Laurent Polito raised to 35,000 in the cutoff, and Oshri Lahmani responded with a three-bet to 140,000 from the small blind. With the action back on Polito, he slid a four-bet of 260,000 into the middle. Lahmani used three time extensions to make a decision, and then five-bet jammed for 780,000. Polito wasted no time at all in returning his cards to the dealer.
Markus Bonus opened to 30,000 in early position. Stanislav Anufriiev and Lorenzo Franco called in the blinds, after which Anufriiev quickly led out for 20,000 on the 3♠6♣5♣ flop.
Franco and Bonus both called to the 10♦ turn. Anufriiev kept firing, pushing in a bet of 65,000. Franco called again before Bonus got out of the way.
The 7♠ river slowed down Anufriiev as he checked it over to Franco. Franco decided on a bet of 110,000, sending Anufriiev into the tank.
After spending multiple time banks, Anufriiev frustratedly folded his hand, forfeiting the pot to his neighbor without showdown.
The recent action across the tables has seen many preflop raises get through.
Jacques Der Megreditchian open jammed for 120,000 on his table, and again, the action folded around.
Jose Malpelli raised to 30,000 in the cutoff, and Roman Stoica called in the small blind. The 8♣A♥8♥ flop saw Malpelli continue for another 30,000. Stoica check-called, after which both players knuckled the table on the 6♥ turn.
Stoica then tossed in 35,000 on the Q♦ river. Malpelli wanted to raise to 165,000, but slid in a stack of chips worth 100,000 first. Despite his protest, the raise was ruled as 100,000, which Stoica quickly called.
Malpelli showed down K♥9♣ for a bluff, leaving Stoica to take the pot with A♠4♠ for aces and eights.
Following a raise to 35,000 by Jason Wheeler in the cutoff, Alexandre Bermon moved all in for 130,000 from the small blind, and Wheeler called.
Alexandre Bermon: A♠A♥ 
Jason Wheeler: K♥Q♠
Bermon held a commanding lead on the 2♣3♠4♠ flop, but things got a little shaky on the Q♦ turn.
The J♥ river was clean for Bermon, though, who pulled in a vital double up.
On the first hand after the break, Vid Zagar lost his short stack at the feature table, leaving 40 players remaining in the EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event.
Following his elimination, Table 1 was randomly drawn to be broken as the tournament was rebalanced.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
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The first level of Day 4 has been played to completion, and the players have been sent on a 20-minute break.
Below are some highlights from Level 20.
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