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

21 hours 46 minutes ago

Kicker Plays

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Stewart Morrison

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Catalin Ciocov opened to 5,500 on the button, and Olivier Arnault called in the big blind.

The dealer spread a 5♠K♦6♠ flop, and Arnault check-called a bet of 4,500.

Both players checked on the 5♣ turn.

The river saw the 2♣ complete the board, and Arnault opted to bet 8,000. Ciocov called and flipped over K♠Q♥, after seeing the K♣4♣ of Arnault.

Player	Chips	Progress
Catalin Ciocov	210,000 13,500	13,500
Olivier Arnault	85,000 10,500	10,500

Tags: Catalin Ciocov Olivier Arnault

21 hours 49 minutes ago

Mestre's Massive Mountain of Chips Keeps Growing

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Raul Mestre opened his button to 5,500. Ramon Lampert defended his big blind and check-called when Mestre continued for 4,000 on the 4♠K♦5♦ flop.

Lampert checked again on the 3♣ turn. Mestre sized up to 18,000, seeing his opponent slide in another call. The 8♠ river was then checked to showdown.

Lampert showed a busted flush draw with Q♦2♦, meaning Mestre's K♥2♠ for top pair was good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	560,000 225,000	225,000

Hamza Nasir	420,000 181,000	181,000
Ramon Lampert	305,000 140,000	140,000
Antoine Labat	155,000 37,500	37,500
Robert Nechifor	82,000 58,000	58,000
Georgios Karakousis	60,000 34,500	34,500
Hugo Nazar	50,000 19,000	19,000
Christophe Panetti	45,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Ramon Lampert Raul Mestre

21 hours 59 minutes ago

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Shchitnikov	Busted
Simeon Spasov	Busted
Fabrice Maltez	Busted
Tor Beer	Busted
Turlough McHugh	Busted
Gianfranco Iaculli	Busted
Muhamet Perati	Busted
Andreas Antoniou	Busted
Elliot Smith	Busted

Litskan Reaches Half a Million

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Arnaud Enselme pushed in his stack of 95,000 from the big blind and was snap-called by Eduard Litskan on the button.

Arnaud Enselme: A♣Q♦ All in
Eduard Litskan: A♥A♦

Enselme had no outs remaining after the 8♣7♣7♠5♦ turn, and Litskan celebrated crossing the half-million mark as the 8♦ river rolled off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduard Litskan	510,000 136,000	136,000
Arnaud Enselme	Busted

Tags: Arnaud Enselme Eduard Litskan

22 hours 6 minutes ago

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurent Polito	450,000 201,500	201,500
Jose Malpelli	400,000 80,000	80,000
Muhyedine Fares	360,000 15,000	15,000
Samuel Ju	310,000 30,000	30,000
Andras Nemeth	250,000 32,000	32,000
Will Kassouf	232,000 13,000	13,000
Keith Johnson	185,000 36,500	36,500
Benny Glaser	155,000 96,000	96,000
Juha Helppi	150,000 37,000	37,000
Conor O'Driscoll	115,000 9,000	9,000
Longmao Fan	100,000 1,000	1,000

Cedolia Doubles Through Wheeler

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Stewart Morrison

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

After a series of preflop bets, Gianluca Cedolia found himself all in and at risk versus Jason Wheeler.

Gianluca Cedolia: A♣K♥ All in
Jason Wheeler: Q♦Q♣

It would be poker's classic flip that would decide the owner of this pot, and, on this occasion, the deck favoured Cedolia.

The 8♠A♥7♠J♥7♥ runout improved the ace-king to top pair, and Cedolia scooped in a sizeable double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Cedolia	213,000 72,000	72,000
Jason Wheeler	110,000 118,000	118,000

Tags: Gianluca Cedolia Jason Wheeler

22 hours 12 minutes ago

Miller Sniffs Out Pollak's Bluff

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Benjamin Pollak raised to 5,000 in the hijack. Ori Miller responded with a three-bet to 16,000 on the button, and Pollak called to the 7♦A♣6♠ flop.

Miller continued with a bet of 9,000, seeing Pollak call. The 4♣ turn was checked by both players, and the J♦ was put on the board as the river.

Pollak fired a bet of 31,000 into the pot, which Miller called after spending one of his time banks.

Pollak could only show king-high with K♦Q♦, leaving Miller to take the pot with A♦8♦ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ori Miller	355,000 141,000	141,000
Benjamin Pollak	220,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Ori Miller

22 hours 14 minutes ago

Hear From €250,000 EPT Super High Roller Champion Alex Kulev

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Milko van Winden

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

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Tags: Alex Kulev

22 hours 18 minutes ago

Player	Chips	Progress
Lorenzo Franco	405,000 110,000	110,000
Ilya Nikiforov	275,000 64,000	64,000
Ben Heath	222,000 14,000	14,000
Igor Pihela	163,000 35,000	35,000
Riccardo Trevisani	105,000 39,000	39,000
Aylar Lie	75,000 50,000	50,000
Luis Sequeira	50,000 3,500	3,500
Joao Amador	28,000 2,500	2,500

Set No Good, Carbo Eliminated

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Stewart Morrison

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Gerard Carbo opened to 5,000 in the cutoff and was three-bet to 16,000 by Paul Navarro in the small blind. The action returned to Carbo, who moved all in for roughly 78,000. Navarro took a moment to consider and then called.

Gerard Carbo: 10♣10♦ All in
Paul Navarro: J♠J♦

It seemed Carbo's fortunes had turned around, as the dealer spread a 2♠9♦10♠ flop, giving him top set.

However, the 6♠ turn followed by the Q♠ river improved Navarro to a flush, seeing Carbo eliminated.