Two PSPC Champions Headline Day 4 of EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event
There are 38 players remaining heading into Day 4 of the EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event as part of 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®, and there are plenty of big names among them. Notably, both the inaugural and most recent PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) winners, Ramon Colillas and Aliaksandr Shylko, are still kicking as they look for another massive score on the EPT trail.
The two PSPC champs will be joined by the likes of 2016 PCA Main Event Champion Mike Watson, 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague runner-up Jason Wheeler and 2021 EPT Socci Main Event winner Artur Martirosian, who are among the three most accomplished players in the remaining field.
Each of these players will have to compete against dominant chip leader Kenan Taylor, a newcomer to the live felt who is looking for his first ever Hendon Mob-recorded cash, as well as other big stacks including Arunas Sapitavicius, Milos Petakovic and Maduka Meragal.
End of Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenan Taylor | United Kingdom | 3,650,000 | 243 | |
| 2 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | 2,220,000 | 148 | |
| 3 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 1,445,000 | 96 | |
| 4 | Milos Petakovic | Serbia | 1,385,000 | 92 | |
| 5 | Maduka Meragal | Canada | 1,345,000 | 90 | |
| 6 | Mike Watson | Canada | 1,280,000 | 85 | |
| 7 | Pieter Aerts | Belgium | 1,215,000 | 81 | |
| 8 | Samy Boujmala | France | 1,120,000 | 75 | |
| 9 | Apoorva Goel | India | 1,090,000 | 73 | |
| 10 | Leonard Maue | Germany | 1,085,000 | 72 |
Action will pick up at noon local time on Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/15,000/15,000. Like Days 2 and 3, today's action will feature 90-minute blind levels with breaks after each level.
PokerNews will be on-site providing live updates, while viewers at home can also watch the action through the PokerStars live stream. The tournament is scheduled to run for six days, so it will still be a while before the next EPT champion is crowned.
Stay tuned as PokerNews gets ready to provide all the updates on the Day 4 action.