Level: 13
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€25,000 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a completed board of 
, Rok Gostisa bet 25,000 out of the big blind and Jean-Noel Thorel called from two seats over. Marius Gierse then pushed all-in on the button for 114,000 and Gostisa asked for a count. He then folded and Thorel also tossed his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
240,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
150,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Chip Count | Table 2 | Chip Count | Table 3 | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Pardo | 180,000 | Jose Quintas | 260,000 | Yuri Dzivielevski | 180,000 |
| 2 | Pascal Lefrancois | 155,000 | Sam Grafton | 413,000 | Reza Tabatabai | 520,000 |
| 3 | Tsugunari Toma | 120,000 | Sirzat Hissou | 310,000 | Adrian Mateos | 146,000 |
| 4 | Marius Gierse | 110,000 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | 620,000 | Sam Greenwood | 143,000 |
| 5 | Sergi Reixach | 325,000 | Joao Vieira | 400,000 | Tamon Nakamura | 460,000 |
| 6 | Rok Gostisa | 375,000 | Andras Nemeth | 390,000 | Daniel Dvoress | 765,000 |
| 7 | Masashi Oya | 95,000 | Ognyan Dimov | 345,000 | Byron Kaverman | 300,000 |
| 8 | Jean-Noel Thorel | 195,000 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | 190,000 | Steve O'Dwyer | 292,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
765,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
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|
620,000
-198,000
|
-198,000 |
|
520,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
460,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
413,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
390,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
375,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
345,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
325,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
|
310,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
300,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
292,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
260,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
195,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
190,000
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
|
180,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
180,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
155,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
146,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
|
|
||
|
143,000
-213,000
|
-213,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
110,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
95,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The cards were already on their backs when the 
turn brought the all-in of Reza Tabatabai and the all-in call of Jake Schindler.
Jake Schindler: 
Reza Tabatabai: 
Schindler needed another heart except the 
to avoid the elimination but the 
river was of no help to reduce the field to the final 24 players. They will now be redrawing to the last three tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Stephen Chidwick was spotted getting up from his seat as Steven O'Dwyer had knocked him out in a blind versus blind situation.
Stephen Chidwick: 
Steven O'Dwyer: 
The board read 
to show that O'Dwyer had flopped a set while Chidwick had failed to hit his open-ended straight draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
After returning for the second half of the poker match with a minor delay, Neymar Jr was chipped down to 55,000 out of the blinds. He faced an attack by Juan Pardo from deep in his own half, also known as the early position in poker terms. The Brazilian striker unleashed his shot and Pardo called without any hesitation.
Neymar Jr: 
Juan Pardo:
The standard flip brought no help to Neymar Jr on the 
flop and the turn instantly left the Brazilian striker drawing dead on turn. Pardo's unbeatable full house secured the elimination and the river became a formality.
On his way out of the tournament area, Neymar Jr started chanting with some Brazilians on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Yet another preflop all-in contest unfolded with Kazuhiko Yotsushika the player at risk as he was up against Sam Grafton.
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: 
Sam Grafton: 
The 
flop improved Grafton, who retained the lead on the 
turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
All the chips went in before the flop with Ali Imsirovic at risk in the small blind for the 132, 000 or so he had behind as Tamon Nakamura had him covered from the button.
Ali Imsirovic: 
Tamon Nakamura:
The board ran out 
for Nakamura to hold with the nines for two pair with the queens on the board to knock Imsirovic out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
482,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Matthias Eibinger had vaulted out of his chair and asked for a seven, one of the most common cards that is always coming for German speaking poker pros.
It was a flip with the ace-king for the Austrian and the 
of Jean-Noel Thorel. The 
flop and 
turn kept Eibinger's hopes alive but the river was a blank to end his run.
Within quick succession, several other High Rollers followed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 12
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Andriy Lyubovetskiy raised to 10,000 from the hijack and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 32,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Lyubovetskiy made the call.
They both checked through the 
flop and the on the turn to the 
on the river. O'Dwyer bet 23,000 for Lyubovetskiy to call but muck when O'Dwyer tabled the 
for two pair, kings and nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
818,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
197,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
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