The Stars Align For Day 3 of the The 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
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The 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event continues in opulent Monaco today, with Day 3 beginning just after 12 p.m. local time.
France's Pierre Calamusa leads a field of 196 players coming in, with the 160th-place money bubble in clear sight. Poland's Marcin Chmielewski, and former France Player of the Year Erwann Pecheux are closely in tow.
Team PokerStars Pros Online Randy "nanonoko" Lew, Vanessa Selbst, Jake Cody, Team PokerStars SportsStar Fatima Moreira de Melo and the legendary Erik Seidel all have healthy stacks. Plus, previous EPT winners Aaron Gustavson, John Juanda, Mike Watson, Salvatore Bonavena, Dimitar Danchev, Joseph Mouawad and Davidi Kitai also remain in the hunt.
A minimum cash is worth €8,890, but all eyes will surely be on the €961,800 first-place prize, as they go into the money and beyond on yet another perfect day on the French Riviera.
The levels increase to 90 minutes today and they are sure to be filled with tons of poker action. Of course, The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand from the call to shuffle up and deal until the survivors bag and tag, so just sit back and enjoy our coverage of Day 3 of the 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Usman Siddique | UK | 151800 |
| 1 | 2 | Jullian Feriolo | France | 96700 |
| 1 | 3 | Kyosti Isberg | Finland | 70700 |
| 1 | 4 | Arne Coulier | Belgium | 269900 |
| 1 | 5 | Michel Dattani | Portugal | 312200 |
| 1 | 6 | Marcin Chmielewski | Poland | 493500 |
| 1 | 7 | Stephan Zesiger | Switzerland | 151600 |
| 1 | 8 | Benjamin Philipps | UK | 150000 |
| 2 | 1 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 128100 |
| 2 | 2 | Bruno Lopes | France | 95400 |
| 2 | 3 | Fabio Sperling | Germany | 300100 |
| 2 | 4 | Massimiliano Patroncini | Italy | 31800 |
| 2 | 5 | Frank Werder | Germany | 60200 |
| 2 | 6 | Alexandre Luneau | France | 177400 |
| 2 | 7 | Erik Van Hoek | Netherlands | 156700 |
| 2 | 8 | Kristen Bicknell | Canada | 55100 |
| 3 | 1 | Pierre Tilmant | Belgium | 174200 |
| 3 | 2 | Sam Chartier | Canada | 283300 |
| 3 | 3 | Laurent Polito | France | 118000 |
| 3 | 4 | Yannick Del Curto | Switzerland | 157700 |
| 3 | 5 | Vincent Gueneau | United Arab Emirates | 41500 |
| 3 | 6 | Matthew Davenport | UK | 349100 |
| 3 | 7 | Georges Hallak | Canada | 87700 |
| 3 | 8 | Marko Neumann | Germany | 90100 |
| 4 | 1 | Mikael Guenni | France | 127400 |
| 4 | 3 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 375100 |
| 4 | 4 | Simon Deadman | UK | 135000 |
| 4 | 5 | Bertrand Guenoun | France | 188400 |
| 4 | 6 | Kenneth Hicks | USA | 21200 |
| 4 | 7 | Apostolos Bechrakis | Greece | 136000 |
| 4 | 8 | Gerard Sanches | France | 156000 |
| 5 | 1 | Thi Xoa Nguyen | France | 140000 |
| 5 | 2 | Denys Shafikov | Ukraine | 158600 |
| 5 | 3 | Philippe Wettstein | Switzerland | 58600 |
| 5 | 4 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 57000 |
| 5 | 5 | Marco De Vincenti | Italy | 46500 |
| 5 | 6 | Jinfeng Huo | China | 201700 |
| 5 | 7 | Massimo Mauri | Italy | 242800 |
| 5 | 8 | Fernando Brunca Garcia | Brazil | 258600 |
| 6 | 1 | Hani Bahna | Canada | 20500 |
| 6 | 2 | Povilas Zavistanavicius | Lithuania | 113300 |
| 6 | 3 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 209900 |
| 6 | 4 | Albert Sebag | France | 260000 |
| 6 | 5 | Jimmy Guerrero | France | 250000 |
| 6 | 6 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | 284700 |
| 6 | 7 | Marco Giulini | Italy | 79400 |
