€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

1 day 15 hours ago

Ye Eliminated One from Pay Jump

Stewart Morrison

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Keith Johnson raised to 16,000 in the hijack, and both Jose Malpelli in the cutoff and Yi Ye in the big blind called.

Ye checked to Johnson, who bet another 16,000 on the 10♣9♦7♦ flop. Malpelli called again, and Ye then went into the tank.

With less than one big blind in her stack, but with the tournament poised on a pay jump, Ye spread all her time extensions out in front of her. One by one, the dealer took them, before Ye then put her 7,000 into the middle.

The Q♥ turn card joined the board, and Johnson check-folded to a bet of 25,000.

Yi Ye: K♣6♣ All in
Jose Malpelli: 3♠3♦

The pocket threes held up on the 5♥ river, and Ye was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Malpelli	845,000 55,000	55,000
Keith Johnson	274,000 33,000	33,000
Yi Ye	Busted

Tags: Jose Malpelli Keith Johnson Yi Ye

1 day 15 hours ago

Pedrotti Doubles as Said Hero-Calls With King-High

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Seeing the completed board of A♦5♦4♠2♣9♥, with around 200,000 in the pot, Tahar Said checked under the gun before Renzo Pedrotti moved all in for 158,000 in the hijack.

Said went deep into the tank, spending several time banks before flicking in a calling chip. Pedrotti tabled J♠J♦ for a pair of jacks, which won him the pot, as Said had put his opponent on pure air and called with K♣10♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renzo Pedrotti	530,000 269,000	269,000
Tahar Said	230,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Renzo Pedrotti Tahar Said

1 day 15 hours ago

Sirghi Cracks Aces in Three-Way Clash, Heath Left Short

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Big blind Sergiu Sirghi, Andras Nemeth in the hijack, and Ben Heath on the button got all their chips in the middle preflop. Sirghi played 69,000, and Nemeth was at risk against Heath for his stack of 311,000.

Sergiu Sirghi: A♦K♦ All in
Andras Nemeth: A♠A♣ All in
Ben Heath: J♠J♥

Sirghi flopped the nut flush on 6♦8♦5♦. The 5♣ turn gave both Nemeth and Heath outs, but the river fell the innocuous 7♠, deciding the pot in Sirghi's favor.

He tripled up to a stack of around 35 big blinds, while Nemeth shipped the big side pot with his aces. Heath paid both opponents and was left with just over 20 big blinds heading into the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	484,000 130,000	130,000
Sergiu Sirghi	216,000 146,000	146,000
Ben Heath	125,000 405,000	405,000

Tags: Andres Nemeth Ben Heath Sergiu Sirghi

1 day 16 hours ago

Dimov Raises the Minimum

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

David Lappin opened to 12,000 in middle position, which gathered calls from Ognyan Dimov on the button and Ori Miller in the big blind.

Action checked through on the J♥A♠5♦ flop, and the 10♦ turn joined the board.

Miller and Lappin both checked for a second time, prompting Dimov to bet 15,000. Miller folded, but Lappin called.

The river Q♥ brought a one-liner to a straight, and Lappin opted to lead out with a bet of 21,000. Dimov responded by min-raising to 42,000.

Lappin used a time extension to contemplate his response, ultimately electing to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan Dimov	950,000 272,000	272,000

Ori Miller	205,000 29,000	29,000
David Lappin	120,000 87,000	87,000

Tags: David Lappin Ognyan Dimov Ori Miller

1 day 16 hours ago

Lahmani Picks Up Some More Chips

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

First to act, Oshri Lahmani raised to 13,000 from under the gun. The action folded all the way around to Eduard Litskan in the big blind, who called.

Litskan checked over to the preflop aggressor on the 7♠5♥Q♥ flop, who bet 10,000, and Litskan called.

The action checked through on the 3♣ turn, prompting Litskan to lead out for 20,000 on the A♠ river.

