Level 16
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The eight remaining players are on a 15-minute break.
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€50,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€1,649,340
Entries
34
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Entries
34
Players Left
1
Level 16
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress had raised from the hijack and then called what looked like a shove of Seth Davies on the button for 337,000.
Seth Davies: 
Daniel Dvoress: 
The board ran out 
for Davies to turn the set of tens to leap ahead of Dvoress' rockets to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
714,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
|
181,000
-379,000
|
-379,000 |
|
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Level 16
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Matthias Eibinger got his 200,000 chips in from the small blind against Mike Watson in the big blind.
Matthias Eibinger: 
Mike Watson: 
The board ran out 
and the defending champ who had won this tournament at the previous EPT Monte Carlo in 2019 was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
835,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 16
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Yuri Dzivielevski raised to 32,000 from the button and Mikita Badziakouski took his time from the small blind. He glanced over to Dzivielevski's stack and then shoved. Dzivielevski called immediately for the 212,000 he had behind.
Yuri Dzivielevski: 
Mikita Badziakouski: 
The flop came 
for Dzivielevski to hit the higher pair.
"No spades please," Badziakouski jokingly said.
The turn was the 
which didn't change things and neither did the 
on the river as Dzivielevski doubled up.
"Damn, it's a spade," Badziakouski remarked to incite more laughter from his table mates.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
456,000
306,000
|
306,000 |
|
162,000
-248,000
|
-248,000 |
Level 16
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Play has resumed with just under 25 minutes left in the current level.
This is how they're seated:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 348,000 | 22 |
| 1 | 2 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 150,000 | 9 |
| 1 | 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 410,000 | 26 |
| 1 | 4 | Pascal Lefrancois | Canada | 320,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 5 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 560,000 | 35 |
| 1 | 6 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 270,000 | 17 |
| 1 | 7 | Seth Davies | United States | 462,000 | 29 |
| 1 | 8 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 216,000 | 14 |
| 1 | 9 | Mike Watson | Canada | 640,000 | 40 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
640,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
560,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
462,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
410,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
348,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
|
320,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
270,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
||
|
|
216,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
|
150,000
-142,000
|
-142,000 |
Level 16
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Seth Davies opened to 40,000 in the cutoff and Laszlo Bujtas defended the big blind.
The flop came and Bujtas checked. Davies put out a stack of chips to cover Bujtas' remaining 94,000, and Bujtas called.
Laszlo Bujtas: 
Seth Davies:
Bujtas was looking to complete his open-ended draw, but the and 
completed the board to send him out. Meanwhile, the final nine players are now converging on the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
464,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress opened to 24,000 in the hijack and Matthias Eibinger shoved for 117,000 in the small blind. Action folded back to Dvoress who called. Both players first revealed an ace before revealing their full hands.
Matthias Eibinger: 
Daniel Dvoress:
Eibinger was pipped and needed to improve as the 
flop changed nothing. The 
turn left the defending champ of this event needing a king, and the indeed hit the felt on the river to give him Broadway and the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
258,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Mike Watson completed his small blind and Seth Davies opted to check in the big blind.
They both checked through the 
flop to the on the turn. Watson bet 12,000 for Davies to call.
The river completed the board with the 
and Watson checked. Davies bet 45,000 but folded when Watson responded with a shove with the bigger stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
535,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
365,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
Level 15
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Rodrigo Selouan raised to 40,000 in the small blind and Daniel Dvoress defended the big blind.
The dealer spread the 
flop and Selouan checked. Dvoress bet 28,000 and Selouan went into the tank. He used his remaining time extension and moved all-in for about 193,000 with not much time left to act. Dvoress called.
Rodrigo Selouan: 
Daniel Dvoress:
Selouan needed help and found it on the turn, but the river improved Dvoress to two pair and eliminated Selouan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |