Starting with the Main Event
As I'm sure you already know, the €5,300 EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event is the biggest ever held here. A total of 1,208 entries means a prizepool of €5,858,800, and there is an even €1,000,000 waiting for the winner.
Forty-nine players have made it through to today's Day 4, and all of them already have at least €17,500 in their pockets. The chipleader here is Turkish player Selahaddin Bedir with a stack of 1,895,000. Names like David Docherty (1,680,000), Adrian Mateos (1,160,000), Dan Smith (1,020,000) and Mustapha Kanit (450,000) are still among the advancers.
Some of the well-known names that busted out during Day 3 include Kayhan Mokri (62nd - €15,200), Felix Schneiders (109th - €11,500), Marle Spragg (128th - €10,000), Aliaksandr Shylko (145th - €8,700) and Mike Watson (149th - €8,700).
Benny Glaser won another trophy
Benny took part in the €1,100 PLO Hi-Lo Single Re-Entry with 57 entries and a prizepool of €54,720, where a prize of €16,670 awaited the winner. It was Benny Glaser who took home this prize, his eighth EPT trophy. In addition, Benny also appeared in the €5,200 8-Game tournament on the night with 12 entries and a prize pool of €58,200. Benny has now finished in second place here with a €17,450 prize, and the trophy for himself was awarded to Blaz Zerjav.
The results of the €1,100 PLO Hi-Lo Single Re-Entry:
POS | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE | |
1 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | €16,670 | |
2 | Alexander Orlov | Russia | €10,950 | |
3 | David Shmuel | USA | €7,950 | |
4 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | €6,000 | |
5 | Tahar Said | France | €4,650 | |
6 | Bogdan Aurel | Romania | €3,550 | |
7 | Yudai Futai | Japan | €2,750 | |
8 | Ilija Savevski | North Macedonia | €2,200 |
Results €5.200 8-Game:
POS | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE | |
1 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | €29,100 | |
2 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | €17,450 | |
3 | Dylan Weisman | USA | €11,650 |
Nacho Barbero Winner of €50k SHR 2nd Chance
Yesterday was the final day of the €50,000 buy-in Super High Roller, which brought 79 entries and thus a prizepool of €3,832,290. This amount was shared by 11 players and the winner took home €1,079,290.
The minimum prize was worth €95,800 and went to Steve O'Dwyer, who finished in 10th place. Just ahead of the final heads-up finish was Ole Schemion, who collected €497,400 for his third place finish, and the winner was Nacho Barbero, who took home the full prize money and of course the trophy as well. Congratulations!
POS | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE | |
1 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | €1,079,290 | |
2 | Felipe Boianovsky | Brazil | €696,300 | |
3 | Ole Schemion | Germany | €497,400 | |
4 | Ilya Nikiforov | Estonia | €382,700 | |
5 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | €294,300 | |
6 | Jacob Amsellem | France | €234,000 | |
7 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | €187,200 | |
8 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | €149,700 | |
9 | Gerard Labouriaux Dit | Switzerland | €119,800 | |
10 | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | €95,800 | |
11 | Timothe Busso | France | €95,800 |
Source - EPT, PS Live, Pokernews, Flickr