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

22 hours 56 minutes ago

Clean Double for Xu

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Hang Xu got his 29,900 chips in preflop from the small blind and was looked up by Ramiro Petrone in the cutoff.

Hang Xu: A♥K♥ All in
Ramiro Petrone: A♦Q♠

The 4♥4♦8♦ flop brought some chop outs, but they disappeared when Xu paired his king on the K♠ turn. Petrone cut out the exact amount from his stack and paid Xu as soon as the 8♣ river had completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hang Xu	61,800
Ramiro Petrone	55,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Hang Xu Ramiro Petrone

22 hours 58 minutes ago

Angelakos Gets Bored, O'Driscoll the Beneficiary

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Conor O'Driscoll opened to 1,000 from under the gun, and when the action folded to Dimitrios Angelakos in the big blind, he moved all in for 14,900.

Unbeknownst to O'Driscoll, this was not Angelakos's first shove in recent hands, as he had recently announced to the table that he was bored.

After some deliberation, O'Driscoll called and was only then made aware by Angelakos that he had only looked at one card.

Dimitrios Angelakos: A♥6♥ All in
Conor O'Driscoll: A♣J♣

The 9♠A♠7♦2♣5♠ board was safe for O'Driscoll, who added Angelakos's stack to his own.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	55,000 25,000	25,000
Dimitrios Angelakos	Busted

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Dimitrios Angelakos

23 hours 4 minutes ago

Carvalho's Flush Survives Scary River

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Big blind Manuel Carvalho, Lars Kampues in the cutoff, and Ben Heath on the button were on a 7♦7♠10♠ flop. The action checked to Heath, who bet 900. Carvalho and Kamphues both called, and the A♠ was dealt as the turn.

Carvalho decided to lead out for 2,400. Kamphues quickly folded, but Heath stuck around and tossed in calling chips. The 10♥ river then checked to showdown, where Carvalho's K♠2♠ for a flush won him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Carvalho	52,000
Ben Heath	42,000 10,600	10,600
Lars Kamphues	24,000 3,900	3,900

Tags: Ben Heath Lars Kampues Manuel Carvalho

23 hours 10 minutes ago

Selouan Finds Aces to Stack Johnson

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The action was joined as Mitchell Johnson had manoeuvred his stack of roughly 19,000 into the middle from early position. It was big blind Rodrigo Selouan who had him at risk.

Mitchell Johnson: A♣5♣ All in
Rodrigo Selouan: A♦A♥

The 6♣3♠10♦ offered Johnson some backdoor opportunities, but the 3♥ saw the contest over, as Johnson was drawing dead.

The K♦ completed the board, and as Johnson headed away from the table, Selouan absorbed his stack into his own.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo Selouan	98,000 16,000	16,000
Mitchell Johnson	Busted

Tags: Mitchell Johnson Rodrigo Selouan

23 hours 15 minutes ago

Gocer Gets Rid of Antoniou

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

In a relatively small pot on the A♣3♣10♦6♥ turn, Andreas Antoniou got his stack of 28,000 in from under the gun and was at risk against Alper Gocer in the big blind.

Andreas Antoniou: A♠J♣ All in
Alper Gocer: A♦6♣

Gocer's two pair remained best on the 5♦ river, sending Antoniou out of the tournament. Not much later, Bruno Volkmann arrived to occupy the vacant seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alper Gocer	90,000
Bruno Volkmann	30,000
Andreas Antoniou	Busted

Tags: Alper Gocer Andreas Antoniou Bruno Volkmann

23 hours 19 minutes ago

Newest Entries and Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Umberto Ruggeri	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andras Nemeth	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	30,000 30,000	30,000
Conor O'Driscoll	30,000 30,000	30,000
Boris Angelov	30,000 30,000	30,000
Benny Glaser	30,000 30,000	30,000
Radoslav Stoyanov	Busted
Fabio Pagliarulo	Busted

23 hours 21 minutes ago

Rizov Shakes Off Melis

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Miroslav Rizov opened to 1,200 from the cutoff before calling a three-bet to 3,800 from Mario Melis on the button.

Rizov checked in flow on the monotone K♠2♠7♠ flop, and faced a bet of 2,500. After a moment's consideration, he check-raised to 8,600, which was enough to see Melis return his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miroslav Rizov	107,900 107,900	107,900
Mario Melis	25,000

Tags: Mario Melis Miroslav Rizov

23 hours 24 minutes ago

Sacchi Surges Further

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Jean Mikhael raised to 1,200 in early position. Adria Diaz called in the cutoff before Daniele Sacchi three-bet to 4,200 on the button. Mikhael then moved all in for about 15,000, folding out Diaz. Sacchi called with a covering stack.

Jean Mikhael: J♥J♦ All in
Daniele Sacchi: A♥Q♣

Mikhael stood up as the 7♦2♣Q♦ flop paired Sacchi, and he would not sit back down as the 8♥ turn and 3♥ river did not improve his pair of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Sacchi	72,500 14,200	14,200
Adria Diaz	27,000
Jean Mikhael	Busted

Tags: Adria Diaz Daniele Sacchi Jean Mikhael

23 hours 34 minutes ago

Aces Play it Safe

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The action was picked up with 6,400 in the pot and two players heading to a flop.

Khossein Kokhestani checked the action from early position over to Igaal Hanouna on the button, who bet 2,600 on the monotone 4♣Q♣5♣ flop. Kokhestani flicked in a call.

The turn 5♦ paired the board, and both players checked.

Completing the board, the J♠ saw both players check again.

Kokhestani flipped over Q♠8♣ for top pair, which was no good versus the A♠A♣ of Hanouna.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igaal Hanouna	55,400
Khossein Kokhestani	24,900

Tags: Igaal Hanouna Khossein Kokhestani

23 hours 35 minutes ago

Gorshkov Overtakes Kashino

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Andrii Gorshkov was first to act and raised to 1,000. Fabio Pagliarulo called in the cutoff, prompting Yoshiaki Kashino to squeeze in a three-bet to 3,000 on the button. Gorshkov and Pagliarulo both called, and the 3♥10♣3♣ flop was fanned.

It checked to Kashino, who continued with a bet of 5,000. Gorshkov quickly called, but Pagliarulo opted to fold and leave himself with less than eight big blinds.

The 7♣ turn then checked to the Q♦ river, where Groshkov placed a small bet of 2,200. Kashino assembled calling chips, but eventually put them down and mucked his hand instead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrii Gorshkov	52,200
Yoshiaki Kashino	43,300 8,000	8,000
Fabio Pagliarulo	3,800

Tags: Andrii Gorshkov Fabio Pagliarulo Yoshiaki Kashino