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

19 hours 29 minutes ago

Konnikova Puts Padilha in Tank

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action was picked up on the Q♠2♦9♠Q♥ turn. With a sizable pot of 35,000 in the middle, Pedro Padilha checked from the hijack. Maria Konnikova followed suit in the cutoff, after which the J♣ appeared as the river.

Padilha checked again, prompting Konnikova to fire a massive bet of 46,000, covering Padilha's remaining chips. Padilha thought it over for a while before he decided to preserve his 54 big blinds by mucking his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	130,500 40,500	40,500

Pedro Padilha	43,500

Tags: Maria Konnikova Pedro Padilha

19 hours 34 minutes ago

Wood Eliminated First Hand Back

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In the first hand dealt following the dinner break, Paul Wood moved all in for 5,000, first to act. The action folded to Duane Mitchell in the big blind, who shrugged and called.

Paul Wood: K♣Q♦ All in
Duane Mitchell: Q♥6♥

The window card saw the roles reversed on the 6♣7♦8♥ flop, and Wood was unable to recover as the 8♣ turn and A♣ river sealed his fate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duane Mitchell	43,500 8,400	8,400
Paul Wood	Busted

Tags: Duane Mitchell Paul Wood

19 hours 39 minutes ago

Dinner Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	283,500 193,000	193,000

Taran Parmar	200,000
Jorge Ufano Pardo	166,000 118,300	118,300
Amirouche Zekhmi	160,000 160,000	160,000
Rodrigo Selouan	154,800 56,800	56,800
Osman Aksu	140,000 20,000	20,000
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	133,000 34,000	34,000

Jose Valls	129,000 50,400	50,400
Maxime Rouja	124,000 124,000	124,000
Mohamed-Said Taghla	120,000 48,000	48,000
Conor O'Driscoll	116,300 61,300	61,300
Igor Pihela	108,500 53,500	53,500
Blaz Zerjav	106,800 56,800	56,800
Anton Kraous	102,600 19,300	19,300
Stanislav Anufriiev	102,400 1,400	1,400
David Lappin	101,000 27,500	27,500

Elvis Petcu	100,500 47,500	47,500
Hossein Ensan	97,000 34,500	34,500

Jason Wheeler	96,700 65,800	65,800
Alper Gocer	96,500 6,500	6,500
Robbie Bull	95,300 56,300	56,300
Paul Newey	82,900 11,900	11,900
Vicente Delgado	82,800 27,300	27,300
Ioannis Poullos	82,600 37,900	37,900
Yulian Bogdanov	80,900 39,700	39,700

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

20 hours 39 minutes ago

UNCUT: Maurice Hawkins FIRES BACK Over Bankruptcy Controversy | PokerNews Podcast #960

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In the 960th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by Maurice Hawkins, who finally took them up on their long-standing offer to come on the show and share his side of the story.

Maurice discusses his recent Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings, his dealings with Randy Garcia, and why he feels unjustly targeted. The 24-time WSOP Circuit ring winner also touches upon the situation with Denise Pratt, his backing situation with Cody Stanford, family obligations, and much more.

Things became heated at times over the course of the 40-minute uncut interview, but it marks the first time Maurice has come on the PokerNews Podcast to discuss the various allegations and judgment against him.

Find out all about those stories and more in this week's episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and be sure to check out the audio version of the PokerNews Podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.

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20 hours 56 minutes ago

Dinner Time

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The 320 remaining players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break.

The EPT Monte Carlo Main Event will resume around 7:55 p.m. local time.

21 hours 1 minute ago

Rosadoni Doubles Before Dinner

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Stewart Morrison

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

As the dinner break neared, Giovanni Rosadoni maneuvered his stack of 17,900 into the middle from the button and was at risk versus Linage Ni in the big blind.

Giovanni Rosadoni: 9♥9♦ All in
Linage Ni: A♠K♥

The low 3♠4♥6♥4♠8♦ caused no harm to Rosadoni's pocket pair, seeing it hold firm, earning him a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linage Ni	46,500 46,500	46,500
Giovanni Rosadoni	36,700 36,700	36,700

Tags: Giovanni Rosadoni Linage Ni

21 hours 3 minutes ago

Aksu Cracks Kings to Climb Back to Six Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a blind-on-blind battle, Osman Aksu and Eric Sfez got their chips in the middle preflop, with Sfez being at risk for his stack of 37,000.

Eric Sfez: K♥K♦ All in
Osman Aksu: A♠K♣

The 9♦6♦4♠ flop remained safe for Sfez, but Aksu celebrated as the A♣ turn left his opponent with one out. The final king did not reveal itself on the 6♥ river, and Sfez took a picture of his unfortunate exit before he left for an early dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Osman Aksu	120,000 20,000	20,000
Eric Sfez	Busted

Tags: Eric Sfez Osman Aksu

21 hours 15 minutes ago

Entries and Exits

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Natan Chauskin	30,000
Tom Middleton	30,000

Luke Schwartz	30,000
Dario Sammartino	Busted
Gerard Rubiralta	Busted
Grzegorz Kozieja	Busted
David Riera	Busted
Umberto Ruggeri	Busted
Davidi Kitai	Busted

Lars Kamphues	Busted
Ramiro Petrone	Busted
Walter Treccarichi	Busted
Nacho Barbero	Busted
Alexandre Bermon	Busted

21 hours 19 minutes ago

River Provides Sour Exit for Shomron

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Amir Shomron was all in for roughly 12,500 in the big blind, and had been looked up by Thomas Rauhut under the gun.

Amir Shomron: K♠K♥ All in
Thomas Rauhut: 10♠10♦

Shomron's kings remained in the lead on the J♥3♥2♠ flop and J♦ turn, but the river brought the disastrous 10♣, upgrading Rauhut to a full house and spelling the end of Shomron's second and final bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Rauhut	47,000
Amir Shomron	Busted

Tags: Amir Shomron Thomas Rauhut