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

22 hours 35 minutes ago

Lasouski Tables Quads

Frank Visser

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

In a three-bet pot worth 75,000, Artsiom Lasouski checked the 3♥J♦2♥ flop from the hijack to Bernhard Binder on the button. Binder flicked in a bet of 25,000, and Lasouski called.

The 5♠ turn then checked through to the J♥ river. After some debate, Lasouski decided on a bet of 40,000. Binder quickly released his cards, and Lasouski flipped over his J♠J♣ as he was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artsiom Lasouski	930,000 116,000	116,000
Laurent Polito	555,000 101,000	101,000
Bernhard Binder	540,000 60,000	60,000
Eduard Litskan	310,000 199,000	199,000
Hugo Blaison	310,000 58,000	58,000
Gianluca Cedolia	112,000 60,000	60,000
Yi Ye	112,000 209,000	209,000

Tags: Artsiom Lasouski Bernhard Binder

22 hours 36 minutes ago

No Spin for Bartuschk

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Stewart Morrison

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

With action checked around to Daniele Sunzeri in the small blind, he moved all in, covering the 20,000 stack of Fabian Bartuschk in the big blind. Bartuschk called, putting himself at risk.

Fabian Bartuschk: K♣8♠ All in
Daniele Sunzeri: A♣6♦

Neither player connected on the Q♣4♦3♣2♥9♠ board, and Bartuschk was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Sunzeri	63,000 30,000	30,000
Fabian Bartuschk	Busted

Tags: Daniele Sunzeri Fabian Bartuschk

22 hours 43 minutes ago

Harutyunyan Latest to Fall

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Stewart Morrison

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

Tigran Harutyunyan moved all in for roughly 70,000 and was put at risk when Paul Navarro called.

Tigran Harutyunyan: Q♥J♥ All in
Paul Navarro: A♦K♠

Navarro improved to top pair on the 7♠8♣9♣K♦J♦ board, sealing the fate of Harutyunyan, whose deep run came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Navarro	175,000 103,000	103,000
Tigran Harutyunyan	Busted

Tags: Paul Navarro Tigran Harutyunyan

22 hours 45 minutes ago

Benabou Busts, Eychenne on Piles

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Frank Visser

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

Adam Benabou shipped in his stack of 44,000 from the cutoff and was called by Florian Ribouchon in the big blind.

Adam Benabou: A♥J♥ All in
Florian Ribouchon: A♦3♥

Ribouchon paired his three on the 7♥K♣3♠ flop. The 7♦ turn brought some counterfeit opportunities, but the 4♠ river remained clean for Ribouchon to take the knockout.

Thomas Eychenne was also at this table and had amassed a seven-figure stack during the last hour of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	1,080,000 399,000	399,000

Florian Ribouchon	550,000 139,000	139,000
David Lappin	181,000 106,000	106,000

Adam Benabou	Busted

Tags: Adam Benabou Florian Ribouchon Thomas Eychenne

22 hours 53 minutes ago

Hovhannisyan Fires Three Barrels

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Frank Visser

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

Xavier Cortazar opened his button to 10,000. Emanvel Hovhannisyan responded with a three-bet to 37,000 from the big blind, and Cortazar called to the Q♠A♥9♣ flop.

Hovhannisyan continued for 29,000, seeing his opponent call. He then sized up to 45,000 on the 3♣ turn, receiving another call from Cortazar.

Hovhannisyan spent some time in the tank before moving his remaining 90,000 over the line on the 2♦ turn, receiving a quick fold to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xavier Cortazar	445,000 124,000	124,000
Emanvel Hovhannisyan	319,000 132,000	132,000

Tags: Emanvel Hovhannisyan Xavier Cortazar

22 hours 54 minutes ago

Franco Clicks It Back

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Stewart Morrison

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

Lorenzo Franco raised to 10,000, only to see Kirill Beketov three-bet to 30,000, one seat to his left. The action folded back to Franco, who clicked it back with a four-bet to 70,000.

Beketov took a moment to consider before abandoning his chips in the middle and returning his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lorenzo Franco	735,000 239,000	239,000
Kirill Beketov	243,000 116,000	116,000

Tags: Kirill Beketov Lorenzo Franco

23 hours 5 minutes ago

Chauskin Moans One In

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Frank Visser

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

Natan Chauskin open-shoved for 51,000 under the gun. It folded to Jason Wheeler in the small blind, who called.

Natan Chauskin: K♦Q♦ All in
Jason Wheeler: A♦K♥

"Every time, huh? Easy game," Chauskin said as he saw Wheeler's cards.

He flopped a bunch of outs on 10♦J♦2♣, however, and he completed his straight draw on the A♣ turn. The 5♥ river did not provide a chop, and Chauskin sat back down to rake in the chips.

"As soon as he started moaning, I knew I was going to lose," Wheeler stated. "The harder you moan, the more you win. It's one of the rules of poker."

"Well, I've never seen Ben moan, and he wins a lot in poker," Dietrich Fast replied in reference to Ben Heath, also present at the table.

"Well, of course it works both ways," Wheeler explained.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	280,000 60,000	60,000
Jason Wheeler	225,000 45,000	45,000
Nacho Barbero	205,000 2,000	2,000
Dietrich Fast	185,000 106,000	106,000
Natan Chauskin	112,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Ben Heath Dietrich Fast Jason Wheeler Natan Chauskin

23 hours 5 minutes ago

EPT Monte-Carlo Field Down to 100 Players

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Stewart Morrison

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

With recent eliminations, just 100 players remain in the EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koen De Visscher	Busted
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Busted
Yin Pang	Busted
Ioannis Poullos	Busted
Mohamed-Said Taghla	Busted

23 hours 10 minutes ago

Wheeler Sends Yamanaka to the Rail

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Stewart Morrison

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

Kosumosu Yamanaka raised to 25,000 on the button, having started the hand with roughly 90,000. Jason Wheeler moved all in from the big blind, with a much larger stack, and Yamanaka called.

Kosumosu Yamanaka: K♥Q♥ All in
Jason Wheeler: A♠K♠

It wasn't what Yamanaka would have wanted to see, and when there was no help from the deck on the 8♦9♣8♥2♥2♦ runout, his deep run was over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	270,000 75,000	75,000
Kosumosu Yamanaka	Busted

Tags: Jason Wheeler Kosumosu Yamanaka

23 hours 11 minutes ago

Small Batch of Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Pesic	360,000 20,000	20,000
Blaz Zerjav	295,000 37,000	37,000
Igor Pihela	180,000 195,000	195,000
Fabian Bartuschk	175,000 33,000	33,000
Julien Veyssiere	113,000 39,000	39,000
Juha Helppi	85,000 10,000	10,000
Tigran Harutyunyan	80,000 21,000	21,000