| 6 | 8 | Markus Durnegger | Austria | 145200 |
| 7 | 1 | Ilan Boujenah | France | 112000 |
| 7 | 2 | Mike Barsnick | Germany | 260900 |
| 7 | 3 | Nicholas Galtos | Australia | 66900 |
| 7 | 4 | Jason Gray | Australia | 109400 |
| 7 | 5 | Yusuke Okada | Japan | 72400 |
| 7 | 6 | David Susigan | France | 351900 |
| 7 | 7 | Natan Chauskin | Belarus | 271900 |
| 7 | 8 | Jeremy Palvini | France | 320000 |
| 8 | 1 | Andreas Vlachos | Greece | 227000 |
| 8 | 2 | Ruediger Weber | Germany | 139500 |
| 8 | 3 | [Removed:365] | Israel | 26400 |
| 8 | 4 | Emin Aghayev | Monaco | 30800 |
| 8 | 5 | Arnaud Peyroles | France | 105600 |
| 8 | 6 | Samu Riihela | Finland | 113300 |
| 8 | 7 | Fabio Cortes Gago | Spain | 51000 |
| 8 | 8 | Randy Lew | USA | 385800 |
| 9 | 1 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 223800 |
| 9 | 3 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 152400 |
| 9 | 4 | Ivan Soshnikov | Russia | 271400 |
| 9 | 5 | Mikhail Nikolaev | Latvia | 25000 |
| 9 | 6 | Jan Bendik | Slovakia | 289300 |
| 9 | 7 | Alp Tosuncuoglu | Switzerland | 61300 |
| 9 | 8 | Clemente Malheiro Carreira | Portugal | 125000 |
| 10 | 1 | David Lascar | France | 140500 |
| 10 | 2 | Koichi Nozaki | Japan | 154300 |
| 10 | 3 | Fatima Moreira de Melo | Netherlands | 357200 |
| 10 | 4 | Herve Boulan | France | 127300 |
| 10 | 5 | Igor Pihela | Estonia | 256400 |
| 10 | 6 | Andreas Hoivold | Norway | 186900 |
| 10 | 7 | Tina Andersen | Denmark | 50000 |
| 10 | 8 | [Removed:2] | Lebanon | 105800 |
| 11 | 1 | Jack Salter | UK | 198700 |
| 11 | 2 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | 333000 |
| 11 | 3 | Frank Romanello | UK | 237100 |
| 11 | 4 | Nikolas Menke | Germany | 350300 |
| 11 | 5 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 224900 |
| 11 | 6 | Felix Lambertz | Germany | 50700 |
| 11 | 7 | Enver Abduraimov | Germany | 64800 |
| 11 | 8 | Oren Rosen | Israel | 213300 |
| 12 | 1 | Erik Seidel | USA | 368400 |
| 12 | 2 | Vanessa Selbst | USA | 206700 |
| 12 | 3 | Oleh Cherepianyi | Ukraine | 116400 |
| 12 | 4 | Ouri Cohen | France | 37700 |
| 12 | 5 | Andres Jeckeln | Argentina | 164500 |
| 12 | 7 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 115200 |
| 12 | 8 | Asan Umarov | Kazakhstan | 211700 |
| 13 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 220400 |
| 13 | 2 | David Peters | USA | 57800 |
| 13 | 3 | Paolo Compagno | Switzerland | 173600 |
| 13 | 4 | Andrei Boghean | Romania | 330000 |
| 13 | 5 | Ben Fitzgerald | UK | 67700 |
| 13 | 6 | Omar Lakhdari | France | 212000 |
| 13 | 7 | Kiryl Radzivonau | Belarus | 190700 |
| 13 | 8 | Loc Tu | Canada | 184400 |
| 14 | 1 | Paul Hoefer | Germany | 152300 |
| 14 | 2 | Mael Lepage | Belgium | 179200 |
| 14 | 4 | Pierre Huter | Switzerland | 200000 |
| 14 | 5 | Joseph Prichard | UK | 114300 |
| 14 | 6 | Davide Settecasi | Italy | 202500 |
| 14 | 7 | Andjelko Andrejevic | USA | 98700 |
| 14 | 8 | Kamran Aliyev | Azerbaijan | 108600 |
| 15 | 1 | Alexios Zervos | Greece | 185000 |
| 15 | 2 | Dirk Gerritse | Netherlands | 276600 |
| 15 | 3 | Mike Watson | Canada | 76400 |
| 15 | 4 | Enzo Del Piero | UK | 348000 |
| 15 | 5 | Juan Etcheverry | Argentina | 196800 |
| 15 | 6 | Yann Pineau | France | 115800 |
| 15 | 7 | Thiago Nishijima | Brazil | 251400 |
| 15 | 8 | Knut Karnapp | Germany | 82500 |
| 16 | 1 | Ariel Celestino | Brazil | 241200 |
| 16 | 2 | Iacopo Brandi | Italy | 29500 |
| 16 | 3 | Mike Andreassen | Denmark | 42700 |
| 16 | 4 | Aleksei Platonov | Russia | 108600 |
| 16 | 5 | Alejandro Perez Torres | Spain | 240900 |
| 16 | 6 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 113000 |
