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

1 day 19 hours ago

Better Safe Than Sorry

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Stewart Morrison

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Leonard Maue limped in from the small blind, and Samuel Ju checked in the big blind.

Both players checked on the 6♣4♥10♦ flop, seeing the 2♦ join the board.

Maue checked for a second time and elected to call when Ju bet 100,000.

The 4♦ completed the board, and when Maue checked again, Ju checked behind.

Maue tabled A♣10♥ for two pair, but was unable to beat Ju's trip fours, holding 7♥4♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Ju	2,890,000 280,000	280,000
Leonard Maue	1,520,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Leonard Maue Samuel Ju

1 day 19 hours ago

Maue Finds River Value as Mestre Calls Jack-High

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Raul Mestre limped in from the small blind, and Leonard Maue checked his option in the big blind. The duo checked through the A♥4♣8♠ flop and 4♦ turn, and Mestre checked again on the K♥ river.

Maue flicked in a bet of 100,000, however, which Mestre called after some thought.

Maue showed down K♣3♦ for a rivered pair, and Mestre quietly sent his J♥5♠ into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	3,660,000 140,000	140,000

Leonard Maue	1,680,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Leonard Maue Raul Mestre

1 day 19 hours ago

Raise and Take It

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Stewart Morrison

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The action folded to Samuel Ju on the button, who moved all in for 2,575,000 holding A♣7♥.

With neither player in the blinds interested in offering any action, Ju scooped in the blinds uncontested.

It was a similar story a couple of hands later, as Leonard Maue opened under the gun with A♦K♥. Again, nobody else got involved, and Maue added the blinds to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	3,800,000 320,000	320,000

Samuel Ju	2,610,000 120,000	120,000
Leonard Maue	1,520,000 120,000	120,000
Miroslav Rizov	1,350,000 210,000	210,000
Oshri Lahmani	840,000 490,000	490,000

Tags: Leonard Maue Samuel Ju

1 day 19 hours ago

Binder Sniffs Out Bluff

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Stewart Morrison

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

First to act, Bernhard Binder raised to 125,000, which only Longmao Fan called in the big blind.

When Fan checked on the 2♠5♠J♥ flop, Binder continued for 85,000, and Fan called.

Both players checked on the A♣ turn, which encouraged Fan to lead out for 185,000 on the 5♣ river. Binder elected to call, and was able to beat Fan's 8♥6♥ with his K♦2♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	7,700,000 300,000	300,000

Longmao Fan	1,950,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Bernhard Binder Longmao Fan

1 day 19 hours ago

Cortazar Doubles Through Maue

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Xavier Cortazar looked down at his cards on the button and raised to 125,000. Leonard Maue defended the big blind, and a 2♣7♣6♥ flop was fanned.

Maue checked it over to Cortazar, who pushed in a continuation-bet of 175,000. Maue then put his opponent all-in for 910,000 and was snap-called.

Xavier Cortazar: 10♥10♦ All in
Leonard Maue: 7♠5♣

Maue turned an open-ender on the 4♥, but the 6♣ river remained clean for Cortazar to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xavier Cortazar	2,160,000 1,220,000	1,220,000
Leonard Maue	1,400,000 1,160,000	1,160,000

Tags: Leonard Maue Xavier Cortazar

1 day 19 hours ago

Mestre Extends Table Chip Lead

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Stewart Morrison

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Samuel Ju opened to 120,000, and only Raul Mestre called in the big blind.

Mestre checked on the Q♣6♠K♣ flop, but called when Ju continued for 125,000.

Both players checked on the 2♥ turn, and the 8♠ completed the board.

Mestre checked for a third time, and Ju checked back. Ju had A♦10♠ for ace-high, but was unable to beat the Q♠9♣ of Mestre.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	3,480,000 270,000	270,000

Samuel Ju	2,730,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Raul Mestre Samuel Ju

1 day 19 hours ago

Rizov Gets Mestre Off Chop

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Raul Mestre was in the hijack and raised to 125,000 with 9♦8♦. Miroslav Rizov fancied a flop with 9♣7♦ in the big blind and tossed in calling chips.

Mestre flopped two pair on 9♠Q♦8♣ and continued for another 125,000. Rizov check-called, after which the Q♣ turn was checked by both players.

Rizov then fired 375,000 on the 2♦ river, unknowingly playing the same hand as his opponent. Mestre went deep into the tank, spending no fewer than four time banks before folding his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Mestre	3,210,000 130,000	130,000

Miroslav Rizov	1,560,000 285,000	285,000

Tags: Miroslav Rizov Raul Mestre

1 day 19 hours ago

Fan Misclicks, Binder Extends Lead Again

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Stewart Morrison

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Longmao Fan opened to 120,000 in the hijack and faced immediate resistance when Bernhard Binder three-bet to 360,000 in the cutoff. The action returned to Fan, who called.

On a J♣10♥K♠ flop, Fan checked, Binder continued for 175,000, and Fan raised to 300,000 before the dealer advised that it needed to be 50,000 more for the raise to be legal. He flicked in the extra, and Binder called.

The J♥ turn saw Fan revert to checking, and this time he folded when Binder put a bet of 500,000 into the middle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	7,400,000 495,000	495,000

Longmao Fan	2,450,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Bernhard Binder Longmao Fan

1 day 19 hours ago

Malpelli and Fan Win on Rivers

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Bernhard Binder raised it up to 135,000 on the button. Jose Malpelli called in the big blind and check-called Binder's continuation-bet of 90,000 on the 3♠Q♠K♥ flop.

The 10♥ turn and K♦ river were subsequently checked to showdown, where Malpelli's 9♠9♦ raked in the pot.

A few hands later, Roman Stoica limped in from the small blind, and big blind Longmao Fan checked his option. Stoica checked the 5♠4♦5♥ flop over to Fan, who bet 60,000. Stoica called to the A♠ turn, where both players knuckled the table.

Stoica checked a third time on the J♦ river. Fan reaggressed with a bet of 225,000, and Stoica tossed in a call after some time in the tank. Fan tabled top pair with A♣7♠, taking down the pot when Stoica frusratedly mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernhard Binder	6,905,000 545,000	545,000

Jose Malpelli	3,350,000 600,000	600,000
Longmao Fan	3,000,000 520,000	520,000
Roman Stoica	2,265,000 410,000	410,000

Tags: Bernhard Binder Jose Malpelli Longmao Fan Roman Stoica

1 day 19 hours ago

Rizov Doesn't Back Down

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Stewart Morrison

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Miroslav Rizov opened to 120,000 from the cutoff holding A♦9♠, and found himself facing a three-bet from Leonard Maue in the big blind. Maue made it 300,000 to go, holding K♦2♣, and the action was back on Rizov.

After careful consideration, Rizov sent it all, moving all in for 885,000, and Maue quickly folded.