€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

19 hours 4 minutes ago

Blanco Pressures Stoica

Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Picking up the action on a completed board of 3♦8♥9♦2♦7♠ with around 125,000 in the pot, Roman Stoica spent one time bank before checking from the small blind.

Lucas Blanco was in the big blind and moved all in, covering Stoica's stack of 160,000. Stoica quickly folded, sending the pot Blanco's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Blanco	360,000 65,000	65,000
Roman Stoica	165,000 55,000	55,000

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19 hours 16 minutes ago

Hand for Hand

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Stewart Morrison

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With play resuming just two spots from the money, the tournament is now playing hand-for-hand.

19 hours 17 minutes ago

Full Bubble Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	875,000 195,000	195,000

Rodrigo Selouan	857,000 42,000	42,000

Oshri Lahmani	539,000 109,000	109,000
Mehdi Chaoui	537,000 12,000	12,000

Leonardo Pires	524,000 69,000	69,000
Eduard Litskan	519,000 94,000	94,000
Stanislav Anufriiev	517,000 18,000	18,000
Lorenzo Franco	510,000 70,000	70,000
Muhyedine Fares	452,000 92,000	92,000
Jose Malpelli	444,000 40,500	40,500
Jeremie Beneteau	440,000 245,000	245,000
Hamza Nasir	428,000 27,000	27,000
Miroslav Rizov	428,000 383,000	383,000
Xavier Cortazar	425,000 109,000	109,000
Joachim Haraldstad	424,000 229,000	229,000
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	420,000 140,000	140,000

Bernhard Binder	415,000 109,500	109,500
Leonard Maue	394,000 27,000	27,000
Benjamin Pollak	385,000 57,000	57,000
Josep Valls	373,000 72,000	72,000
Hugo Blaison	359,000 129,000	129,000
Laurent Polito	351,000 11,000	11,000
Manuel Braunhofer	350,000 234,500	234,500
Thierry Labat	343,000 53,000	53,000
Ramon Lampert	327,000 62,000	62,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

19 hours 21 minutes ago

EPT Monte Carlo Introduces Dynamic Delay for Live Streams

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

EPT Monte Carlo has introduced a new dynamic delay system for live streams, designed to enhance game integrity while improving the viewing experience.

The updated approach adjusts the stream delay in real time based on tournament conditions, helping to prevent spoilers and protect players in high-stakes situations.

The feature debuted during the current series and is expected to play a key role in future PokerStars broadcasts.

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19 hours 38 minutes ago

Break Time

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Stewart Morrison

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The remaining 153 players are taking a 20-minute break.

When play resumes, the tournament will be just three eliminations away from the money bubble bursting.

19 hours 39 minutes ago

Avenesyan Busts Before Break

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Yanis Avanesyan got his remaining 40,000 or so in from the hijack and was up against Stanislav Anufriiev in early position.

Yanis Avanesyan: A♦J♥ All in
Stanislav Anufriiev: K♥K♦

Anufriiev's kings comfortably held on the Q♥8♦4♥6♠5♦ runout, marking Avanesyan as the final elimination before the break.

On a neighboring table, Georgios Karakousis was also eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislav Anufriiev	535,000 25,000	25,000
Yanis Avanesyan	Busted
Georgios Karakousis	Busted

Tags: Stanislav Anufriiev Yanis Avanesyan

19 hours 44 minutes ago

Di Giacomo Shoves and Shows

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Stewart Morrison

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Seeing a raise to 6,000 ahead of him, the ever-involved Laurent Polito three-bet to 14,000 from the cutoff. One seat to his left, Claudio Di Giacomo elected to four-bet all-in for roughly 100,000. The original raiser folded, and Polito didn't waste any time in following suit, as he returned his cards to the dealer.

Polito showed he had folded A♥Q♣, and Di Giacomo kindly revealed he had A♣K♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurent Polito	340,000 62,000	62,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	127,500 152,500	152,500

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Laurent Polito

19 hours 46 minutes ago

Ye Doubles With Aces

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Yi Ye got her 65,000 remaining chips in from the cutoff and was at risk against Leonard Maue in the small blind.

Yi Ye: A♦A♣ All in
Leonard Maue: A♠J♠

Ye made a flush on the 5♦10♥K♦J♦3♦ runout to secure the pot and survive her all-in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonard Maue	421,000 209,000	209,000
Yi Ye	136,000 1,000	1,000

Maria Konnikova	65,000 97,000	97,000

Tags: Leonard Maue Yi Ye

20 hours ago

Selouan Scoops Huge Pot to Take Chip Lead

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Stewart Morrison

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Rodrigo Selouan raised to 6,000 from under the gun, and Mihai Niste called on the button.

The dealer spread a K♠4♦Q♣ flop, and when Selouan continued for 7,000, Niste called.

There was no slowing down from Selouan on the 10♥ turn, as he bet a more substantial 45,000. After taking a moment to consider, Niste called.

The innocuous 6♠ completed the board, and Selouan loaded the cannon before firing a third barrel, moving all in, having Niste's stack of 132,500 covered.

Niste spread his time extensions out in front of him and ended up using all five of them before calling.

It was bad news for Niste, as Selouan rolled over A♣J♥ for Broadway. Niste flipped over his K♦10♠ as was customary before heading away from the table.

On separate neighboring tables, Giovanni Rosadoni and Dimitrios Anastasakis were also eliminated, leaving the tournament just four spots from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo Selouan	815,000 322,000	322,000

Mihai Niste	Busted
Giovanni Rosadoni	Busted
Dimitrios Anastasakis	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Anastasakis Giovanni Rosadoni Mihai Niste Rodrigo Selouan