Lahmani called and flipped over A♣9♣, which was good enough to beat the Q♦4♦ of Litskan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oshri Lahmani	595,000 170,000	170,000
Eduard Litskan	175,000 188,000	188,000

Tags: Eduard Litskan Oshri Lahmani

1 day 16 hours ago

Glaser Doubles After Five-Bet Shove

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With a raise to 12,000 from the hijack ahead of him, Benny Glaser three-bet to 33,000 from the button. In the big blind, Hamza Nasir cold four-bet to 90,000. The original raiser folded, but Glaser responded with a five-bet shove for 219,000, which Nasir called.

Benny Glaser: A♠A♦ All in
Hamza Nasir: K♠K♦

There was no bad beat to be dished out, as the dealer spread a J♣6♥2♦Q♣7♥ board, and Glaser scooped in the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	459,000 332,000	332,000
Hamza Nasir	430,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Hamza Nasir

1 day 16 hours ago

Barbero Finds Aces to Double; Veyssiere Dusts Final Crumbs

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Nacho Barbero and Laurent Polito had gathered 38,000 in the blinds when they saw the 4♠2♣5♣ flop. Barbero placed a bet of 17,000, which Polito raised to 65,000. Barbero then moved all in for 121,000, and Polito snap-called.

Nacho Barbero: A♠A♦ All in
Laurent Polito: K♥3♥

Polito's straight draw was not completed on the 10♠ turn or J♠ river, and Barbero's aces held for the double-up.

Over at another table, Julien Veyssiere pushed in his stack of 77,000 from the small blind. Emanvel Hovhannisyan called with a covering stack in the big blind, and the cards were tabled.

Julien Veyssiere: 5♥4♦ All in
Emanvel Hovhannisyan: K♠10♠

The 9♠9♣A♠J♣7♦ runout brought no help for Veyssiere, and he swiftly exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurent Polito	408,000 111,000	111,000
Nacho Barbero	280,000 138,000	138,000
Emanvel Hovhannisyan	161,000 30,000	30,000
Julien Veyssiere	Busted

Tags: Emanvel Hovhannisyan Julien Veyssiere Laurent Polito Nacho Barbero

1 day 17 hours ago

Chaoui Snaps Off Maue

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The action was picked up on the 6♦9♠3♣K♠ turn. Mehdi Chaoui checked from the big blind to Leonard Maue in the cutoff, who added 58,000 to the pot of 85,000 with a bet. Chaoui called, and the dealer placed the A♥ as the river.

Chaoui quickly checked again. After a while, Maue decided on a bet of 125,000. Chaoui instantly flicked in a calling chip for Maue to reveal J♦10♣ for a bluff.

Chaoui showed A♠7♠ for top pair, and he was sent the sizable pot to overtake his opponent in the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Chaoui	625,000 245,000	245,000

Leonard Maue	450,000 209,000	209,000

Tags: Leonard Maue Mehdi Chaoui

1 day 17 hours ago

Lappin Four-Bet Shoves

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Muhyedine Fares opened to 13,000 in the cutoff, and Charles La Boissonniere responded with a three-bet to 33,000 on the button. Next to act, David Lappin used a time extension before four-bet shoving for 149,000 from the small blind.

Fares folded, and La Boissonniere wasted little time in doing the same.

Player	Chips	Progress
Muhyedine Fares	622,000 22,000	22,000
David Lappin	207,000 41,000	41,000

Charles La Boissonniere	140,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Charles La Boissonniere David Lappin La Boisseonniere Muhyedine Fares

1 day 17 hours ago

Kolev Doubles Sunzeri, Barbero's Shove Gets Through

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Stewart Morrison

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Seeing a raise ahead of him, Daniele Sunzeri moved all in for 56,000, which the raiser, Boris Kolev, called.

Daniele Sunzeri: 9♥9♦ All in
Boris Kolev: A♥4♥

Sunzeri's pocket nines held up on the 10♣3♦K♦5♥3♥ board, seeing him double up.

One table over, Nacho Barbero three-bet shoved for 123,000, over a raise from the player in the cutoff. The original raiser spent some time considering the situation, but ultimately chose to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	700,000 95,000	95,000
Nacho Barbero	153,000 52,000	52,000
Daniele Sunzeri	124,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Boris Kolev Daniele Sunzeri Nacho Barbero