2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

€25,000 EPT High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
32
Prize
€938,042
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€5,066,110
Entries
211
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
183
Players Left
95

No Longer World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen Sets Sights On Poker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen

Five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen shocked the public in July 2022 when he announced that he wouldn't be defending the title he had held for a decade. And while Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren were at St. Regis Hotel in Kazakhstan last month battling to take his place as supreme leader of the chess world, Carlsen was getting ready for a trip to the sunny Mediterranean coast.

Carlsen made a deep run extending into Day 3 in the EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event as part of 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® before falling in 63th place €15,000.

In his first interview since giving up his World Chess Champion Title, Carlsen sat down with PokerNews and PokerStars for an exclusive look at what the future holds for the 32-year-old Norwegian chess prodigy.

READ ABOUT CARLSEN'S DEEP RUN AT EPT MONTE CARLO!