it was not to be as the board bricked out with the 6♣ turn and 8♣ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sajad Abud	81,000 81,000	81,000
Alexandr Kilennikov	28,400 28,400	28,400

Tags: Alexandr Kilennikov Sajad Abud

18 hours 4 minutes ago

Li Holds to Double Up

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

German Zafra, Teddy Clement, and Bosco Li arrived on the Q♥8♦J♥6♠ turn. With 20,000 in the pot, Zafra slid in a bet of 6,500 from the hijack. Clement called in the cutoff before Li committed his stack of 17,400 on the button.

Zafra went into the tank for a while before he mucked. Clement took some time as well, eventually flicking in a call with the covering stack.

Bosco Li: Q♣J♣ All in
Teddy Clement: K♦10♦

The Q♦ river upgraded Li to a full house, awarding him the pot as Clement was left with king-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Bartuschk	94,000 13,200	13,200
Shiina Okamoto	67,000 45,000	45,000

Bosco Li	61,300
Soraya Estrada	43,000 11,000	11,000
German Zafra	12,400
Teddy Clement	9,100

Tags: Bosco Li German Zafra Teddy Clement

18 hours 11 minutes ago

Post Takes It, Table Discusses It

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Andrea Bensaid opened the action with a raise to 1,600 from under the gun, which was met with a three-bet to 4,000 from John Post in middle position.

Marco Regonaschi then spent some time toiling over how to respond, ultimately deciding a fold was the best course of action. It seemed Rania Nasreddine had a similarly tricky decision in the big blind. After taking stock of her opponent's stack, she too chose to fold. Action was then back on Bensaid, who called.

The dealer flipped over a Q♥5♠6♦ flop, which saw Bensaid check before folding to a continuation bet of 8,000.

"I folded a strong hand," Regonaschi told the table.

"Me too," responded Nasreddine, going on to share she had folded ace-jack.

"I had ace-queen," said Regonaschi.

After which, a few of the players started discussing whether or not ace-queen was the best hand preflop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Bensaid	55,000 55,000	55,000
Rania Nasreddine	51,700 1,600	1,600
John Post	34,200 34,200	34,200
Marco Regonaschi	26,200 26,200	26,200

Tags: Andrea Bensaid John Post Marco Regonaschi Rania Nasreddine

18 hours 15 minutes ago

Valls Falls Under Six Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Arsenii Karmatckii opened his button, seeing Jose Valls three-bet to 7,600 in the small blind. Karmatckii called to the J♦6♦J♣ flop, where Valls continued for 5,500.

Karmatckii called, prompting Valls to check the 10♠ turn. Karmatckii picked up the initiative with a bet of 8,500, winning him the pot as Valls let go of his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo Selouan	143,500 11,300	11,300
Jose Valls	95,000 34,000	34,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	64,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Arsenii Karmatckii Jose Valls

18 hours 22 minutes ago

Entries, Reentries and Exits

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	30,000 30,000	30,000
Byron Kaverman	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kully Sidhu	30,000
Luke Schwartz	30,000
Sebastian Malec	Busted

Bekzod Arapov	Busted
Andras Nemeth	Busted
Manig Loeser	Busted

Tom Middleton	Busted

Kenny Hallaert	Busted