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

1 day 23 hours ago

Ju Takes Small Pot

Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Raul Mestre raised to 90,000 in the cutoff, and Samuel Ju defended in the big blind. The duo checked the 10♠7♦6♥ flop through to the A♥ turn, where Ju checked again.

Mestre fired a bet of 140,000 into the middle, which Ju called. Ju checked a third time on the 10♥ river, and Mestre checked behind after some thought. Ju revealed A♠3♣ for top pair, enough to rake in the chips as Mestre mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	2,500,000 200,000	200,000

Samuel Ju	1,750,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Raul Mestre Samuel Ju

1 day 23 hours ago

Mestre Halts Decline With Four-Bet

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Leonard Maue kicked off the action with a raise to 80,000 under the gun. Miroslav Rizov then upped the ante to 240,000 on the button, after which it folded to big blind Raul Mestre.

He spent one of his time banks before four-betting to 640,000, folding out both opponents to rake in the pot risk-free.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	2,700,000 350,000	350,000

Miroslav Rizov	1,635,000 340,000	340,000
Leonard Maue	630,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Leonard Maue Miroslav Rizov Raul Mestre

1 day 23 hours ago

Diego Zeiter Eliminated in 18th Place (€32,350)

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Stewart Morrison

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Diego Zeiter opened to 80,000 and found himself facing a three-bet to 280,000 from tournament chip leader Bernhard Binder in the small blind. The action returned to Zeiter, who moved all in for 1,400,000, and Binder snap-called.

Diego Zeiter: Q♠10♠ All in
Bernhard Binder: K♠K♦

Zeiter was unable to find any help on the 5♣7♣2♥ flop, and his elimination was confirmed when the J♣ turn was revealed.

Zeiter was already up and out of his seat before the 6♦ river made it official.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	5,865,000 1,475,000	1,475,000

Diego Zeiter	Busted

Tags: Bernhard Binder Diego Zeiter

1 day 23 hours ago

Zeiter Folds to Binder's Pressure

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In a limped pot to the 5♥J♥8♣ flop, small blind Diego Zeiter checked his 6♥2♥ over to Bernhard Binder in the big blind, who bet 45,000 with 9♠7♣. Zeiter called, and the duo witnessed the 4♣ emerge from the deck on the turn.

Binder sized up to 210,000 after another check by Zeiter. Zeiter quickly let go of his flush draw as Binder won the pot with nine-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	4,390,000 90,000	90,000

Diego Zeiter	1,400,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Bernhard Binder Diego Zeiter

1 day 23 hours ago

Mestre Applying Pressure

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Stewart Morrison

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

On the first hand, the action folded to Raul Mestre in the small blind, who moved all in. His stack had Leonard Maue in the big blind well covered. Maue took a look at his cards and folded.

The very next shuffle, Miroslav Rizov raised to 85,000 in the hijack, and Mestre called on the button.

The dealer spread a 7♦4♠9♦ flop, and, when Rizov checked, Mestre put 85,000 into the middle. Once again, his bet was enough to see his opponent concede the pot, as Rizov folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	2,350,000 300,000	300,000

Miroslav Rizov	1,975,000 355,000	355,000
Leonard Maue	555,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Leonard Maue Miroslav Rizov Raul Mestre

1 day 23 hours ago

Dimitrov Doubles in Vital Flip

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Mehdi Chaoui raised to 80,000 in the cutoff. Stefan Dimitrov was on the button and moved all in for 545,000, which Chaoui called after some thought.

Stefan Dimitrov: 7♠7♥ All in
Mehdi Chaoui: A♠J♣

Dimitrov flopped a set on J♦6♠7♦, leaving Chaoui drawing slim. The 8♦ left Chaoui without outs, and the meaningless A♦ river rolled off as Dimitrov raked in his double-up.

Chaoui, meanwhile, was left with just over 15 big blinds in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Dimitrov	1,190,000 725,000	725,000
Mehdi Chaoui	625,000 545,000	545,000

Tags: Mehdi Chaoui Stefan Dimitrov

1 day 23 hours ago

Feature Table Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	4,300,000 240,000	240,000

Diego Zeiter	1,570,000 440,000	440,000
Mehdi Chaoui	1,170,000 365,000	365,000

Oshri Lahmani	1,090,000 165,000	165,000
David Djian	640,000 395,000	395,000
Stefan Dimitrov	465,000

1 day 23 hours ago

Dimov Shows Monster; Wheeler Wins With Top pair

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Raul Mestre made it 90,000 to go in the cutoff. Ognyan Dimov and Samuel Ju called in the blinds, after which the trio checked the A♠J♦K♣ flop and the J♥ turn.

Dimov then bet 105,000 on the 5♣ river. Ju quickly folded, after which Mestre instantly tossed in a calling chip. Dimov tabled K♥J♣ for a full house, and Mestre's cards swiftly hit the muck.

Over at the other outer table, Jason Wheeler had defended his big blind against hijack Rodrigo Selouan's open-raise. Wheeler went on to check-call Selouan's bets of 80,000 on the J♥9♣A♣ flop and 230,000 on the 9♠ turn.

The players checked the 2♣ river to showdown, where Wheeler revealed A♦6♥ for top pair, winning him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	2,275,000 600,000	600,000
Raul Mestre	2,050,000 250,000	250,000

Samuel Ju	1,680,000 40,000	40,000
Ognyan Dimov	1,630,000 120,000	120,000

Rodrigo Selouan	1,460,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Jason Wheeler Ognyan Dimov Raul Mestre Rodrigo Selouan Samuel Ju

1 day 23 hours ago

Fan Tables Flush to Scoop

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Stewart Morrison

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jason Wheeler opened to 85,000 from the hijack, and only Longmao Fan called in the big blind.

Fan check-called a bet of 55,000 on the monotone Q♥K♥2♥ flop, and check-called another bet of 120,000 on the 3♥ turn.

The K♠ completed the board, and on this occasion, Wheeler checked behind when given the opportunity.

Fan tabled A♦10♥, which was good enough to claim the pot as Wheeler mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Longmao Fan	2,050,000 510,000	510,000
Jason Wheeler	1,675,000 385,000	385,000

Tags: Jason Wheeler Longmao Fan

1 day 23 hours ago

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Sandra Barbour

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

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