2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 PokerStars EPT Monte-Carlo
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
€825,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,903,350
Total Entries
1,011
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
151
Players Left
48
Players Left 1 / 1,011
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Barbero One of Two Departures Before Break

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

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

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

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: AK All in
Andras Nemeth: AA All in
Ben Heath: JJ

Sirghi flopped the nut flush on 685. 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.

Tags: Andres NemethBen HeathSergiu Sirghi

Dimov Raises the Minimum

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

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 JA5 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.

Tags: David LappinOgnyan DimovOri Miller

Chaoui Acts on Very Specific Read

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

Three-way to the KK9 flop, Mehdi Chaoui bet 13,000 under the gun. Samuel Ju called in the cutoff before Leonard Maue raised to 35,000 on the button. Chaoui obliged with a call, but Ju mucked his cards to get out of the way.

The 2 fell on the turn. Chaoui checked it over to Maue, who sized up to 110,000.

"Crazy, I put you on deuces, and a deuce falls on the turn," Chaoui said with a smile.

He then folded his hand, forfeiting the pot to Maue. Maue tabled the 7 as he raked in the chips, proving Chaoui wrong.

Tags: Leonard MaueMehdi ChaouiSamuel Ju

Binder Building Further

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

Catching the tail end of a pot between Andrei Shmakov in the big blind and Bernhard Binder in the cutoff, Shmakov bet 51,000 into a pot of 140,000 on the completed 9Q445 board.

Binder spent some time in the tank before he moved all in, covering Shmakov's stack of 176,000. Shmakov gave it some thought before he mucked his cards, leaving himself with roughly 20 big blinds.

Tags: Andrei ShmakovBernhard Binder

Wheeler Double Barrels

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

Jason Wheeler opened the action with a raise to 12,000 in middle position. Sergiu Sirghi called in the cutoff, which enticed Laurent Polito to come along in the big blind.

Wheeler continued for 16,000 on the KAJ flop, which saw Sirghi fold, and Polito call to see a turn card.

That turn card was the flush-completing 3. Polito checked a second time, and on this occasion, folded when Wheeler continued with a bet of 29,000.

Tags: Jason WheelerLaurent PolitoSergiu Sirghi

Rizov Can't Get Away

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

A blind-on-blind pot had grown to 60,000 preflop when Jeremie Beneteau bet 21,000 from the small blind on the 259 flop. Miroslav Rizov was in the big blind and raised to 65,000, to which Beneteau obliged with a call.

The 7 turn then checked through to the 9 river. Beneteau moved all in for 141,000, sending Rizov in the tank. After spending three time banks, Rizov cut out calling chips and slammed them in the middle.

Benetau tabled 22 for a full house, besting the trip nines of Rizov, who tabled 96 before seeing his former chips being added to Beneteau's stack.

Tags: Jeremie BeneteauMiroslav Rizov

Two More Hit the Rail

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

Lahmani Picks Up Some More Chips

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

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 75Q 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 A9, which was good enough to beat the Q4 of Litskan.

Tags: Eduard LitskanOshri Lahmani

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