| 16 | 7 | Freddy Darakjian | France | 183000 |
| 16 | 8 | Steven van Zadelhoff | Netherlands | 210000 |
| 17 | 1 | Tomas Chudomsky | Czech Republic | 79500 |
| 17 | 2 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 37200 |
| 17 | 3 | Andrea Rocci | Italy | 339500 |
| 17 | 4 | Ophir Nadav | Israel | 99900 |
| 17 | 5 | Antonio Rutigliano | Italy | 170000 |
| 17 | 6 | Peter Akery | UK | 276800 |
| 17 | 7 | Adrien Allain | France | 347000 |
| 17 | 8 | Willliam Arruda | Brazil | 109200 |
| 18 | 1 | Neil Strike | UK | 160100 |
| 18 | 2 | Jeremy Routier | France | 144100 |
| 18 | 3 | Nikita Nikolaev | Russia | 188800 |
| 18 | 4 | Arno del Curto | Switzerland | 37300 |
| 18 | 5 | John Gale | UK | 267500 |
| 18 | 6 | Yucel Eminoglu | Turkey | 137500 |
| 18 | 7 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 36700 |
| 18 | 8 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 580200 |
| 19 | 1 | Miguel Silva | Portugal | 304100 |
| 19 | 2 | Zoltan Szabo | Hungary | 196600 |
| 19 | 3 | Max Silver | UK | 56200 |
| 19 | 4 | Joseph Mouawad | USA | 127600 |
| 19 | 5 | Jan Bengelmann | Germany | 243700 |
| 19 | 6 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 153400 |
| 19 | 7 | Diego Ventura | Peru | 141900 |
| 19 | 8 | Pascal Faivre | Canada | 55700 |
| 20 | 1 | Dermot Blain | Ireland | 64000 |
| 20 | 2 | Evangelos Terzoudis | Greece | 227800 |
| 20 | 3 | Ramzey Idriss | Lebanon | 69600 |
| 20 | 4 | Sebastien Lebaron | France | 211900 |
| 20 | 5 | Roman Verenko | Ukraine | 326800 |
| 20 | 6 | Nicolas Le Floch | France | 78000 |
| 20 | 7 | Bao Phu | Canada | 43100 |
| 20 | 8 | Ranno Sootla | Estonia | 192000 |
| 21 | 1 | Anders Tangen | Sweden | 169100 |
| 21 | 2 | Youssef Finianos | Lebanon | 57500 |
| 21 | 3 | Antoine Saout | France | 109300 |
| 21 | 4 | Salvatore Bonavena | Italy | 100000 |
| 21 | 5 | Paul-Francois Tedeschi | France | 194900 |
| 21 | 6 | Ivan Deyra | France | 193300 |
| 21 | 7 | Chris Dowling | Ireland | 171000 |
| 21 | 8 | Laurent Ciup | France | 161100 |
| 22 | 1 | Rintaro Kagawa | Japan | 224700 |
| 22 | 2 | Jean Koja | France | 125500 |
| 22 | 3 | Franck Kalfon | France | 30700 |
| 22 | 4 | Patricio Rojas Parra | Chile | 173300 |
| 22 | 5 | Rene Schneider | Switzerland | 70500 |
| 22 | 6 | Ariel Mantel | Argentina | 209800 |
| 22 | 7 | [Removed:119] | France | 88700 |
| 22 | 8 | Michel Abecassis | France | 151100 |
| 23 | 1 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 346600 |
| 23 | 2 | Tobias Reinkemeier | Germany | 146200 |
| 23 | 3 | Diego Zeiter | Switzerland | 136700 |
| 23 | 4 | Erwann Pecheux | France | 413800 |
| 23 | 5 | [Removed:37] | France | 38000 |
| 23 | 6 | Isabel Baltazar | France | 87600 |
| 23 | 7 | Maksim Kolosov | Russia | 240000 |
| 23 | 8 | Nariman Yaghmai | United Arab Emirates | 335500 |
| 24 | 1 | Mahomed Aissani | France | 152900 |
| 24 | 2 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 210000 |
| 24 | 3 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 101300 |
| 24 | 4 | Aaron Gustavson | USA | 374400 |
| 24 | 5 | Luigi Grisa | Switzerland | 204300 |
| 24 | 6 | Andrew Abernethy | UK | 149100 |
| 24 | 7 | Thomas Popov | Canada | 65500 |
| 24 | 8 | Gun Taljo | Sweden | 146900 |
| 25 | 1 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 107000 |
| 25 | 2 | Nicolino Di Carlo | Italy | 105800 |
| 25 | 3 | Jake Cody | UK | 150100 |
| 25 | 4 | Kyle Frey | USA | 218700 |
| 25 | 5 | Faraz Jaka | USA | 66600 |
| 25 | 6 | Ami Barer | Canada | 160200 |
| 25 | 7 | Nicolas Cardyn | France | 87800 |
| 25 | 8 | Andrea Cortellazzi | Italy | 141000 |