Day by day, the number of players in the EPT Monte Carlo main tournament is decreasing, gradually from the record-tying 1,098 entries, after three days of play, the last 38 players returned to the game. Another exciting day awaited them, in which spectators could still watch the famous names of world poker yesterday, but even the biggest names could not avoid the elimination, which was captured shortly after each other by both PSPC champions Aliaksandr Shylko (36th) and Ramon Colillas (32nd), who took away €19,850 each. The last eliminated of the day was the 2021 EPT Sochi champion Artur Martirosian, who collected €45,900 for 14th place.

Artur Martirosian

The best 13 got to pack the stacks, led by the Norwegian Joachim Haraldstad after a successful day, who will start day 5 with a 141-blind stack. He will be followed by Arunas Sapitavicius (113bb) and Leo Worthington-Leese (78bb), but the legends Jason Wheeler (70bb) and Mike Watson (51bb) also continue to play.

Chipcount of ME EPT Monte Carlo semifinalists:

1. Joachim Haraldstad – 5,635,000 (141bb)
2. Arunas Sapitavicius – 4,520,000 (113bb)
3. Leo Worthington-Leese – 3,135,000 (78bb)
4. Leonard Maue – 2,920,000 (73bb)
5. Jason Wheeler – 2,815,000 (70bb)
6. Maduka Meragal – 2,795,000 (70bb)
7. Samy Boujmala – 2,275,000 (57bb)
8. Mike Watson – 2,020,000 (51bb)
9. Arnaud Enselme – 1,945,000 (49bb)
10. Ori Hasson – 1,605,000 (40bb)
11. Nicola Grieco – 1,455,000 (36bb)
12. Kenan Taylor – 1,135,000 (28bb)
13. Oleg Vasylchenko – 750,000 (19bb)

Chipleader Joachim Haraldstad

At noon, members of this group unpack their stacks and start the game at 20k/40k/40k blinds. Each of the players is guaranteed a cashout of €52,750 at this moment, but from eighth place the rewards will already be in 6 figures. Today's goal should be to form the final six and you will be able to watch it again via the live stream, which will start at 12:30 p.m. Who is your favorite in this group?

Remaining payout structure:

1. 890,000€
2. 556,600€
3. 397,450€
4. 305,750€
5. 235,150€
6. 180,900€
7. 139,150€
8. 107,050€
9. 82,350€
10. 63,300€
11. 63,300€
12. 52,750€
13. 52,750€

Source: PSlive, PokerNews